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(Pokemon: Origins) Where does the pokedex get it's information from?

Their is no information on the pokedex until Red points at a pokemon and it scans it....but where does it get all its information from? How does it know how hot, how strong, or how fast a pokemon is?
gpt
The pokedex is a biological analytical tool built by professor Oak. Oak had a general idea on how many pokemon were out there... way too many for him to personally study in his life time. So rather than do all the hard work and scouting himself, he made a mutually beneficial tool that young trainers could use: the pokedex. The device is programed to read the biology of nearby pokemon, known and unknown, and deduct data on limits, types and abilities. The data is networked throughout the world, and reported back to Oak who compares various bits of collected data, and refines the process. Updates are pushed out remotely when trainers check in to trade out poke balls. It's really quite ingenious, when you think about it.