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[Pokemon] How recent of an invention is the pokeball and what does a pre pokeball society look like?
gpt
It depends on the canon we are using and what you define as a pokeball. Groudon and kyogre were both controlled by spheres and that could possibly be the first example of a "pokeball" in the game canon. Something a little bit closer to the modern definition of pokeballs is the apricorn balls. Up until around 400-700 years ago apricorn balls were the only pokeballs available.