Because "real" psychics (which is what the type is obviously based on, just look at Abra and Kadabra's Japanese names) can allegedly cure sickness and disease or purify the body of toxins. Healing crystals and shit like that.
14 posts and I can't believe no anons have pointed out this obvious fact yet.
if so all of channellers in gen 1 should have used psychic type pokemons because back then channellers were the one who cure sickness
Edgar Cayce is literally the namesake for Abra in Japanese (Casey) and he claimed to be able to psychically heal people. This is probably also why the Pokemon can learn Recover.
Placebo
Using your brain to cure a poison
why is fire effective against bug
Burning bugs was/is a common pratice in japan, same with throwing rocks at them.
Because u burn bug an it die
This is one of the unexplainable things that most people simply forgot to ask.
>Unexplainable
Read the posts above
Those are speculations made by fans, not answers from GF themself
you use yoru mindo to suppressu poison effects you firthy gaijin
t. masuda
Psychic was supposed to be the best type in its introduction, so it needed to be strong against the type with the most mons in the game.
This. You need to have a powerful Type to check something as powerful as VENUSAUR.
Too bad Normal cucked Psychic
snorlax blissey and clefable?
Blissey isn't a gen 1 mon
your mom
healthy mind > toxic behavior
>yeah that's definitely it when both expressions don't translate into japanese!
Psychic knows something is poisonous.
Because "real" psychics (which is what the type is obviously based on, just look at Abra and Kadabra's Japanese names) can allegedly cure sickness and disease or purify the body of toxins. Healing crystals and shit like that.
14 posts and I can't believe no anons have pointed out this obvious fact yet.
It's not obvious and most of us don't hang around /x/ either but thanks for shring some thoughts
if so all of channellers in gen 1 should have used psychic type pokemons because back then channellers were the one who cure sickness
The channelers in gen 1 are possessed by ghosts and by fighting the ghosts you free them. Just read their dialogs.
Psychics? No. Not at all.
You are talking about witchcraft.
Edgar Cayce is literally the namesake for Abra in Japanese (Casey) and he claimed to be able to psychically heal people. This is probably also why the Pokemon can learn Recover.
What the frick are YOU talking about? Healing people is witchcraft? Are you a time traveler from 1600 Massachusetts?
why are grass/poison/bug separate?
What would you replace poison/bug with for?
>why are vegetals and bugs not the same thing
you are embarrassing yourself.
explain rock and ground then
rock = mineral
ground = sand
one is made of rock and the other lives in dirt
you are embarrassing yourself
>What makes bugs inherently weak to fire, doesn't that mean, normal, flying and fighting should be weak to fire?
Turns out most organic creatures are weak to being burned, shocked, frozen, crushed and shot at with a gun.
But that's not really helpfull when trying to come up with a somewhat balanced type system.
Who are you quoting.
smart brains know how to cure diseases.
The explanation was something about Psychic attacks messing with toxins.
Healing powers.