What do you think it would be like to live inside a pokeball. And if gamefreak were to call you right now tell you that you get to design the next set of legendary pokemon what would you design and would you say yes.

Hmm.

Good question.

I am convinced that Pokémon remain self-aware while in Pokéballs, since they seem to be able to leave them of their own accord, and they can hear attack commands issued to them before they leave the balls.  On the other hand, they lose their physical bodies and exist as some form of energy.  I imagine it’s a lot like dreaming; your mind feels like it’s filled with fog, and you’re aware something about your situation is very odd, but you’re not really bothered all that much by it.  You might be vaguely aware of the real world, and it’s relatively easy for an outside stimulus to snap you out of it.  A more expensive Pokéball may help make this state more pleasant, or more appropriate to a particular kind of Pokémon (being in a Lure Ball is like dreaming of swimming, for instance).

Now, if Game Freak wanted me to do their work for them… well, how much would they pay me? 😉  Seriously, though – that would be a lot of fun, but I don’t think legendary Pokémon are something that should necessarily be designed in isolation.  I believe they should be created with close reference to the story the game is supposed to be telling, and I don’t have any such story to work from at the moment.  I do have a series of entries planned for the near future that may give you a better answer to this, though…