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I think I have an above average reason one that might work - Professors most likely aren't out in the field and are more likely held up in their lab since its safer. Problem is that they can't exactly observe their behavior up close, barring them from a specific amount of information. However, trainers who are more out in the field see the differentiating reactions of pokemon in their adverse state, therefore have the knowledge of how they are currently acting up. If combined with current pokemon entries they could also record what they saw and give them to a professor digitally.
But in reality, the only thing we really know about pokedexes is that you get up close, record the data that it analyzed, bam. In a nutshell, I'm saying the newbie trainers have the chance to figure out an answer to this solution since they will be the ones travelling through the wild, not pokemon assistants or professors. If they do that, my arguement goes down the drain. Also, even with the egg, it might not produce the correct results and therefore myriads of tests need to be made.
So yeah. Also, you may not like my characters backstory then as it involves an encounter with a specific pokemon when in the town that has the steel gym leader Byron or something other place, a sister ensnared in a never ending nightmare for years, and a fear of dark types along with a couple of other leading factors. If there are any problems here, please tell me and I'll work to reverse the problem.
...Darkrai?
Sorry, no. Legendaries can not be involved with characters backstories.
Why? I have things planned for most legendaries, that's why. Plus, Darkrai is a Sinnoh native pokemon, so I doubt he'd be in Johto.
In fact, we may be meeting one somewhat soon.However, your statement about the pokedexes is true. Professors can't really get up close to pokemon since their labs are safer. Having a trainer observe these would be the best solution.
However, as the current world is, I'm not sure a trainer would have access to one, at least, not a
new trainer. Unless it was given to him by...a more experienced trainer who didn't want it, (however, then he would have it illegally. Not too much of a problem, but he'd have to come up with an excuse for having it.) Or a professor went through several legal hoops to get the trainer one legally.