My perception was that he gave him a display to view his encyclopedia. Professor Oak hadn’t logged any Pokemon yet, but then when you threw a PokeBall the Pokemon was transported into the storage somewhere, Professor Oak would study the Pokemon and make the data available to Ash. The issue with my line of thinking is that the transported Pokemon being stored don’t get healed over time, so Professor Oak is like huh, that’s Pikachu is fucked up, oh well I already studied it so no point in caring about it at all.
He only gets data, but does not have the tools the pokecenter does to heal them. Like, a doctor could diagnose you over the phone or a zoom call; but they can’t administer medicine that way.
My perception was that he gave him a display to view his encyclopedia. Professor Oak hadn’t logged any Pokemon yet, but then when you threw a PokeBall the Pokemon was transported into the storage somewhere, Professor Oak would study the Pokemon and make the data available to Ash. The issue with my line of thinking is that the transported Pokemon being stored don’t get healed over time, so Professor Oak is like huh, that’s Pikachu is fucked up, oh well I already studied it so no point in caring about it at all.
He only gets data, but does not have the tools the pokecenter does to heal them. Like, a doctor could diagnose you over the phone or a zoom call; but they can’t administer medicine that way.