Question for the "higher ups"

[Yu Kanda]

I see the best way as doing a kind of "soul link". Digimon did something similar I think? But basically you can roleplay it as you disappearing into the body of the Pokemon, to imbue them with your strength - you share all damage taken by them. Different alt forms, different Pokemon. This would get around the 'vulnerable trainer' thing and give a cool way to roleplay - you and the Pokemon are basically one.

This way while you're walking around you can still chat with your Pokemon and stuff as NPCs, but when you want them to go into battle mode or go save those kids from that burning building, you're like "ALRIGHT CHARMANDER TIME TO LINK UP!!!!!" and do a fancy animation. Some Kamen Rider shit.

That soul link is not a bad idea. Would something like this be possible without having to merge together? Like...the damage the pokemon recieves gets transferred to the trainer.

As stated above i was looking for a way to create a trainer as we all know and love from the show and games.