Quote Originally Posted by Avarice-ness View Post
I think in the games where they have fallen the touch of the feather will revive them.

In the games where they get KO'd I think the touch of the feather will make them come too, kind of like smelling salts only... more special.
If in fact Pheonix Downs do nothing but wake up a person with 0 HP, smelling salts would more accurately describe their function. The pheonix carries connations of resurrection from death and rebirth that many of the games are trying to get away from with hedging terms like K.O. and Faint. I guess the continuity of item names took precedence over other considerations.