LoopyPanda said:EVs and IVs aren't much of a worry in the game itself and are just used by competitive fans, so I don't see why wanting to revert that would be necessary. If they go through with that I imagine the ones from RBY just wouldn't have any. Since it seems the option to transfer from RBY will only be possible to Sun and Moon and not the previous games.
We haven't seen anything visually so I'm taking any leaks posted with grains of salt for now (unless it's CoroCoro)
It may be possible Sun and Moon are going to be a throwback kind of game that throws such things out the window to make a universality with it. It would make online battling very strange. Sun and Moon pokemon versus ORAS pokemon online wouldn't make the playing field very even lol. But maybe that's to make up for Legal Fissure Machoke from RBY? lol
XY/ORAS format might not even be compatible but we'll see. As for EV/IVs, I wa actually thinking that IVs could be removed since majority of the time, they're useless (only certain numbers: 0, 30, 31 actually matters). They could just do away with it, make an attempt to manipulate the IVs or have a easier way to control them. EVs on the other hands are pitifully easy to obtain that it can be done in 15 minutes using horde battles (or 30 in Super Training).
Speaking of leaks, I hope GameFreak goes easy on the spoilers and keep some (or most) an surprise for the new players. Too much information can be bad for the game since one can feel they practically already played it if they know what's going on.
Serebii posted this on the website:
- It has been confirmed that, as of February 29th 2016, Pokémon's main series games have passed the 200 million unit milestone, currently sitting at 201 million units sold in the last 20 years. This includes all main games as well as the recent Virtual Console releases of Pokémon Red, Green, Blue & Yellow. It has also been confirmed that, including spin-off titles, the Pokémon video game franchise has passed 279 million units sold.