Issun said: Did they say if there is anything that makes the starter Pikachu and Eeevee stronger than standard ones?



If you can catch Pikachus in Viridian Forest, why would I keep the broken one that cannot evolve. Click to expand... Click to shrink...

Firestorm said: To be honest, I think the only people who thought the capture mini game was less in-depth than this are those who never really got into Go. It’s cool they’ve found a way to do something to make up for the fact that curve balls don’t work the same in 3D space.



The candy definitely seems to be EVs as that’s how the vitamins work too. Really hope they keep that for future titles.



I missed the end of the play through so thanks for the summary! Click to expand... Click to shrink...

Funny ya mention that, I was doing some sluething on Pikachu's stats based off when it leveled up and learned Double Kick... and they don't seem possible at that level! It has at least a positive Attack nature with 236 Attack EVs and 232 Special Attack EVs at MINIMUM assuming the regular Pikachu stats, which doesn't leave enough investment for its other stats to be where it is.Note however that the Pikachu stat spread in the OP is totally possible (guessing its a +speed nature since its Speed would require max investment otherwise), but if I didn't screw up my math, I think there's a chance that the starter Pikachu / Eevee has buffed stats compared to regular ones!Knowing gamefreak while I suspect that to be the case, the "needs 1" makes me really hope that its actually raising IVs instead. Would make sense with the lack of breeding, and to be honest I'd much rather have this system in gen 8 too. After going through my latest breeding disaster, I never want to rely on RNG for quickly getting competitive mons again ;_;