>>55361097Oooh this is fun!
>Do pokemon say their own names or do they have cries and animal noisesGood question. I like the idea of them just making chirps and sounds similar to the animal their based on or their in game. Jynx's pokedex entries in particular make note of them having a language that is similar to Human speech but isn't quite. So I imagine her repeating (roughly) things Rouka says. She speaks only in Gyaru-Go.
>How do Battles WorkSince it's Kanto I like to keep the "If you lock eyes with a trainer you gotta battle" rule. Beyond that battles flow moreso like the anime with pokemon dodging and weaving and attacking in ways that feel natural for their abilities. Rouka's Bellossom is almost always dancing and often uses that to dodge attacks.
>Do pokemon know more than four moves?I think so. But I like the idea of restricting myself to 4 moves during battles at least. Maybe just have it so that moves changing is not a big deal. Basically S/V rules.
>What changes have you made to the lore or universe's rulesI feel like I made a bunch but I can't think of them all. Few things though.
>Team Rocket disbanded when Gold beat Giovanni but the remnants of Team Rocket still exist and are still actively stealing pokemon. They're splintered and are more street level gangs but they didn't just cleanly vanish.>A lot of abilities have effects outside of the context of battle. For example Jynx has Forewarn which I interpret as some level of clairvoyance. So she can warn Rouka if something bad is about to happen.>Rotom phones aren't available in Kanto due to a lack of Rotoms. So Rouka's smart phone is just a regualr phone. The Pokedex has gone outta style (It's seen as a PDA basically) so she uses her phone as her Pokedex. Her Pokedex is also how she can see what moves her pokemon know or can know. But because the info is curated randomly from people online sometimes she's misinformed. Also she learns a lotta useless information. 