>By doing this, and befriending your pokémon, deepening that relationship, it'll play into the core gameplay a little bit more, where they'll help you out in battle -- dodge moves more, land more critical hits. Even with new features, we're trying to add more depth to the gameplay.
This is a very interesting little tidbit, especially since he mentioned dodging and cirts. We all knew the nintendogs like feature was going to affect EV's, but to also influence dodge chance and crit, 2 of the most swingy mechanics in competitive, could be game changing
