>>37025545It's designed solely for single player. It doesn't have abilities, held items, about 50% of moves are removed, and the replacement of the EV system lets you increase every stat by 200 points with no overall limit
I'm sure there'll be fun gimmick tournaments for it, but it's not designed to be competitive and succeeds in not being competitive.
Now we just have to hope Game Freak don't see its commercial success as a sign that they should do the same with future games.
