>>49462476>PLA got rid of the 1v1 monotonous rock paper scissors turn based battle systemit has been changed. you now need to consider turn order, attack order in multibattles (and avoiding multis to begin with), and the general advantages and disadvantages of agile/strong type moves
>actual gameplaythis is a meaningless phrase but assuming you mean real time gameplay, yes, there is now some degree of real time gameplay in overworld encounters, boss encounters, and of course in maneuvering the world and catching pokemon
>catching pokemon the challenge making it so you have to research/meet requirements and actually hunt down rare pokemon for your teamthis is the majority of the game, yes, and some pokemon are much more elusive than others.