It’s retarded that it took this long. Bottle caps and mints are essential. I always hated how the mechanics of the game were at odds with the spirit of it. Pokemon is about meeting some random filthy critter on the side of the road and befriending it, and growing strong together. But your bro probably has shit IV’s and a neutral or negative nature so he’s destined to be shit. If you want your Pokemon to be as strong as possible you had to resort to eugenics for almost the entire duration of the franchise. Fucking retarded. At least now you can, with a bit of effort, take a shitmon and make him a star.