If Professor Sycamore studied the concept of Mega Evolution,

5th move

Your character can now also attack a Pokémon. He works as a sixth member. But the more casual you give him to dress the less EVs he has (e.g. an armor boosts your defense).

>>26763790
just a shit ton more moves introduced this gen. Maybe even "hidden moves" ala hidden abilities. Or just a big increase to movepools overall.

Good Psychic move over 100 BP? Needed
Priority rock move? Please
Good physical ice move? Make mamoswine great again
More ways to punish stallfaggotry? Dire need.
More gimmicks? Don't mind if I do.

Calling it right now....

Him studying moves is a big flag, for me at least, that the mechanic will be similar to what Rayquaza got in oras. The new moves introduced will induce some type of evolution/form change....

I think we will get lots of dual type moves this gen.

Mega evolution can have different moves from base form now?

I'm guessing moves that function like Dragon Ascent some kind of Mega Evolution which does not require stones to change forme.

Another possibility comes from moves like Flying Press and Freeze Dry. I think we're going to get more dual-typed moves for Gen VII. Total speculation here, it might even relate to the starters + Iwanko. The secret they all have in common might be dual-typed signature moves.

>>26763790
Professor Rowan researched evolution but there wasn't a new mechanic involving that in Gen IV, unless you count the stupid location-based evolutions for Nosepass etc. Birch studied Pokemon habitats but there was no special new mechanic involving those. Juniper studied the origins of Pokemon but there was nothing new regarding that in Gen V.

Then again, Gen II and V conform to the pattern, so I dunno. Maybe.

I hope Gen VII does introduce more moves, though. Adding more moves is ALWAYS good, in fact it's the most significant change the games have made since the early days in my opinion. Going back and playing Gen I and II where movepools are barren and everything learns shitty normal-type moves and no STAB is just painful. I hope they add at least two new moves per type.

>>26764325
II and VI*

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>>26764203
>Greninja becomes Ash-Greninja by learning Giant Water Shuriken

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>>26764423
truboi

>>26764417
kek

>>26763990
This would make sense and is already hinted by the box legends "changing form" during their signature attacks

>>26767354
I doubt those forms will be anything big or relevant.

>>26763790
>THE pokemon professor
>discovered eggs
>didn't do shit
>alt. evolution methods
>dreamshit
>mega evo
why was hoenn the worst region?

>>26763790
>Volt Tackle will grant Pikachu a new form

Just fuck my shit up.