Oct 27, 2016, 09:37 AM
Let me explain what's going to happen from Smogon Singles, VGC format, and other TCPi-sanctioned events. Hint: You don't have to necessary re breed all your Pokemon, though it depends on the format.
Regarding Smogon Singles, they don't care about whether or not Pokemon are "Kalos-", "Hoenn-", or "Alolan-born" at all. As long as they are "legal", or the combination of moves, abilities, and other past generation events that are possible to obtain in-game. Players usually don't have to re breed their Pokemon here, with the exception of potential new moves/abilities for a old existing Pokemon.
Here's where things get different. With the past 3 years, each format required players to get Pokemon born or found within their generation, in this case from XYORAS (Gen 6), or Sun/Moon (Gen 7). With the latest VGC 17 ruleset, players will need Pokemon exclusively found in the Pokemon Sun / Moon, not any other previous games beforehand. This means now players have to "re-breed" their Pokemon to get Alolan-born versions of them, which honestly shouldn't be to hard considering the fact most of competitive Pokemon will already have high 31 IVs. Will be annoying to get egg moves, but at least players don't have to worry much about IVs.
Pretty certain we can use old gen stuff on the Battle Spot Singles/Doubles ladder just like in XY, though again we have to wait until Pokemon Bank is available. People will likely need to re breed Pokemon for any format which are exclusive to Alolan-born Pokemon (not confusing this with regional variants) like VGC, or ant other TCPi sanctioned event/competition.
Regarding Smogon Singles, they don't care about whether or not Pokemon are "Kalos-", "Hoenn-", or "Alolan-born" at all. As long as they are "legal", or the combination of moves, abilities, and other past generation events that are possible to obtain in-game. Players usually don't have to re breed their Pokemon here, with the exception of potential new moves/abilities for a old existing Pokemon.
Here's where things get different. With the past 3 years, each format required players to get Pokemon born or found within their generation, in this case from XYORAS (Gen 6), or Sun/Moon (Gen 7). With the latest VGC 17 ruleset, players will need Pokemon exclusively found in the Pokemon Sun / Moon, not any other previous games beforehand. This means now players have to "re-breed" their Pokemon to get Alolan-born versions of them, which honestly shouldn't be to hard considering the fact most of competitive Pokemon will already have high 31 IVs. Will be annoying to get egg moves, but at least players don't have to worry much about IVs.
Pretty certain we can use old gen stuff on the Battle Spot Singles/Doubles ladder just like in XY, though again we have to wait until Pokemon Bank is available. People will likely need to re breed Pokemon for any format which are exclusive to Alolan-born Pokemon (not confusing this with regional variants) like VGC, or ant other TCPi sanctioned event/competition.
