XBOB'S SWEEPING CHANGES TO THE POKEMON FORMULA (ALL CAPS VERSION):

1. ALL PP IS REDUCED DRAMATICALLY. MOST MOVES HAVE 5 PP TOPS, VERY POWERFUL MOVES HAVE AS FEW AS 2. NO WAY TO INCREASE THIS. PP IS FULLY RECOVERED AFTER ANY AND ALL BATTLES.

2. A SINGLE MOVE BEING SPAMMED REPEATEDLY BECOMES WEAKER AND WEAKER UNTIL AT LEAST TWO OTHER MOVES ARE USED, ONE EXCEPTION IS ITEMS THAT INCREASE POWER OF SUCCESSIVE MOVES.

3. ACCURACY IS NOW ONLY A FACTOR IF A POKEMON SPECIFICALLY INCREASES EVASIVENESS, OTHERWISE ALL MOVES ALWAYS HIT.

4. ALL POKEMON HAVE SUDDENLY BECOME MORE TOUGH AND LESS STRONG, THEY CAN TAKE MORE HITS AND DEAL LESS DAMAGE, TO PREVENT GAMEPLAY FROM BOILING DOWN TO 1-HIT KO SPEED-OFFS. 1-HIT KOs ARE WHAT YOU EXPECT FROM A TWITCH SHOOTER HEADSHOT, NOT THOUGHTFUL TURN-BASED GAMEPLAY.

5. IN EXCHANGE FOR BEING LESS POWERFUL PER ATTACK AND HAVING LESS PP, POKEMON CAN NOW LEARN UP TO 6 MOVES.

6. SINGLE PLAYER NOW TEACHES PLAYERS MORE COMPETITIVE TECHNIQUES, GETS MUCH MORE DIFFICULT AS YOU GET MORE BADGES, INTRODUCING NEW RULESETS OVER TIME IN GYMS, SUCH AS NO ITEMS IN BATTLE, AND FORCING MORE BATTLE TYPES SUCH AS DOUBLE, TRIPLE AND ROTATION. THERE ARE MANY TOOLS IN-GAME TO LEARN ABOUT HOW TO DEAL WITH MANY ADVANCED TECHNIQUES, NO LONGER VAGUE ALLUSIONS TO VERY TECHNICAL AND RIGID CONCEPTS.

7. EVS AND IVS ARE GONE. ALL POKEMON OF THE SAME TYPE START WITH THE SAME EXACT BASE STATES, AND YOU MAY CHOOSE WHICH STATS YOU WANT TO FOCUS ON RAISING AS THE POKEMON LEVELS.

8. GAME IS NOW AN MMORPG.