Its so strange seeing that they're still rolling with 'doesn't have an ability', you'd think they'd match their preset data already in LA.
It makes some sense: why bother showing the abilities in Home when you can't do anything with them, right?
Grit was the stand in for EVs, not IVs. iirc the game is still tracking EV distribution in the background, separate from Grit, just not applying them in LA.
We knew really early on that IVs(and EVs) were already coded into Legends from launch. In fact the IV values of each stat determined the initial grit level of each stat upon capture, and EVs are earned normally from combat(like defeating a Paras gives your Pokemon 1 Attack EV). The only real difference is that, unlike other games, IVs and EVs have no numerical effect on max stats in Legends.
Yeah because Origin Forme Giratina has no Hidden Ability
I cannot wait to know what sort of coding atrocities they have committed this time.
Was really that hard to patch new locations to SwSh?
The problem here is less "SWSH doesn't have those locations", the games have been set to handle that since Gen 3 (they just see a location that isnt in the game and display it as "Met in a faraway land" or for transfers, mention the Region), it's that the locations are being wiped out (I presume to whatever the default is) from the Pokemon's memory. And it sounds like this is on the back of Home specifically.
If anyone was realistically hoping for that then they haven’t been paying attention for years.
Actually the opposite. Main series Pokémon games are mostly compatible with each other, and when trades happen Pokémon usually keep their moves, ability, nature, EVs etc only changing if they're different or missing in the target game. Even SwSh didn't force Pokémon to relearn moves even if those moves were literally cut from the game's coding. My Choice Band Tyranitar still knows Pursuit, and I softly weep every time I look at it.
The very first time they introduced a new generation, Gold/Silver, the expanded movesets were able to be transferred back to Gen I. You couldn't send new moves, but existing moves than mons shouldn't have were fair game. It's very rare* that they actually eliminate transfer options without a technical reason.
Yep, and in this case it's almost guaranteed to be a technical reason.
To be fair, there's a moderately high chance that every move learned by regular Electrode is also learned by Hisuian Electrode as well.
I mean the smart thing would have been default to the Legends Arceus moveset.
