New trailer:
It looks like you can activate what's called Partner Power when there's a partner symbol (official translation TBD) when battling. Partner Power unleashes a stronger move when your partner is in battle.
Your partner Pokemon can also aid in battle when another Pokemon is in battle. For example, Pikachu helps Jigglypuff in the video, and from the following screenshot on
this page, we can see that Jigglypuff's attack rose, though it might also be able to raise other stats.
Eevee also gets water and electric type moves in addition to the fire type move shown on Pokenchi. From
here, it says that the water type move heals Eevee by 50% of damage done, the electric type move 100% paralyses and the fire type move 100% burns (which we already knew). On the other hand, Pikachu's water type move has a chance to paralyse.
We also get a peep at
Erika.
Her Vileplume at level 34 appears to be a slight level jump from previous games.
A first look at the
new Switch.
I have to say, I thought Z Move names in English were bad enough, but these new exclusive moves are way, way worse. Splishy Splash? Bouncy Bubble? Buzzy Buzz? Sizzly Slide? Fire whoever named them ffs. The Eevee and Pikachu Partner Power moves are called Veevee Volley and Pika Papow. Yeah, I'm gonna play this game in Japanese.