No More Gyms: how does this affect traded Pokémon?

[WingsofBliss]

In the past, each Gym badge you obtained throughout the game would allow traded Pokémon of certain levels to obey you. If your traded Pokémon grew past that level before moving onto the next Gym badge, it would disobey you in battle.

Now with Gyms gone in place of Trials in Sun and Moon, how do you think this will work? I'm really curious to see what everybody else thinks. I'm thinking maybe after you complete a Trial in the main part of the story, traded Pokémon up to a certain level will obey you like in the past. Only difference there would be is no Gym badges.

 

[CunningChandelure]

I think it would be reasonable to guess that trials completed = higher levels to obey because there is a reason for the system and there requires a substitute. What I might speculate is the idea that Badges aren't leaving, but rather just the Gym badges. We might still get little badges for completing trials because at the root the trials and gyms are similar concepts.

 

[Rivvon]

The concept of disobeying Pokémon may be scrapped altogether in further attempt to make the games even easier.

 

[MegaKuriboh]

The concept of disobeying Pokémon may be scrapped altogether in further attempt to make the games even easier.

I could see this happening, to be honest.

"We wanted to make it so kids didn't have to work hard for their victories because if they did we would run the risk of them giving up the game, if a child was given a Darkrai it's his choice to use it in game"

 

[Altairis]

I assume that we still get something the resembles badges. GameXplain did a Q&A video where someone asked them what the Trainer Case/Card looks like and they said they could not talk about it at all, meaning there's probably something like that that's going to appear and they haven't revealed it yet.

 

[Iron Tiff]

My guess is that Pokémon obedience depends on completed trials. Then it looks like you get access to more ride Pokémon after completing x number of trials.

 

[James169]

The answer has already been given by Gamefreak, it's in the demo.

If you try and transfer Greninja over, the Professor says it won't obey you until you have obtained 2 (I think) trial badges, so they will fill the role that gym badges had.

 

[Hikamaru]

The concept of disobeying Pokémon may be scrapped altogether in further attempt to make the games even easier.

My guess is that Pokémon obedience depends on completed trials. Then it looks like you get access to more ride Pokémon after completing x number of trials.

James169 has mentioned above that the obedience limit is staying for this generation, and like Tiff said I'm assuming it's based on the number of completed Island Trials. So no, Game Freak wouldn't scrap this handicap just because they're making everything else easier.

 

[Green Pidgeot]

The answer has already been given by Gamefreak, it's in the demo.

If you try and transfer Greninja over, the Professor says it won't obey you until you have obtained 2 (I think) trial badges, so they will fill the role that gym badges had.

Exactly. The situation with traded Pokes won't be that different, its the same thing.

 

[Kieran]

Like the others' said, it might be a scrapped idea altogether from now, considering how the videos on Sun and Moon up to date seems to emphasise on friendship and trading/ battling together as well.

But since it's already confirmed to stay, I am thinking the Trials will be replacing the Gyms for the limit.

 

[PlatinumDude]

As said above, I'm guessing obedience is tied to how many trials are complete. Removing it entirely would make it way too easy to cheese the game with an overleveled Pokemon.

 

[RetroPokeman]

I anticipate that each trial passed will enable the player to command higher of higher levels.

 

[LyokoGirl5000]

We'll probably get trial badges or something that do the same thing as gym badges.

 

[kingdenas]

I think after completing each trial, our character gets allowed to "control" higher leveled Pokémon.

 

[Pinkie-Dawn]

I'm sure the badges from the Trial Challenges will function the same as Gym badges, Game Freak isn't that forgetful. If only GameXplain understood.

 

[clbgolden]

If you try and transfer Greninja over from the demo it says it won't obey you in the main game unless you have completed two Grand Trials (Kahunas).

So... Yeah.

 

[Knyte]

Wait. So how many trials are there for each island? And are there really only seven? That'd be a shame because there's a lot of Pokemon types that deserve some trial love. They could have gone with a lot of trials and expanded the gameplay and more fun with different puzzles.
But I think we're getting beads? I heard something about necklace beads things as some sort of badge. Or I might be confused and should hit myself.

 

[blue]

Going by the filesize and the recent trailer, I'm starting to believe that we could actually see some sort of Gym system in place around Alola. Maybe it will be post-game, but I'm definitely thinking there is something they're hiding from us.

 

[hijhiysonikku]

This is gonna be an example of "They Changed It, Now It Sucks". I, myself, like Gyms better than Trials, but who knows?

 

[Xerecies]

I don't see how it's going to change anything, really. Trials will most likely replace this concept entirely.