No More Gyms: how does this affect traded Pokémon?

[Meganium]

It hasn't been a month yet soo...

Quite honestly I am not a fan of the trials. I'm very used to gym battling and getting badges and stuff (and not to mention, grinding my ass off). It's probably a new thing that GameFreak is trying to go for, but who knows. I may change my mind about it once I get there but I just find it weird not seeing gyms in this generation.

 

[Hikamaru]

Trials will most likely replace this concept entirely.

If I remember a line of dialogue from the protagonist's mother, the trials are something that is only found in Alola so I feel we'll be returning to the Gyms format for the next new region again.