The small features you didn't know about

[Palamon]

What are some in game features you didn't know about until later in your Pokemon gaming life? I, for example, didn't know that you can display your HP in a double battle (in the gen IV games, at least) by pressing start until this week. It's crazy that I never knew about this because it's very useful...

 

[Simply Dunsparce]

That you can clean your badges in certain games.

 

[faf]

In Gen 5, you can make a circular motion or a horizontal moment on the Pokemon's status screen to do neat little actions. Gen 6 allows you to pet your Pokemon after battle if you hold your stylus on the bottom screen and make movements. Never knew these until recently.

 

[VisionofMilotic]

In Oras I did not know until 2 years after beating the game that you could have 2 bikes at the same time post game. I thought you had to just go back and forth to Mauville whenever you wanted to change between the Arco and Mach bike.

 

[Iceshadow3317]

Recently, I didn't know Marks were a thing in Sword and Shield until Isle of Armor.
I also didn't know you could catch wild pokemon while camping if they came up to you.

As for other stuff, not really something I didn't know existed, but I didn't know the difference between Att and Spec Attack and Def and Spec Def until late in Kalos Games where it just sorta clicked. I knew they were there, just didn't understand them. (It may have been ORAS when it clicked)

Everything else, I pretty much knew about unless I am missing stuff that I've never done and still haven't done because I look at leaks and what not.

 

[Sheep]

BW: That if you swipe the stylus pointer in circles over your Pokémon in their party menu, they will float! Wish I could find a video, but the original tweet was deleted ;_;

 

[NikolaP]

I just recently realised that you could use the X button to switch displays on the stats section of the summary. Also that the inner hexagon of the two represents EVs and that it goes white when all EVs are used up, and little twinkly stars appear next to a stat with maxed EVs. Handy for training.

 

[Brendino]

I knew that you could do tricks and ride rails with the Acro Bike in R/S/E, but it wasn't until many years later that I realized you could go back up the stones on the Jagged Pass of Mt. Chimney with it. I always just figured it was a one-way route.

 

[SawkTheWarrior]

I mostly used the mach bike (my first time playing Ruby i skiped all the daialogue). so when i started using the Acro bike, i didn't even know there was such a thing a tricks!