What Are Pokémon Genes?
Good Pokémon genes are hard to find because of the irregular fitting requirements. Levi 550 Loose-Fits are a good first choice because of flexibility and comfort, but Wrangler is good too. Oh-wait a minute-not those kind of genes! That was my obligatory groaner, I just thought I’d get it out of the way sooner rather than later. Every Pokémon has a set of genes that are hidden to the player. There is a different gene for Attack, Defense, Special, and Speed. It is these genes that make all Pokémon unique. Each gene is simply a number from 0 to 15, which is 0 to F in hexadecimal. For those of you who have studied computers and math, this represents half of a byte or a nibble. A gene of 0 is the worst and 15 is the best. Both Special Attack and Special Defense share a single gene, the Special gene. This was a backward-compatibility-issue because in the Red/Blue/Yellow versions there was only a Special stat. When Gold/Silver/Crystal came out, they split Special into Special Attack and Speci
