Pokemon: Let's Go Pikachu/Eevee - Treehouse Live segment details

- Pokemon gain levels through experience
- Capturing a Pokemon grants experience
- Bonuses to the amount of experience gained can be earned through particularly good throws / other modifiers
- EXP share spreads EXP through your party
- it seems that all Pokemon gain exp when you capture one
- EXP share kicks in during battles with trainers.
- Pokemon gain new moves as they level up
- Berries can be thrown to make Pokemon easier to catch
- Lower level Pokemon are easier to catch and don't move much
- More powerful Pokemon later in the game will be more difficult to capture
- there are underhand, overhand and side throws for Poke Balls, each with different bonuses
- Different throws will work better depending on how the Pokemon is moving
- in handheld mode, use the gyro to align a reticle on the Pokemon and press a button to throw
- Pokemon seen in the wild in Viridian Forest were Caterpie, Weedle, Metapod, Kakuna, Butterfree, Pidgey, Pikachu, Oddish
- Pokemon seen between Viridian and Pewter were Pidgey and Rattata
- 3 options in battle - FIGHT, POKEMON and BAG
- If you send out your Companion, you get a cool animation of you sending them in and them leaping off your shoulder
- Brock is the leader of Pewter gym
- stats include HP, Attack, Defense, Sp. Atk. Sp. Def and Speed
- stats add together to give you a creature's CP value
- CP value is the total of a Pokemon's stat
- Candy is used to increase these stats
- Candy is obtained by sending Pokemon you have caught to the Professor
- Pokemon can be sent in bulk, up to 30 at a time
- the more Pokemon you send, the more candy you get back
- there is one type of candy for each sta
- Pokemon sent from GO will appear in the park
- wander the park freely, walk up to Pokemon and initiate a capture minigame
- CP level at which you transfer them from GO affects their LGPE game level
- the higher the CP, the higher their level and the harder they are to catch
- your rival's name is Tracie
- you get 5 potions when you enter Viridian city
- Following Pokemon will wiggle their tails to notify you about nearby hidden item
- riding a Pokemon like Onix happens automatically when you take them out of the Poke Ball
- any Pokemon can be chosen to follow you
- go into your party menu, select the Pokemon as usual and a standard menu pops up which lets you take them out of the ball