When did the terms "Effort Values" and "Individual Values" start being used commonly?
Aug. 19, 2014I am pretty sure that Nintendo didn’t come up with the terms for what we now know as EVs and IVs. So who did, and when?
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This has been unanswered for a while so ill give it a shot.
Evs or Effort values were introduced in gen 1 but at the time were called stat exp.They were known to be this until around Generation 3 when they put caps on all the evs the Pokemon could earn. Generation three unleashed new and easier stat mechanics therefore changing the name to evs. It was still complicated at the time but easier than stat exp in gen 1-2.
Ivs were introduced in gen 3 along with the new ev system.
Basically they were commonly used in generation 3
Sources:http://www.psypokes.com/lab/evguide.phphttp://http://pokemondb.net/mechanics/hidden
Hope I helped!
