Egg move
Egg move is a move a Pokémon can know only by hatching from an egg with a parent that knows it
Gold and Silver introduced egg moves passed from the father. X and Y let the mother pass them too. Sword and Shield let two Pokémon of the same species left at a Nursery transfer egg moves between them.
Main-series games; introduced in Generation II, Gold and Silver.
3 later changes
- X and Y let either parent pass egg moves.
- Sword and Shield allowed egg-move transfer between two Pokémon of one species at the Nursery.
- Scarlet and Violet moved the same transfer to picnics.
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