In Japanese, there are five ways to say "*POKéMON* used *MOVE*!":

- "*POKéMON*が　*MOVE*を　つかった！" ("*POKéMON* used *MOVE*!")
- "*POKéMON*が　*MOVE*した！" ("*POKéMON* did *MOVE*!")
- "*POKéMON*が　*MOVE*　した！" ("*POKéMON* did *MOVE*!" for long move names)
- "*POKéMON*の　*MOVE*　こうげき！" ("*POKéMON*'s *MOVE* attack!")
- "*POKéMON*の　*MOVE*！" ("*POKéMON*'s *MOVE*!")

These are all redundant in the English localization. This tutorial will show you how to remove them, which saves space and simplifies the code.


## Contents

1. [Delete the `MoveGrammar` table](#1-delete-the-movegrammar-table)
2. [Simplify the move text](#2-simplify-the-move-text)
3. [Simplify the text printer](#3-simplify-the-text-printer)


## 1. Delete the `MoveGrammar` table

Simply delete [data/moves/grammar.asm](../blob/master/data/moves/grammar.asm).


## 2. Simplify the move text

Edit [data/text/common_2.asm](../blob/master/data/text/common_2.asm):

```diff
 _ActorNameText::
 	text "<USER>@"
 	text_end

-_UsedMove1Text::
+_UsedMoveText::
 	text_start
 	line "used @"
 	text_end
-
-_UsedMove2Text::
-	text_start
-	line "used @"
-	text_end

_UsedInsteadText::
	text "instead,"
	cont "@"
	text_end

_MoveNameText::
	text_ram wStringBuffer2
-	text_end
-
-	text_end ; unused
-
-_EndUsedMove1Text::
-	text "!"
-	done
-
-_EndUsedMove2Text::
-	text "!"
-	done
-
-_EndUsedMove3Text::
-	text "!"
-	done
-
-_EndUsedMove4Text::
-	text "!"
-	done
-
-_EndUsedMove5Text::
 	text "!"
 	done
```


## 3. Simplify the text printer

Edit [engine/battle/used_move_text.asm](../blob/master/engine/battle/used_move_text.asm):

```diff
 UsedMoveText:
 ; this is a stream of text and asm from 105db9 to 105ef6
 	text_far _ActorNameText
 	text_asm
 	ldh a, [hBattleTurn]
 	and a
 	jr nz, .start
 
 	ld a, [wPlayerMoveStruct + MOVE_ANIM]
 	call UpdateUsedMoves
 
 .start
 	ld a, BATTLE_VARS_LAST_MOVE
 	call GetBattleVarAddr
 	ld d, h
 	ld e, l
 
 	ld a, BATTLE_VARS_LAST_COUNTER_MOVE
 	call GetBattleVarAddr
 
 	ld a, BATTLE_VARS_MOVE_ANIM
 	call GetBattleVar
-	ld [wMoveGrammar], a
+	ld [wTempByteValue], a
 
 	push hl
 	farcall CheckUserIsCharging
 	pop hl
-	jr nz, .grammar
+	jr nz, .ok

 	; update last move
-	ld a, [wMoveGrammar]
+	ld a, [wTempByteValue]
 	ld [hl], a
 	ld [de], a

-.grammar
-	call GetMoveGrammar
-; wMoveGrammar now contains MoveGrammar
-
-; everything except 'instead' made redundant in localization
-
-	; check obedience
-	ld a, [wAlreadyDisobeyed]
-	and a
-	ld hl, UsedMove2Text
-	ret nz
-
-	; check move grammar
-	ld a, [wMoveGrammar]
-	cp $3
-	ld hl, UsedMove2Text
-	ret c
-	ld hl, UsedMove1Text
+.ok
+	ld hl, UsedMoveInsteadText
 	ret

-UsedMove1Text:
-	text_far _UsedMove1Text
-	text_asm
-	jr UsedMoveText_CheckObedience
-
-UsedMove2Text:
-	text_far _UsedMove2Text
+UsedMoveInsteadText:
+	text_far _UsedMoveText
	text_asm
-UsedMoveText_CheckObedience:
 ; check obedience
 	ld a, [wAlreadyDisobeyed]
 	and a
 	jr z, .GetMoveNameText
 ; print "instead,"
 	ld hl, .UsedInsteadText
 	ret
 
 .UsedInsteadText:
 	text_far _UsedInsteadText
 	text_asm
 .GetMoveNameText:
 	ld hl, MoveNameText
 	ret
 
 MoveNameText:
 	text_far _MoveNameText
+	text_end
-	text_asm
-; get start address
-	ld hl, .endusedmovetexts
-
-	...
-
-GetMoveGrammar:
-	...
-	ret
-
-INCLUDE "data/moves/grammar.asm"
```

(If you're using an older version of pokecrystal that has `wd265` instead of `wMoveGrammar`, you don't need to replace `wd265` with `wTempByteValue`, but do need to make the other changes. Older versions also use `db "@"` instead of `text_end`.)

Now moves will still print correctly, but without wasting time and space on using certain grammar.

![Screenshot](screenshots/used-move-instead.png)