Remove the functionally redundant move grammar tables

In the Japanese releases, 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 and all the strings have been translated to just “!”. This tutorial will show you how to remove them, which saves space and simplifies the code.

Open src/battle_message.c and remove the following declarations:

- static void ChooseMoveUsedParticle
- static void ChooseTypeOfMoveUsedString
- static const u8 sText_ExclamationMark[] = _("!")
- static const u8 sText_ExclamationMark2[] = _("!")
- static const u8 sText_ExclamationMark3[] = _("!")
- static const u8 sText_ExclamationMark4[] = _("!")
- static const u8 sText_ExclamationMark5[] = _("!")

In the same file, look for the functions: sGrammarMoveUsedTable, ChooseMoveUsedParticle and ChooseTypeOfMoveUsedString and remove them completely.

In the function BufferStringBattle in src/battle_message.c, remove ChooseMoveUsedParticle(gBattleTextBuff1); and ChooseTypeOfMoveUsedString(gBattleTextBuff2);

And finally, change sText_AttackerUsedX and add an exclamation mark at the end of the string like so:

- static const u8 sText_AttackerUsedX[] = _("{B_ATK_NAME_WITH_PREFIX} \n{B_BUFF2}”)
+ static const u8 sText_AttackerUsedX[] = _("{B_ATK_NAME_WITH_PREFIX} \n{B_BUFF2}!”)

And that’s it! You have now removed the move grammar tables and functions and also made it easier on resources because now the game won’t go through multiple functions just to print a single exclamation mark present in 5 different text strings.