Ok good. i just kept hearing they were taken and such it got me worried. Though I've seen z-moves and they don't feel the same to me but eh. Given it is a one time power move then a whole buff and change for a pokemon.
I'm glad I'm not the only one. The whole gating thing is odd considering...
I don't know if it is just me but the begging of the game felt rather slow that it made me just not interested. I mean it took me after reading all the text about 20 minutes to get me first pokemon. With all the text dump the dropped at you at the begging and still just giving you huge road...