It would be really beneficial for you to learn about certain little things that you don't really know about when you start playing Pokémon.
STAB attacks: (Same Type Attack Bonus) Many Pokémon learn moves that are different from their type, such as a Pikachu learning Normal attacks, etc. However, Pokémon that learn attacks that compliment their type (Pikachu learning thunderbolt) deal and added 1.5x damage. Now, take into account that in the game, many times it will say "Super effective" or "Not so effective". Super effective means double damage due to the victim's weakness to that certain type of attack ( Ice is super effective against flying, grass, and dragon, and etc.). Using a STAB attack that is also a weakness to another Pokémon ( Ice beam from a Lapras [water/ice] on a Staraptor [flying] will give you an added 1.5x damage + the 2x damage from Staraptor's weakness.
A final example so you can understand STAB attacks: A Swampert using Surf gains a 50% boost attack power, from the original 95 to 142.
EV Training: (Keep in note that EV training is mainly for competitive playing, but the Battle Frontier at the end of the game may qualify for that) The EV (effort value) determine what stats your Pokémon gains when leveling up. After beating a Pokémon, they will award your Pokémon who battle or showed up in battle with a certain number of EVs. Some give 3 EVs to a certain stat, but they are quite difficult to find in the wild. Well, why does EV training matter? Again, the Battle Frontier isn't so hard that you have to EV train, it's mostly for the net battles on the newer generations of Pokémon.
For every 4 EVs your Pokémon gains in a certain stat, you will gain +1 in your Pokémon's base stat (battling a Pokémon that gives you 1 EV in attack 4 times, your Pokémon will gain +1 in his/her attack base stat).
A Pokémon can have a maximum of 510 EVs, 255 EVs in one certain stat. Thus being said, be a bit careful giving your Pokémon vitamins to make sure you don't hit that maximum too quickly.
A benefit to EV training is making a Pokémon excel in a certain stat that suits them (Crobat family is more speed than anything else, so EV train them in the speed stat)
There are many more aspects to EV training, but it gets more complicated, and a bit unnecessary anyway when we are talking about a game where you can't really net play with others, since it's an emulator and the upper floor of the Pokémon center does not work.
An important item for EV training however is the macho brace. You get it from the mother of the family you battle just above Mauville City (talk to her inside once you beat them all). The macho brace doubles the EVs your Pokémon gains while cutting it's speed (so don't use it on a crobat, or any other Pokémon the excel in speed while EV training)
Hope this stuff helps...just a little more of the complicated stuff of Pokémon.
It would be really beneficial for you to learn about certain little things that you don't really know about when you start playing Pokémon.
STAB attacks: (Same Type Attack Bonus) Many Pokémon learn moves that are different from their type, such as a Pikachu learning Normal attacks, etc. However, Pokémon that learn attacks that compliment their type (Pikachu learning thunderbolt) deal and added 1.5x damage. Now, take into account that in the game, many times it will say "Super effective" or "Not so effective". Super effective means double damage due to the victim's weakness to that certain type of attack ( Ice is super effective against flying, grass, and dragon, and etc.). Using a STAB attack that is also a weakness to another Pokémon ( Ice beam from a Lapras [water/ice] on a Staraptor [flying] will give you an added 1.5x damage + the 2x damage from Staraptor's weakness.
A final example so you can understand STAB attacks: A Swampert using Surf gains a 50% boost attack power, from the original 95 to 142.
EV Training: (Keep in note that EV training is mainly for competitive playing, but the Battle Frontier at the end of the game may qualify for that) The EV (effort value) determine what stats your Pokémon gains when leveling up. After beating a Pokémon, they will award your Pokémon who battle or showed up in battle with a certain number of EVs. Some give 3 EVs to a certain stat, but they are quite difficult to find in the wild. Well, why does EV training matter? Again, the Battle Frontier isn't so hard that you have to EV train, it's mostly for the net battles on the newer generations of Pokémon.
For every 4 EVs your Pokémon gains in a certain stat, you will gain +1 in your Pokémon's base stat (battling a Pokémon that gives you 1 EV in attack 4 times, your Pokémon will gain +1 in his/her attack base stat).
A Pokémon can have a maximum of 510 EVs, 255 EVs in one certain stat. Thus being said, be a bit careful giving your Pokémon vitamins to make sure you don't hit that maximum too quickly.
A benefit to EV training is making a Pokémon excel in a certain stat that suits them (Crobat family is more speed than anything else, so EV train them in the speed stat)
There are many more aspects to EV training, but it gets more complicated, and a bit unnecessary anyway when we are talking about a game where you can't really net play with others, since it's an emulator and the upper floor of the Pokémon center does not work.
An important item for EV training however is the macho brace. You get it from the mother of the family you battle just above Mauville City (talk to her inside once you beat them all). The macho brace doubles the EVs your Pokémon gains while cutting it's speed (so don't use it on a crobat, or any other Pokémon the excel in speed while EV training)
Hope this stuff helps...just a little more of the complicated stuff of Pokémon. 
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