Talk:Pokémon-Amie

Affection

The way some people have worded it, it seems that the affection levels for Pokémon-Amie diminish over time. Are they permanent, so you don't have to play regularly? -- Pringles 03:21, 31 October 2013 (UTC)

I'm almost positive they can't go down. At the least, time shouldn't be enough alone. In my hundred plus hours, I've never lost a point of affection. --Wynd Fox 04:23, 31 October 2013 (UTC)

It won't diminish on its own. When you fill the affection meter, it will even say you and your Pokémon will be friends. Although, I don't know if smacking your Pokémon in Amie will have any effect on affection, and I don't really want to test it to find out. ^★Jo the Marten^★ ಠ_ಠ♥ 10:27, 31 October 2013 (UTC)

The Torchic (now a Blaziken) I got from the Torchic holding Blazikenite distribution keeps losing a point. I don't know if its a bug or what. I thought it was because I put it in the PC, but only it lost points, none of the others. I got it back up to 5 hearts, but today it was down again. It's fullness is still full, but the Affection keeps waning. I haven't let it faint in battle or anything so I don't know what is going on. I never slap it (is that even possible) poke it or anything negative. All I know is yes, affection will go away.

I know I had my Fletchling in the pc for a week and it kept its affection level. Even my Mewtwo who doesn't show too much emotion when being petted keeps its affection. My Yveltal, a Pokémon possibly based off the Black Death, Both being something that has killed millions keeps its affection. So I guess traded Pokémon are least affectionate? Yamitora1 (talk) 06:31, 26 December 2013 (UTC)

5 Possible reasons for Affection to lower. 1) Trade/Event Pokémon are hard to maintain affection 2) PC Storage 3) Using Recoil Damage moves 4) Mega Evolving or over Mega Evolving 5) Jealousy

My original hypothesis was that trade/event Pokémon are hard to maintain their affection levels. I also believed that the PC might have some baring on Affection, as it does on friendship if I remember right.

However, then I realized my Blaziken knew two recoil damaging move, perhaps using recoil moves will lower affection. Also Blaziken is usually my go-to Mega, so perhaps mega evolution will affect the affection level. My third new guess is jealousy. I noticed I had just came from double battles at restaurants when the Affection lowered. As I said, Blaziken is my go-to Mega, and when in mega form or a triple battle, you can't pet them. However, in a double battle you can pet both if able. Maybe Mega Blaziken got jealous of me only petting the other Pokémon?

If not jealousy in battle, maybe paying more attention to other Pokémon in Pokémon-Amie will cause jealousy? Further research is required. Its possible one or a mixture of these contribute to the loss of Affection. Yamitora1 (talk) 22:32, 27 December 2013 (UTC)

My anecdotal evidence is that mega evolving has absolutely no effect. Ditto with trading and jealousy. I only use recoil moves with Rock Head ability, though. --Wynd Fox 23:56, 27 December 2013 (UTC)

But have you mega evolved on Pokémon, and continuously pet its double battle partner? If not, you can't rule out the jealousy factor. Yamitora1 (talk) 20:41, 30 December 2013 (UTC)

Flavor preference

I've played in Pokémon-Amie a lot, and after feeding a shiny Relicanth with a hasty nature a bunch of differently-flavored poké puffs, I haven't seen any difference in hearts given for different flavors of the same type of poké puff. If the flavor preferences are the same, then a pokémon with a hasty nature should prefer sweet poké puffs, but normal sweet poké puffs (pink) haven't been giving any different of a response than the other flavors. Nevasarini (talk) 18:48, 31 October 2013 (UTC)

I doubt Poke Puff preference is related at all to Nature and Berry preference, as the flavors are named different things (Mocha, Sweet, Spice, Mint, Citrus versus Sour, Spicy, Dry, Sweet, Bitter). That said, I also haven't noticed any of my Pokemon's heart levels varying based on what flavors they're eating. Experimentation must be done on whether flavor affects other things instead, like fullness or enjoyment (or if it does indeed affect affection, but to a smaller degree than would be noticeable in most circumstances). Pumpkinking0192 (talk) 20:07, 31 October 2013 (UTC)

I've noticed the same thing. Fed one pokemon (over the course of several feedings) every flavour of the first 4 "levels", each level produced the same amount of hearts for all flavours. I'm going to go ahead and remove that bit in the article. DragonJTS (talk) 04:30, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

Pokémon Preference

I was thinking if it would be a good idea to have a subsection in every Pokémon's "Game Data" section that tells where Pokémon like and don't like being petted. I haven't noticed Pokémon having preferred Poké Puff, but if Pokémon do have preferred flavours, we could add those in the section as well. ArtistKyurem (talk) 05:19, 3 November 2013 (UTC)

Yeah, I was wondering this too. If so, though, shouldn't it be put under Biology? Zaffre (talk) 04:26, 8 November 2013 (UTC)

Well, I was thinking of editing it in to some of the Pokémon pages, but I wasn't sure what to label it as. Yes, biology seems to be a better fit. Should it be put under physiology as a subsection, where the gender differences also are? Or should it be just a section of biology? ArtistKyurem (talk) 03:17, 9 November 2013 (UTC)

Per the new guidelines, Biology sections are not to include subsections any more. (Not all articles have been updated to the standard, but I believe most have by now.) I'm not sure where to put the information, but I can tell you for sure that you'll be reprimanded if you try to make such wide-sprawling edits without an admin's approval. I suggest bringing the topic up on one of their talk pages first. Pumpkinking0192 (talk) 03:24, 9 November 2013 (UTC)

Oh, well then we could simply have a paragraph in biology that talks about Pokémon-Amie. Or, we could do what I originally suggested and make it a subsection in Game Data. What do you think? Also, Arceus' biology section might need some editing then. ArtistKyurem (talk) 19:33, 9 November 2013 (UTC)

I personally believe that info like that should be under trivia. That is just my opinion though. Any other ideas besides in biology? We could also create a whole new area for pokemon's personal preferences/annoyances in pokemon-amie.(Just a thought).--Darkmaster (talk) 03:05, 11 November 2013 (UTC)

I personaly think that such info would not fit the trivia section. Pokémon-Amie is a feature/game mechanic of Pokémon X and Y. Just as their is a section for Pokéathlon stats, their should be a section for Pokémon-Amie, we're just debating where it would fit. Our best choices would be making a paragraph about it in Biology or a subsection of Game Data. - unsigned comment from ArtistKyurem (talk • contribs)

So shall we begin? Zaffre (talk) 00:25, 12 November 2013 (UTC)

I would be up for putting it as a subsection of Game Data. Better than in trivia, anyways.--Darkmaster (talk) 00:44, 12 November 2013 (UTC)

I think it fits better in Biology, but I'm okay with almost anywhere but Trivia. --Wynd Fox 01:08, 12 November 2013 (UTC)

5-star reactions

Whenever I use a Full Restore or stuff like that on my Blaziken, it says, "Blaziken (in this case <Pokémon>) is thrilled to bits!". Just noticed that's not on the page. -- Pringles 00:23, 10 November 2013 (UTC) Add to that, when my Pokémon's at low health, it says something like, "<Pokémon> is in a bit of a pinch. It looks like it's going to cry" -- Pringles 02:26, 10 November 2013 (UTC)

Minigames

Do we want to fulfill the Minigame pages that are linked to in the Interaction section? I've been putting a bunch of information in the Discussion page for the Berry Picker game, (Lack sufficient privileges to create new pages). Data is accurate, but could probably use some formatting. RickBo (talk) 20:18, 15 November 2013 (UTC)

Traded Pokémon Affection will decrease?

I've noticed that several times my Blaziken, which I got as a Torchic from the distribution event with the OT of XY and the trainer ID of 10123 will lose a heart if deposited and stored in the box. Now I kept my other maxed out Pokémon in the same box for the same amount of time, but only the Blaziken lost a heart. The other Pokémon lost fullness, but that was it in terms of losing anything gained through Pokémon-Amie.

This has happened at least twice now, and each time I had to work hard to get Blaziken back up to 5 hearts. Its almost like it resets to the point when it received the 4th star

I kind of vaguely remember that depositing Pokémon will cause friendship to dip, perhaps affection from Pokémon-Amie is the same? Has anyone else experienced a similar phenomena? Yamitora1 (talk) 15:23, 24 December 2013 (UTC)