Memory (game mechanic)

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The Memory Girl (Japanese: おもいでむすめ Memory Girl) is a character in the Generation VI games that tells the player about a Pokémon's experiences with its current Trainer and original Trainer. In Pokémon X and Y, she stands outside the Pokémon Center in Anistar City, and has the appearance of a Furisode Girl. In Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, she stands outside the Pokémon Center in Lilycove City.

Memories

A Pokémon can be selected from either the party or the Pokémon Storage System. An Egg cannot be selected. The memories of Pokémon range from meeting the Trainer for the first time, defeating wild Pokémon or Gym Leaders, using HM moves outside of battle, exploring various locations, evolving, etc. A Pokémon's memory may change over time as it has new experiences with its Trainer.

For example, the Memory Girl may say of a Bulbasaur hatched from an Egg: "Bulbasaur hatched from an Egg and saw original Trainer for the first time at... a large city. The Pokémon remembers that it was restless." Taking the Bulbasaur to be rated by the stats judge may change the memory to: "Bulbasaur was stared at by the Judge intensely when it met him with original Trainer. The Pokémon remembers that it felt proud." If the Bulbasaur is then traded to another player, in addition to the most recent memory with the original Trainer, the Memory Girl may add: "And... Bulbasaur became other Trainer's friend when it arrived via Link Trade at... a snow-swept road. The Pokémon remembers that it got nervous." If the Bulbasaur is then returned to its original Trainer, it will retain its memory from the previous Trainer, but it will not remember this Trainer if traded to a third Trainer.

Pokémon received from events or transferred from a Generation V game won't have any memories of their original Trainer; the Memory Girl will say "The Pokémon seems to have a good memory, but it doesn't seem to be able to remember..." They may still make new memories with their current Trainer however. Pokémon who have a memory exclusive to Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire will also display this message in Pokémon X and Y; the memory will be displayed correctly if traded back to a copy of Pokémon Omega Ruby or Alpha Sapphire.

Pokémon with a memory exclusive to Pokémon X and Y will cause a blank dialogue box to appear if this memory is checked in Pokémon Omega Ruby or Alpha Sapphire.

Quotes

Pokémon X and Y
"I can read Pokémon memories. People call me the Memory Girl. Do you want to know the memory of your Pokémon?"
No: "Come back anytime. Memories never fade away."
Yes: "Which Pokémon's memory do you want to know?"
  • After reading a memory
"Do you want to know another Pokémon's memory?"
Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire
"I'm the Memory Girl! I can read Pokémon memories. Do you want to know the memory of your Pokémon?"
No: "Come back anytime!"
Yes: "OK! Which Pokémon's memory do you want to know?"
  • After reading a memory
"Do you want to know another Pokémon's memory?"
Response structure

A Pokémon will have two sets of memories if it has been traded. If this is the case, then the Pokémon's memories with its current Trainer will be Memory 2 and Feelings 2; if the current Trainer is also the Pokémon's Original Trainer, then Memory 1 and Feelings 1 will be from its previous owner, otherwise they will be from the Pokémon's Original Trainer.

"<Memory 1> <Feelings 1>"
  • If there are two memories, followed by
"And... <Memory 2> <Feelings 2>"
  • If the Pokémon has no data for some set of memories
"The Pokémon seems to have a good memory, but it doesn't seem to be able to remember..."
Unknown
"a certain item"
"a certain move"
"a Pokémon"

Possible memories

"<Pokémon> met <Trainer> at...<location>. <Trainer> threw a Poké Ball at it, and they started to travel together."
"<Pokémon> hatched from an Egg and saw <Trainer> for the first time at... <location>."
"<Pokémon> met <Trainer> at... <location>."
"<Pokémon> became <Trainer>'s friend when it arrived viaXY/came throughORAS Link Trade at... <location>."
"<Pokémon> went to a Pokémon CenterXY/Poké MartORAS with <Trainer> to buy <item>."
"<Pokémon> went to the Pokémon Center in <place> with <Trainer> and had its tired body healed there."XY
"<Pokémon> went fishing with <Trainer>, and they caught <other Pokémon>."
"<Pokémon> went fishing with <Trainer>, but the hooked Pokémon got away!"
"<Pokémon> saw <Trainer> paying attention to <other Pokémon>."XY
"<Pokémon> got treats from <Trainer>."
"<Pokémon> went clothes shopping with <Trainer>."
"<Pokémon> learned <move> from <Trainer>."XY
"<Pokémon> helped <Trainer> hatch <other Pokémon> from an Egg."
"<Pokémon> was with <Trainer> when he/she caught <other Pokémon>."
"<Trainer> used <item> when <Pokémon> was in trouble."
"<Pokémon> used <move> at <Trainer>'s instruction, but it had no effect."XY
"<Pokémon> battled at <Trainer>'s side and defeatedXY/beatORAS <other Pokémon>."
"<Pokémon> was defeated byXY/lost toORAS <other Pokémon> and <Trainer> ran away."
"<Pokémon> was raisedXY/brought upORAS by <Trainer> and evolved at <location>."
"<Pokémon> surfed across the water, carrying <Trainer> on its back."
"<Pokémon> saw <other Pokémon> carrying <Trainer> on its back."XY
"<Pokémon> battled at <Trainer>'s side and defeated a Gym Leader."
"When <Trainer>XY/<Pokémon>ORAS challenged the Battle Maison, <Pokémon>XY/<Trainer>ORAS got soXY/reallyORAS nervous."
"<Pokémon> flew, carrying <Trainer> on its back, toXY/fromORAS <location>."
"<Pokémon> and <Trainer> were surprised when <other Pokémon> jumped out!"XY
"<Pokémon> saw <Trainer> using <item>."
"<Pokémon> battled at <Trainer>'s side and defeated the Champion."
"<Pokémon> was with <Trainer> when he/she completed his/her Pokédex."
"<Pokémon> encountered <other Pokémon> when it was with <Trainer>."
"<Pokémon> battled at <Trainer>'s side and defeated a Battle Chatelaine."
"<Pokémon> searched for hidden items with <Trainer> using the Dowsing Machine at... <location>."XY
"<Pokémon> rode a BicycleXY/BikeORAS with <Trainer> at... <location>."
"<Pokémon> checked a destination with <Trainer> using the Town Map at... <location>."
"<Pokémon> planted <Berry> with <Trainer> and imagined a big harvest."
"<Pokémon> proudly used Strength at <Trainer>'s instruction in... <location>."XY / "<Trainer> asked <Pokémon> to use Strength, and it proudly used the move in... <location>."ORAS
"<Pokémon> proudly used Cut at <Trainer>'s instruction in... <location>."XY / "<Trainer> asked <Pokémon> to use Cut, and it proudly used the move in... <location>."ORAS
"<Pokémon> shattered rocks to its heart's content at <Trainer>'s instruction in... <location>."XY / "<Trainer> asked <Pokémon> to shatter rocks, which it did to its heart's content in... <location>."ORAS
"<Pokémon> used Waterfall while carrying <Trainer> on its back in... <location>."
"<Pokémon> saw <Trainer> secretly picking up something in... <location>."
"<Trainer> had <Pokémon> hold items like <item> to help it along."
"<Pokémon> headed forXY/went toORAS Victory Road with <Trainer>."
"<Pokémon> checked the sign with <Trainer> at... <location>."XY
"<Pokémon> was impressed by the speed of the train it took with <Trainer>."
"<Pokémon> encountered <other Pokémon> with <Trainer> using the Poké Radar."XY
"When <other Pokémon> jumped out, <Pokémon> was surprised and ran away with <Trainer>."
"<Pokémon> got a high score at the Battle Institute where it challenged othersORAS with <Trainer>."
"<Pokémon> was stared at by the Judge intenselyXY when it met him with <Trainer>."
"The Move Deleter that <Pokémon> met through <Trainer> made it forget <move>."
"<Pokémon> was able to remember <move> at <Trainer>'s instruction."XY / "<Trainer> asked <Pokémon> to remember <move>, and it was able to remember the move."ORAS
"<Pokémon> was taken to theORAS Pokémon Day Care by <Trainer> and left with <other Pokémon>."
"<Pokémon> was excited when <Trainer> won with his/her Loto Ticket and won prizes like <item>."
"<Pokémon> was with <Trainer> when he/she used a RepelXY/repellentORAS at... <location>."
"<Pokémon> had a very hard training session with <Trainer>."
"<Pokémon> took an elevator with <Trainer>."
"<Pokémon> was taken to the Name Rater by <Trainer> and given a fateful name."
"<Pokémon> was with <Trainer> when he/she went to a boutique and tried on clothes, but he/she left the boutique without buying anything."
"<Pokémon> went to a nice restaurant with <Trainer> and ate until it got totally full."
"<Pokémon> was taken to a nice lady by <Trainer> and pampered."
"<Pokémon> checked a trash can with <Trainer> at... <location>."
"<Pokémon> fought hard until it had to use Struggle when it battled at <Trainer>'s side against <other Pokémon>."XY
"<Pokémon> looked down at the world from a tall tower where it went with <Trainer>."XY / "<Pokémon> went to a tall tower with <Trainer> and looked down at the world."ORAS
"<Pokémon> saw itself in a mirror in a mirror cave that it went toXY/exploredORAS with <Trainer>."
"<Pokémon> almost got lost when it explored a forest with <Trainer>."
"<Pokémon> went to a factory with <Trainer> and saw a lot of machines that looked very complicated."
"<Pokémon> was with <Trainer> when he/she built a Secret Base."ORAS
"<Pokémon> participated in a contest with <Trainer> and impressed many people."ORAS
"<Pokémon> participated in a contest with <Trainer> and won the title."ORAS
"<Pokémon> soared through the sky with <Trainer> and went to many different places."ORAS
"<Trainer> asked <Pokémon> to dive. Down it went, deep into the ocean, to explore the bottom of the sea."ORAS

Locations

Location location location
"somewhere" If withdrawn from Pokémon Bank; if the location text is ORAS-exclusive If withdrawn from Pokémon Bank
"the first town" Vaniville Town Littleroot Town
"home" Player's house in Vaniville Player's house in Littleroot
"a friend's house" Serena/Calem's house (eastmost) in Vaniville, Trevor's house in Lumiose May/Brendan's house in Littleroot, Wally's house in Petalburg
"someone's house" Most generic houses in cities, towns, and some routes; makeshift Pokémon Center in Aquacorde Dewford Hall, Pokémon Fan Club, Trick House, Inverse Battle Stop, TV Mauville, Route 114 (Fossil Maniac's house, including tunnel), Cove Lily Motel, Contest Spectacular Trainer Club, Mossdeep City (Steven's house), Battle Resort (Team Magma/Aqua Grunt's house)
"a lively town" Aquacorde Town Oldale Town
"a boutique" Any boutique
"a shop" Potion and Poké Ball shops in Aquacorde; Poké Ball Boutique, Juice Shoppe, Stone Emporium, Herboriste, and Loto-ID Center in Lumiose; Bicycle shop in Cyllage Any Poké Mart, Pretty Petal flower shop, Rydel's Cycles, Crooner's Café, Herb Shop, Secret Base Guild, Lilycove Department Store
"a simple town" Camphrier Town Dewford Town, Verdanturf Town, Fallarbor Town
"a Pokémon Center" Any Pokémon Center; Pokémon Link Any Pokémon Center; Pokémon Link
"a castle" Shabboneau Castle, Battle Chateau
"a hotel" Hotel Camphrier, Hotel Ambrette, Hotel Cyllage, Hotel Marine Snow, Hotel Coumarine, Hotel Richissime, Hotel Couriway
"a town with a mysterious air" Geosenge Town Lavaridge Town, Pacifidlog Town
"a windswept town" Dendemille Town
"a gate" Any gate except the Pokémon League Gate Seaside Cycling Road gates
"a town on a river" Couriway Town
"a lab" Sycamore Pokémon Lab, Fossil Lab Professor Birch's Lab, Professor Cozmo's house, Weather Institute
"an aquarium" Ambrette Aquarium
"a town on a cliff" Ambrette Town
"a gorgeous city" Santalune City, Kiloude City Petalburg City, Ever Grande City (south of Victory Road)
"a Pokémon Gym" Any Gym, Prism Tower Any Gym
"a school"' Trainers' School Trainers' School
"a large city" Lumiose City Mauville City (including Mauville Food Court, and Mauville Hills hallway and balconies)
"a building" Any unmarked building on the outer edge of Lumiose City, or the Vacant Storefront/Looker Bureau or Lumiose Press Devon Corporation, Oceanic Museum, Mauville Hills apartments (except balconies), Mossdeep Space Center
"a stylish café" Any cafe (in Lumiose City, Cyllage City, Laverre City, and Anistar City)
"a secret base"XY/"a hideout"ORAS Lysandre Labs, Team Flare Secret HQ Team Magma Hideout, Team Aqua Hideout
"a museum" Lumiose Museum Lilycove Museum
"a studio" PR Video Studio
"a train station" Seaside or Hillcrest Stations at Coumarine, Lumiose Station, Kiloude Station Cable Car Stations (Route 112, Mt. Chimney)
"a battling spot" Battle Institute, Battle Maison Battle Resort (including Battle Maison)
"a beauty salon" Coiffure Clips or Friseur Furfrou in Lumiose
"a restaurant" Restaurants Le Nah or Le Yeah, or Sushi High Roller
"a high-class restaurant" Restaurant Le Wow
"a seaside city" Cyllage City, Shalour City, Coumarine City Rustboro City, Slateport City (including Slateport Market and Slateport Harbor), Lilycove City
"the inside of a tall building" Tower of Mastery Sky Pillar (including edge of space, but not entrance cave)
"a city with a mysterious air" Laverre City Fortree City, Sootopolis City (surface outside)
"a riverside city" Anistar City
"a snowcapped city" Snowbelle City
"the Pokémon League" Pokémon League (including the League building) Pokémon League (including the League building)
"a palace" Parfum Palace
"a cave" Reflection Cave, Glittering Cave, Connecting Cave, Terminus Cave, Chamber of Emptiness, Sea Spirit's Den, Unknown Dungeon Route 134 (underwater), Rusturf Tunnel, Granite Cave, Fiery Path, Meteor Falls, Scorched Slab, Shoal Cave, Seafloor Cavern (cave and underwater), Cave of Origin, Sky Pillar (entrance cave), Fabled Cave, Gnarled Den, Nameless Cavern, Mirage Cave (Orlando's Glalie)
"a forest" Santalune Forest, Route 20, Pokémon Village Petalburg Woods, Trackless Forest
"a tree-lined road" Route 1, Route 6
"a riverside road" Route 2, Route 7, Route 21 Route 103, Route 110, Route 118, Route 119
"a tranquil road" Route 3, Route 22 Route 101, Route 102, Route 104 (north), Route 111 (northern/southern ends), Route 116, Route 123
"a road in bloom" Route 4 Route 117
"the Pokémon Day Care" Pokémon Day Care Pokémon Day Care (Route 117), Pokémon Day Care Annex (Battle Resort)
"a rugged mountain pass" Route 5, Route 10, Route 11, Route 18, Route 19 Route 112, Route 114, Mt. Chimney, Jagged Pass, Mt. Pyre (non-summit outside)
"a stone-lined area" Route 9 Mt. Pyre (inside)
"a road above the sea" Route 8, Route 12 Route 104 (south), Route 115, Route 121
"a mired road" Route 14 Route 120
"a sand-swept road" Route 13 Route 111 (desert)
"a leaf-strewn road" Route 15, Route 16
"a snow-swept road" Route 17
"a factory" Poké Ball Factory Stern's Shipyard
"Victory Road" Victory Road, Pokémon League Gate Victory Road
"a snowy mountain" Frost Cavern
"a power plant" Kalos Power Plant
"a field" Berry fields (Route 7) Berry Master's garden (Route 123)
"a ruin" Lost Hotel Sea Mauville, New Mauville
"a sewer"XY/"a watery route"ORAS Azure Bay Route 105, Route 106, Route 107 (surface), Route 108, Route 109, Route 122, Route 124 (surface), Route 125, Route 126 (surface), Route 127 (surface), Route 128 (surface), Route 129 (surface), Route 130 (surface), Route 131, Route 132 (surface), Route 133 (surface), Route 134 (surface)
"a safari" Friend Safari Safari Zone
"a Secret Base"ORAS Mirage Mountain, Secret Base
"a Contest Spectacular Hall"ORAS Contest Spectacular Hall
"a place deep in the ocean"ORAS Route 107 (underwater), Route 124 (underwater), Route 126 (underwater), Route 127 (underwater), Route 128 (underwater), Route 129 (underwater), Route 130 (underwater), Sootopolis City (underwater)
"a Mirage spot"ORAS Mirage Cave, Mirage Forest, Mirage Island
"a large ship"ORAS S.S. Tidal
"an ash-covered path"ORAS Route 113
"a tiny island"ORAS Southern Island, Secret Islet, Secret Shore, Secret Meadow, Crescent Isle, Pathless Plain
"a mystical place"ORAS Mt. Pyre (summit), Desert Ruins, Island Cave, Ancient Tomb, Sealed Chamber
"oh, while soaring in the sky"ORAS Soaring in the sky

Possible feelings

"The Pokémon remembers that <emotion>."
"The Pokémon clearlyXY/stillORAS remembers that <emotion>."
"The Pokémon definitelyXY/alwaysORAS remembers that <emotion>."
"The Pokémon fondly remembers that <emotion>."
Possible emotions
"it was happy"
"it had fun"
"it was glad"
"it grinned"
"it got overwhelmed by emotion"
"its feelings were indescribable"
"it felt good"
"it got teary eyed"
"it got lighthearted"
"it got nervous"
"it felt comfortable"
"it was restless"
"it got a bit carried away"
"it felt sorry"
"it got emotional"
"it felt nostalgic"
"it had some difficulty"
"it felt exhausted"
"it couldn't be true to its feelings"
"it felt proud"
"they ended up in a foul mood"
"it got angry"
"it got jealous"
"it got sleepy"

Trivia

  • The location memory for Azure Bay and Hoenn water routes is すいどう in the Japanese version, which can be translated as either "water route" or "water supply". This ambiguity caused it to be mistranslated in X and Y as "a sewer", and retranslated in Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire as "a watery route".

In other languages

Language Title
France Flag.png French Sue Veunyre
Germany Flag.png German Miss Memory
Italy Flag.png Italian Memory
South Korea Flag.png Korean 추억소녀 Memory Girl
Spain Flag.png Spanish Evocadora



Non-player characters in the core series games
Hoenn Professor BirchMomMayBrendanWallyWandaSteven StoneWallaceScottMr. BrineyMr. StoneGabby and TyLanette
BrigetteProfessor CozmoPokémon Fan Club ChairmanRydelWinstrate familyCaptain SternTrick MasterTreasure HunterDock
ApprenticePokémon Center LadiesOld guysMr. BondingTealaAaruneLisiaZinniaLookerInverChazFossil ManiacKiriMemory Girl
Team AquaTeam MagmaGym LeadersElite FourFrontier BrainsBattle ChatelainesGym guideName RaterDay-Care CoupleStats judge
Kalos Professor SycamoreGraceCalemSerenaShaunaTiernoTrevorAlexaCassiusInverSinaDexioGurkinn
BonnieDianthaAZLookerEmmaMr. BondingPhil the Photo GuyMemory GirlPokémon Fan Club Chairman
Team FlareGym guideGym LeadersElite FourBattle ChatelainesName RaterDay-Care CoupleJudge


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