I can't tell you how hard it was to NOT title this 'Poképroblems'

[terabient]

So, I've had a few issues in Pokémon Y recently. These problems are mostly due to me not understanding type matchups and 'making pokémon friendly' mechanics as well as a pokémon master should. But instead of just googling it I have decided to shout into the endless void of the internet in the hopes that perhaps a wandering TRUE Pokémaster will hear my cry and help in my struggles.

Or um, I just wanted to talk about Pokémon.

Anyway! My team is roughly level 40 right now and I'm at the uh...I can't remember the name, but I have to go find whatever's wrong in a frost cavern or something? And uh, I can't remember what is strong and what's weak against Ice. Like, I know Fire is strong to Ice and Grass is weak to it, and Dragon is also weak, I think? But the rest of the types: NO CLUE. Man, I should really look up a type matching chart but whatever.

Also: HOW DOES FRIENDSHIP WORK??? I have a Chingling that I want to evolve into a Chimecho (I think Chimecho is cute and I had one in Pearl that I took all the way to the end of the game, so I'd like to have a new one). To evolve, I'm supposed to have Chingling level up at night with high friendship. I've maxed out its Affection meter in Poké-Aimé, and had it level up multiple times at night, and it just stays a Chingling. :C Which is cute enough, but it's a little itty bitty bell and I need it to be a slightly larger bell so it can actually hurt things. I don't know what I'm doing wrong. Chingling, why do you hate me? I just want you to be the best bell you can be! ;_;

I'm going to walk around Kalos with Chingling while it's holding a Soothe Bell now, in hopes that it will eventually like me enough to evolve. Incidentally, this means my little living bell is carrying around another bell which amuses me a lot. Possibly more than it should. But, I think Pokémon is best enjoyed by embracing your silly feelings about your virtual pets. NO SHAME.

Comments

[spectrier]

Affection isn't the same as happiness, which is kinda dumb but that's how the games have decided to work. Friendship is gained over time by levelling/winning battles/grooming etc, affection is through PokeAime.

Considering how teeny tiny Chingling is, its soothe bell is probably actually bigger than it is. |D

[terabient]

Affection isn't the same as happiness

WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS NINTENDO



If I could draw I would totally draw little Chingling hanging out with an oversized Soothe Bell. Actually, I might draw it anyway: it is a subject that screams for MS Paint, I think. XD

[jack_of_none]

Friendship is actually different from Affection, which is what you level up in Pokemon Amie :X I don't know why this is! Friendship is a hidden stat and there's a person in Laverre city that can tell you what your friendship level is with a particular pokemon. Chingling is an older Pokemon so I guess it uses the old hidden value rather than Affection like Sylveon does. God knows why they didn't merge them, but.

Walking around with the Pokemon in your party, using items that increase Friendship, and leveling it up will increase its friendship. Letting it faint will decrease it, as well as using items that tell you that pokemon might not like the taste. There's also a lady who will massage your pokemon which increases friendship, I think you can do that once a day.

Ice is weak against Fighting, Fire, Rock, and Steel. Don't ask me why. It's super effective against Grass, Ground, Fighting, and Dragon. I don't have the type charts memorized so I just wrote out a little type chart that I carry around if I'm going to be playing Pokemon haha.

And yes I have super huge levels of emotions about my pokemon. I have a completely terrible Scrafty that I am in LOVE with because of Pokemon Amie. She might have shitty stats but goddammit she is MY Scrafty with shitty stats and I love her and we are best friends. Scruffy lizard babby.

I also think I've spent more money on new socks in this game than on pokeballs.

[terabient]

I don't know why I'm creeped out by a lady massaging my Pokémon when like, over half of them like to be petted in some...awkward spots...in Poké-Amié.

Making a type chart might be the way to go. I've been using the Bulbapedia to look up weaknesses and resistances for specific pokémon, so I don't throw out a Dark type against a Fairy, for example, but that doesn't always help when I'm looking for what's super-effective on offense. And I don't always have access to Bulbapedia when I'm playing... ~o~

The changes to the battle dialog when you have super-affectionate pokémon actually make me do things I normally wouldn't. Like, when it says my ninja frog might cry because he's at low health I go NOOOOOOOOOooooooOO and heal him right away, instead of switching out or letting him faint like I would have in older games. I just...I can't let them down! They tough it out for me! ;___;

[jack_of_none]

I don't even know how you massage a bell anyway.

I KNOW the first time my Scraggy "got over poison so you wouldn't worry!" I got so emotional that I had to shut the game for a minute. It was super embarrassing.

I...I actually used the game notes feature to write down what was good for the gym I was going to next /o\ Bulbapedia should tell you what each type is super-effective against, though.