POKéMON-AMIE AND THE POKé PUFF DEEP DIVE 

Um... When you were listing the Poképuff species... I think you forgot about one of them? Or maybe you said 7 but actually meant 6? This is just like the Sweet flavour from the first video

HOW COULD YOU LEAVE OUT KILLING THE OLD MAN? In Anistar City, there's an old man who wants to look after a Pokemon that's level 5 or lower, to remind him of the vigor of youth. You can give him any such Pokemon, and take it back and give him a new one whenever you want, in which case...nothing happens. However, if you ever beat the league while he's looking after a Pokemon, he permanently disappears after that and you can't do any more swaps. The next time you go to his house, there will be a Poke Ball allowing you to take your Pokemon back, and a letter explaining how he appreciated having it to keep him company in its dying moments. When you take your Pokemon back this way, its affection will be instantly maxed at 255.

I miss being able to pet my Pokémon; it felt like such a cute way to interact and bond with them.

I think that, compared to stuff like the Pokéblocks or Poffins, Pokémon-Amie is an example of obfuscation _done right,_ which is pretty rare for the Pokémon series. The issue with a lot of previous systems in these games is that not only do they not tell you how stuff works, they also provide very little information as to what is the BEST way to use that system. For example, take Super Training from this same generation - I wouldn't be surprised if a bunch of kids assumed you had to do ALL of the DIFFERENT stages to have the strongest Pokémon, when in fact that actually results in a Pokémon with a very _balanced_ EV spread that is rarely viable in competitive play, and is also very similar to not using Super Training at all. However, with Pokémon-Amie, the optimal way to use it is _exactly what you'd ASSUME the optimal_ way to use it is - feeding your partner high-quality Poké Puffs, playing minigames to make them hungry for more, and petting them until the hearts stop appearing. You don't need to be told the exact specifics that were detailed in this video in order to figure that out! For a long time, Pokémon has been afraid of "showing people numbers" as that could make the games feel more artificial and less organic, but I think this was one of the times where they were able to _preserve that "organic" feel_ without misleading the player as to what they're supposed to do. And I'll admit that I'd fee less attached to my partners if I saw these numbers in-game.

The berry picker minigame is actually harder on the XL models of 3DS because due to the larger screen you have to drag the berries for a longer distance.

I...I never knew you could pet your Pokemon at the end of a battle with full affection. How did I miss this all these years? I feel like I've missed something big and amazing lol.

i miss pokemon amie so much 🥺 i loved being able to feed and play with my pokemon in SWSH but amie just hits different. being able to evolve sylveon with it was such a cute technique

An interesting memory: if you play the yarn bouncing mini game on infinite mode for long enough, the score counter maxes out at 999 while playing, but will still tally up your correct final score at the end.

Last year I did a Pokémon Y playthrough with my friend and I became so addicted to Head It and maxing out friendship with my Pokémon that I developed a permanent(?) sensitivity in my wrists where I now have to wear special gloves and stretch them once per hour when I play video games. So basically, I love Pokémon Amie so much it hurts. Lol

9:14 I don’t believe you mentioned this, but there’s something I noticed myself while playing these games, especially since I spent a lot of time in Pokémon-Amie. While the meter doesn’t show 4 1/2 hearts when you reach 200 points, I think you do get an indication. The sparkling animation that indicates unlocking the next heart plays twice between the forth and the fifth. I remember seeing the first sparkle and thinking I’d maxxed out, only to check my meter and saw I hadn’t, and then I kept noticing it with other Pokémon. I was confused by it at first but I eventually concluded it must indicate the halfway point between the two levels, just because it takes longer. Now that I know the halfway point has it’s own affects, I’m almost certain that’s what it’s supposed to be, even if it’s not all that clear to the player.

X and Y was the first time I ever felt truly compelled to complete the Pokedex because I wanted to, not because the game told me to. Because I wanted to pet every pokemon. See what they liked, didn't like, see all the teasing and eating animations. I really do just want a game where you just take care of a pokemon with an advanced system like this. But I also actually played and preferred Pokemon Contests over the actual games they were featured in, so maybe i'm just weird.

One of the biggest things missing from more recent games are weirdly in depth mechanics like this; it gave you fun motivation to actually play with your Pokémon. There’s camping in the newer games, which I like, but there’s so little to do that it’s not fun.

Ah, now I remember why a Gen 6 Pokemon (Carbink!) became my favorite of all time - must be because I spent _so much time_ pampering it in this game mode. I miss it quite a lot, now that you've brought it back to surface 😢

Use Guzzlord for the inevitable Pokébeans episode so we can witness him eat them in one bite Also, on the topic of the microphone bonus, saying the species name is guaranteed to trigger it

There's actually 9 Pokemon that immediately consume a Puff. Ekans line, Gulpin line, Wailord, Seviper, Gible, Carnivine and Origin Giratina (yes, specifically the snek form). Also 3 bites is the most common speed, as about 87.5% of available Pokemon (forms included) use it.

there is actually a pokemon who will eat a pokepuff in one bite and it's giratina. I might be remembering wrong but I'm pretty sure about this edit: turns out there's more than just giratina

You know what I think about a lot, regarding this? Calico cats-- they're cats with a specific fur pattern, but the way that pattern bears out relies on X chromosomes, so only females are calico cats. HOWEVER Apparently "one in every 3,000 calico cats are male" because of the fact that they can be born with, say, XXY chromosomes. but you can go further; because this chromosome grouping generally makes the cats sterile ...but sometimes... even more rare than that... you can have a male calico cat who DOESN'T have any genetic defects and isn't sterile so of course, you have to make your OC a calico catboy with the perfect genetic makeup (and then you can give him heterochromia, sure)

I know it’s outside of the scope of this video but I would’ve loved a deep dive into my favorite mechanics from x and y: berry farming and wild battle items. Wild battle items especially are such a fun mechanic because even all these years later so many people don’t know about them.

The bagworm tangent had me chortling 😂

pokémon amie is what made me fall in love with pokémon. i was never a fan of the games because i don't like turn based combat but whenever a new generation came out my parents would get my brother one of the games and get me the other one, pokémon amie really helped me get attached to my pokémon and helped me fall in love with the creatures and the world even if i don't enjoy the bulk of the gameplay

Shout out to the affection bonus from contests killing my poison heal breloom for any in-game battles and making me incredibly confused why I was getting affection benefits from a pokemon that never did amie.

at this point there's going to be a Six Degrees of Separation for PokéBlocks. Like everything is at most six degrees removed from PokéBlocks. Every Pokémon mechanic is connected to the black magick of PokéBlocks.

You forgot to mention Pokemon that eat Pokepuffs in a single bite. Wailord immediately comes to mind.

I'd commit some crimes to be able to eat a Pokepuff in real life

Can't wait for the Pokemon Refresh video for Gen 7's mechanics! (Luckily they are just simplified versions of Amie's mechanics for the most part. Kinda surprised you didn't mention it at the end of this one, honestly.)

I mean this in the most flattering way possible - your videos are a godsend when I need to go to sleep

19:32 this part made me genuinely laugh! Jokes aside, I really respect your dedication to dive deep into this info and explain it to the world

AMAZING video! I've been waiting for this deep dive! Loved the blink-&-you'll-miss-it gag at 2:38, and supes excited for The Poke Athelon video! I've spent a solid 9 or so years sinking hours and hours into "Mass Affecting" boxes of Pokemon to max affection in Amie, and spent just as long grinding out ALL the decorations for the overworld screen. I do wish you took the time to talk about some of the awesome decorations, but that could be for an opening gag in a future video. I DO want to add that the visitors who'll be granting you the Supreme Wish (birthday) and Supreme Honor (Elite 4) Poke puffs are pools from your Chat PSS's Friends & Acquaintances list, so clearing the Acquaintance list manually after having connected to the internet, and/or not having any friends both registered, and been online or passerby'ed with, make it impossible to acquire these Pokepuffs, and makes it impractical to get new decorations. (The Pokémon you're playing with will give you decorations after certain durations of playing minigames, and some special decorations after certain Affection thresholds are reached) Of course this is simply remedied by connecting to the internet, but as this is a Nintendo online functionality in a console no longer receiving support, on games almost 10 years old now, its days may very well be numbered. My hope (and reasonable expectation) is that by the time Nintendo surmises that their decent into Hell has reached the stage of killing the single best form of online play in Pokémon history, devoted fans will have already formulated a fan-run server in place to keep the Online chat Player Search System alive indefinitely. Other things: In my ridiculous and lengthy escapades forcefully deepening my friendship with my beloved 3D rendered baby loves, I came to primarily rely on blasting through 5-star unlimited runs of Head it in sets of 3 at a time, before spending the acquired Puffs on whichever of the 3 mons I had in my list slated for that coveted Best Friends ribbon. Both Berry Picker, and Tile Puzzle's Unlimited stages proved more difficult than was practical for obtaining those top quality Poke Puffs. Something interesting to note about Head it, is that while your "Score" in the top left of the screen will cap at 999, your "Bonus", added on after your final ball of yarn has been missed in unlimited, will be calculated independently of your base score! Even after you max out, you can keep going and raise your score well into the hundreds! In my hayday of maxing my playtime in Alpha Sapphire in the script room of my Speech and Debate class in highschool, my highest score (At least that I have photo evidence of in my snapchat's "my eyes only") is a total of 1,251! The bonus lists: "Last combo Record: 252", and this was added onto the maxed out 999. (I just tried once again to surpass this, and after 3 tries, my highest score was 1,225. These 24 long years on this Earth have not been kind to my old bones. That arrow to the knee didn't help either.) This means it's more than possible to go well beyond this, and I encourage all to do so! I'm interested in googling higher scores after posting this! To close, regarding Shedinja, it IS in fact possible to get the little booger to amass affection through Amie, it's just slow as heck. Because our favorite little husk has no mouth with which to chomp down sugary goodies, the ONLY way for us to directly supply him with love is via petting. Petting anything besides his halo, only AFTER playing through minigames with them to increase their enjoyment past the first level, will petting begin to supply them with hearts to fill their Affection meter, very slowly. So, it IS possible, but save yourself the hell and love them as a trainee. This of course, also applies to other No-Mouth-Having buggy babies. Can't wait for the next few videos, and would love to see you revisit gen 6 in the future for Super Training (even though it isn't as deep a minigame) Love the videos, keep up the great work. Tah!

For as many flaws as the games themselves have, the 3DS games will always hold a special place in my heart for just how much effort went into giving you ways to love your pokemon. Yeah, they weren't all modeled in 3-D and only used the little sprites, but that let them add so much variety to the system, and encouraged you to use your imagination a bit. Weird comparison (or not, depending on the Pokedex entry), but it reminds me of RimWorld in that way; it gives just enough information that you can fully understand the intended scenario, but leaves it vague enough that you can fill in the specifics and make your own stories around it. Something that gens 8 and 9 just... lack. The increased scope of graphics means they can't leave as much up to you, and the rushed development means they can't really make up for that by giving each scenario more personality. Maybe it's the nostalgia goggles. Maybe it's the long Covid fogging up my brain. Maybe it's even just a feeling. But... this is what hooked me on pokemon. What makes me get emotional about it. What I loved about XY, ORAS, and SM. (USUM is NOT invited to the party, the only purely good thing you did was Lysandre.) It does also help that this is significantly less obtuse than previous gens so you can actually interact with the bloody mechanic, HOENN.

Oh, i am SO excited for the super training video if that's what you're hinting at. I have such a love-hate relationship with it, it's fun but also a pain to grind for evolution stones and i've never seen anyone put the actual percentages of getting different items out there. I'm also excited for the poképelago video, I'd love to know the odds of different items from the treasure hunting island!

When you started covering head it, I swear I could hear the sounds of the yarn balls falling from the screen, I was so invested in that game as a kid

i was sure the pokepuff flavors corresponded to berry flavors wtf i loved pokemon amie the most out of all the pokemon care/playing/feeding mechanics weve gotten since! i really enjoyed the making faces game when it worked properly (which was rare)

I really appreciate these videos; there's something about putting full commitment into something that 95% of people aren't going to care about (mostly since Pokemon is three generations past Gen 6 at this point) - but for the remaining 5%, like myself, it's a gourmet feast of obscure little details and facts that almost nobody would take the time to put researching into. Yeah, sure, I'm gonna forget most of this stuff in 15~ minutes, but I don't care about that. It's the journey, not the destination

Continuing on with the pokemon secondary mechanics clearly next is diving into pokebeans and the Pokepelago (which looks like might be coming very excited for what comes next) would also be interested in any of the mechanics surrounding the Berry Juice/pokeathalon stuff. Regardless what you do next these videos have been fantastic and plenty entertaining

Head It Unlimited mode is by far the best way to get the seasonal Poke Puffs, I got so good at the game that I would just hit the threshold for max rewards and then just fail on purpose to collect my puffs because I would usually have no misses by the end. It's good hand eye coordination training, I enjoyed it and interacting with my Pokemon in general as it gives them so much personality and charm plus adds to the immersion. Gen 6 is highly underrated in that regard.

As a lover of learning mechanics in games I enjoy, this rabbit hole has been non stop entertaining and ive had the frist two in a playlist on loop for bg sound. Time to add part 3. You do excellent work and I'm glad I subscribed. Wonder if you'll do Spinda spots. Not really complicated, I hope, but something I always wondered as wll as how many unique spottings they have.

Amie made Pokemon with Super Luck and high percentage critical hit moves extremally broken if you get to five hearts. In USUM I gave myself an Absol at the beginning with Super Luck and got five hearts quickly. Any time I used a high % crit move, it was always critical 100% of the time.

Surprised every day at the moment, by the amount of new pokemon content appearing, that I didn't know I needed to know. Awesome work!

The heart icons may not show the halfway checkpoint between the four and five star levels, but there are signs! Every time you reach the next heart, your Pokemon plays their happy animation on the petting screen twice and sparkles, and it does the animation three times with a chime noise when it fully maxes out. BUT the Pokemon also does the repeated animation and sparkle sometime between levels four and five. When you back out of the petting screen, the lower screen has a message that says you and Pokemon are closer, which it normally says only when you reach a heart checkpoint. I've played a TON of Pokemon Amie, but I didn't know that had a gameplay application until now. Nice!

In the end... it was always Pokeblocks.

Maybe it's because I've had some alcohol tonight but 17:25 "THAT'S AN EAR!" with the human ear attached to Roggenrola is making me crack up

I always ended up with a ton of the best pokepuffs bc i loved the Head It minigame and would grind unlimited

The Gen 6 bonus mechanics were So Fun and so underrated!!!!

Paused at 17:26 and the Roggenrola-Joltik creature is hilarious

I really hope you eventually make a video on Sandwiches in Scarlet/Violet. That mechanic's rabbit hole is ridiculously deep, even the community hasn't quite fully cracked it yet.

I miss super training and pokemon amie. Free items, ev training, cute minigames and pokemon interactions? Feels much better than the camping mechanics, mobile free-to-wait pokemon islands in last gens.

Honestly the biggest plot twist here is that the system was actually somewhat sensible and reasonable instead of just being a bunch of arbitrary insanity.

Wailord only takes one bite for a pokepuff and the animation is beautiful

@Linneus I had to look at a completely different video to find this information, but apparently Gen 2 has an animated sprite of Pineco where it has a mouth underneath one of its protrusions. Apparently that’s why it’s one of very few “cocoon” pokémon to be able to eat the poke puffs. Video is about Pokerus, by Gray is Here. I saw the animation within the first few minutes of the video.

I love the part where you spiral into bagworm insanity trying to rationalize the list of pokemon who won't eat lmao. Love these types of vids, thanks for the hard work you put into them 👍

I already know this is going to be great.

Awesome video as always Linn!!! Because of the Foreverlocke Challenge, (a long-term challenge where, under certain stipulations, you have to get every single pokemon in the hall of fame, evolved and unevolved) I've had to figure out the most efficient way to grind affection in gen 6 to make the early game go by smoother. My best results were from spamming Tile Puzzle Hard, getting a bunch of +4 and +5 puffs every 25-30 seconds. This also lowered their hunger, so it's a nice gameplay loop :3 Side note, I felt SO GODDAMN VINDICATED when you revealed that the hearts a pokemon gives off after being fed a puff corresponds exactly with the amt of affection points you get. I was pretty sure that was the case, but my GOD is it nice for a confirmation xD

Pokemon-Amie is better than picnics! TELL ME THAT I'M WRONG!

While playing ORAS and getting all the ribbons on my shiny Terrakion, I noticed something incredibly unique. I played with Terrakion 1 time to get to 2 hearts of affection to get the Pokeblock bonus (I stopped exactly when it did the animation for 2 hearts, I didn’t do any more afterwards) and fed Pokeblocks to it until its contests stats were maxed out. After I did all the master rank contests (and only master rank contests), I went to start Blissey Base grinding to hit level 100. It was then I noticed that Terrakion somehow gained maximum Affection even though I only played with it until it reached Affection heart 2. I have scoured through the Pokeblock section and the Affection system in Bulbapedia and I couldn’t find any info as to how it got max affection. I tried to do my own testing by feeding my Gyarados exactly 6 Pink Pokeblocks and 4 Pink Pokeblock+s since that’s its preferred flavor. It had no affection prior and when I was done it was still 0, I assumed it was 0 cause it had maxed out contest stats. Is it possible that Pokeblocks can raise the affection stat in ORAS and have an internal cap based off of the cap for Contest stats? The reason I say this is cause when you said you gain +20 affection for contests, it then hit me that even if I did 5 contests total I’ve only done up to 2 hearts of affection meaning that it only would’ve given me +100 affection total making me only have in total 200 Affection total, not enough to hit maxed out Affection. I also did this with my Gyarados but they also had 0 affection. If contests give +20 affection that means Gyarados should also gain minimum 2 hearts since 5 contests equates to 100 points in affection.

Holy shit that edit where you read the comment is so smooth. I was genuinely confused for a moment how that was happening on my tv. Bravo!

Ah! Is this the place where I can finally brag about my 11 second record on Hard Tile Puzzle!? ...Maybe not without actual proof of that, huh. :P Fun video! I'm a huuuuge Pokémon-Amie lover.

XY was full of very big hits and very big misses to me, but Pokemon-Amie is definitely a big hit. The fact that they went through all the available pokemon and designated where they do and don't like being touched, as well as where it's even safe to touch, is absolutely incredible attention to detail.

With all these deep dives into side mechanics, I hope one day you'll make a breakdown on which game is the best when it comes to bonus mechanics (taking into consideration which ones are still possible)

That minigame section, you really captured the feel of the Mario Party minigame analysis videos if that's what you were going for!

Thanks game freak for removing the azure flute because it was to complacent because you never make anything else hard to understand

I remembered seeing the “avoided in time with your shout!” All the time. For context I got the event torchic and used him as my starter, and I had max friendship with him. Ground the elite 4 and champion to level 100. Constantly avoided getting hit that way. I was always so happy when I saw the friendship boosts. I never realized it could be so… not documented? I saw it so often that it was ingrained in my brain. Tickled my brain to see you be like “ I’ve never heard of this time to test it “ and then fail it when it was. Second nature to me. Also y was my first game and now I want to replay it. Also I miss pokepuffs they always looked so delicious and I loved seeing my pokemon enjoy them too. Eye candy

Pokemon Amie is a big reason why X and Y might be my favorite series, it's such a good way to bond and give some individual attention to your Pokemon...

Man I just recently found this video series and it is very well put together. I really appreciate your eclectic style and format for these videos, keep more coming! I have always been curious about the pokebeans cuz I played only a bit of Sun/Moon and didn't really dive deep into it. Can't wait to see more from you.

It's funny, despite having played X/Y back in the day, so much of the basics of amie seemed like new information to me. Still, I think it's obvious how much simpler and more intuitive this system is compared to pokéblocs, I assume Game Freak eventually realized that burying game mechanics under layers upon layers of obfuscation wasn't such a great idea. Oh, also one thing you didn't mention, what happens to affection once you trade a pokémon away? I would assume it gets reset, much like friendship.

i am off work sick and have spent the day binging these pokepuff adjacent deep dives. literally a perfect use of time

I was JUST about to ask about HGSS pokeathlon at the end of the vid. HELL yeah i love your analysis

Really holding out hope for that breakdown of the Battle Frontier. *Would* fit the concept of being even bigger by a longshot...

You mentioned there was a chance of being able to pet your Pokemon by touching the bottom screen after KOing an opponent, but I actually did some testing with some 5-heart Pokemon, and it's guaranteed when you rub it after their falling animation! Ever since I discovered it works 100% of the time I can't stop doing it! ...help! (also this even works in Triple Battles; just keep stroking the touch screen and everyone can get some love)

I love deep dives like this, learning all the details of everything that's even tangentially related is so much fun

i miss pokemon amie a lot, the newer games way of letting all ur pokemon out and interact are cool and have their own charm, but i put soooo much time into amie as a kid. I was literally a beast at that berry game in unlimited mode, eventually i didnt even care about the puffs anymore i just liked the minigame that much. Also that bit before going into the minigame deep dive at 19:30 was great LOL

Something I'd love for you to cover, if you're able to, are the Black & White 2 medals feature and theoretically how long it would take to get every single one of them. It's technically a way to measure your game's 'completion'. X & Y as well as ORAS also have medals but I don't know if one game takes longer to 'complete' than the others. Maybe something to look into. Other Pokemon systems I think are also interesting is the Pokeathlon from HGSS and the many intricacies of it. The 3DS 'O-Powers' and how it stacks with already existing mechanics in the game, like hatching steps / times, money, etc. The Mark system from SWSH. The Game Corners. Ribbons (honestly any gen that has it is interesting enough, though each gen has it's own changes). The X&Y Battle Maison. The Underground of Gen 4. And then of course the absolutely buckwild explanation for the Pokeradar cause, yeah, even as an adult I struggle to comprehend what is going on when using that thing.

I was literally just thinking about and hoping you'd do a video about its mechanics, because they seem absolutely nuts. And then I watched the end of this video and saw you reference it. Excited for .... whenever you finish with that!

This whole time I’ve been picturing Roggenrola’s front thing as an eye.

Its Ok aprijuice bros, he'll get to us eventually

i LOVED pokemon amie when i was a kid! nothing in future games has even come close to being able to directly pet your pokémon - that's by far the most connected i've felt in any of the playtime with pokémon side features. some of this i remember distinctly, and some of it is completely new... i only played head it (usually up to 999) for poképuffs, and i always wondered what the other turbo deluxe poképuffs looked like because i only got the pink and green ones. now i know why!

Hey man I just burned through your recent uploads and I just wanna say keep up the good work, these vids are incredibly well made and I hope you get all of the recognition you deserve!

i watched 40 minutes video for a singular 5 second tpp mention we didn't get this much attention in YEARS

Damn, this was a total nostalgia moment for me! Gen 6 was the first generation of mainline pokemon games I have clear memories of playing back in 2012 (I had PMD:EOS on the original DS before that), and I totally forgot all about Pokemon-Amie, haha. Good video! Also, side note: love the music choices. The soundtracks for MapleStory and PMD2 are two of my favorites, so it's always nice to hear them in the wild. :)

X and Y are some of my favorite games in the series and pokemon Amie is a big part of that! Thank you so much!

i believe there are some pokemon that eat pokepuffs in a single bite. gulpin comes to mind, although i might be wrong. i only use pokemon amie for the exp boosts and sylveon because i've been doing a few gen 6 professor oak challenges lately

thank GOD we're gonna be getting that breakdown on POKé BEANS, the most well known and beloved in-universe pokemon snack (joke. i enjoy these videos a lot. thank god we're gonna be getting that breakdown on POKé BEANS.)

Please never stop making these, your videos never disappoint. Always entertaining and informative!

Looking forward to your future pokemon deep dives. Subscribed to make sure to not miss them!

13:52 Wailord actually eats it in 1 bite (tested in ORAS). 16:46 You can still pet it at least, but it's going to be much slower now to raise affection.

Whenever I watch your videos I’m like damn that sounds like a lot of work to have learned and then try to convey it to others

Being able to pet and play with your Pokémon brought so much more depth to becoming attached to them IMO. I still have to wonder why they had to remove Pokémon Amie

There's also this rare pokepuff you can only get from aquantences, it has three toppings and gives you 6 hearts! They're really good if you just want to quickly max out the Pokemon's affection. Great video, I learnt a lot!

Dude thank you. I have covid and binging your videos is helping me stay sane. I love deep dives into obsure pokemon topics. You deserve more subs.

The minigame section made me feel like I was watching Identifying Luck by zoom zike

I randomly was recommended your first look at Pokeblocks and I've been really enjoying this miniseries you're doing on what has to be the most esoteric mechanic in all of Pokemon across the generations. I can't think of any other mechanic that has confused me the way Pokeblocks and its successors have, and it's pretty cathartic to find out that no actually, they really were just THAT needlessly complicated and unexplained! Good luck and godspeed as you dive into beans, as much as I enjoyed the island minigame thing, it definitely struck me as even more complicated than anything that came before it. o7

ok this is really stupid but i love all the joltik footage. joltik is one of my favorite pokemon ever so when i saw it i was like :OOOOOOO so thank you for the attention to my baby. also the rest of the vid is good too ig

42:42 way bigger and more exciting project? Can't wait for the 2 hour pomeg glitch documentary

Man, I remember back with Sword and Shield before Dexit was revealed and I was actually excited for the game, one thing I had hoped for was maybe they'd've expanded on the Mon Amie/Refresh system a bit further by adding some new key item that was basically a protective glove so you could pet the Pokemon that you normally couldn't pet ['mons like Slugma or Regice], or had difficulties doing so [which is to say, Ghost-types or goopy Pokemon, where petting them has a unique hand sprite and different sound effects] Mostly because I always felt bad for my Regice that I just straight-up could not pet it like I could its brothers Of course, with Pokemon Camp, you just can't pet your Pokemon anymore, just throw a ball and wave around a stick Thrilling I still have a dream that maybe one day we'll get some new Pokemon Stadium/Battle Revolution game with no Dexit restrictions, so you don't have to keep 'mons in the Phantom Zone that is Pokemon Home, but also had all the interaction features of Mon Amie/Refresh, Camp, and Picnics rolled into one big thing Basically, the game has two halves of being a purely battle thing, but also a Nintendog-type thing for nerds like me who just love to baby their dumb virtual monsters and treat 'em like a kinda family

As a kid I tried to invent so many ways to make orange and mint flavored cupcakes in an attempt to emulate pokepuffs because they all looked so delicious

Oh hey! A game mode I’m actually thoroughly familiar with! Tbh I remember playing Pokemon Amie way way more than the actual game itself, and I didn’t even know about the stat bonuses. I just played for hours because it was fun petting and playing with my Pokemon. Anyways, this video is lovely! I watched your block video and figured I really enjoyed your style of content! ❤

I loved pokemon amie and the affection mechanic in Gen 6, felt like a nice bonus for giving your favourite pokemon attention.

Shedinja is one of my favorite Pokemon and I remember being so heartbroken that I couldn't feed it the little pastries 😭

Looking forward to the X/Y medal video!

I was listening to you like a podcast in my car and thought the whole time you were saying, "Pokemon and me". I came back to watch again so I could see your visuals and I was frankly flabbergasted that it was actually pokemon amie 😅

Last night I had a dream about this video because I was excited about it. I remember being REALLY MAD in the dream because apparently this was way more complicated than I thought and also you started talking about some Pokemon mechanic I'd literally never heard of despite it being in ORAS apparently. I will note that I actually greatly enjoyed this video and am pleased to see this is a mechanic not secretly ultra complicated like my dreaming mind thought. Also very glad you didn't actually veer off into the secret mystery mechanic I dreamed of.