Walking Pikachu happiness glitch: Difference between revisions

 

An oversight exists within Pokémon Yellow, which allows the player to increase Pikachu's happiness via a recovery item without restoring any HP. As a result, players are able to take advantage of any recovery item such as a Potion and use it without limit to quickly raise Pikachu's happiness after finishing a [[bp:Pokémon battle|battle]].

 

In addition to players using this [[glitch]] so that they can increase Pikachu's [[bp:happiness|happiness value]], it is often used at early points in the game so that players are able to adopt a [[bp:starter Pokémon|starter Pokémon]] as soon as they reach Cerulean City, Route 24 or {{Explain|Vermillion City|After recieving the Thunder Badge}}. Since an item such as a [[bp:Potion|Potion]]; when used, would not decrease in quantity due to the message "It won't have any effect." players might choose to use the Potion a certain number of times before entering a battle to make Pikachu have a maximum happiness value of 255.