Tag: Happiny

i recently came into the possession of three baby pokemon: an igglybuff, togepi, and hapinny. will they make good playmates with each other or should i separate them? what kind of toys should i be giving them? all they do right now is sleep and eat.

Actually, certain baby pokémon do better when placed in groups, rather than separated, even if that group consists of various species. This is especially true with pokémon either known for bringing happiness (happiny) or that evolve via levels of happiness (igglybuff and togepi). This is because socialization helps them develop a healthy mental state and allows them to form the bonds that eventually lead to the development of their abilities or to their evolution, respectively. Likewise, none of those pokémon are particularly discerning when it comes to their companionship (or at least, not generally speaking), so quarrels between any of them are unlikely.

So to answer your first question, absolutely, those three will make excellent playmates.

To answer your second question, believe it or not, the same sorts of toys you would give a human baby often work well for these pokémon. Soft toys, durable plastic toys, and anything that lights up and makes music are all excellent choices—especially the latter if you’d like something that will ensure they’ll stay in one place when you take your eyes off them for a moment. Never give them anything that can fit in their mouths and be swallowed, especially igglybuff (as it will attempt to chew anything). It’s also a good idea to give your happiny a round, smooth stone the shape of a chansey egg (but slightly smaller, so she can carry it), as happiny take comfort from carrying one of these around. Yes, it’s a good idea even if you don’t wish to evolve your happiny right away. Don’t worry—the round stone isn’t happiny’s only evolutionary requirement. Also, keep a stock of these stones on hand, and make sure they’re as close to identical as you can get them. Your happiny may lose her stone often, and it’s worth it to have a replacement ready.

Best of luck, anonymous, and congratulations on the new litter!

Hello Bill! I have a sweet little happiny in my care, I was wondering if you had any tips on raising her? Another thing is she is very shy and has a hard time interacting with the rest of my team, any tips on integrating her? Thanks so much!

First, the necessary information. Much like babies, happiny need plenty of sleep. Ensure they have a soft bed and warm blankets. Do not swaddle them but rather loosely cover them if they look cold. Feed them at least twice daily with either kibble or pureed fruits and vegetables, as well as milk for calcium. Baby formula, strangely enough, also works. Happiny will also need a litter box with standard poké filler, and this should be changed daily. Give your happiny a daily bath with gentle soaps in your sink or tub. Finally, happiny should be given durable, soft or plastic toys—never anything with small parts—as well as a polished, round stone that resembles a miniature chansey egg (an oval stone, in other words). Even if you don’t evolve your happiny, the stone does wonders for its mental health.

Now! As for integration, this is a bit tougher. If you still have one or both of her parents, allow them to help you with this. Let them show her that the rest of her team is friendly, and let them introduce her. If you don’t still have her parents or if you adopted her, start with the youngest, gentlest member of your team. Introduce that specific pokémon to her on its own as a playmate. Let that pokémon play with her and “babysit” her, as it were. Once she begins to trust that team member, introduce another one with the first one present. Work your way towards introducing her to your team one by one until she meets the fiercest, oldest members, and have each of your team members play with and care for her in turn. Introducing her to your team all at once may intimidate her, but going slow and allowing her to start with your most approachable members allows her to get comfortable with them at her own pace. Likewise, keeping the members she’s already befriended out as you introduce her to someone new allows her to seek comfort in the friends she’s already made.

Best of luck and congratulations on the new addition to your family, anonymous!

The Chansey Line

Happiny
The Playhouse Pokémon
Type: Normal
Official Registration #: 440
Entry: This small, egg-like pokémon carries around a smooth, round stone that it apparently mistakes for an egg. It is not recommend that one tells a happiny—even in jest—that the stone is not, in fact, an egg, as doing so will result in the happiny bursting into tears, which in turn will result in a very stern lecture from your research partner.

Chansey
The Egg Pokémon
Type: Normal
Official Registration #: 113
Entry: The evolved form of happiny, by battle experience, during the day, if the subject is holding an oval stone. A rare, motherly pokémon with incredible regenerative abilities, chansey are practical angels to trainers and those in the medical field. They possess the ability to lay eggs whose yolk have unique healing properties, and whenever these pokémon come across injured humans or pokémon, it will generously share these eggs with these parties. Of course, what is not often mentioned is how chansey will share these eggs—which is to say, never twist your ankle in a field where chansey are known to live, as this will very likely result in you being hit with Egg Bomb from every possible angle. Yolk will get everywhere. Even in places you didn’t think it would be possible for yolk to be.

Blissey
The Happiness Pokémon
Type: Normal
Official Registration #: 242
Entry: The evolved form of chansey, as a result of a heightened sense of happiness. The eggs it lays are composed of chemicals that induce euphoria in any human that consumes it. Additionally, blissey fur is highly sensitive and is, through means not yet understood, capable of detecting sadness. Using both abilities, blissey have a tendency to stop whatever they’re doing and rush towards any source of unhappiness in order to share their eggs with the unfortunate person. One would think, given the above, that blissey would be popular pokémon to have around hospitals and other sources of high stress levels, but this is only true for carefully trained blissey. There has been more than one incident of casually trained or wild blissey wreaking havoc on college campuses or in the wild due to their tendency to rush towards sources of unhappiness, and given the fact that “sharing” for a blissey means the same thing as “sharing” does for chansey, each of these instances ended, literally speaking, quite messily. Needless to say, one can expect to be cleaning yolk off themselves up to a week later.