16th Spell: [Video/Action for Goldenrod]

[friendyousohard]

[The feed clicks on to show Twilight hugging what looks like a spaceship with eyes. Looks like her Magneton finally evolved.]

Yes yes yes yes yes yes yes! Finally, my very own Magnezone!

[She practically giggles in glee, clambering up onto the top of her newly evolved Pokemon with a grin. The Magnezone waits for her to be settled on top of it, and then slowly rises up into the air.]

I am Twilight Sparkle, Captain of the Starship Tesla! Our mission is to search the cosmos for-

For...

Megasoma, Snails, what are you two doing with my gear?

[The feed suddenly clicks off.]

Comments

[video]

[enjoymyatelier]

I assumed it was something like that, but I didn't know enough about Nosepass and Probopass to say for sure. That is quite fascinating, though-most Pokemon have very straightforward methods of evolution, but some of them are downright bizarre. This at least seems to have a logic to it rather than seeming totally arbitrary, but I'm somewhat baffled as to why some Pokemon need to be traded to evolve, particularly given that there's rarely anything about them that would justify it.

[video]

[friendyousohard]

I have to agree with you completely there. There's a slight justification with ones that carry items when they're traded, like Onix or Scyther, but the ones that just need to be traded... the best hypothesis I can think of is that there's some sort of recessive trait that's only triggered by changing trainers. Certainly, it does seem that having a trainer in the first place makes a Pokemon much more likely to evolve and to do so quicker.

[video]

[enjoymyatelier]

The ones that need items do have a certain amount of justification to them, since the item is usually related to either the Pokemon or the evolution-though it doesn't explain why trading itself is the catalyst for them to activate. Perhaps trading Pokemon causes some sort of energy to be released during the transfer that either causes evolution or reacts with the catalyst?

[video]

[friendyousohard]

Hmmm... I've never actually preformed a trade before, so I haven't had a chance to catalogue that information. And I do have a Kadabra...

I think an experiment is in order, sometime soon.

[video]

[enjoymyatelier]

Tell me if you find anything interesting. I have two Pokemon that evolve in that fashion, but they both only require trading after their first evolution and one seems to require an item that I don't have on me at the moment.

Of course, if by some miracle I manage to test it first, I'll be sure to share my findings with you.

[video]

[friendyousohard]

You have my word that I'll tell you as soon as there's something to share.