Pokémon, originally known as Pocket M🅷onster in Japan, has been around since 1996 and has since then become a household name in the gaming industry. Si👍nce its inception, there have been , TV specials, and even an animated series based on the property. What’s more important is the evolution of the game—what was once a card game has resulted in eight generations of video games, all with different sorts of challenges, characters, and moves alike.
One of the most interesting moves brought forth in Pokémon is the Happy Hour move. Happy Hour is a move that doub𒆙les the amount of prize money after each battle. This move was introduced in Generation VI and has since then been widely used by Pokémon trainers all over the world. It’s a non-damaging move, exclusive to Normal-type events, and thus has no battle effects.
This move, created by Inkay, comes with a variety of hidden treasures that up-and-coming trainers need to know about. For those of you just hearing abo൲ut Happy Hour Pokémon or have been around the (poké)block here is a list of the 10 things you didn’t know about Happy Hour P✱okemon.
10 Basic Effects 𒈔 🌟
Before we get into the specific type of Pokémon, the basic, general knowledge every trainer shoꦗuld know is how the Happy Hour move works. According to , it has no battle effect, and it doubles the amount of prize money made after each battle. It even doubles prize money in trainer battles, also known as a secondary effect. Additionally, if a pokémon holds an Amulet Coin or Luck Incense during the Happy Hour move, the amount is quadrupled.
Another type of effect iಌs the Z-Move effect. According to , for Z-move effects, if a ✃pokémon is holding a Normalium Z and then uses its Z-Power, the Happy Hour move turns into Z-Happy Hour. This means that not only will the prize money double, but the stats all raise one stage each.
9 🧔 Contest Spectacular
An additional benefit provided with the Happy Hour move is that it can be a part of the Contest Spectacular combination, which was first introduced in and Alpha Sapphire.
The Contest Spectacular combination gives mo༺re points boosted to the user’s Contest score. If pulled off, points can be accumulated generously to the user. When used with Happy Hour, the comꦓbination allows Bestow, Fling, and Present to give three extra appeals points, as stated by . The Contest Spectacular benefit is used if Bestow, Fling, and Present are utilized in the next turn.
8 🌌 Games Happy Hour Pokémon Are Featured In
There are a certain number of games listed that feature the Happy Hour move. These games include Pokémon X and Y, and Alpha Sapphire, and , Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon and .
These games range from Generation VI to Generation VIII. The ♒available Pokémon that are eligible for the Happy Hour move in these three Generations are listed below. It should be noted that while Generation VI and VII have Happy Hour Pokemon listed, Pokémon available forꦯ Generation VIII isn’t listed.
7 Happy Hour Pokémon Available In Generation VI ༺
Each Generation comes with a different🍸 list of Happy Hour pokém𒉰on available. Here’s a list of pokémon available that comes in Generation VI, along with their abilities and how they are obtained:
Pikachu - Static, obtained with Tohoku Pikachu
Meowth - Pickup Technician, obtained with Hap🧸py Meowth
Magikarp🐈 - Swift Swim, obtained with Pokemon Center Hiroshima Magikarp
Delibird - Vitaꩲl Spirit Hustle, obtained with PG🦹L Delibird
Jirachi - Serene Grace, obtained with🧸 Nintendo Hong Kong Jirachi
Greninja - Torrent, obtained with Pokemon General Elec🌞tion 720 Greninja
In🐟kay - Contrary Suction Cups, obtained with Pokemon Center Tokyo Bay Inkay
6 𝓰 H🌄appy Hour Pokémon Available In Generation VII
For Generation VII, unlike the seven pokémon listed꧟ with Generation VI, a lim🎃ited list of pokémon is provided for the Happy Hour move. Although there are only three Pokémon in this Generation, they are perfectly usable for the Happy Hour move. Here is a list of the three pokémon listed in Generation VII, along with their abilities and how they are obtained:
Pikachu - Static, obtained with Carnival Pikachu and Carnival Parade Pikach🅰u
Munchlax - Pickup Thic𒅌k Fat, obtaiꦰned with Snorlium Z Munchlax
🐽Rockruff - Keen Eye Vital Spirit, obtained with Dusk Rockroff
5 𝓡 Happy Hour Versus Pay Day
A common move that may confuse users with the Happy Hour move is the Pay Day move, a move made popular by Meowth. The Pay Day move scatters coins during battle. It scatters coins equa𓂃l to five times the user's level, an increase from the double-value in Generations I and II. The Pay Day move can be multiplied by Amulet Coin or Luck Incense and Happy Hour. This move can even work on Wild Battles.
For🐼 Generation VI and on, if the user levels up during a 🔯battle, the monetary value is based on the new level the user is at, not at the level the move was used.
4 Mo🦂ves Not Affeౠcted With Happy Hour
Whi𒅌le th😼e benefits are there, such as the Contest Spectacular the Z-Move effect, there are some moves that do not affect the Happy Hour move. The Happy Hour move is not affected by:
Protect - a mo🌺ve that protec🙈ts from all other moves
Magic Coat - a psychic-move that is non-damaging w⛎hile also being able to reflect other moves
Snatch - a move that steals the effects🎐 of the next move
Mirror Move - a useful move uses the last move used b♓y a Pokemon on the field
King’s Rock - this particular move causes Pokemon to flinch, and it allows Poliwhirl and Slowpoke to evolve into Pol♊itoed and Slowkin🐈g.
It also does not make contact, which allows a Pokemo꧅n to physic💞ally touch a target while using a move in a battle.
3 Trading
Like any Pokémon game, trading is necessary. A trade is also known as a Link Trade and involves two poké💎mon Trainers trading their Pokemon. As we all know, trading is necessary in order to “catch them all.”
The same goes for Happy Hour pokémon. Trading can and does occur with these pokémon, and they have been successful. Popular trades involve Smeargles, which uses the known move Sketch, a move that copies the last move of another pokémon. A lot of trades of Happy Hour pokéꦑmon use Smeargles since these pokémon can take on the Happy Hour move by using Sketch.
2 Breeding
Breeding is a popular technique in order to obtain pokémon. It is also popular in order to obtain the best Pokemon. Most sources will claim that breeding isn’t available with Happy Hour Po﷽kemon. However, this statement isn’t entirely true. While these pokémon are mostly solely available by cloning, event or tr🉐ade, Happy Hour pokémon can breed.
The stickler is that Happy Hour pokémon just can’t pass the move down to the offspring because it isn🦄’t an egg move. In turn, these pokémon can produce offspring, though the move won’t pass down ꧅to the offspring that they produce.
1 Stacking
Each Happy Hour pokémon is available for stacking. As mentioned earlier, the Happy Hour move stacks with the Amulet Coin or Luck Incense, which will quadruple the prize money at the end of the battle. It can also be stacked with the Prize Money O-Powers, which is a power that rai👍ses the money gained from a trainer in battle, according to . Generally speaking, O-Po🍨wers are temporary bonus effects and similar to Pass Powers.
It’s important to clarify that while the Happy Hour move can st🅷ack with the moves above, the Happy Hour move cannot stack on itself.