At Buddy Level 3, we get Souvenirs from our Buddies. These little trinkets are practically useless. I understand that the Lone Earring allows the Trainer’s avatar to wear earrings. That doesn’t do much for me and I have rarely seen any other fellow Trainers avatars with them on. Also, the Challenges to Level 48 include collecting 10 souvenirs from your Buddy. At least they do not take up any item space. I would like to see these Souvenirs mean something.
I would like to see these Souvenirs used in a “Buddy-Mart”. The Souvenirs can be traded for “Buddy Coins” which can be traded in for specific cool items. I would like to see as an item a specific type incense for a Trainer for a day. The number of Buddy Coins needed may vary based on type requested. Example, Dragon only Incense is far more expensive than Normal, but somewhere in the middle is Ghost. This would also be reduced if the specific type is ‘in season”. This would help with the various type Badges and be an interesting concept for the game. I would also like to see a specific Pokemon incense among some selected specific Mons. How about Pikachu one where you have a 1 in 4 chance of your incense spawns being a Pikachu (Pikachu Fan Badge) or another favorite that you are working on? Another idea would be the ability to buy specific items. Example: I want Pineapp Berries and I want a lot of them for Community Day… I can specifically buy Pineapp Berries in bulk. Enough torn tickets can be exchanged for possibly a Community Day ticket (I can understand why not if it cannot be used for something that has actual money value and no other alternative) or some other sort of special ticket or experience.
This would only be allowed if you have multiples from the various buddies. The buddy would retain credit for giving it to you in the souvenirs page. Just that we would know how many of each and give them a value instead of just being… unknown and uncared for.
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