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Bane_Of_Despair posted...

Typhlosion 4*

So I want to take a minute to explain a key gameplay mechanic because it will help give context to some of this. We call it "synergy" (it doesn't have an official name) and it's probably the biggest mechanic that the game doesn't explain at all. This game has many scripted events where 2 or more Pokemon interact with each other or the environment. The game wants to incentivize you to get both of the Pokemon together in the frame to create an interesting scene. When these Pokemon are "linked", you get huge bonuses to your Other Pokemon score, something like 10x what you'd get for a random Pokemon that you lured into the pic with apples or whatever. Absol in Umbreon 4 is synergy for example, or Dodrio in Torterra 4, etc.

So anyway, there's an interaction where you summon Charizard and it flies into Typhlosion's room, then flies circles a few times before landing and having a standoff with Typhlosion involving lots of fire from both sides.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/6/4/6/AASP7CAAC92u.jpg

There's a lesser known interaction during this where you can bonk Charizard while it's circling, and it will get angry and fly away instead of landing. The Typhlosions go back to doing their regular stuff. Except now, 4* Typhlosion will get synergy from the second Typhlosion being in frame. This is so strange that people have questioned whether it's actually a bug in the game. There are no other known instances of "situational" synergy like this, and it doesn't even affect any other Typhlosion poses other than this 4*. You could take this same shot without doing the Charizard thing and it wouldn't be worth 5k.