Friday, May 8, 2026

Favorite Pokémon Go Buddy Souvenirs

I see the need to fill in the posts of this blog quickly (which in a way might or might not have worked out), so I thought I'd do that with what might be a quirky but very much related Pokémon topic for that purpose. Now, in Pokémon Go, Buddy Pokémon that have a Buddy level of Ultra Buddy or higher can collect little trinkets called "souvenirs", which are mostly inert but are sometimes necessitated for certain tasks - which makes the quirk evident. Yet for all their worth, they still have a value of novelty, which is why I thought of gathering up a few that represent my personal favorites and explaining them in a post.

Most Pokémon like to collect botanicals as their souvenir trinkets, and it's no surprise that I enjoy a few of these. My favorites in this class of trinkets are the Cactus Fruit, Pretty Leaf, and Tropical Flower. The first of these is reputed to be similar to something that would come from the Unova region's Desert Region, while the last is evocative of Alola, which I consider some pretty strong regional associations. Although the second one is generic - which may be true for the others as well in some sense - the meaningfulness is still evident.

Other souvenirs are comprised of abandoned human-made objects but still with a meaning imbued in them; for these, my favorites are the Torn Ticket, Marble, and Lone Earring. These objects - a ticket stub, a globose stone that is reminiscent of Mega Evolution stones, and a neatly crafted piece of jewelry - are things that I would also collect if I were the Pokémon. In fact, in some sense I collect similar things all the time when I deal with certain things, so it is understandable for these things to serve as mementos for non-humans too. 

For those lucky enough to have attended (and of course, bought a ticket for) a big-time paid Pokémon Go event, their Buddy Pokémon will likely have collected the Tiny Compass and/or Paper Airplane souvenirs... and I have too, if that hasn't been made evident. These souvenirs also become my favorites in that regard, since I have had the opportunity to collect them, which in doing so become mementos of me and the particular Pokémon that were able to collect them. Hopefully, others can share the joy when they can also do the same. 

A song I had discussed in the very distant past of this blog may be quite applicable to the essence of these souvenir trinkets, and perhaps especially so for the Pokémon alongside the Trainer of them. The souvenirs might not have much use in the game in a broader sense (maybe just like the real-life versions of them) aside from being key to some very specific tasks, but as reminders - and now to fill up a blog post - they're novel and likeable enough for that.

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