Trend

A trend (Japanese: はやり trend) is a special saying introduced in, with altered usage in the Generation IV games. In Generation III, the player is able to create their own trendy phase by combining a set of two or more words on the phrase selection screen.

Generation III
In Generation III, the trendy phrase is selected by the undefined by talking to a boy outside Dewford Hall in Dewford Town by using the easy chat system. Although it is a tiny island community, if someone says something "trendy" there, it quickly spreads throughout the rest of Hoenn. Dewford Town is famous for these fads. Trendy phrases are usually passed around in Dewford Hall, called "Everyone's information exchange!"

Note that if the player has already changed the trend once, it becomes harder to change the trend a second time without mixing records.

Feebas
The trendy phrase in affects the pattern of  on. By changing the trendy phrase in Dewford Town, the six tiles where the are positioned will change.

Generation IV
In Generation IV, a trendy phrase is an additional phrase which can be used in the easy chat system. They appear in the "Tough Words" category. There are thirty-two different words programmed into the game, but only one may be obtained daily. They can be learned from an elderly man in the north-easternmost house in Snowpoint City in, and from an elderly man on in. Receiving a new trendy phrase will not alter any. They typically refer to, and.

Generation VI
In Generation VI, the trendy phrase is selected by the undefined by talking to a boy outside Dewford Hall in Dewford Town. Due to the removal of the easy chat system, the player creates a phrase by selecting an item from the Items or Medicine Pockets and a word choice out of schools, parties, masters, festivals, dances, songs, collections, qualities, houses, or -dexes. Although it is a tiny island community, if someone says something "trendy" there, it quickly spreads throughout the rest of Hoenn. Dewford Town is famous for these fads. Trendy phrases are usually passed around in Dewford Hall, called "Everyone exchanges information here!"

Trends are featured on the program.

In other languages
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