Been playing around with my post-game "Exploration" team (Semi-competitive, all EV'd and IV'd, and has the ability to have Fly/Surf/Waterfall), and just gonna put some of my impressions with them from trying to get them all to 4+ hearts (Actual competitive team only has 2 hearts lol). Team is Mienshao(F)/Golurk/Gyarados(F)/Gastrodon(M)/Espeon(F)/Manectric(F).
Mienshao: I already ranted about her before, but good god I love the happiness animation, it looks so cool because it's like a noblewoman laugh. Also when it gets to 3+ hearts, the happy animation she does when you go into Amie, a sort of swaying movement, looks nice.
Golurk: HUGE. This dude is huge. Also it's funny because if you don't feed it, the only place you can pet is its feet. Which it likes, for some reason. If you feed it and get access to the head area, you can pet other places, but most of them on the upper torso it doesn't like. If you try and pet the bandage over its chest, it gets angry. Or at least, I'm assuming it's angry from lack of facial expression. It sorta shakes and all of its lights flash on and off. When it's happy though it does a sort of flexing animation which takes ages to complete, but eh it's cool.
Gyarados: Also huge. Somewhat scary, but the way it sorta dances around when happy is funny. Can't smile though, which is a shame. But then again, a Gyarados smiling would be terrifying to see, probably.
Gastrodon: Nothing too special. Likes it when you pet its belly/feet area. Takes long, slow bites when eating which is neat. Doesn't ever close its eyes though which is somewhat odd.
Espeon: OMG SO CUTE. Seriously. I used to have a Sylveon that I played with for a while, and it was cute, but Espeon is like 20x cuter. It looks so small and cuddly too... The happiness animations are top notch. Likes being petted under its chin/neck area which is cute as fuck.
Manectric: Nothing too special either. It's weird though because it doesn't like being petted on its nose, but it doesn't really have a spot it does like to be petted either. Or maybe it's too "cool" to show where it likes it? Because Manectric is a cool mon.
Mienshao: I already ranted about her before, but good god I love the happiness animation, it looks so cool because it's like a noblewoman laugh. Also when it gets to 3+ hearts, the happy animation she does when you go into Amie, a sort of swaying movement, looks nice.
Golurk: HUGE. This dude is huge. Also it's funny because if you don't feed it, the only place you can pet is its feet. Which it likes, for some reason. If you feed it and get access to the head area, you can pet other places, but most of them on the upper torso it doesn't like. If you try and pet the bandage over its chest, it gets angry. Or at least, I'm assuming it's angry from lack of facial expression. It sorta shakes and all of its lights flash on and off. When it's happy though it does a sort of flexing animation which takes ages to complete, but eh it's cool.
Gyarados: Also huge. Somewhat scary, but the way it sorta dances around when happy is funny. Can't smile though, which is a shame. But then again, a Gyarados smiling would be terrifying to see, probably.
Gastrodon: Nothing too special. Likes it when you pet its belly/feet area. Takes long, slow bites when eating which is neat. Doesn't ever close its eyes though which is somewhat odd.
Espeon: OMG SO CUTE. Seriously. I used to have a Sylveon that I played with for a while, and it was cute, but Espeon is like 20x cuter. It looks so small and cuddly too... The happiness animations are top notch. Likes being petted under its chin/neck area which is cute as fuck.
Manectric: Nothing too special either. It's weird though because it doesn't like being petted on its nose, but it doesn't really have a spot it does like to be petted either. Or maybe it's too "cool" to show where it likes it? Because Manectric is a cool mon.