Trading (Pokémon Center)

Trading in the Pokémon Center is a method of Pokémon sharing available to players. For certain Pokémon, it is the only way of making them evolve.

Trade Requests
When creating a trade, the player can make requests for the Pokémon being traded. These include:

- What Pokémon the player wants to receive;

- Whether the Pokémon the player receives is Shiny; and

- The desired level of the received Pokémon.

The player may choose to specify any, all, or none of these.

Searching Trades and Receiving Requests
Once a trade is created, the player may search trades and request one with one of his/her own created trades. The person receiving the request may then choose to accept or deny the trade.

A player may also make trades with oneself, perhaps primarily in order to evolve his/her own Pokémon. Formerly, a full trade of one Pokémon from each of two character profiles on the account had to be made. As of more recently, however, this was changed. Now, in order to evolve a Pokémon by trade, a player need simply to create a trade with the Pokémon, then recall the Pokémon to a different profile.

Pokémon that Evolve by Trade
The following is a list of Pokémon that evolve by being traded through the Pokémon Center:

- Kadabra - Machoke - Graveler - Haunter