Petting

In Pokémon-Amie and Pokémon Refresh, the player can pet their Pokémon by using the touch screen. Petting a Pokémon increases its affection.
Most Pokémon that can be petted have places where they especially like being pet and places where they dislike it. The affection that a Pokémon gains is limited by its current enjoyment value, and petting a Pokémon in a favored spot affects its enjoyment less than petting it elsewhere, making it more efficient than petting it elsewhere. Petting a Pokémon in a disfavored spot never adds affection.
When a Pokémon is being petted in a favored spot, its expression will generally look extra happy and the sound effect will be higher pitched than for a neutral spot. When a Pokémon is pet in a disfavored spot, it will look wary or unhappy and the sound effect will have a lower pitch. Until a Pokémon has more than 0 points of affection, however, it will react and gain affection to any spot as if it were a neutral spot. In some Pokémon, the differences in their expressions can also be hard to tell. 
Some Pokémon also have special effects on certain parts of their body, such as a slimy body or a sharp edge. Some of these effects are primarily aesthetic, still allowing the Pokémon to be pet there; others completely interrupt the player's petting if they are touched. There are seven different types of effects. Those that do not prevent petting are gooey, haunted, and slimy effects. Some Pokémon have these effects on their entire body; these Pokémon have no favored or disfavored spots and all petting has the same neutral effect. The effects that interrupt petting are burning, cutting, freezing, and paralyzing effects. Only two Pokémon have these effects on their entire body ( and ), preventing them from being pet at all.
If a Pokémon takes up both screens of the 3DS, its top half may be petted by feeding it, or either screen can be switched by holding the stylus at the top or bottom edge of the touchscreen as appropriate.
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==List of petting preferences==
#	MS	Pokémon	Favored spot	Disfavored spot	Notes
==Pokémon that can high five==
The player can also use the touch screen to high five certain Pokémon. This is done by holding the stylus on a spot away from the Pokémon's body for approximately five seconds, as long as the Pokémon also has at least 5 points of affection. Some Pokémon use a part of their body other than a hand or paw to "high five", such as , who uses its nose.
# 	MS	Pokémon
0001	 	
0004	 	
0007	 	
0023	 	
0025	 	
0025	 	Cosplay Pikachu(and all forms)
0026	 	
0026	 	
0037	 	
0037	 	Alolan
0038	 	
0038	 	Alolan
0039	 	
0052	 	
0052	 	Alolan
0058	 	
0059	 	
0133	 	
0134	 	
0135	 	
0136	 	
0147	 	
0151	 	
0152	 	
0155	 	
0158	 	
0172	 	
0174	 	
0175	 	
0196	 	
0197	 	
0251	 	
0252	 	
0255	 	
0258	 	
0263	 	, Gen. VII
0280	 	, Gen. VII
0303	 	
0333	 	
0334	 	
0380	 	, Gen. VII
0381	 	, Gen. VII
0387	 	
0390	 	
0393	 	
0447	 	
0448	 	
0470	 	
0471	 	
0492	 	Land Forme
0492	 	Sky Forme
0494	 	
0495	 	
0498	 	
0499	 	
0501	 	
0511	 	
0559	 	
0570	 	
0572	 	
0573	 	
0587	 	
0610	 	
0635	 	
0650	 	
0653	 	
0656	 	
0674	 	
0677	 	
0678	 	Male
0678	 	Female
0682	 	
0683	 	
0684	 	
0696	 	
0700	 	
0702	 	
0704	 	
0705	 	
0720	 	Confined
0720	 	Unbound
0722	 	
0725	 	
0728	 	
0744	 	
0761	 	
0764	 	
0777	 	
0778	 	
0785	 	
0786	 	
0787	 	
0788	 	
0789	 	
0801	 	
0802	 	
0803	 	
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