Why does golbat need happiness to evolve?

Since crobat is quite scary, so why if it needed happiness to evolve would just mean it is a softy.Also why does silver(your rival in HG/SS)have one, since he treats his pokemon badly

Pleaselog inorregisterto add a comment.

They just wanted to make new types of Evolution other than leveling up. It keeps the game interesting that way. I can’t say specifically why they chose golbat —>crobat though. As for your Rival in HG/SS having a crobat, notice how he doesn’t get one until you see him in the Dragon’s Den. by that point, he saw the error in his ways, and resolved to treat his pokemon better. When he was mistreating them, it was still a Golbat, but his change of heart is symbolized through Golbat’s evolution.

You know, the only thing I can tell you is not to argue with the Pokemon way. What is…is. Prior to that, all Pokemon either evolved by trading, elemental stones, or level-up. Generation 2 was trying to make more creative ways for Pokemon to evolve. Why Golbat to Crobat…no clue. Perhaps a better choice would’ve been Gloom to Bellosom. Or maybe Swinub to Piloswine. Maybe Sentret to Ferret. But like I said before, what is is. Don’t ponder it. It’s like, “how does a Pokemon evolve by being traded with another trainer?”. It makes really no sense, but that’s just the way it is.

The answer is simple, when you encounter a zubat/golbat, what is your emotion? Happiness, glee, joyfulness? Certainly not, you feel anger, rage and an overwhelming feeling to wipe their species out. On top of this, what is done when you do encounter a zubat/golbat? You run away from it due to spite, or even worse.. you knock it out. After years of abuse and neglect, Golbat has no happiness, it’s depressed, it feels it has no purpose. This is why when it has high friendship it evolves. It feels it has purpose and goes above and beyond as it is finally happy after an eternity of receiving hate.