Does roller skating in x and y count as steps towards Pokémon's friendship?

Question

im pretty sure it counts as steps towards eggs but I couldnt find online if it counts towards friendship too, probs does but idk and just wanted to know before possibly wasting time on it.

Comments

I see no reason to think it wouldn't count. But I'm not sure how the game is programmed to recognize steps. It's very unlikely GameFreak would have made that oversight (and if they had, it would likely be documented somewhere as it'd be an important distinction).

As for the flags, that old question  was about skating on rails. It's safe to assume that, if it doesn't count towards eggs, skating on rails won't count towards friendship either.
And frankly the answer to that question is dubious.

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I can't say definitively that it does but it'd surprise me A LOT if it didn't. It's the main mode of moving around and you kinda have to go out of your way to walk normally. When I played the game, I rarely didn't use the rollerskates and I never had any problem with friendship.

Answer 1

Yes, roller skating counts towards friendship.

Source: I tested it

Comments

ok but what about the little hop you do when you get off your skates? if you stand in one spot and gently tap the circle pad and then the d-pad and then the circle pad over and over and over and continuously hop

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