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Can I still do it when it's over level 30?

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Yes. Like other Pokemon, it will attempt to evolve every level until it reaches level 100. Of course, your 3DS has to be upside down for it to work.

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How would the DS or 3DS know that the device is upside down?

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The original DS wouldn't have any way of knowing. This only works on the 3DS, because it has an internal gyroscope. That's how it tracks motion in other games, too.

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Why do we have to have it upside down?

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This is one of the few gag evolutions I can think of. The sprites of Malamar and Inkay appear to just be upside-down versions of each other, with the evolved having tentacles coming from the top and the unevolved having tentacles out the bottom. Turning the device upside down is just a gag from GameFreak showing this.

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Will this work for a 2DS?

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No. The 2DS does not have an internal gyroscope that allows it to detect when it's turned upside down, only the 3DS has this. So, this will only work for 3DS.

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I have tried this several times without it working, my Inkay is level 35 currently and I use it for chain fishing hunting. Every time it levels up, I turn it upside down but no, what am I doing wrong?

Elijah Kenworthy

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You have to hold it upside down before you are going to level it up, so you wait till it is really close to evolving and then battle a Pokémon or a trainer while playing it upside down and then beat them while you are still holding it upside down. And then it will evolve but only if it is at or past level 30 and you can hold it right while it is evolving .

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