Can you get TRAPPED in Every Pokemon Game?

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[@KLGB76]

Pro Tip: Never do in-game trade in gen 4. You might end up crying with a trolly Haunter or stuck on an island with a useless Magikarp.

[@LeapyLad]

but funny swearing bird :(

[@jamesperrou6936]

I hate Mindy so much.

[@zigazav1]

@@jamesperrou6936 Such a troll. Screw Mindy, she's a horrible person

[@christianvirtudazo3106]

Curse Mindy and her Haunter with a everstone. May Arceus not forgive her Send her to the Distortion World

[@KLGB76]

@@christianvirtudazo3106 Are you sure you want to give her the possibility to catch a Giratina?

[@deltaquarayza]

Imagine actually escaping the first one. That Caterpie would become your best friend.

[@lucykitsune4619]

This is like bye bye butterfree all over again

[@unkindled6410]

the odds of leaving victory road withour ever having an encounter is statistically impossible i presume.

[@kingp260]

@unkindled6410 It’s possible with rng manipulation and abusing saves.

[@Monsuco]

@@unkindled6410Save scumming is your friend.

[@nostalgicumbry3279]

@@unkindled6410 save every step

[@yaboitroy7008]

There's another popular softlock in B/W! In Drayden's gym, there's a specific tile that you can surf on, the only issue is that you can't get off. If you save there, you're there forever.

[@Ryouski]

@@itsdorianraeYou can jump off the one in Pokestar Studios though

[@juniorjedi2563]

@@itsdorianraeI think you can get off the one in Pokéstar Studios.

[@zigazav1]

Nice job referencing Pikasprey's "Soft Lock Picking" series. Where he tries to find ways in games (Pokemon being the games in the majority of those videos) to get permanently trapped with no way to progress. Usually by exploiting intended mechanics in unintended ways. It's my favorite series of his to watch

[@Twinklethefox9022]

That's honestly how I discovered his channel. Back when KZbin was actually good at recommendations and not videos I already watched/ trending videos I could care less about.

[@Trendy_Mushroom]

Same. But I love how you can still escape but it takes months to do or insane luck.

[@AlmostNamedOne]

same

[@io-xz3nt]

I got softlocked in Sun/Moon once as well. When defeating Guzma and Team Skull in Aether Paradise, if you fly back to an island to heal, there is no way to go back to Aether Paradise to continue the story- softlocking you to either Melemele, Akala or Ulaula islands.

[@yoshiwoollyworld]

I think i tried this but the game didn’t let me fly

[@io-xz3nt]

@@charnalk5572 Yeah... could have been helpful before I restarted my save lol

[@RozeLight]

And that,s why you ALWAYS be prepared before heading to a battle, you never know what could happen

[@untitleddocument5231]

oh my god, so i wasn't an idiot! this happened to me on my first playthrough of the game and i had to start my game over 😔

[@yoshiwoollyworld]

@@untitleddocument5231 isn’t there a boat that will take you there?

[@vonskeedle5309]

What's funny about a lot of these softlocks is that just giving the player a "pity" pokeball if they have no money or other balls would fix almost all of them but I guess they never thought of that

[@BluePhoenix_]

Right, they could just have the pokemart guy check if you have any money or pokeballs, and if the player has neither, they give the player a "promotional" gift.

[@furiouscorgi6614]

And now we've found the reason that in modern generations, after defeating Eternadus or Ogrepon, you are given a basic Pokeball.

[@adamations8574]

if you eat the game cartridge it becomes significantly harder to complete a pokemon game

[@Emily-cw7tj]

Eat?!

[@Areus_]

True

[@-Justinus-]

Significantly harder, but not impossible 😏

[@KeyLimeadeish]

They put the bitterant on Switch carts to deter us from attempting the true challenge run, what a shame.

[@trumpetplayer2]

A little note on the methods mentioned for gen 6 - As the event disks were considered for gen 3, it is also important that the person in gen 6 does not have access to Pokemon Bank, which would make picking the softlock significantly easier, as you can put pokemon in the PC at any point, allowing migration of a pokemon that knows Surf or Fly. This makes it impossible to fully prevent the standard methods of removing HMs whilst still having access to the PC impossible, as any HM you could've used prior to the softlock can still be used if obtained through this method. Of course this requires having a pokemon in the pokemon bank that has the move.

[@Dw7freak]

This isn't as much an issue now as the only way to have Pokebank on your 3ds is to already have it there or more "yar har" methods. Just make sure that they game was purchased digitally on a 3ds that didn't also download Pokebank. Though, that's even more unlikely than a 3ds not having Pokebank.

[@unkindled6410]

​@@Dw7freaki thought that despite the eshop closing it was still possible to have transfers from 3DS to switch or aomething, the app was still available to get.

[@Dw7freak]

@@unkindled6410 Yes, as long as you "have the app". You cannot download any apps on the 3ds that you haven't purchased/downloaded before. As such, if you didn't claim Pokemon Bank or Pokemon Transporter before the eshop closure, you can never get it through legitimate means.

[@dorkenspache8353]

Gen 2 also has the ability to get stuck on the island with the Fighting Gym by just doing the same thing, but that is a true softlock

[@underrated1524]

Fun fact, that softlock got patched in the gen 4 remakes - there's a guy in the Pokémon center who, if you have only one Pokémon, will hand out a free Tentacool. This can't be pre-cleared-out by sadomasochists; if you go down to one Pokémon again, he'll give you another Tentacool, as many times as is necessary.

[@dorkenspache8353]

@@underrated1524 Yeah I know about that as well. That's why I specifically said Gen 2 because by Gen 4 they realized how easy it was to get unintentionally softlocked on that island. I just find it funny how it took them so long to actually make the one change that makes softlocks impossible, being the HMs being tied to team members.

[@X-aron610]

Wow I did not expect this to get so dark but at the same time it was so poetic and beautiful thank you sir

[@IdentifiantE.S]

The video is impressive 😮

[@kentmichaelgalang686]

in honor of the fan hobby of dooming save files, gamefreak could add an npc that looks almost exactly like the player, and this npc will explain that they went here and did some stupid things -while drunk- for a dare and they couldnt leave so they started living there, got married, and didnt feel like leaving anymore. said npc then is also a sneaky anti-stuck measure by having a helpful abra or gives items

[@mdx9gaming]

there is a softlock in let's go pikachu and evie, which is technically generation 7. I forget which route but it is before you get fly and a trainer can sometimes shove you behind him, trapping you there forever. Also BDSP is technically generation 8, so if there is a softlock in that then generation 8is possible too. idk about Generation 9 tho

[@MarshtompGames]

I think you meant to say 8 with BDSP.

[@fadeleaf845]

You can also exhaust all your Pokéballs in BDSP, have no money and all trainers beaten north of Cerulean City and releasing all your mons other than your starter, which must be Level 14 or lower at this point.

[@fivetales2672]

​@@MarshtompGamesyou can transfer pokemon from gen S/V to BD/SP via home, so you could say BD/SP is gen 9. i personally would call it gen 8.5 though.

[@blancacatalan1423]

@@fadeleaf845 Cerulean City is from Kanto, so not BDSP since it takes place in Sinnoh

[@lightyagami3492]

​@@blancacatalan1423I think they meant Canalave City.

[@semajniomet981]

The Victory Road with Caterpie in Gen 2 would what would be called in the Mario Maker community as an "anti-softlock", a screen where you have to work really hard to die to avoid losing a checkpoint, typically done in a troll level. In this case, it'd be done to avoid needing to reset the game. Come to think of it, would you really WANT to keep your save in this case? Wouldn't it be faster to just start over? What kind of world would you want to keep what little you have, when you could probably start anew and get it all back so much sooner?

[@joffrock]

The early days of internet would've said that you get an rare item by performing the first lock. The real item you get is bonding time with caterpie ❤

[@AMoodytable]

In the Japanese version of Black and white Opelucid gym, you can use surf on a small patch of air, but doing so renders you immobile, and if you save at that time, the save file is basically busted, and you have to delete the save file.

[@bsharpmajorscale]

That one filter on Black/White was pretty rough. But I did appreciate your thesis about the cruel angel. You have my congratulations! Penguin.

[@youtube-kit9450]

Jesus, so not only is the dreamyard tree weirdly out of place with its one mandatory HM usage, it also causes softlocks, lol.

[@NovaDelta]

rip asprey and the constant curse of being called "pika-sprey" lol

[@GameRiza_]

Por un momento crei que habian resubido tu video en ingles hasta que me doy cuenta que te hiciste un canal en ingles, lol Suerte con el nuevo canal crack

[@alfonsoserramartinez1344]

Amo los comentarios en ingles de gente genuinamente descubriendolo

[@MarkelESP]

​@@alfonsoserramartinez1344Usa una IA de voz, cierto? porque uno puede ser, pero que ahora aparezcan Carlengues y Marcus con otros canales así y los 3 hablen y pronuncien perfecto inglés no me lo creo

[@alfonsoserramartinez1344]

@@MarkelESP desconozco sinceramente

[@ncdiddi]

I thought I got stuck in the S.S. Tidal in Emerald, I managed to get myself stuck next to a trashcan in the storage room with trainers blocking every way out, and since I had already battled them they wouldn't move. I don't know if the trainers start moving again if you save and reload the game, but I didn't think about it at the time haha.

[@SaltySweetRen]

While not nearly as extreme or cruel as the examples in this video (and could have easily been avoided if either of us actually knew the mechanics of the game), back as 8 year olds playing Pokemon Sapphire for the first time, my friend let me play their game for a bit cuz I didn't have a gba. I kinda got obsessed and wound up battling every trainer I could see outside of Norman's gym, and my friend got so mad because they thought that meant they wouldn't be able to level up their Pokemon anymore and now they wouldn't be able to beat Norman. So instead of battling wild Pokemon to level up, they reset their game and started over. Looking back, knowing they could have battled wild Pokemon, I don't feel quite as bad as I did as a little 8 year old terrified I was gonna lose my best friend over this game.

[@thetheory6159]

Wait... if you played their game... didn't your battling level up THEIR pokemon?...

[@sethrod13]

I accidentally soft locked myself in SV. It was early game before getting your koraidon/miraidon. In Mesagoza there's a corner of space behind some buildings and a gate that goes right before a cliff. I fell down there from higher up and was unable to climb the fence, or squeeze in between the buildings to get out. I'm wondering if I saved, would I have respawned there, or load at the front of the town?

[@chinatown3567]

same didn’t see anyone else online that made this mistake

[@Z-Tech_Brainburger]

You can use the flying taxi as soon as you get your starter. You could just open the map and fly out.

[@zigazav1]

@@Z-Tech_Brainburger Yeah, that method of fast travel I think was designed as also a means to escape any potential moments of getting trapped. The rescue service in Animal Crossing New Horizons was made for the same reason, to escape any potential points of getting trapped

[@yi_hamakey]

Even with the aforementioned fly taxi, you could always access the backup save via title screen

[@OhJustCallMeLuke]

A theoretical scenario where an angelical Pokémon lays a horrible curse upon us, or in other words... A Cruel Angel's Thesis.

[@EmeralBookwise]

It really is crazy just how thorough old-school GameFreek was back in the day.

[@albond]

The best example is in HGSS you can get stuck somewhere in really specific circumstances but they added an NPC to give you a Tentacool, which I think you can get infinitely if you keep releasing it

[@dangshnizzle6929]

​@albond can you shiny hunt that tentacool?

[@albond]

@@dangshnizzle6929 Pretty sure you can

[@Hopey6371]

​@@dangshnizzle6929yea u can

[@jollyjelly304]

​@@dangshnizzle6929yes you can

[@Zephyeran]

Gah, your editing work is just gorgeous, you deserve all this love and more And this video is super entertaining and poetic, I love it all so much ^u^ Thank you for giving me a good start to my day!!

[@talesofkarim]

Thank you for the wholesome comment 💜

[@chris72156]

Its pronounced Pik-Asprey. His surname is Asprey he just added a Pik in front. i remember him getting all worked up because everybody says it wrong lol.

[@hungry_mawile]

This thumbnail looks straight out of a creepypasta

[@rubyretro]

I love the production quality here! Great work!

[@willdiefirst3157]

The quality of this video is amazing! Instant sub!

[@ALBERGALARGA_]

Wow, las recomendaciones de youtube son definitivamente una cosa, no sabía que esto existía pero me parece simplemente maravilloso xD

[@RaeSig]

This video is extremely well made, good job!

[@cdrhiggins]

"Money, items, and all pokemon" or the Pikaspray Torture 😂

[@hunterdolatowski7995]

Nothing is impossible with cough cough an action replay.

[@Brawler_1337]

Hello internet users, and welcome to another episode of Soft Lock Picking.

[@carlosjonhson]

Estoy flipando 😨😨 ¿este es Karim hablando inglés?

[@KyzenEX]

Parece JAJA, tuve que chequear el canal en español y todo, quedé loquísimo

[@carlosjonhson]

@@KyzenEX tío, pensaba que le habían hecho lo típico de robarle los vídeos y resubirlos en otro idioma. Pero no no, nada de eso... no sabía que hablaba tan bien inglés este muchacho!

[@KyzenEX]

@@carlosjonhson Yo también, revisé las fechas de subida de cada video para asegurarme jsjs. El inglés de Karim es buenísimo

[@Victorokabe]

This was such a good watch, i really thought i was watching some big channel recommended to me but instead i had a nice surprise to see that the algorythm just blessed someone that deserved it.

[@apatheticcoffee6239]

I love the animation at the beginning! this video is so well made. subbed :)

[@trevorhoell3471]

Bro that animation at the beginning, chefs kiss

[@PseudoWounds]

Wonderful video! loved your animations and the narration was very fun. I'm glad I never got trapped in any pokemon game lol

[@crestfallenhussar895]

I love how you went above and beyond not just to trap some poor ten year old in a desolate place but to make it as artistic as possible.

[@oalo]

great vid! also ik u didnt want to feature glitches too much, but you could glitch out of bounds in sun/moon (might be japan exclusive idk) by recieving a gift (like the qr code magearna), saving where the delivery man spawns in a poke center, soft resetting, walk into the void, and save out there. invisible walls prevent you from walking back in iirc

[@jeffreystone8974]

Man that opening animation was great!!

[@intergalactic92]

Would have preferred it if you didn’t gloss over the ones that everyone knows, because I don’t actually know what they are.

[@amandagrace31]

I tweaked in Diamond years back to get locked legendaries like Darkrai and Shaymin, but ended up locking myself out. Rip.

[@zigazav1]

Always have caution when traveling through the void

[@filipjangavrilov5621]

I don't know if it's that kind of stuck, but you can get stuck in fire red/leaf green. If you save the game after defeating a camper flint in route 25 and go after him, you can't go anywhere after restarting the game. You won't be able to go through him, through the tree or the rocks. Only a game reset will help.

[@Ryouski]

That’s brutal lol

[@Wapako]

Very great editing and interesting topic. The algo got you homie !

[@KiwiLuvsPieOfficial]

The model at the beginning was actually so cool

[@albond]

The 3d visuals of Sootopolis are great!

[@VampDemigod]

This just reminded me of the softlock from black, not the one in the vid, but the postgame one where you get locked in by trainers. I think I fell victim to that at least 3 times.

[@JohnTK]

It literally never occurred to me that hms are not required to complete bw (except cut once) until now. I guess I just never thought about it, always assumed they were required like usual.

[@ChangedMyNameFinally69]

Only in BW1 because I'm pretty sure you do need them in 2, at least for Victory Road? Memory's fuzzy about that though. This was definitely a predecessor to them removing HMs entirely

[@TKDPandaa]

Yo i loved this video. The editing was really good! Also i did not know like half of this information so that is really interesting

[@strangeanimations2518]

Very good video! Great editing also. I’m impressed :)

[@mrmjfly]

sometimes youtube recommended gets it right, good work!

[@shinydewott]

"Talk about Climate Change" he says as he goes around burning Torkoal

[@Cainb23]

dude, that intro animation is AWESOME, maybe its the gen 6 lover in me but i was enthralled by that.

[@user-sg9ph7rw9w]

Nothing is impossible with cough cough an action replay.. Man that opening animation was great!!.

[@hiiroakira197]

i got locked in gen III when I was a kid in its dewford i got abra, havent entered dewford PC I used teleport and went to petalburg or rustboro forget which one and mr britney disappered so I cant return to dewford anymore

[@Heattokun]

Gen 3, you can transfer Pokémon from Colosseum once purified to escape the Sheninja lock

[@DarkMagicianGirl0]

I love this kind of video and would love to see more It is the reason why I was subbed to Pikaspry and now you. 😁

[@naaga7932]

Im really liking the visuals on your video!

[@ghostyhands]

Fantastic video and edits. Well done

[@justarandompurplefox3243]

This is a fun video, I hope more people can see it!

[@Swampert_Tube]

0:31 that only happens in yellow. Not gen 1 as a whole. 8:28 you can't get jirachi/celebi on emerald

[@noodlespoo]

Thanx Karim, your tales are nice

[@otaking3582]

If Pikasprey is to be believed, you can only get trapped in the older games.

[@TopRanger237]

In gen one you could get stuck in a rage/flash loop but you would just have to turn off the game and start for the latest start

[@Bravidunno]

About gen 2: you forgot to specify that you shouldn't have unlocked the access to Route 22, that'd make Viridian City accessible from the league reception gate, allowing you to get Poké Balls for a cheaper price. You can also go to Saffron City, get the Poké Doll to the copycat girl and the pass for you to use the train, and thus go to Johto from there. It's less tough than farming for Ultra Balls because of the Poké Balls sold in Viridian City, and once you get at least one you can try as many times as you want to catch a Pokémon at Victory Road or Route 26. You can get the berries, sure, to get money, and you can also get the berries of Routes 1 and 2. The trainers around are levels around 30 though, so they need to be either dodged or defeated to progress, they may prevent you to get to the berries. But to go to Viridian you need to have defeated the mandatory Route 2 trainers so that one isn't an issue. The latter can get you some money though, but there are no weak trainers around, so getting even more is going to be difficult. You can be vicious and defeat only the weak trainers so that only the stronger ones are left, making money even harder to get. Make sure you don't have the Old and Good Rod, just to make the grind even harder. Since wild Pokémon are low leveled, Caterpie may be able to gain some levels and evolve, but reaching levels beyond 10 is going to become pretty long, but you may use strats that revolve around using Sleep/Poison Powder and Confusion for stronger foes.

[@freemovies411]

Man this whole video was crazy

[@AmityvilleFan]

For platinum I have 2: - go to the mine, and jump down the ledge on the left on the lower level - simply enter the Distortion World, and go all the way down to fight Cyrus, with an insufficient team. Boom, permalocked.

[@Ryouski]

The first one you just walk to the right and can go back up. The second one, you just lose to Cyrus and go back to the Pokémon center

[@AmityvilleFan]

@@Ryouski So for the second even you recognise it is a softlock. There's no way out besides Game Over.

[@KyleJones_TN]

9:51 "the map turns into the void of my heart" 😆

[@ggtohh7186]

i like the poetry you added. nice.

[@jumpmadmadness1222]

For Pokemon B&W2, you’re not completely stuck if you have Poke Rader. Which gets you more pokemon that can learn cut.

[@lucykitsune4619]

You can catch Purrloin before taking on the first gym and Purrloin can learn cut. The problem is that you have neither pokeballs nor money to buy pokeballs nor any way to get more money

[@jumpmadmadness1222]

@@lucykitsune4619 with poke rader, you don’t need any of that

[@YukinoToki]

KZbin algorithm brought me here. Love the intro animation, and super fun video!

[@win_ini]

I think there was a bug in one of the 3d games where you could simply move diagonally into a tile and get stuck in that little 1*1tile pocket.

[@vitorenrique4504]

I think its Snowpoint gym puzzle in BDSP

[@Ryouski]

@@vitorenrique4504They patched that I think

[@win_ini]

​@@vitorenrique4504p sure I was referring to somewhere else (possibly also in bdsp though, but yea, pokemon on the switch) but that too

[@MolternK]

good video, i love the visuals

[@CarlosPixelArts]

Hello Pikasprey content

[@BobJones007andahalf]

Bro your editing is insane

[@KurwaUnited]

I somehow got stuck in Sun in the Aether Foundation and don't ask me how. I can't remember it because it happens a long time ago and only know that I couldn't take the boat back or fly with Charizard away. Had to restart the game after days trying to escape this hideout.

[@szyl]

the animations in this video go crazy what the hell

[@NotebookTheCat]

W for linking to the video of the 3D anime intro you showed! Your vid is interesting too, and I love the animations you added, so I subbed :3 Edit: The Black & White footage looks super muddy and bad, just using the pixel art (sprites) would improve it!

[@axolotlamogus1]

You can go to that one island that's covered on water then release all surf pokemon or water pokemon so you will be stuck only in gen 2 they fixed it in gen 4 there is an npc who gives you a tentacool or a tentacruel i think

[@JoshuaCowhick-gu7uu]

That animation looks cool at the start

[@moisesdanielalvarado5578]

I wouldn't want to release any of my Pokemon that I caught because I would develop a bond with them and treat them like family and friends and care for them!

[@GeoDude-]

Fun fact : in scarlet n’ violet You can get stuck in pot ruins If You haven’t healed or went to a gimgohoul chest.

[@countessvillain]

no, you need to be entered the hall of fame to transfer Jirachi

[@danikirk5774]

There's another trap in Gen 3. Get them stuck in the town on the water. There's no Pokemart in that town, and if you don't have any Fly/Surf Pokemon, you're stuck there. It's fairly easy to set up, don't pick up any fishing rods beside the Old Rod (though, you can skip that as well), make sure you heal at that location & do the single trade there, drop your Fly & Surf users into the daycare, keep a weak Pokemon that can't learn either of those moves. Then after releasing every other Pokemon & getting rid of all Pokeballs, Blackout, and you get stuck permanently.

[@danikirk5774]

Another fun soft lock area is Sootopolis, since the Pokemart & Pokecenter are separated by water. And the only Pokemon you can catch in the lake are Magikarp, no matter what rod you use.

[@DeeRose54]

Can’t the first B/W Softlock be cleared by picking up gems from dust clouds in Wellspring cave? Then sell those for money, get a ball, and catch a cut user

[@Ryouski]

You’d be correct!

[@akaxjenkins]

for 2nd gen you can get trapped if you are at cianwood, have no surf, rock smash or fly pokemon so you can't even fight anything and so you can have pokeballs but nothing to use it on

[@benjyharris1244]

You can do it.. you can fish using a old rod and train the caterpe up.. then use good rod and it should be OK..

[@ketchy0932]

Glad I got recommended this

[@MinecraftProLord]

good point

[@naughtyfridge2224]

I remember my old friend telling me that he got stuck in Pokémon sun however I'd have to recreate the situation to verify that there was no way out. He never healed at a Pokémon centre and then went to the second island and lose a battle, this sent him all the way back home and apparently he couldn't get back because he didn't have the charizard for fly yet and the boat wasn't there that normally takes you to the second island. I was only young when this happened and I remember not being able to figure out a way back, wether it's truly unescapable or not I do not know. Maybe I'll try it and find out for myself... And no, due to mantine surf in the ultra games you can't do that in them.

[@Jugement]

Yikes, that BW footage with the shaders was CURSED💀

[@Kitsuna_Gacha]

I know a way to get trapped in Gen 7. It's so easy I *_f o u n d i t b y m i s t a k e . . ._* (almost cost my UM file) While on Aether Paradise (i did this after Ula'ula but it might work before), fly back to somewhere such as Melemele Island. That's it. Aether doesn't have a fly point yet and the boats on all three available islands don't take you back to the paradise. You're stranded. I'm thankful I hadn't saved yet or done too much since the last save... edit: never mind. someone already commented this Here's another one: Surf into the Elite 4 void in Diamond and Pearl! It's not like Nintendo have their fix service still up.

[@11Najim11]

this guy needs moar subs

[@aarij9260]

pikasprey and this guy on top

[@jonathank4278]

The Pokémon Missing Number for Red ,and Blue.

[@Icalasari]

Gen 1 Safari Guard is only in Yellow, and was added due to how people got softlocked by the Safari Zone in Green, Red, and Blue

[@dakivii5076]

Did they also fix the thirsty guards?

[@unkindled6410]

btw, the daily berry selling thing could be achieved quickly by changing system clock.

[@curious_banda]

Chuggaconroy got stuck in his white lp in wellspring cave. HMs won't help there.