Glitching To Darkrai's Island, But ITS MISSING in Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl

A method to glitch to newmoon island has been found in Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, but Darkrai isnt there!
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► Today, I'll be showing off a way you can get to Newmoon Island in Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl using the surf glitch! This method allows us to visit the currently inaccessible event area Newmoon Island, home of the Mythical Pokemon Darkrai! Unlike the surf glitch that lets us get to Flower Paradise, Darkrai is NOT available in the event area without the event flag being triggered.
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Thanks to Werster's surfing on land video which made me aware of the route 218 surf glitch, which led me to Darkrai - • Pokemon BD/SP - Gettin...
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[@PokeTips]

Where did you go Darkrai??? Also, I didn’t mention it in the video, but I tested this glitch on a postgame save file as well. Still no Darkrai, and it matches up with what the dataminers have been saying about it’s encounter being locked behind event flags (basically needing the event for Darkrai triggered to have it show up).

[@fruitrollup90909]

ooof

[@sharath5741]

Hi poketip

[@funtime8438]

I Guess there will be an event in the future for sure. Then why else would they code it into the game?

[@Spokgbob]

Darkrai went back to the anime to destroy ash for the second time lmao

[@ultimategaming1731]

Are you doing crown tundra randomizer and snom 3 still

[@graysonkring5239]

These are true remakes. All the glitches have returned.

[@pokuhmoo9415]

When they say faithful they really mean it

[@PokeTips]

Hope this game gives us a shiny glitch, the cute charm one in gen 4 was amazing!

[@MohammadAli-fu3bb]

Nope no hidden power TM...not faithful at all

[@marcelosandoval4206]

@@PokeTips What happend to Nom The Snom?

[@meatlynotthatmeatly7702]

@@marcelosandoval4206 got blasted by G max charizard

[@vincepale]

You're a cool dude for not leaving us hang 'til the end then letting us down.

[@flyforce16]

You know SwankyBox would make a 15-minute video about this and then reveal in the last 10 seconds that Darkrai isn't there

[@wohao_gaster7434]

@@flyforce16 Nah the title would probably let you know SOMETHING's wrong

[@ancestrall794]

True, really appreciated that he's not making false hopes and makes a good video 💪

[@baileygaming4573]

Agreed

[@TheRandomThings]

ye

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

People using glitches to get on Darkrai's island: It's big brain time Them coding it with a special event: *I'm 4 parallel universes ahead of you*

[@lucarioyt1848]

Well played ILCA well played

[@MistralValon]

@@lucarioyt1848 not made by gamefreak, it’s done by ILCA, game freak occupied with pokemon legends arceus

[@michaelthomas6280]

What's with all the parallel universe jokes? It's a dumb way to interpret Quantum mechanics tbh

[@risyanthbalaji805]

@@michaelthomas6280 bruh, it is a freaking joke

[@magdalenawrzosek2516]

@@michaelthomas6280 I think it's from this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/d3uQYmyVrtKamdk but i'm not sure

[@kairev573]

3:20 Joy-con drift: I´m about to end this man´s whole career.

[@Almighty_S]

Underrated

[@DoctorNerf]

So weird that you can’t get Darkrai when you can get Shaymin. Maybe it has something to do with you needing to enter an area, cause with Shaymin you never have to go through a “door”.

[@SimplyUnst4ble]

I think they plan to give Darkrai through a mystery gift, can't confirm though

[@CredibleCommenter]

Why does no one remember the original games? This video and it’s comments are making me so mad. Darkrai needs an item from the locked house in Canalave for his event to trigger.

[@Felnal]

@@CredibleCommenter Sounds like you don't remember the original games either. The tweaking glitch and the Mystery Zone were how people got to Darkrai (and the other Mythical Pokemon) before GameFreak gave out ways to get them legit.

[@CredibleCommenter]

@@Felnal Literally what does my comment have to do with that at all? I’m well aware of the glitches, I did them myself, but Darkrai being there before distribution was an oversight, not a reward for people glitching. There was no reason to expect that it would still be there in a 3D remake.

[@maxi4323]

I am very sure with darkrai that are 2 different places, because when you trigger the official event there's no ship and no man on the island, but with this glitch they are both on the island and that's not what it should be in the official event.

[@AllergyPuppy]

Bibarel and bidoof clearly have so much power they can transcend and warp reality

[@alibaba3568]

God Bidoof confirmed, Dorkly was right all along

[@risyanthbalaji805]

The true God is bidoof not arkoos

[@Aiden-.]

Bidoof can ascend to the adjacent plane of godhood and transcend normal bounds

[@im___fann5063]

@@risyanthbalaji805 arceus*

[@legenddokkan]

Gotta give props to this guy for not wasting our time

[@twyliiight8546]

He has to find something to post for new content before he ghosts on the internet for 6 months again.

[@ansh4588]

@@twyliiight8546 🤣

[@TheDjacob]

I’m he used a hack not fair

[@Wal363]

@@TheDjacob he didn't hack it's a glitch

[@TheAwesomeDarkNinja]

That's because he is Mike. Poketips Mike.

[@abhinavm7694]

These remakes couldn't stay truer to the original

[@wohao_gaster7434]

Hidden power

[@scrublord9505]

HP bars go too fast. Trash game

[@dancarter5775]

Game corner and gambling is gone.

[@dancarter5775]

@Wanna Be a Smurt Person Trying true but I really miss gambling in Pokémon, especially to get rare ones like Porygon and stuff. At least they replaced it with something usable and kinda nice, unlike in ORAS where it was just closed for no good reason.

[@drewsky1121]

Game Corner

[@RogueOmega]

Yeah, it seems they went the Platinum route here, where even if you can get to Newmoon Island without triggering the event with the old house in Canalave, Darkrai isn't actually spawned in unless you actually go through the event proper. For those who might not get what that means exactly, let me try and explain more in-depth. You see, back in the original D/P, Darkrai being on Newmoon Island wasn't tied to any sort of requirement. It was always there, meaning if you could get to Newmoon Island, you could encounter it. However, this changed in Platinum. Darkrai's appearance on Newmoon Island was now tied to whether or not a specific flag that is set during the event was, well, set. You see, flags basically tell the game what code to execute and what things to make happen in the game, epending on whether they're "set" (whatever's tied to the flag will be carried out) or not (whatever's tied to the flag will not be carried out). For this context, the game looks at the flags for the Darkrai event and asks "is the necessary flag for the player to be able to encounter Darkrai on Newmoon Island set?" If the answer is "No", then the game doesn't spawn Darkrai on Newmoon Island, meaning even if the player, through the use of glitches, makes their way onto the island, Darkrai will be nowhere to be found. If the answer is "Yes", then the game will spawn Darkrai onto the island in the designated spot, allowing the player to encounter them.

[@strongshot_]

Darkrai was so scared that you managed to get to his island that he’s hiding from you

[@sechabatheletsane9784]

"What!? Your.. your early. Uhh.. hold on I gotta put on my pants."

[@NinjaPickle]

They got Shaymin, but they're not getting me!

[@joshernsteen2066]

There is a clear red flag that will clearly show up on your game if you have the cretria met to make Drakrai show up in the game on the island if you manage to get in even completely legally without hacking the game without waking up the kid from nightmare first. It was one of first things that Nintendo did when they were making the original pokemon games. They knew they would eventually completey forget about it, and I forgot what else they were saying about it. I found this information when I was really interested in finding out more about the game.

[@scythes2880]

Man it's so good to see him explore glitches again

[@kaandx2731]

yeah fr

[@DevilishlyDutch]

Oh yeah, definitely let us know more about the Shaymin glitching!

[@Batterykitten8]

absolutely!

[@ZacharyKing9]

100%

[@jimbobalot]

yea

[@qamal1027]

Yeah bouta catch shaymin now or shiny hunt it. Darkrai is there if u have the national dex

[@risyanthbalaji805]

Yes

[@michaeldiaz7620]

I still remember trying to do the original Darkrai glitch in Diamond back in 2007 where you had to do some biking trick in Jubilife city to get into some dark void area and then just endlessly travel til you reached Darkrai's island.

[@thankyounothankyou9722]

Yeah except this still was unknown in 2007

[@gvenkat2000]

Guess darkrai wasn't lieing when he said he wasn't giving me a dream of poke tips Mike continuesly uploads video.

[@ernsoh5181]

Bibarel truly is the best HM slave now that it can fly 😂

[@risyanthbalaji805]

No he is a god. Don't disrespect him. The almighty could warp reality that's how he's flying

[@perola_manx8824]

When they said the remakes were faithful i didn't knew it was THAT faithful

[@sirswagabadha4896]

"There is so much potential with the surf glitch right now, we have barely even scratched the SURFace" ...thanks

[@CloverBeanFr]

I’m so happy you’re posting again, I was so bored while you weren’t

[@universalbunny33]

I’m hoping that it’s because they’re actually going to make the event happen this time. IIRC you could only get Darkrai (without hacking) via a gift from Nintendo (I got mine from an event at a Toys R Us back in the day). But I always wanted to be able to actually get into the house in Canalave and do the event that was supposed to happen.

[@Diamond_2403]

Oh it's definitely gonna happen. Why else would they code Darkrai, Newmoon Island, and the Members Card in the game? It's just when are they going to do it. The game only just released so we have to wait a while before any major events happens.

[@Jay-zi4mf]

@@Diamond_2403 ....why did they code it into the original diamond and pearl..yet never released it. Pokemon is bigger than it was back then so I cant seem them scalping us on this game.

[@switchblade6]

@@Diamond_2403 Same reason they coded the Hall Of Origin and everything into the original DP lol

[@joshernsteen2066]

There was an really old action replay code that gives you access to the membership pass that you could have found out if you used action replay a lot back in the day. Also it is now obtained via wireless via flash cards. It was possible a lot earlier maybe, but it required technical knowledge that not a lot of players had at the time, or were to young to have a laptop to get the hardware installed on it to do the procedure.

[@joshernsteen2066]

At least the reason for Hall of Origin is concerned. Nintendo have an official reposne to that question. The game director thought that the process would be too confusing for the players to be able to actually do, so they never released the item, not even in Japan.

[@Gaming2DMX]

This would have been useful to me when I was making new moon island in minecraft and was struggling to find out where it was

[@ShinyCramorant]

same place as the original diamond/pearl (i think?)

[@noshwarrior4646]

Hey Mike, its amazing to see you finally back after so long, I was praying that you would come back for this game and I would love to see you do a randomizer nuzlocke for this game the themed nicknames were awesome and once again glad to see you back and hope to see more content from you my good man

[@thedailybrowser5951]

Darkrai: "wait... WAIT WHAT IS THAT?!? *IS THAT A FLYING BEAVER?!??!?* NOPE NOPE, NOT DEALING WITH THIS! IM OUT" •Darkrai fled•

[@Dirakiaa]

Correction: Darkrai was there in the Original Games The only mon to be hardcoded with Event Flags was Arceus and even he is obtainable, infinite times even

[@diegopinto6542]

He was there in diamond and pearl He metioned that aparently the remakes have been coded as the original platinum

[@risyanthbalaji805]

@@diegopinto6542 this confusion, so did they code BDSP like DP or Platinum.

[@romeoramirez3742]

Actually my favorite Pokemon content creator, always straight to the point and is always upfront!

[@user-sl7lz5po5d]

So glad you're back man! Also, after a bit, are you planning to do a randomizer nuzlocke for BD/SP?

[@fairyroot1653]

Would love to see an early eat to get into Shaymin, and thanks to you Retire and all the community to make these videos happen 🙏

[@warddecramer2704]

Glad to see your vids pop up again in my feed. Oh, how I missed this

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

PokeTips: Where's Darkrai? The game: Gone, reduced to atoms Evolving your Bidoof is a crime against humanity

[@kayceenolasco4439]

Don't have a switch so I haven't tried any of the sick new games, but I still get excited everytime Pokétips uploads a vid about em. It's like storytime when I was a kid, except I'm a 25 year old man now lol haha

[@Jallu555]

Same, I just dont have the money right now to buy switch

[@sechabatheletsane9784]

@@Jallu555 I feel you. If I didn't buy it on special 2 years ago I would've missed out on this generation of games cause it costs an arm and a leg in my country now.

[@omojolabs7855]

Although I don't have a switch, I love to see content about games on it!

[@Deviitt11]

Same here

[@marcelosandoval4206]

Same here PAL

[@ghostroblox2137]

he may have been gone for 8 months, but when he came back, boy did he come back with a splash.

[@xximhatin21xx]

Heck yeah! Quick question, if you catch Shaymin early, can you catch it again during the event?

[@sirdaddio5102]

Right now a decent part of the community says no. But we'll see.

[@dragon-du6ew]

Maybe

[@Br0oham]

I'd assume the event wouldn't add a Shaymin in, just give a way to get there. So most likely no

[@devinrobertson5251]

Nope.

[@santosic]

Considering other comments here saying Darkrai's spawning relies on an event item, and that Shaymin is already spawned right now, probably not. For Shaymin, his event isn't about spawning him but accessing his island.

[@TNTMusic5757]

Been waiting for this!!

[@Redbiss]

Well explained, love your videos poketips!

[@ruhelali2061]

There is a way that you can get the member card if you catch cresselia I think

[@Jay-zi4mf]

Hey Mike. I've been a huge fan for a long time. And it makes me so happy that we got these new games but what's honestly even better is that legends arceus is coming. Which means you'll have alot of content to make videos so I can watch them while I play. Tysm for all your videos. :)

[@idklolwut]

Thank you this helps me alot

[@hay403]

what a lad for not wasting our time but i’m still gonna watch regardless

[@HaveltheThot]

Even if you have the key there's a flag that has to be ticked for you to enter the inn and go to his island. It's possible on modded switches to use pkhex and enable that flag but until Nintendo releases this event non modded switch owners are out of luck. You also need to do cresselias event to do Darkrai event.

[@joshernsteen2066]

You are not doing it correctly, according to the game code, on how to get onto the island. That is the reason on why you are encountering an invisible barrier when you try to get the island this way. Even if you gathered the correct items to make him show up on the island this early, the game will not allow you actually fight Drakrai. I know what I am talking about. I spent more time than I would have liked to figure out exactly how to get Drakrai to appear on New Moon Island without getting the Membership Pass. Nintendo said that they buried the information about how to trigger Drakrai in the original games really well, and they were not joking. Apparently they also forgot that they put into the sailor on Canalave City thr information on how to get Drakrai in the Legend Arceus game they were still making behind the scenes of this game development. I was starting over again, and again when I realized that I was only misisng how to get the boy to wake up from the nightmare on the island. It is apparently tied to get Drakrai to show up on New Moon Island, which was why it took monger then expected to get the sailor to say it.

[@HaveltheThot]

@@joshernsteen2066 Nintendo has to activate a flag on your save that allows you to interact with the door. This flag is visible if you edit your save with pkhex. I have Darkrai and completed that event after editing that flag. Also back in the day I used action replay to activate the events to be able to get Darkrai, Arceus and shaymin. It's not rocket science man they were just unreleased events.

[@1SlateS314]

Can’t wait for the extreme randomizer nuzlocke

[@ipadgamecmptriii767]

I hope Darkrai returns, that's my favorite pokemon of all time

[@tammytheranger7645]

Me, who has beaten all of the trainers at that route: Welp.

[@tammytheranger7645]

Also, I have a shiny Cresselia in my save file :')

[@dragon-du6ew]

@@tammytheranger7645 may I have one for a shiny hamster dog

[@tammytheranger7645]

@@dragon-du6ew I haven't caught her yet. Plus, I don't trade away my treasures (Shiny Pokemon).

[@betsymcdonald6624]

Your finally back

[@travismeek23]

I already battled that sailor so I decided to try some things myself. So I discovered if you do the menu glitch on the bridge by the sailor that takes you to the islands back out until you can see the actual game in the background with the menu still up, then press plus to bring up the quick menu, then back out of the regular menu, leave the quick menu up, then start to surf while on the bridge, as soon as you get on the Pokémon’s back use the poke radar and it won’t let you and you should be able to surf through the ships. You will be stuck in there until you fight a Pokémon, I run away every time, then after the battle you will be able to go through the walls, I go to the left and then you can go through those trees to the left and walk to all the islands. I am still running version 1.1.1 so idk if this works for everyone who has updated. I still couldn’t find a way to actually set foot on the island

[@icyarticuno8581]

Boy I am so happy that Pokemon facts/tips legend is back

[@default2971]

True

[@dxduff1302]

I'd love to see how to get shaymin with the surf glitch earlier

[@devinrobertson5251]

You can with the kid in the pink tube to the left of sunnyshore town or whatever it’s called. Don’t even have to beat the elite 4

[@SoGoodContent]

liked and commented for the algorithm. you deserve all the help you can get because this content is primo

[@honestpenguin3180]

Loves your vid even tho I don't have a swich I love watching you play and glich these games

[@luigi386541971]

lol i wasn't sure if u made videos anymore. I just now saw these.

[@zarajenking]

I'm still hoping that you'll do some sort of series on these games 🤞

[@aidanm.5461]

Yes! Please let us know how to get Shaymin earlier. These glitches are very fun. Thank you for making these videos. 😊

[@joshernsteen2066]

He did already make a video on it. The KZbin link is: m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/rWLOooablqumfac

[@bobboberson6792]

Wow, honesty about the glitch upfront. Take my Like.

[@cherryboi456]

its good to see tht poketips is aploading again. and btw please poketips play Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pear

[@necrozma4029]

I think you need the required items to spawn the Pokemon, for example Shaymin appearing before Marley and Oak is just a 2D cutscene, which requires Oak's letter to trigger, but that doesn't spawn Shaymin directly. However, I believe that the Member's Card triggers the dialogue spoken to the son in the nightmare, which spawns Darkrai. Similarly, only triggering the Azure Flute can activate the spawn of Arceus. Proof: DPPt's Hall of Origin is actually a seperate location from the Spear Pillar without the Hall of Origin, using the Azure Flute teleports you from the Spear Pillar without the Hall of Origin to the Spear Pillar WITH the staircase to the Hall of Origin.

[@danieljohnsen7642]

I'm def interested to see the other information about the Shaymin glitch

[@jetstreamjackie3437]

Thanks for saying that Darkrai isn’t there upfront, that’s really honest of you.

[@Daniel-wr9ql]

For those wondering: you may not be able to open the menu in the void, but if you have unlocked fly, you can use it from the poketch if you get stuck.

[@vincent9413]

Once you’ve visited new moon island, even from the outside, maybe it’s added to the Canalave sailor options?

[@westinpooladsanj503]

This was a cool video! Does surfing thorugh Canalave not trigger the Barry rival battle?

[@EvyDevy]

Just like the good ol gen 4.

[@Spamkromite]

Oh please do. I'm curious about the places our space walker Bibarel can convey us. Surely there is some last hour developer surprises in the wilds awaiting for a brave trainer to unravel them all.

[@fallen5037]

Poketips is the best, I watched him for a while on my old account!

[@SillyNoodleDoodles]

Nice vide, i love it every time i see it

[@DavidThomsonVocals]

Darkrai is in my top three Pokémon so the fact his island is here is enough for me for now!

[@baguette5521]

I missed watching him. Imma try this when I get my game in 10 years

[@badwithusernames3238]

if they do actually release the arceus event with the azure flute you'll still probably not going to be able to get arceus because the area only appears after using the azure flute

[@slim3rs172]

In the originals you could get arceus so maybe

[@fancy_pants_]

68k more subs, and you hit that 1mil milestone!!!

[@MegaInsertnamehere]

Damn, bro got in trouble quick about that last video

[@sammyxan6075]

Can we PLEASE get that video on how to get Shaymin early? It's my favorite mythical/legendary and getting it as soon as possible would be awesome for me

[@werewolfzombie1]

Even though I'm not gonna glitch my way there. I still enjoy watching your videos

[@soxfan9551]

Maybe you have to have Cresselia first? Just a hunch, but I believe that was required in older games too.

[@notvex3987]

Didnt expect it to be that faithful

[@gonchoff]

Hey poketips do you think they removed the event with the first patch, what it you tried this with an unpatched game?

[@tristand1243]

surfin on Carl. now this guy. lol. I got shaymin earlier. thanks for the step by step vids.

[@ShinyCramorant]

oh yeah i forgot to mention on the previous video, can you get multiple shaymin by doing the glitch multiple times? thanks in advance

[@PokeTips]

Nope! You can only get one Shaymin, and it likely will take up the event shaymins encounter too if they ever release it.

[@ShinyCramorant]

@@PokeTips dammn, thanks for replying!! ill wait until they officially release it then lol

[@iamjust2godly]

@@ShinyCramorant that’s if there even is one

[@ShinyCramorant]

@@iamjust2godly idk why there wouldnt be lol

[@servusgude1361]

Bro sry I has to say this... I am in love with your channel and watched the last 7 hour's videos from you 😂

[@Cyph3rrr1]

Thank you it was really cool😀😃😄

[@pokegirlfeelinara7507]

What happened to the pokemon randomizer nuzlocke in pokemon hard gold and soul silver?

[@Therealkaizo]

I was messing around with the surf glitch in this exact area yesterday, had no idea it would take you to new moon, wow. Great content!

[@fernandod2865]

Awesome! A Gen 1 Glitch now in this game

[@tristanchambers8811]

Darkrai was already caught by the original main protagonist of diamond and pearl.

[@MaxDeleteFF999]

Poketips I love your video 🤗🤗🤗

[@NimbleFire]

7:51 scratched the SURFace i see what you did there

[@doddy885]

Yo plz could u do a video showing the earlier Shaymin route like you mentioned at the end of the video? I’d really love to get Shaymin half way through my Shining Pearl playthrough as, I’m sure, many others would too.

[@creeperaeman1237]

Darkrai’s cry sounds like a kid screaming in his mic

[@shwangus2765]

Interesting how darkrai isnt there when you void to him but shaymin is! thanks for the sick video!

[@imaSeraphRBX]

What If you glitch there and save on the island during an older version where the members card could not be obtained, and then update the game?

[@Yaz1457]

hi poketips im a very big fan and very happy that you are close to 1 million subs

[@riptinkle4171]

fun fact, the hotel key came out in bdsp and is obtainable via mystery gift, it will take you to canalave city

[@zacharyfazbear1515]

I missed this guy

[@zackcool878]

POKETIPS! do what happens if you dont choose a starter/skip it (this was one of my fav series)

[@I.M.P_Eldro]

I got under route 210 with a surfing glitch from the Pokémon centre outside victory road and found out you can get encounters in the void but without seeing because it’s just darkness

[@paullemire5755]

didnt watch the full vid but just because you were honest in the begining i gave you a thumbs up

[@lucatdcat8720]

I managed to return to an area where I could use fly, and Newmoon Island is now on my map!

[@The1984TruthSeeker]

Darkrai: Aaaaahhh Player:why are running, WHY ARE YOU RUNNING

[@fllashyy9166]

Theres also a glitch on the route before floraoma town where you can go out of bounds

[@stealthygekkouga9747]

I think it would be awesome if u did a brilliant diamond randomizer nuzlocke

[@meatlynotthatmeatly7702]

Man bibarel must be in pain sliding on the ground and smashing through walls

[@perola_manx8824]

They're too powerful to feel pain

[@meatlynotthatmeatly7702]

@@perola_manx8824 ohhhhhhh dammit forgot they are evolution of god

[@perola_manx8824]

@@meatlynotthatmeatly7702 don't worry, everyone makes mistakes :)

[@Darkoriax17]

…now if I recall correctly from Platinum…this is one that’s…a bit touchy. This one, even outside of event, is VERY TIME SPECIFIC. It needs to be during a (if I recall correctly) New Moon phase. (So depending on your region this can vary.) And be late at night.