Soft Lock Picking: Graveler's Unlikely Escape

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  • How early can you softlock yourself in one of the remakes? And just what are the chances of pulling off an escape?
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  • @snakeattacker2857
    @snakeattacker2857 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4012

    "Rocket grunt, I've come to bargain"

  • @SoulfulZane
    @SoulfulZane 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2218

    You mean to say this ISN'T how I'm supposed to play the game? I always throw my starter away and grind a geodude to a level 100 graveler with his only attacking moves being self destruct and explosion before fighting that rocket grunt. That explains why I thought the game went downhill from there.

    • @Xetheon
      @Xetheon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      I see you are a man of culture as well

    • @theultimatehuman
      @theultimatehuman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      Yeah the story really takes a dive once you get Selfdestruct tbh

    • @thegoldmario4879
      @thegoldmario4879 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Wait what I thought he was showing us an escape method

    • @bred9901
      @bred9901 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      im pretty sure he’s showing us a speedrun strategy.

    • @laviuwu
      @laviuwu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      why scott isnt an rpg guy

  • @atelophob_ia
    @atelophob_ia 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6122

    paralysis when trying to escape a softlock: 1/4
    paralysis when you’re trying to win an important battle: 4/4

  • @_Vengeance_
    @_Vengeance_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2070

    "This is the LockPickingLawyer and what I have for you today is a lvl 100 Graveler"

    • @sol2544
      @sol2544 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      LOL

    • @chelvo56
      @chelvo56 4 ปีที่แล้ว +74

      That BosnianBill and I made

    • @autodidacticartisan
      @autodidacticartisan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      Tonight on "When TH-cam Fandoms Overlap"

    • @thatredkite8310
      @thatredkite8310 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Click on pin 2 and 5

    • @BardBreaker
      @BardBreaker 4 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      "So when I saw the package said "level 100 security" I just had to check it out"

  • @nigelwang2447
    @nigelwang2447 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3041

    I laughed pretty hard at the self destruct missing the level 6 Pidgey.

    • @kliop00023
      @kliop00023 4 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      6:05 lol

    • @kevinniemann8218
      @kevinniemann8218 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Well quite honestly there is another way to escape. With better odds.
      First encounter wild lvl 5 or higher pidgey and waste mudsport till it hits you 6 times with sand attack then attempt missing self destruct 5 times.
      (Due to odds still being against you you want to set up this checkpoint when you're there. If you fail no biggie just rince and repeat from the start)
      After you've done that flee the battle and save.
      Then repeat the whole thing with mudsport and explosion.
      (On fail restart to the save)
      Once you've wasted all selfdestruct and explosion PPs find wild kakunas and safcons to waste your remaining PPs on.
      Then beat the grunt with struggle and move on and struggle out the Nerd.
      And by then youre able to move tutor your graveler mega punch to just continue the game till it's finish

    • @jasam01
      @jasam01 4 ปีที่แล้ว +146

      @@kevinniemann8218 Missing self destruct still KOs you.

    • @skeetsmcgrew3282
      @skeetsmcgrew3282 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      *Nuclear bomb goes off. Pidgy dips behind a hill and returns to a blackened wasteland with everyone dead* ...welp imma head out

    • @AissurDrol
      @AissurDrol 4 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      @@kevinniemann8218 He addressed that in the video. Even if it misses you still faint. You definitely need to watch the video before trying to be a smart ass.

  • @BigMeatyClawz17
    @BigMeatyClawz17 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2013

    I think the truly miserable person here is the Rocket grunt who has to sit through a 231 turn battle using a rat and a bat to beat a literal rock to death.

    • @TheDaniRainbow
      @TheDaniRainbow 4 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      Your profile picture made me think I had an eyelash on my screen. Thanks

    • @TheDaniRainbow
      @TheDaniRainbow 4 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      @Pyro Flare not curly enough for that in my book but not all bushes grow the same

    • @akeminakajima449
      @akeminakajima449 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @Pyro Flare Can I buy some pubes?

    • @kristinenoack6761
      @kristinenoack6761 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      I died laughing to this comment I CANT EVEN RIGHT NOW LMAO

    • @maxs713
      @maxs713 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@TheDaniRainbow same xd

  • @RAFMnBgaming
    @RAFMnBgaming 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2254

    "it can be done so early"
    *Level 100 Graveller*

    • @StarshadowMelody
      @StarshadowMelody 4 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      Progression wise.

    • @ileee1
      @ileee1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      well it can... takes fing forever though

    • @hitkid2456
      @hitkid2456 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Just try to acquire as many rare candies as you can (assuming the pokemon that have pickup are available it may not take all that long).

    • @RAFMnBgaming
      @RAFMnBgaming 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@hitkid2456 From what I can tell you can't acquire Pickup until Route 5 with Meowth, after Mt Moon.

    • @hitkid2456
      @hitkid2456 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@RAFMnBgaming Dang. I figured it would be something like that... Welp.

  • @deokishisu650
    @deokishisu650 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1522

    This one is actually pretty easy to escape because of a feature in FRLG that you've overlooked. On the Mt. Moon floor in-between the first floor and the floor with the Rocket Grunt, Tiny and Big Mushrooms are hidden items in the rocks. These mushrooms have a chance to regenerate after taking a certain number of steps. You can sell these to obtain money with which you can buy Poke Balls, catch Pokemon, and escape. Since they are infinitely renewable, there is no way you can trap yourself once you have access to Mt. Moon and before jumping the ledge to Cerulean.

    • @supremeoverlordetna
      @supremeoverlordetna ปีที่แล้ว +297

      Wow, that is a surprisingly easy workaround so many people missed.

    • @taylorhillard4868
      @taylorhillard4868 ปีที่แล้ว +140

      Very interesting. I did not know they they would replenish like a berry tree.

    • @microwave8931
      @microwave8931 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      But that's not as fun, is it?

    • @Jesin00
      @Jesin00 ปีที่แล้ว +86

      Wow I had no idea those could regenerate.

    • @bobosmith101
      @bobosmith101 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Dry battery would prevent this if you threw them out, right?

  • @DragonslayerProd
    @DragonslayerProd 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2145

    "Paralysis has a 1 in 4 chance" That's a funny way of saying "LITERALLY EVERY GOD DAMN TURN IF IT'S MY OWN POKEMON"

    • @kinnikuboneman
      @kinnikuboneman 4 ปีที่แล้ว +226

      It's 1 in 4 for the npc, and 3 in 4 for players

    • @scottrauch1261
      @scottrauch1261 4 ปีที่แล้ว +77

      Confusion is my pokemon punches himself to death and does nothing to the opponent

    • @2810Mad
      @2810Mad 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@kinnikuboneman wait, really?

    • @kinnikuboneman
      @kinnikuboneman 4 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      @@2810Mad no it's a joke

    • @TombstoneSyrup
      @TombstoneSyrup 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      @@kinnikuboneman only 3 of 4? Your lucky

  • @zema9401
    @zema9401 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2708

    Step 1: Play until Mt Moon
    Step 2: Catch a Geodude
    Step 3: Train a Graveler to lvl 100
    Well, that escalated quickly.

    • @SPFLDAngler
      @SPFLDAngler 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      It's wow not well... gotta use memes correctly if you're gonna try to get likes using memes from 2010..

    • @LuMnOsITi
      @LuMnOsITi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      @@SPFLDAngler I think he was just saying a sentence...

    • @tuxedobird
      @tuxedobird 4 ปีที่แล้ว +83

      Ursine Maximus Imagine being so stuck up you get mad someone used a different word. It happens a lot, most meme formats themselves use the wrong words.

    • @Manivilization
      @Manivilization 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Ursine Maximus i can smell you through this comment

    • @myno1754
      @myno1754 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@SPFLDAngler reddit moment

  • @ethank.3201
    @ethank.3201 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2956

    Game: So you physically have a 1 in 10^3020 chance in order to get past this one Grunt.
    Pikasprey: So you’re saying there’s a chance?

    • @sachin251998
      @sachin251998 4 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      There should be no negative sign before 3020

    • @Interesting_Failure
      @Interesting_Failure 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Never tell me the odds!

    • @littleitaly7203
      @littleitaly7203 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      If those are the odds, so be it.
      -pikasprey

    • @ReedyBear
      @ReedyBear 4 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      I coded up a little 4-sided dice simulator. Did 4.3 million iterations of 231 rolls. Most a single side ever hit was 96 times. It was a 3.

    • @TurkeyMuncher117
      @TurkeyMuncher117 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@sachin251998 not really, since beforehand he says "1 in"

  • @8BitMisdreavus
    @8BitMisdreavus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +566

    "On a separate game, I captured an entire box of Ratatta-"
    You did *_WHAT_*

    • @frostbite_1244
      @frostbite_1244 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@romansrevengethethirdstrik8086 no Pokemon, it's a joke because of gen 2 Joey

    • @LuMnOsITi
      @LuMnOsITi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      "Remember my super cool Rattata? My Rattata is different from regular Rattata. It’s like my Rattata is in the top percentage of all Rattata."

    • @justalonelypachirisu8598
      @justalonelypachirisu8598 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @Cosmofox "*my rattata is the top percentage of all rattata*

    • @jackhazardous4008
      @jackhazardous4008 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      He trained them too. HE SPENT TIME GRINDING 30 RATATA TO LEVEL 13

    • @ThePhantomSafetyPin
      @ThePhantomSafetyPin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      But were any of them in the top percentage of Rattata?

  • @HRCFre4k
    @HRCFre4k 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1781

    Make this Graveler a Shiny and give this copy to someone saying: "You can have that Graveler - if you can get it."

    • @didgeridude8430
      @didgeridude8430 4 ปีที่แล้ว +282

      HRCFr34k it’d be easier to shiny hunt for a new Geodude at that point

    • @remusciuciu2840
      @remusciuciu2840 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      @@didgeridude8430 LMAO True...

    • @eaglefan2569
      @eaglefan2569 4 ปีที่แล้ว +156

      @@didgeridude8430 For that matter you could shiny-hunt 15 Geodudes at that point with how astronomical the chance of escaping this softlock is

    • @haltyouropinions3780
      @haltyouropinions3780 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Holy shit this is diabolical

    • @xXxEzzaHxXx
      @xXxEzzaHxXx 4 ปีที่แล้ว +141

      You just gave me a free FR/LG copy. Fuck Graveler, thanks for the game.

  • @Absenteeee
    @Absenteeee 4 ปีที่แล้ว +627

    I'm just imagining somewhere some five year old bringing the game to their older brother and saying "I'm stuck, help me get past" and they've somehow managed to get themselves into this scenario

    • @Charles_Anthony
      @Charles_Anthony 4 ปีที่แล้ว +77

      The only thing worst then being the younger brother in that situation is being the older brother and absolutely failing to be able to help.

    • @megasora4
      @megasora4 4 ปีที่แล้ว +92

      @@Charles_Anthony what are you talking about? start a new game, get all the way back without letting your brother know and bullshit your way through his many questions. "how did you get pokeballs?" "oh you know, i used a celfairy to get money........"

    • @SSP50505
      @SSP50505 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      @@megasora4 "Oh, I just used a secret stash that's in the game, but I can't tell you where it is."

    • @masterblaster2678
      @masterblaster2678 4 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      @@megasora4 Oooor "Where's my level 100 Graveler?"

    • @Poseidon650
      @Poseidon650 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Master Blaster That’s the real question lmao

  • @MallowyGoodness
    @MallowyGoodness 4 ปีที่แล้ว +257

    As fascinating as these videos are to me I cant help but hear "I cant decide whether this can be considered a flaw on the game's part" and not think "QA cannot account for flaws in the base human nature of the player"

    • @amberhernandez
      @amberhernandez 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      That last part is 100% something I'd say as a game dev if someone tried this on a game I made, hahaha

  • @Soroboruo
    @Soroboruo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +440

    "At least with this one, it happens so early that starting over is barely a problem at all" - Pikasprey, who has spent probably literally cumulative DAYS engineering this situation.

    • @moistmarsupial3528
      @moistmarsupial3528 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      @@Dryicelegendsofhero the venasaur was at a convincing level for the graveler to hit lv100. Even if he used rare candies, he sure put a lot of thought into the situation. More likely had an emulator to speed up the battles

    • @shellshockedbros4458
      @shellshockedbros4458 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@Dryicelegendsofhero Yeah. Thats why his Starter is level 76 lmfao.
      No he quite obviously did not use rare candies.

    • @fatuusdottore
      @fatuusdottore 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Shellshocked Bros could use rare candies on both lol.
      But likely did a mixture

    • @shellshockedbros4458
      @shellshockedbros4458 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@fatuusdottore Any rare candies they found on the ground yeah.
      I always see people who say things like "No way he grinded that much. Probably hacked in the rare candies himself."

    • @DrDrao
      @DrDrao 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@shellshockedbros4458 I mean there'd be no reason to do the grind. He could do it, he seems like the type crazy enough to, but honestly, why would he? He can get the same footage so much easier, and without putting in days of effort.

  • @That_Doctor_Del_Fella
    @That_Doctor_Del_Fella 4 ปีที่แล้ว +631

    I never thought I'd see the day when someone would actually depend on their pokemon being fully paralyzed in order to progress the game.

  • @ChaliceMovingXIV
    @ChaliceMovingXIV 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1160

    That is hell: just battling a ratatta for all eternity as a graveler, forever hoping for that astronomical chance to be free.

    • @flightsimulatorlad6664
      @flightsimulatorlad6664 4 ปีที่แล้ว +186

      eventually, graveler stopped thinking

    • @victorsandeen2694
      @victorsandeen2694 4 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      One day he will see freedom, and it will be beautiful.

    • @kliop00023
      @kliop00023 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      hell 4 someone cheated in pokemon lmao

    • @thunderbolt_blitz
      @thunderbolt_blitz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      IT HAS STURDY HOW

    • @Dave_The_Musical_Fisherman
      @Dave_The_Musical_Fisherman 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@flightsimulatorlad6664 a level 100 ultimate life form and nothing to do with it

  • @michaelkindt3288
    @michaelkindt3288 4 ปีที่แล้ว +919

    This series is like watching somebody play chest against themselves.

  • @entityunknown3308
    @entityunknown3308 4 ปีที่แล้ว +278

    i love that your voice sounds like a slightly more enthused squidward, i love it

    • @lazydelibird
      @lazydelibird 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      sounds like a rare insult

    • @BustyNA
      @BustyNA 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Put on .75 speed for maximum squidward effect

    • @skipfred
      @skipfred 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Good god

    • @ej-jz5rc
      @ej-jz5rc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      dear god

    • @GigaBoost
      @GigaBoost 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Horribly racist of you, wow...

  • @mariobrosaaproductions4332
    @mariobrosaaproductions4332 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1270

    If you’re curious:
    The chance of being fully paralyzed for at least 177 out of 231 turns is the sum from n=177 to 231 of (231 nCr n)*(1/4)^n*(3/4)^(231-n)...
    ...which is about 1.204*10^-60.
    And that’s not even considering the extra RNG factors.

    • @declanslater7877
      @declanslater7877 4 ปีที่แล้ว +115

      Finally someone with the right answer

    • @Patashu
      @Patashu 4 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      Mariobrosaa Productions Thanks for doing the math, I had a feeling it would be absurdly tiny

    • @icephoenix174
      @icephoenix174 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I gave you a like for running the math. It needed to be done

    • @bunnydo22
      @bunnydo22 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Dammit, I wanted to post the math for it, lol. Although I forgot the N choose R in mine, so it would have been wrong anyway :P

    • @exantiuse497
      @exantiuse497 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Question: does a pokemon lose PP if it loses a turn to paralysis/confusion (I tried to look it up onlibe but couldn't find it and I don't have a gen 3 game so I can't try it out myself :

  • @aeroblaziken4145
    @aeroblaziken4145 4 ปีที่แล้ว +529

    No one gonna mention he just grinded a Graveler to lvl 100 before end of Mt. Moon, you know how long that shit would take, dedication to you my friend!

    • @Annadog40
      @Annadog40 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Or that Pikachu

    • @beta511ee4
      @beta511ee4 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Williem DeFriend Johnstone and JRose11 still got nothing on this guy in terms of being a mad lad.

    • @skhotzim_bacon
      @skhotzim_bacon 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      If I had to guess he probably used a gameshark

    • @MrTrigun1
      @MrTrigun1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +130

      @@skhotzim_bacon you know, any other youtuber I would agree with you. But this crazy son of a bitch?
      Nah, he leveled the old fashioned way.

    • @2810Mad
      @2810Mad 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@MrTrigun1 yes using an emulator and speeding shit up

  • @lambchop3916
    @lambchop3916 4 ปีที่แล้ว +525

    This man deserves a PHD in Pokémon.

    • @SPFLDAngler
      @SPFLDAngler 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      He's not that smart.. even says that he does simple things in old games to appear smart.

    • @Peridotc
      @Peridotc 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Ursine Maximus Yeah well but your dumbass isn’t any smarter.

    • @atreyabhamidi9602
      @atreyabhamidi9602 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The real PhDs in Pokemon are speedrunners, specifically Werster

    • @kylestoltz5172
      @kylestoltz5172 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lamb Chop i just realise that phd means
      Pokemon has died
      And
      Pokemon hasn't died

    • @chinmaymathur7000
      @chinmaymathur7000 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@atreyabhamidi9602 Yeah agreed

  • @redgerran
    @redgerran 4 ปีที่แล้ว +207

    "The method is so impossible to pull off that you're better off just starting a new game."
    Wait, has that been an option this whole time?! I've been trying for days to get past this stupid Team Rocket grunt!

    • @usernametaken017
      @usernametaken017 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      But you could use the old man's weedle smh

  • @TigeriPlaysGames
    @TigeriPlaysGames 4 ปีที่แล้ว +449

    you probably could've just done it at level 62, when graveler learns its last level-up move, but you madlad, you actually brought it all the way and i applaud you

    • @degove7466
      @degove7466 4 ปีที่แล้ว +111

      Also level 62 makes the escape harder since graveler has to survive so many turns it is unlikely to even win at level 100.
      So he would have to grind wild pidgeys with that graveler to escape.

    • @keepyourhornson5311
      @keepyourhornson5311 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I did the same thing with a Wurmple before the first gym in Hoenn recently. Then I played through all of the game with it up to Phoebe, and I was all hyped to finish and do a giant video on it... and my dad's girlfriend has lost the DS with the cartridge in it. Yikes.

    • @davidtrottier7066
      @davidtrottier7066 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      I'm sure he knew that, but he did it anyway because the Internet told him to.

    • @unknownguy1287
      @unknownguy1287 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      well gravalers in mount moon would of been able to self-destruct first and you would of gained EXP

    • @MGX93dot
      @MGX93dot 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@unknownguy1287 At lvl 62 nothing is out-speeding you in Mt. Moon, they're too low levelled. Secondly, there are no wild Gravelers.

  • @lorddelta1805
    @lorddelta1805 4 ปีที่แล้ว +116

    I swear, every time you propose a solution to a soft lock it's even more evil than the last

  • @DaBannyGaming
    @DaBannyGaming 4 ปีที่แล้ว +209

    “Every turn, you have a 1 in 4 chance to be not able to move.”
    More like, you have a 4 in 4 chance, and your opponent has a 0 in 4.

    • @ellis2394
      @ellis2394 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Except that when you are trying to get out of a softlock, you have a 0.1000^6092 in four chance of moving and you can't ever move once

    • @viniciushenriquepinheiroba1036
      @viniciushenriquepinheiroba1036 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ever played pokémon outlaw? I beat the champion's lvl 60 suicune, moltres, articuno and zapdos with a lvl 50 jolteon by relying on paralisys, critical hits and full restore spamming. Literally landed 4 crits in a row, I'll never forget it.

    • @DaBannyGaming
      @DaBannyGaming 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@viniciushenriquepinheiroba1036 Wow, that's insane luck

    • @RGC_animation
      @RGC_animation 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Except that in this situation, it's more like 1/10

    • @zixvirzjghamn737
      @zixvirzjghamn737 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@viniciushenriquepinheiroba1036 reminds me of that time I landed on free parkning in monopoly and it kept the game from ending for a whilke

  • @Foxywaterable
    @Foxywaterable 4 ปีที่แล้ว +172

    This is exactly the kind of hardcore pokemon masochism that my life needs.

  • @PidgeyHowler
    @PidgeyHowler 4 ปีที่แล้ว +280

    You basically created a "How to make that one Team Rocket grunt feel better about himself" video as he infinitely beats a level 100 Graveler. If he knew how to swap his Pokemon out, he'd be the best member of Team Rocket in no time.

    • @reed3863
      @reed3863 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      He can swap every turn and not use a single move ever.

    • @KC_Garcia
      @KC_Garcia 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      And then he gets promoted to Second-In-Command.

    • @dms8872
      @dms8872 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      If enemies could gain exp with every win, that grunt would have kicked giovanni's ass and become the new head of team rocket...

  • @Ghst-tm3bp
    @Ghst-tm3bp 4 ปีที่แล้ว +650

    Should’ve called it *gravelock*

  • @bossboy191919
    @bossboy191919 4 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    "Hello, there!
    Glad to meet you!
    Welcome to the world of Pokemon!
    My name is OAK.
    People affectio-"
    *YOU JUST SOFTLOCKED THE GAME*

    • @Xetheon
      @Xetheon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      *AGAIN*

  • @therealrictuar
    @therealrictuar 4 ปีที่แล้ว +135

    Calculate the time required per attempt
    Calculate the odds
    Show that the expected time is greater than the age of the universe

  • @ShinyDracozolt
    @ShinyDracozolt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +388

    I love how I can just take one look, ONE LOOK at this video and go "Ah, I see Pikasprey's back on his bullshit again." I love it.

  • @ahoy1014
    @ahoy1014 4 ปีที่แล้ว +217

    The real softlock is the entire region after finishing the post-game content.

    • @BlazeTaleo
      @BlazeTaleo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      This made me existential

    • @FrostGlader
      @FrostGlader 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      My god.
      There’s no point to playing games after 100%

    • @zerotalent2316
      @zerotalent2316 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@FrostGlader Shiny hunting.

    • @FrostGlader
      @FrostGlader 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ZERO TALENT true, but still, I was talking in a broader sense.

    • @MicroBihon
      @MicroBihon 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      We can only hope for a massive open world RPG Pokemon, can we?

  • @E-102_Gamma
    @E-102_Gamma 4 ปีที่แล้ว +126

    Aight, now somebody do a TAS where this soft-lock is actually escaped from. That'd be quite the feat of RNG manipulation!

  • @andrezits9723
    @andrezits9723 4 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    "Paralysis has a 1 in 4 chance of happening every turn"
    My Pokémon when I'm trying to play competitive: *Observe*

  • @bigarcana5553
    @bigarcana5553 4 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    The best softlocks are the ones where it's so extremely mathematically improbable to escape from.

    • @exantiuse497
      @exantiuse497 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Mathematically impossible means literally, truly impossible. This one is physically impossible (it's not possible to do it in the real, "physical" world) but mathematically possible (it's possible to do on paper, in the "math" world). It's mathematically possible to roll 1/4 so many times in a row, but it would take far longer than the age of the universe to do it, meaning it's physically impossible

  • @malinok4889
    @malinok4889 4 ปีที่แล้ว +699

    Asprey: catches whole boxes of zubats and rattatas
    Me: okay...
    Asprey: trains a graveler to lv 100 before misty
    Me: You're insane!
    Asprey: does all of that with slow text speed
    Me: YOU ABSOLUTE MADMAN!

    • @guotyr2502
      @guotyr2502 4 ปีที่แล้ว +81

      No wonder it takes him ages to put up a new video

    • @SwiftNinjask
      @SwiftNinjask 4 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      If pika really goes through all this effort to setup a softlock, I would prefer he just cheat the setup. The time it takes to prep would be better used for his own free time or more videos.
      Inb4 people crying about legitimacy. The setup isn't supposed to be a challenge. It is the preset before the real juice of the video. The softlockpicking should be legit though.

    • @colossaldonut5190
      @colossaldonut5190 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      And with battle animations on

    • @ndt_dynamite2247
      @ndt_dynamite2247 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      R/madlads

    • @Quixotic311
      @Quixotic311 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      "At least it's early enough in the game that you can start over"
      Go fuck yourself. I raised a graveler to 100 and for the second half I was swapping in and out

  • @TechHug
    @TechHug 3 ปีที่แล้ว +158

    As a member of the speedrunning community, I can confirm with certainty that trainer Pokemon stats are 100% set, to the point that even when you use the Universal Pokemon Randomizer the randomized Pokemon will have the same EVs and IVs as the Pokemon it replaced.

  • @CloaksCosplays
    @CloaksCosplays 4 ปีที่แล้ว +97

    Asprey: “you heard that right, max level by Mt Moon.”
    Me, having seen Johnstone do the Prof Oak Challenge for way too many games: *completely unfazed*

    • @sanic7164
      @sanic7164 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I don’t know which is harder, because he grinds lots of stuff in POC which is hard on weak Pokémon but this is probably harder tbh

    • @agwabiriemmanuel5140
      @agwabiriemmanuel5140 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      "it can be done so early"
      Level 100 Graveller

    • @plant7371
      @plant7371 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Me, an AbsolBlogsPokemon watcher: are you going to level it up to 100 in a funny way tho?

  • @deidara7188
    @deidara7188 4 ปีที่แล้ว +969

    Me: Wants to sleep for once
    Pikasprey: *no*

    • @CaptainPacYT
      @CaptainPacYT 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Same

    • @Nyk_Style
      @Nyk_Style 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Me, for real

    • @creeperman1295
      @creeperman1295 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      “Unfortunately, I thought of your sleep schedule too”

    • @ambercarlson4009
      @ambercarlson4009 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@creeperman1295 lol

    • @task_under_rubblestone5575
      @task_under_rubblestone5575 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Creeperman129 can have the hidden ability vital spirt preventing sleep so that idea is impossible

  • @MahDryBread
    @MahDryBread 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1419

    Man, I love these. I don't know how you come up with these, they're shockingly creative

    • @skitten4671
      @skitten4671 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      2nd like

    • @rebornwoshua78
      @rebornwoshua78 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      He doesn't think of them, we do. He just solves them.

    • @blastoise1143
      @blastoise1143 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Woo hoo mah-dry-bread I wonder what fossil he took. Everyone ask. It’s good for the TH-cam algorithm

    • @YoutubeIsAGarbagePit
      @YoutubeIsAGarbagePit 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      every soft lock is the same, get rid of your money, items and all but one useless pokemon on any island, or area where you cant escape without a tm. they are literally all the same. what do you mean shockingly creative?

    • @pikachuplushie01
      @pikachuplushie01 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@TH-camIsAGarbagePit Pikachu

  • @link3mario3
    @link3mario3 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    As someone who's worked on both romhacking and TASing FireRed, I can tell you that all trainer pokemon do indeed have set predetermined IVs and natures in the gen 3 games. As far as the likelihood of this happening, there are ways to manipulate paralysis. You have to be incredibly precise, of course, but using EonTimer along with finding out your RNG seed, you can find the exact frames to press A to select attacks, and as long as these fall on the correct frame, you will be paralyzed. RNG is not truly random, but rather just an algorithm that is ran once every frame on the overworld, and twice every frame in battle (for most of the time). The game will run the algorithm more times whenever it needs to determine random actions, but it still remains entirely able to be manipulated. I have done quite a bit of research into the RNG of the gen 3 games, and have used a lot of that research to make TASing the game easier by using a program I developed here- github.com/jvhbv/fire-red-rng-calculator. So if y'all wanna escape this one, you can always go the RNG manipulation route.

  • @SweetBananaDigital
    @SweetBananaDigital 2 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    I’ve been thinking about this for a while. Rather than have to train Graveler all the way to level 100, it should be sufficient to train it until it learns its last possible level-up move. Just to save a little time ruining your game.

    • @chaoscasserole5990
      @chaoscasserole5990 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      then again, your graveler would have way less health to survive with, which means the grunt is more likely to kill you from all the cumulative attacks being thrown at graveler

  • @RagnarokiaNG
    @RagnarokiaNG 4 ปีที่แล้ว +236

    "I caught a whole box of Zubat" So only about half the Zubat you normally encounter travelling through Mount Moon?

    • @0danlee0
      @0danlee0 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      More like a sixteenth

    • @amberblyledge7859
      @amberblyledge7859 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I don't even think a sixteenth is good enough. Those zubat reproduce like freaking fruit flies.

    • @victorsandeen2694
      @victorsandeen2694 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Got to throw the whole mountain away now.

    • @RondoOfBloodX
      @RondoOfBloodX 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      There's like a million and fifty now Bills mad at me because I've sent so many Zubat straight to his PC.

    • @karzadicdarken1068
      @karzadicdarken1068 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      More like only 1%

  • @blueblade6174
    @blueblade6174 4 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    It's incredible how pointless yet absolutely genius this video is.

    • @guilhermemartins2606
      @guilhermemartins2606 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      This pretty much sums up the entire Softlock Picking series lol

  • @voigiln4704
    @voigiln4704 4 ปีที่แล้ว +109

    You touched upon a really interesting point at the end there: are ANY softlocks possible in Let's Go with an unreleasable starter and infinite TMs? Aren't there NPCs that give you free balls if you ever run out? And with permanent Secret Techniques instead of HMs, you'll likely have to be locked pretty early on.

    • @tompatterson1548
      @tompatterson1548 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      In Pikachu, avoid all trainers possible, and waste all pokeballs, and trash all items. Raise Pikachu to level 26 by catching pokemon, and teach it only thunder shock, electro Ball, thunder wave, and spark. DEfeat everybody up untill brock.

    • @bethmorris1513
      @bethmorris1513 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I believe the softlock outside of Cerulean City from the older games is still a problem in Let's Go where you get trapped by a trainer

    • @Kirbytime
      @Kirbytime 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@tompatterson1548 there's still the girl in Pewter City that gives you cash every day for babysitting her Slowpoke. There's no way to stop someone from accessing that and getting money for Pokéballs and getting new Pokémon

    • @Xetheon
      @Xetheon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      You can get trainer trapped, but that's not a softlock, that's a GBJ

    • @tompatterson1548
      @tompatterson1548 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Xetheon ?

  • @thebestworst8002
    @thebestworst8002 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    It's so ironic that that person you got trapped with is the grunt you play as in fire red rocket edition

  • @patheticperson5294
    @patheticperson5294 4 ปีที่แล้ว +777

    Some people are casuals
    Some people do nuzlockes
    Some people do randomizers
    Some people do shiny hunting
    Some people are competionists
    *BUT ONLY ONE PERSON WANTS TO TRAP THEMSELVES IN A GAME*
    Guys chill I made this comment over a year ago I just wanted to make a joke. Stop with all the people correcting the grammar I made this at 4am and just wanted to say this. Chill

    • @Michaelrandom27
      @Michaelrandom27 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Himself*

    • @Gamesmarts194
      @Gamesmarts194 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Actually I’ve seen a small handful of people try softlocking in Pokemon.

    • @thecommentato4
      @thecommentato4 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      2*

    • @pencilbender
      @pencilbender 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I feel bad for the isekai bus that comes for this dude

    • @hitkid2456
      @hitkid2456 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Michaelrandom27 Not incorrect. Do try again.

  • @jazzyoshi2627
    @jazzyoshi2627 4 ปีที่แล้ว +127

    For once, people are hoping not to move while a Pokemon is paralyzed...

  • @kylewagoner
    @kylewagoner 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I was thinking pretty early on, "He's got to get paralyzed and stall for a million turns, doesn't he?"

  • @UnknowingNeko
    @UnknowingNeko 4 ปีที่แล้ว +83

    One time I accidentally trapped myself in a different way, rather than being in a certain place, I was unable to progress the story because... I lost a battle to someone in the aether paradise in sun but the pokemon centre I was sent back to was an actual pokemon centre in a different island, and I wasn’t able to get back to aether paradise because somehow the game didn’t think that this might’ve happened and since I was stupid, I couldn’t think of soft-resettting at the time and so I just ended up... making a new save.

    • @reddeatharena9218
      @reddeatharena9218 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      that's big brain plays

    • @kiwikarp9509
      @kiwikarp9509 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      I ran into that problem too. I thought I was just missing something because it seemed like such a simple oversight, but no. You can't fly there, you can't surf there, you can't get a ride there on any of the islands, you're just stuck. Forever. Well, unless you don't save and soft-reset.

    • @bananatassium7009
      @bananatassium7009 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      That's crazy! I never would've thought Pokemon would let that kind of stuff happen past like, gen 5.

    • @LilyTengoku
      @LilyTengoku 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      What? In Gen 7?

    • @cutedat99
      @cutedat99 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@LilyTengoku Apparently Gladion can take you there if you left when you go talk to him in Ula Ula

  • @MylesTheGreat
    @MylesTheGreat 4 ปีที่แล้ว +464

    new pikasprey video: How to get soft locked *before even playing the game*

    • @josephjoestar1809
      @josephjoestar1809 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      then the next one would be soft locking a game before it even existed

    • @malinok4889
      @malinok4889 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Then the next one would be going back in time after learning the ins and outs of the game and teaching people how to get soft locked before the game existed

    • @TheVeryAngryShrimp
      @TheVeryAngryShrimp 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Get married and have a child. *Softlocked.*

    • @tubegerm6732
      @tubegerm6732 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      "Just take an ordanary pair of pliers and your pokemon cartridge and use the pliers to bend the contacts of the cartridge and congratulations you have effectivly ruined a perfectly good pokemon save file.

    • @chillstoneblakeblast3172
      @chillstoneblakeblast3172 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You can in Yellow by pushing an NPC to tall grass

  • @xrn769
    @xrn769 4 ปีที่แล้ว +104

    F for that over leveled starter

    • @LumusOfFailing
      @LumusOfFailing 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Nah, that starter's the only one to get out of this with half its sanity intact.

  • @hitkid2456
    @hitkid2456 4 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    Where's a DAMP USER when you need one...

    • @blueshell292
      @blueshell292 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I read that as as Damp Dumpster and was perfectly fine accepting that

    • @amberhernandez
      @amberhernandez 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@blueshell292 hot tbh

    • @wombat4191
      @wombat4191 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The funny thing is that Poliwag and Psyduck, the two pokemon that could have Damp, are barely out of reach. Poliwags swim happily in the small pond in Viridian city, but you can't fight them without Good rod. In Fire Red, Psyducks are also there, as well as in route 4 waters (which would be right after Mt Moon), but you need either Surf or Super rod to fight one. And no trainer that you can fight of course has either of these pokemon.

  • @butteredsalmonella
    @butteredsalmonella 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Imagine not getting paralyzed in this softlock, while in any other times you get paralyzed, you always do almost all the time.

  • @interestingit1874
    @interestingit1874 4 ปีที่แล้ว +199

    pokemon: fun for everyone!
    pikasprey: hold my geodude

    • @dms8872
      @dms8872 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You mean smergle...

  • @pundemon9659
    @pundemon9659 4 ปีที่แล้ว +199

    This level of proving that a fail state technically does or doesn't exist reminds me of when my stepdad used to work at a Michelin tire plant and he had to "debug" and failproof machinery that either didn't have any kind of tech integration, or had just barely used code that was in COBOL or 4TRAN. So most of the time failproofing the machinery involved intentionally, physically throwing debris down the assembly line to fuck things up. And even back then, he heard many a fool cry "but that would never happen, who would ever do that to their machine?!?"
    The more things change, the more they stay the same.

    • @eninfamousvy
      @eninfamousvy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      weird flex but ok

    • @devent10n
      @devent10n 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      At least with the debris thing, someone could conceivably do it by not paying attention to what they're doing.

    • @tanukigalpa
      @tanukigalpa 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      I can see that being a potential scenario if a pissed employee who just got fired throws a bunch of debris into the machine to try and destroy it.

    • @pundemon9659
      @pundemon9659 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@tanukigalpa yep! Stuff like that is why he kept his job for a real long time, because you never know XD

    • @pundemon9659
      @pundemon9659 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@thomasgif1834 I should ask him what he thinks of these kinds of videos. XD His in-depth Pokemon knowledge is limited to what things he's learned from Pokemon Go, but he'd probably still appreciate the RNG aspect. Maybe there's even another timeline where he's making these kinds of videos lol

  • @mrnoneofurbusiness7942
    @mrnoneofurbusiness7942 4 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    i could swear paralysis has like a 90% chance on my pokemon

  • @dannysmi7162
    @dannysmi7162 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I love the Ace Attorney and Zero Escape music. It’s very fitting.

  • @danielbakergill
    @danielbakergill 4 ปีที่แล้ว +181

    The solution would take so long that the atoms in your game cartridge would decay, ruining the electronics before you finish.

    • @sashapaleologue1234
      @sashapaleologue1234 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Actually it would take an hour at best and the actual solution is easier than what he proposed. Pidgey has sand attack. Let it hit you once or twice, do explosion, miss once or twice, quit, save and repeat.

    • @ColonelMustache
      @ColonelMustache 4 ปีที่แล้ว +75

      @@sashapaleologue1234 Missing with Explosion still KOs Graveler, as he mentions in the video.

    • @sashapaleologue1234
      @sashapaleologue1234 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@ColonelMustache oh lol I must have skipped that part, it's interesting. Indeed it makes it very unlikely to escape if it's the case

    • @eninfamousvy
      @eninfamousvy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      @@sashapaleologue1234 It was literally one of the first things that he mentions lmfao

    • @hi-i-am-atan
      @hi-i-am-atan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      @RaineTCG Y'don't blame her for thinking that if you manage to throw a grenade at someone and hit absolutely nobody with the detonation, the grenade will magically reform afterwards so you can use it again?

  • @NoriMori1992
    @NoriMori1992 4 ปีที่แล้ว +354

    Oh my God. Just the other day I was telling someone how sad I am that there are no more Soft Lock Picking or Gem Collecting episodes for me to watch, and that I couldn't wait for the next one. I was going through withdrawal. And now, my wish is granted! Though I also wish I could somehow make this video last until the next one.

    • @bottinator22
      @bottinator22 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I'm just someone who watches videos multiple times

    • @justinweber649
      @justinweber649 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Do the challenge itself until the next one comes out if you have the game.

    • @NoriMori1992
      @NoriMori1992 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@justinweber649 Sadly I do not have the game. 😩

    • @NoriMori1992
      @NoriMori1992 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@bottinator22 So do I, but that only gets me so far, and it's never the same as the first time around. 😅

    • @randominternetuser5872
      @randominternetuser5872 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@NoriMori1992 I mean, emulators are a thing, and they are free

  • @Paralellex
    @Paralellex 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    A couple of tips when trying this for yourself:
    1. You can use the clearing out of all previous battles in order to level up your Graveler.
    2. Don't try this yourself.

  • @banananaabbachio
    @banananaabbachio 4 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    It is so funny how ps says „it would be easier to just start a new game“ everytime. As if someone would randomly come into a situation like this and really would try to escape it 😂😂

  • @aliidris657
    @aliidris657 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    My dude did a freakin survey on zubats and rattatas. That's dedication

  • @duckrat3115
    @duckrat3115 4 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    pikasprey is the only entertaining monotone voice I have ever heard

  • @Pao-vo8mf
    @Pao-vo8mf 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    putting Zero Escape OST in the background was the perfect choice for this kind of video

  • @TheLambsHeart
    @TheLambsHeart 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    0:21 “Onix-pected ways”

  • @edgarvega5859
    @edgarvega5859 4 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    Finally, my favorite pokemon series is back!

  • @tonytang7550
    @tonytang7550 4 ปีที่แล้ว +135

    Did you softlock?
    Asprey: Yes
    What did it cost?
    Asprey: 100 hours of grinding
    Also, don't forget that once you beat the Rocket grunt you also have to fight the fossil guy to advance

    • @TheTwilightQueen_
      @TheTwilightQueen_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      BUT! After you beat the rocket grunt you can just buy pokeballs and "Restart" your run lol ooor just train another graveler to 100 with the same moveset because escape is too good to claim..

    • @devent10n
      @devent10n 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      You get about 400p from beating the grunt, enough for 2 pokeballs. You could easily catch another pokemon, train it up a little, and beat the scientist then go on your merry way.

    • @WaterKirby1994
      @WaterKirby1994 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      An interesting alternative would be what if Pikasprey chose the Fossil guy instead of the Rocket Grunt.

    • @tonytang7550
      @tonytang7550 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@WaterKirby1994 It would be much harder because If I remember correctly, that guy has three Pokémon, and two of them can poison you

    • @WaterKirby1994
      @WaterKirby1994 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@tonytang7550 Pokemon can't be poisoned if they are paralyzed already.

  • @zalxder
    @zalxder 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    3:47 Golem just feels like it was meant to be the rock version of Magmar or Electabuzz but at some point in development someone lazily slapped it on as a 3rd evolution for geodude

  • @spectrasoulfaire215
    @spectrasoulfaire215 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Have you considered becoming a playtester? The amount of creativity you showcase with every episode of this series goes far beyond what the average playtester would think to do.

  • @martcorpuz5191
    @martcorpuz5191 4 ปีที่แล้ว +248

    “Heehee he said pp”

  • @chiefmonrovia6691
    @chiefmonrovia6691 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    I'm a simple man, I see a pikasprey video, I let out a gorilla screech and immediately slam like

  • @makhyusnimakhyusni401
    @makhyusnimakhyusni401 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Basically
    Softlock: wanted paralysis work
    Normal: please no paralysis

  • @connordarvall8482
    @connordarvall8482 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Speaking of Let's Go, let's see a video on them to see just how childproof they are.

  • @mikaschumacher340
    @mikaschumacher340 4 ปีที่แล้ว +204

    I'm commenting so that the algorithm boosts this.

    • @goldschuss2496
      @goldschuss2496 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Thank you, algorithm showed me this

    • @youwerethere
      @youwerethere 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Carefully, he's a -hero- god

    • @erikaisadiah
      @erikaisadiah 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Wonder what fossil he would have picked?

    • @Johnjohn-lg1te
      @Johnjohn-lg1te 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Mika Schumacjer used Comment!
      *Video's Popularity rose sharply!*

    • @smolbrendan5978
      @smolbrendan5978 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      thank you

  • @Levi_The_One_The_Only
    @Levi_The_One_The_Only 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    When you explain escape methods I just imagine you as an anime genius that pushes up his glasses and the shine reflecting off of them makes the lenses completely white as you have a smug smile.
    I literally don't even watch anime I just know the meme lmao

  • @kremstoin
    @kremstoin 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    you put such a ridiculous amount of research and dedication into these soft lock vids.. amazing!
    I love it! been waiting for another one of these tbh!!

  • @Nico-the-Nacho
    @Nico-the-Nacho 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I really wanna see the devs react to this series.

  • @granthargraves6080
    @granthargraves6080 4 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    Wow, this is the first time I've seen someone's video after it was JUST uploaded!

    • @jackhazardous4008
      @jackhazardous4008 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      First

    • @auto1nfanticid3
      @auto1nfanticid3 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      first

    • @CyberCheese392
      @CyberCheese392 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      This comment being one of the top is a clear indicator that this guy's fanbase are a bunch of little kids.

    • @auto1nfanticid3
      @auto1nfanticid3 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@CyberCheese392 wow, what a diss. its not like hes trying to make content for mature adults, its about fucking pokemon, friend.

  • @Styxer1008
    @Styxer1008 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Legitimately one of my favorite series in the entirety of life

  • @UnknownCleric2420
    @UnknownCleric2420 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Heyyyy! Glad to see another entry to the series! Love the content and the commentary, keep up the good work! Also sorry for not being able to come up with any ideas, but kudos to the people who do, you guys really try to think of everything!

  • @abrahamlinkenssphere4236
    @abrahamlinkenssphere4236 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hell ya dude! I really enjoy this series! This is the kind of original creative content that just sticks with you. Thanks for the uploads!

  • @wesleyadams4593
    @wesleyadams4593 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Love the Ace Attorney and Virtue’s Last Reward Background Music. Super underrated games

  • @gManGabe
    @gManGabe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +103

    Pikasprey: The only human being who can pull off saying "PP" with a monotone!

    • @gamermanzeake
      @gamermanzeake 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I'm pretty sure everyone not attached to the millennial generation can do so also. Maturity.

    • @JohnDoe-wb6vl
      @JohnDoe-wb6vl 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      @@gamermanzeake Okay boomer

    • @casualkhajiit
      @casualkhajiit 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Zedekaiah Nabajeth
      Okay boomer

    • @shotglass9974
      @shotglass9974 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Zedekaiah Nabajeth ok boomer

    • @B0K0691
      @B0K0691 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@gamermanzeake ok boomer

  • @bscotchndots5704
    @bscotchndots5704 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Huge fan of this series, always love to see this pop up on my feed, keep crushing it my friend!

  • @likenooneeverwas9
    @likenooneeverwas9 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love how meticulous and thorough you are! excellent content

  • @hanswurst9120
    @hanswurst9120 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The softlock picking lawyer is back! I love this format. Thanks Pikasprey

  • @trevorroberson8052
    @trevorroberson8052 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    I think to myself "What kind of loser has the time to come up with this stuff and do it?"
    *Proceeds to watch whole series of soft locking videos*

  • @user-ov6jg4ug9d
    @user-ov6jg4ug9d 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ty I don't know why these soft lock vids are so relaxing to me but I love them I watch them in kind of a flow state.

  • @EvilApple567
    @EvilApple567 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This is honestly my favorite series on TH-cam, few and far between as the episodes may be.

  • @teeganblu
    @teeganblu 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    wow i need more videos like this !! there aren’t enough i binged them all in a day . great content though c:

  • @Einamu
    @Einamu 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    the Ace Attorney music in the background of these videos is always surprisingly fitting.

  • @KOXXman
    @KOXXman 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Now I understand why you where so pissed off at that shiny Geodude in the Smeargle challenge XD

  • @AniGaAG
    @AniGaAG 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is one of those channels I'm not subscribed to, but rather check manually on a regular basis, due to only being interested in certain series here.
    Am really glad I do regularly check, though - Soft Lock Picking is really darn fun.

  • @kyoyamurasaki9169
    @kyoyamurasaki9169 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Poor Graveler can't even go out with a bang

  • @YuubiTimberwolf
    @YuubiTimberwolf 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Speaking of Lets Go:
    Is there a way to softlock that?

    • @deathshot7623
      @deathshot7623 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      So far no it not possible yet

    • @tbagent8615
      @tbagent8615 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ive seen some but you can just reset

    • @megasora4
      @megasora4 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      probably wont be any way to perma softlock the games, just due to the fact that your pikachu/eevee cannot be released. Even if you disable TM's they can still struggle.

  • @HarveyMeadowlark
    @HarveyMeadowlark 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The amount of effort u put into this is unbelievable. Well done man

  • @niko_8208
    @niko_8208 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is literally the first video in my subscriptions from you since the slakoth run.