As you might have already seen, Pokémon Scarlet and Violet comes with a certain glitch that could potentially be used to exploit the game in all sorts of ways. It's essentially the Pokémon equivalent of Super Mario 64's infamous Backwards Long Jump glitch - often abbreviated as BLJ.
This move - closely associated with speedrunning in the 1996 release Super Mario 64, was also spotted in Pokémon Legends: Arceus at launch, and now it's been discovered in Scarlet and Violet. It's as simple as mounting your legendary Koraidon or Miraidon and from there scaling a mountain. You could even potentially speedrun parts of the game. Here's a look:
Centro Pokémon: "A glitch has been discovered in #ScarletViolet that allows scaling early. Normally Koraidon/Miraidon will slip if you try to jump and climb a slope without having the ability, but it turns out it's as simple as jumping back so it doesn't slip."
If this does at all concern Game Freak or The Pokémon Company, they could issue a patch. For now, though - it's in the game, and you can probably give it a go yourself, provided you've got a copy of Scarlet or Violet.
Have you tried out this infamous Super Mario 64 move in the new Pokémon games? Let us know in the comments.
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They're still new to console gaming, give em time... They just discovered the N64 and wanted to put in an easter egg...
Oh, gosh...
I will take that as a reference not a glitch. Also this games glitches are nowhere near as bad as cyberpunk so some of yall over reacting, I am in no way siding with tpc the glitches shouldn't be there to begin with.
we in an age were pokemon is reporting more glitches than 3d sonic
This is a good thing though right? Remember how Super Mario 64 had patched out the BLJ and everyone complained?
Also this kind of reminds me of how in Banjo-Kazooie nuts and bolts you can get access to super kart parts before you even enter the first world by getting one of the starter crates, standing on top of it, then lifting up your kart to get over a wall.
I think ima get the game anyway at some point, I have seen streamers play it, and my god I love the Pokémon this time around! They look soo cool! I need them!
But to be fair this glitch isn’t game breaking and it had to be done intentionally. That doesn’t excuse the other issues and glitches, on top of fps issues, just wanted to point that out.
All the glitches I've seen actually make me want to play the game, I love me some jank, but only of a refined type, and this seems perfect, pure hilarity at every corner
@Slinkoy1 YES! This is not a Cyberpunk (both have celebrities in them interestingly)
Well then. I have never been able to pull of the BLJ because I own the Super Mario 3D All Stars version. Anybody know that if I upgraded to the NSO version I would be able to do it?
That windmill shadow at the end 🤌🤌
Just found out the final boss of arceus legends is something called giratina lol
@Slinkoy1 Definitely, you make a really good point, and people just kinda forgave them after the anime, which lets be honest, was triggers wonderful doing, they almost didn’t even let trigger add one of the most beloved characters in the show we currently have, but trigger said if we can’t add her we ain’t doing it lmao.
I'm actually getting a lot of use out of it. For one thing it saves a lot of time crossing water compared to seeking out a bridge.
This makes me want to play the game more
@Slinkoy1
If ‘launch-day Cyperpunk’ is the bar we’re setting for video games from now on then God help us.
Well done Gamefreak. You’ve managed to make something less broken than the most famously broken launch game in recent memory.
I mean, I don’t support people laying into the game unnecessarily, but at the very least it can’t hurt to have a sense of humour about the very real (and often hilarious) glitches that the game has launched with.
@AnnoyingFrenzy Everyone complained because Backwards Long Jumps had become a part of Mario 64's history, and one of the more famous exploits in gaming. If this gets patched out in a week or month, most people will forget.
@Nua I know, just a bit of tongue-in-cheek.
Wait, so it is like Skyrim.
Idk what y’all doing for all these bugs/glitches lol..
Couple (obvious, sorry) tips for everyone - if docked, don’t just keep putting your Switch “to sleep”. Do a proper power cycle, clear out all that ram(nvram? Idek lol). For those (like me) who get everything digital, try moving it to your system memory instead (albeit not much, I think I remember them saying it was like a 10% transfer speed; 100mbps compared to 90mbps on the SD card - I think I even remember reading that the system memory was technically a tad faster than physical carts, but I’m not 100% on that one).
I’ve had the occasional “hiccup” with a slight lag once in a while, but nothing serious like all these videos I’m seeing. Not even close.
Forgot to add… my Switch isn’t even a year old yet (march).. maybe the CPU/GPU is throttling on older machines? Idk, thermal paste dried up, idk? Just a thought
I remember growing up in the days of 8-bit and 16-bit consoles. A good number of people I knew played with those devices that would basically break the game and give you unlimited everything. I was pretty shocked but then I guess that was just the culture of video games I never understood. In the end, it makes the game appeal to a larger audience and represents the cheater mentality that many players are accustomed to.
@KalamStrifeVII the version on the expansion pass is the original version so the blj is still possible
@CherriCola @CherriCola Thank you!
This is quite interesting - and, probably good for getting to places faster - but, are the other benefits to BLJ in Pokemon Scarlet/Violet?
Now, if someone would add matching Mario sounds, my life would be complete.
There are going to be tears over it taking #1 and #2 in the UK charts lol.
Of all the glitches in this game, this seems like...a fairly harmless one.
I remember this used to work in World of Warcraft back in 2004.
Mario 64 was a glitchy mess, but an enjoyable glitchy mess, especially since the game was properly tested and most of these glitches were found by speedrunners, children in 1990s didn't even knew these glitches existed.
I've had almost no bugs and the ones I have had were fixed in a second after jumping or entering a battle. And honestly while the game has some graphical glitches it's not the worst I've ever seen. For a first attempt at open world it's rather held together well.
This is nowhere near launch Assassin's Creed Unity, Cyberpunk, Aliens Colonial Marines or other "AAA" game. I think some people are really overreacting. Should the game be more polished? Sure. But, most of these will probably be fixed within a month.
BLJ? This is more like Big Rigs where the truck goes faster in reverse.
@Lizuka That's actually not a bad idea. Would be better than the constant "Somehow you made it out of the water."
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