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Written by. Nick Mosier based on the\u00a0original Japanese article<\/a>\u00a0(original article’s publication date: 2022-02-07 18:41<\/em> JST)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n


A number of glitches related to climbing mountains in Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Arceus<\/strong><\/em> have been reported by players lately. Normally, steep slopes and ledges cause the protagonist to slide backwards, but we can see through videos posted to social media a nimble Pok\u00e9mon trainer scaling mountains with ease. There are also videos of the protagonist sliding around at high speeds and other glitches that may be useful for speedrunning.
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Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Arceus<\/em> is an action RPG and the latest title in the Pok\u00e9mon series. The game takes place in the Sinnoh region during an age when it was still called Hisui and tasks players with completing the first Pok\u00e9dex. It incorporates many action elements into the gameplay with systems totally different from anything the Pok\u00e9mon series has seen before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Arceus<\/em> contains a map full of mountains and valleys. But the protagonist of the game doesn\u2019t have the ability to climb and will simply slide down any slope that\u2019s too steep to walk up. However, one Twitter user has found a glitch to flout these rules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Twitter user Akuma posted a video of them scaling a nearly vertical slope within the game. Akuma accompanied the tweet with the comment, \u201cAPPARENTLY HOLDING THE AIM BUTTON WHILE WALKING UP SOMETHING MAKES IT SO YOU CAN’T SLIP OR FALL IN ARCEUS.\u201d It looks like the secret is to enter the aim mode where the camera switches to an over-the-shoulder view. Other players were likely surprised as well with the tweet having over 12,000 retweets as of this writing. Akuma followed up the tweet with another helpful technique<\/a> and noted, \u201cIf you’re climbing up a REALLY steep slope, you can just keep aiming, and cancelling, and it’ll just let you slide up it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When I (the original author of this article) tried to recreate the glitch myself, I was sliding down slopes even when holding down the aim mode button. I thought maybe footwear could have some hidden impact on the glitch and bought different pairs to try, but I didn\u2019t notice any difference. It was the same when trying to repeatedly press and release the aim button. It looks like the above tweet also received a lot of comments from players saying they couldn\u2019t recreate the glitch. But we can see other players independently posting<\/a> that they found a glitch that demonstrates the same behavior. It seems likely the glitch can only be performed in certain locations or under special conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other reactions that stood out were all the people comparing it to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim<\/em>. In that game, the protagonist can make use of jumps and horseback riding to gain inhuman climbing abilities. Seeing another game character oddly shuffle up a mountain likely gave many players d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s also another example<\/a> of strange behavior revolving around slopes in Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Arceus<\/em>. For some reason, when taking an attack while in the middle of sliding down a slope, the player is able to move around at high speeds no matter the terrain. This was reported by multiple players, and I was able to recreate it in my own game. The direction the protagonist runs doesn\u2019t match up with where they\u2019re actually moving, so it kind of looks like they\u2019re moon walking. At any rate, it looks like there are lots of ways to climb up steep slopes in Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Arceus.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Found a potentially useful speed glitch for any speedrunners<\/a>
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