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- Pokemon Soul Silver Manipless FAQ
- Q: What is Manipless?
- A: Manipless is, as the name implies, not using manip. So beating the game with no RNG Manipulation. It's also a glitchless run.
- Q: How much changes in a Manipless run?
- A: A lot! Because you can't get an early Master Ball to use on a (manipped) Raikou, the route changes a fair bit. There's a number of routes available actually. Those are:
- Solo Typhoslion, but catch Mewtwo for Red (my PB from 2013 did this)
- Solo Typholsion
- Quilava, then catch L50 Magikarp and Gyarados
- Quilava, then Kenya for Whitney/Morty, then catch L50 Magikarp for Gyarados (probably what I will do in these runs)
- Gyarados, but catch Mewtwo for Red
- Quilava, then catch Raikou with a Fast Ball (~1.5% chance to work. But would still be the best strat if it worked)
- Q: Any other change aside from the Pokemon you use?
- A: Well, yeah. Because there's no RNG manip, Cyndaquil's stats are random. Which means all of the early fights are different each run. Kenya always has the same stats, however,
- There's no Voltorb Flip too, which means no Abra, or Dratini. As such, I also catch a Sentret early game for Surf/Whirlpool (Surf also goes to Gyarados, but I need to get on the water first to catch it)
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- Q: What are you playing on, it is emulator?
- A: No, I'm playing on a 3DS with a capture board installed allowing me to record game footage. Usually I use a DS, but because there is not resetting here, a 3DS works the same for run, and has the circle pad, which is useful for catching Magikarp.
- Q: Why do you choose Cyndaquil?
- A: Because the Cyndaquil evolution family is the best for start of the speedrun.
- Q: Why not Heart Gold?
- A: Heart Gold and Soul Silver are the same for one key difference, the legendary Pokemon you must visit. Visiting Ho-Oh and Lugia take almost the exact same amount of time, but Lugia is faster by like ~2 seconds assuming you have good movement.
- Q: Why do you play as the girl?
- A: The counterpart does the catching tutorial, and the male does it faster, so it’s faster to choose the female for yourself.
- See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HI1-PJ7Sy1w
- Q: Why do you name yourself and Cyndaquil 'I'?
- A: Because it's faster to name them one character for text purposes, and the letter 'I' gives a nice spin as if the game was self-narrating
- Q: Do you catch anything else? Mewtwo maybe?
- A: I catch a Sentret (for Surf/Whirlpool), and obtain Kenya (for Fly), and Snorlax (for Rock Climb, and Red).
- Q: What is WR?
- A: https://www.speedrun.com/pkmngen4ext#Manipless_HGSS
- Q: What is your goal time?
- A: No idea.
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