Platinum Manipless FAQ

Pokemon Platinum Manipless FAQ

Q: What are you playing on, it is emulator?
A: No, I'm playing on A DS (phat) with a capture board installed from http://3dscapture.com/ds/

Q: Why not run with manipulation?
A: Manip in Gen 4 is really frustrating for me, as it requires perfect movement for a long period of time. Plus I would like to play the game the Classic route, there has also been category extensions added to src for gens 3-7 https://www.speedrun.com/pkmngen4ext/full_game#Manipless_Pt

Q: What is Manipless ?
A: Beating the game without RNG Manipulation and no glitches.

Q: What routes are there?
A: So currently there are 4 different "ideas" of good routes. They are: Empoleon, Infernape, Staraptor &
Kazza

Q: What route will you be doing?
A: Starly to learn with and then infernape later on the track if I enjoy the game enough

Q: Why do you choose Turtwig in the starly route?
A: Deals with roark and some other fights the best

Q: Why do you name yourself and pokemon one character?
A: Because it's faster to name them one character for text purposes.

Q: Are there glitches in this run?
A: There are glitches in this game, but this is a glitchless run.

Q: What is a "spinner"?
A: A spinner is a trainer that randomly looks in each direction.  These spinning trainers cost precious time on account of extra time battling.

Q: What is the world record?
A: https://www.speedrun.com/pkmngen4ext/full_game#Manipless_Pt and https://www.speedrun.com/pkmnplat

Q: Where can I get other notes and information for Platinum?
A: https://www.speedrun.com/pkmnplat/guides & https://www.speedrun.com/pkmnplat/resources     are great places to start


Generally I'm pretty responsive in chat when you have a question so don't be afraid to ask but this FAQ helps answer questions in a bit more detail then I would