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What is happening when using Escape Rope in Pokémon
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Maybe it's EscapeRope.exe and it's just a teleportation program
The idea is that you'd be leaving a trail of rope at the entrance of the dungeon, then you'd be retracing the steps a la hansen and gretel.
But yeah it works more like a wacky teleport
But yeah it works more like a wacky teleport
First thing I thought of when seeing the spin animation.
what
because the rope part is an acronym for "reactor of portal energy"
its a portable teleporter like those panels at silph co
its a portable teleporter like those panels at silph co
It's like a classic item in RPGs
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Magic Rope
The Magic Rope is a recurring item in the Mana series. When used in a dungeon, the Magic Rope instantly returns the party to the entrance. Given by a grandfather in Topple after the heroes visit his home, the Magic Rope can return them to a place of safety. Found in a treasure chest in Gaia's...
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First thing I thought of when seeing the spin animation.
I think this begs to be questioned far more than the escape rope.
are you okay manFirst thing I thought of when seeing the spin animation.
EDIT: oh thank god it's something I was able to find with reverse google image search, I was scared this could be OC
after all, beyblades are metal now and they're more dangerous than ever
In game - I imagine it's like things we have now where it's a digital version of a physical thing eg notepad
Head canon - Awesome rope to distract wild Pokemon and trainers.
Head canon - Awesome rope to distract wild Pokemon and trainers.
I think this is it. They're going for using the escape rope to "climb out" of the cave, despite that not really making much sense.
What's more, how were they able to perfect teleport technology with the escape rope, yet Bill, who is in the forefront of Pokemon research is accidentally fusing himself with pokemon trying the same thing?
Escape ropes can't take you anywhere at will and aren't reusable. It's probably tied to the PC system, which itself is tied to the last Pokémon centre you used. That's a convenient form of travel if you want to venture for a little while then go home, but not if you want to travel between cities.
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(but really, Escape Rope is just a tool for climbing out of caves and comparatively one of the least inexplicable things in Pokemon)
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Classic Pokemon logic.
So what is the "Escape"?
"Energy-synergistic catapultation and propulsive entropy"
So what is the "Escape"?
"Energy-synergistic catapultation and propulsive entropy"
hmms
Considering Mount Silver, Silph Co., Mount Moon, and Lavender Tower, how truly long is the Escape Rope?
I like to imagine the spinning animation is like when you spin a grappling hook over your head and then launch it to hook onto something.
The player is just kinda dumb and spins their whole body while doing it, I guess.
The player is just kinda dumb and spins their whole body while doing it, I guess.
I'm curious to see if the animation ever updated, but couldn't find any videos for it on youtube.
Maybe it has a really cool animation now in Sword and Shield, such a shame that there is never any reason ever to use it in Sword and Shield.
Maybe it has a really cool animation now in Sword and Shield, such a shame that there is never any reason ever to use it in Sword and Shield.
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and the spinning and rocketing upward ... ?
It's teleportation.
Check it, by using Abra and teleport from the same spot.
Yeah, but more like thisFirst thing I thought of when seeing the spin animation.
Not super long but you can chain them together. They are rope.
and the spinning and rocketing upward ... ?
Its just a graphic representation of the exit. The spinning is even a visual representation of being lost. Generally speaking caves go down so it makes sense that they would represent the exit by using an upwards motion.
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They probably spin because otherwise it would look like the sprite was just walking/sliding forwards and the spin differentiates the movement.
The truth is that Escape Ropes are Pokemon too. They're called Escape Ropes. They're Grass/Psychic types that don't evolve. They only know teleport, just like Abra, but unlike Abra, they kind of spin people around and cause them to warp by shooting up into the air and disintegrating, and reforming elsewhere. They also straight up die after being using that teleport once, so Professor Oak decided not to add them to the Pokedex, and no one bothers battling with something like that.
