Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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This is a Tool-Assisted Superplay/Speedrun (often abbreviated to "TAS") where a player can edit, rerecord, and manipulate a game into doing whatever that person desires. Visit tasvideos.org for more information.

I took the previous RNG manipulation strat for Lapras and modified it to make it much easier to use. I also found a new higher score for what was somewhat thought to be a maxed out Pokemon previously.

Instructions:
1) Reset the game and skip the cutscene. Time spent menuing has no effect.
2) Hold R and Z, and don't do anything else unless required.
3) As you see Doduo, aim to the right and take a picture of the first Lapras.
4) After the corner by the flowers, aim to the right and take a picture of the second Lapras, then press C-right twice to face backwards. All of this is extremely lenient.
5) Just as you start to move again, pause on the correct frame, which is a 2-frame window. The correct frame is when Butterfree's wings are over the A, and the gap between the A and U on the pause screen. Any other result won't work.
6) Release Z, unpause, and then after you return to normal view, press and hold Z again. This is extremely lenient.
7) Optional: when you get stuck on the 2nd Meowth, tilt vertically to setup for the Lapras shot later.
8) Optional: just as the sky appears over the tip of the mountain on your screen, pause, release R, and unpause. You can still get good scores if your timing is different.
9) Press C-left twice and then adjust horizontally for the shot. Aim for the bottom of the ear while staying inside of it.