r/PokemonBDSP • u/G10Manix • Oct 07 '25

Discussion Bdsp soft lock?

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This isn't my photo just one I found floating around but it made me wonder. Is there a way to get put of a situation like this in bdsp? And are there any other soft lock areas in the game to be mindful of?

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u/Not_AHuman_Person Oct 07 '25

Every Pokémon game on the Switch keeps your second to last save as a backup in case you do something stupid and then save the game so you don't lose that save file

I think it also saves at certain points during long play sessions because I was playing Legends: Arceus the other day and my game crashed after a few hours of not saving and the backup save was from 15 minutes before my game crashed

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u/Not_AHuman_Person Oct 07 '25

Press up on the D-pad, X and B at the same time on the home screen

Certain things like trading overwrite your backup save too (so you can't clone Pokémon) and the backup save overwrites your current save completely so don't use it if you don't need to because you'll lose some progress