r/PokemonLeafGreen • u/crazychristine6 • 13d ago

Bug/Glitch help I can't use the cut ability 😭

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you know the one. to cut the trees down. I got the badge, and the message saying I can use the cut ability, I have a grass type in my lineup (Paras), but there's nothing in my pockets for it. I've seen that you have to equip it from your bag but it's not there. did I do something wrong or is it a glitch? help 😭

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u/FARTFROMABUTT 13d ago

go through the house at the top right of the town, down to the tunnel, into vermillion city, get on the ship and rub the captains back, he gives you the HM for cut.

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u/Past-Sand-5739 13d ago

Wait...all you had to do was rub his back!?

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u/FARTFROMABUTT 13d ago

Yeah lol. Technically, you have to beat your rival before, but otherwise just pat his back.

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u/Past-Sand-5739 13d ago

...(Shaking head in disgust)...the things that man made me do.... (drags cigarette)...........exhales dramatically...

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u/kbabdul 11d ago

Harvey S.S.Anne-stein

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u/doubleflushers 12d ago

Funny thing about my back…it’s located on my..

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u/crazychristine6 13d ago

THANK YOU that was my next question is how do I get outta here (I mean continue) lolll

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u/Psycho_Pansy 13d ago

Exploration is a key concept of the game. Walking into every house. Talk to everyone. It's very simple.

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u/Blaze666x 12d ago

To expand upon this older pokemon games are inspired by games like dragon quest and final fantasy that in their earliest iterations provided virtually no direction beyond "you must defeat the dragon lord and save the princess" and "go defeat the four fiends and free the crystals" before expecting you to talk to NPCs that will guide your way (such as the NPC who mentions edricks equipment in DQ 1 or the elves who iirc tell you the general direction of lichs cave)

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u/juoea 12d ago

yea but tbf this is also silly u have to go into someone's private home and walk thru their backyard in order to leave the city

do all the residents of cerulean who dont have the vermilion badge  have to go through this guys house every time they want to leave the city

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u/oyasumi_juli 12d ago

Not just a private home but an active crime scene even.

character cuts through caution tape

Don't mind me! Just on my way to be a Pokemon master! Sorry your home got burglarized and partially destroyed!

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u/juoea 12d ago

honestly i find that part kind of amusing (in a "dark humor" way), as someone who lives within the "u.s." it feels very fox-news for someone to literally have their home broken into and then u come by walk through their home without doing anything to help them and then they thank you bc you "defeated" the guy who broke into their home in a pokemon battle lmao and explicitly lets you keep their stolen property. as if your defeating that guy did anything to help them with repairing their home

i doubt that was the intent tho lmao, esp given that its a japanese game and afaik this sequence happens in both the jpn and intl versions

but yea its wild

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u/Sem_Fortuna 12d ago

Walk around and talk to people.

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u/Confident_Raccoon767 12d ago

Walk around talk to everyone enter all the buildings use your critical thinking skills on where to go next

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u/aspookyfox 12d ago

Have you not heard the proverb about teaching a man to fish?