The fact that the Thousand Year Door tutorial battle, which is supposed to be _unlosable,_ has a _loss condition,_ just shows the foresight of the developers.

I like the idea that Dawn was so confident to catch the pokemon. Then passed out in the grass. Then when she regained consciousness she was like "I caught it, right? See... I am the best"

Lyn: **gets killed** Also Lyn: “Victory!”

6:37 Game: _"Dawn blacked out!"_ Dawn: Giggle... See? Isn't it *N E A T* ?

Referee: Knockout! *proceeds to assert dominance*

In Mother 3, if you lose the rematch with the Mole Cricket in the Mole Cricket Hole, you actually get a bit of different text when you encounter him again and he says something along the lines of "You lost on purpose didn't you? Let's have a fair remach".

You can actually lose the Starman fight in Earthbound WITHOUT CHEATS. If you grind yourself up to level 13(?), you’ll learn PSI Shield. If you use PSI Shield while fighting the Starman, it’ll overwrite Buzz Buzz’s shield, allowing the Starman to one shot you. You’ll black out as normal and get sent to the last location you saved at being your house, and you’ll actually be able to skip the fight altogether and progress completely normally EDIT: Thanks for the likes guys!

Most of these either softlock the game, give a regular game over, or just continue as if everything is normal. What about fights that are nearly unlosable, but have actual programmed behaviors to handle losses? One example is the Apprentice from Super Mario RPG, who wants to join the Snifit Trio by beating you, but is pathetically weak and is practically impossible to lose to unless you are trying. If you lose to him though, the game does not end - he actually runs off and becomes Snifit 4! Not only this but it spawns a new Apprentice, and if you lose to him he becomes Snifit 5. There can be up to 8 Snifits before the last one fails since they aren't taking any new members. None of this changes the game in any way, but it's neat that they actually programmed in all this stuff that a normal player would never see, and they didn't even have to - they could have just given it a regular game over like with any other enemy.

2:36 that art is honestly really charming.

Lynn: Gets defeated Also Lynn: Starts roleplaying that she wasn't defeated in a semi-psychotic episode.

In other RPGs it's uncommon to lose tutorial fights _In Shin Megami Tensei it's uncommon to win tutorial fights_

I love how in the thumbnail there's text for most of them explaining why they're unbeatable, and then Negative Man is just "Negative Man"

I love the fire emblem one. The game is like “you’re so bad ima just play the game for you”

Even when Mario is downed, Luigi can still win by doing absolutely nothing 😎👍

Kirby: *dies* Adelenie: now you are my canvas, hold still.

I have had an Earthbound glitch where Starman JR just straight killed me lol.

1:12 the fact that Mario just says "No!" and gains back a health point lmao

I actually got stuck at the Yoshi's Story boss shown here when I was younger because I took the text box literally. Didn't even try licking.

On a Pokémon Emerald randomizer playthrough, Wally got a regirock. As you might know, Regirock only knows explode. Nevertheless, he still managed to catch the level 49 Primeape

Dawn is out of Pokemon... Dawn blacked out Also Dawn: „see isn’t it neat?“

Gotta love how Mario RPG’s unlosable boss fight immediately results in a game over

With specific ivs, natures, and high rolls, it’s possible for the zigzagoon to faint the ralts but it’s extremely rare

Poor bidoof, he looked so puzzled when he couldn't attack but then gets randomly scratched by a dead unknown assailant. Didn't deserve that scratch

Fun fact: In Pokemon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald (not shown in the video), the capture tutorial is between Wally using Norman's Zigzagoon and a Ralts. These Pokemon spawn with randomized IV's. Normally, Zigzagoon uses Tackle twice, Ralts uses Growl twice, and Wally throws a pokeball to catch Ralts. However, with a Max Attack Zigzagoon and mininum HP and defense Ralts, and also high-damage rolls on the Tackle, Ralts can faint with no external modification! The game just continues as normal, however.

This is how you catch a pokemon *blacks tf out* See, easy!

he's just standing there… MENACINGLY!!

if you manage to grind until ness learns shield, you can actually lose the fight after buzz buzz casts psi shield by casting the regular shield. this shield will cancel out buzz's shield which makes you vulnerable to starman jr's psi

0:42 *S T A R E*

2:31 mutually assured destruction.

Here’s to ones that we lost

In the gen 3 catching tutorial it's possible for Zigzagoon to OHKO the wild Ralts if the two Pokémon have a particular IV combination

4:48 The Starman wins without doing absolutely nothing

2:06 - I had that happened to me actually on the actual game itself. Mainly cause i was feeling a bit showy. Never thought I'd lose so easily but also just be shown the curtain on my way out.

Lyra: enters battle and immediately loses Also Lyra: see just like that

6:14 Damn, I didn't know blacking out was cool, thanks Dawn

i cant get over how much negative man looks like spongebob

5:17 Oh no what happen to SpongeBob, Squidward tentacles must be in this again

Negative man is now non-depressed!

Boss: You’re supposed to win against me. Hacks: Allow me to introduce myself. Player: *loses* Boss: NOOO, YOU CAN’T JUST LOSE A TUTORIAL Player: haha funny hacks go brrrr

I love how in the Kirby one he just becomes a canvas

The Kirby one was adorable

So... ▪︎ Punch-Out Wii Practice/Hologram Fighters: Softlocks the game ▪︎Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga Bowser Tutorial Fight: Softlocks the game ▪︎ Paper Mario TTYD Lord Crump Tutorial Fight: Game Over Screen ▪︎ Kirby's Dreamland 3 Adeleline: Kirby gets painted on by Adeleline ▪︎ Fire Emblem Tutorial Fight: Lyn gets Thanos'd & the game eventually softlocks on a repeating "Enemy Phase" message. ▪︎ Earthbound/Mother 2 Starman: Game Over Screen ▪︎ Mother 3 Negative Man: Game Over Screen ▪︎ Pokémon Diamond/Pearl/Platinum Catching Tutorial: Nothing ▪︎ Pokémon Heart Gold/Soul Silver Catching Tutorial: Nothing ▪︎ Yoshis' Story Cloud N. Candy: Current Yoshi gets captured

Lyn: gets KOed Lyn: I see this as an absolute win!

6:26 first time I've ever seen that text

2:00 *ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!*

I remember I once saw a hacked catching tutorial for Pokémon Emerald, the Ralts used Explotion, and the script was modified to make fun of that Still, as catching tutorials are unlosable, it all continued as intended

It’s one thing to lose to Glass Joe. But it’s even MORE pathetic to lose to a HOLOGRAM of Glass Joe

My friend told me if you lose your first fight against Hop in Pokemon Sword and Shield (when you first get your starter), it'll just repeat the battle again until you win (tbh you would have to deliberately try to lose since Hops starter is always at a disadvantage type wise to your starter)

Ado: You've tried your best Kirby, now let's do that again

3:56, you’re still worrying me Lyn.

Just gotta love how punch out wii is the only game that actually broke Holographic glass Joe just wanted to dance for the rest of eternity

2:35 It’s a DRAW 😂

Fun fact: if you tediously grind for a while in onett before the starman junior battle and learn shield alpha, you can use it during the starman jr fight to override buzz buzz’s shield and be vulnerable to starman junior’s PSI attacks.

Ado in Kirby, heh, like, it's then like an anti-game, because you are the little creature and then she is the human that dies when she touches you.

Lyn is having a freaking aneurysm

Lyn be like "I am bleeding! That means I am the victor."

3:33 average Lyn enjoyer when she at least does 1 damage

4:24 broken event shenanigans like this are commonplace during the making of rom hacks I think…

"The Pokemon catching tutorials are scripted to never fail" _Laughs in Yellow version._ Although that one fails because the Rattata escapes the ball and then flees. The Old Man doesn't actually use a Pokemon in that tutorial either, so you can't actually force him to lose by KO.

Seeing how many times fire emblem for the GBA has popped up is making wish I could play it for the first time again normally that genre isn’t my type of game but this one drew me in and I got immersed into it and had to save all my allies that I could since I didn’t know they had permadeath in the game so I went and restarted my first playthrough

The ref just watches as Little Mac slowly collapses to the floor

Wow, it's so funny see how many battles are so easy that devs didn't even consider that a player might want lose them in purpose and didn't give them a special lose screen, or even a simple "Game Over".

4:31 If you have PSI Shield and use it in the battle, it also works. Sorry for the bad english...

2:17 when the paint brush kid hit Kirby . Kirby take damage but paint brush kid also dead by Kirby doing nothing

in pokémon games, almost always if they fail, the person will go on like the caught the pokémon anyway. it’s hilarious

The first Fight with The Gekko From Majora's mask is Actually Unloseable, It's first phase at least, so I Don't think that would count

1:06 I immediatly lost my Mind and freaked out dancing Catchiest Shit ever made!

My favorite example of something like this is from Undertale, where if you lose the fight against Toriel, she displays a shocked face for one frame before your soul explodes.

Now its the complete reverse of winning battles in one turn, where normally its imposible...😅

Hey, at least Cloud N. Candy is harder than Roger the hold right until you win Ghost

The Kirby one is so cute! It's like a lite version of getting dunked on. I love the art!

1:43 ye you’re awesome doing nothing

3:25 "Victory!

Neat video! Thanks for uploading!

Imagine losing a fight to a hologram Only to have the referee stand above you in a T pose to assert dominance.

Basically the things happening are Either you softlock Or you just die like you would in any other battle And the people of the catching tutorials just ignore they lost

Once your game begins in Paper Mario: TTYD, you can simply just fall into the water to lose 1 HP and also end your game once you’re out of HP before going into battle; so it’s no surprise to me that the game ends normally during your first battle/boss fight. There’s a save block provided for your convenience. Hehe…

lyn: *dies* also lyn: VICTORY!

negative mans gonna be like " huh i actually won? looks like i have to be more confident with myslef"

damn, never thought these fights were loseable

0:40 the answer is, the guy that say knock out just T poses for the rest of the game.

Lyn: I am bleeding, making me the victor

Dawn: (blacks out) Also Dawn: See, isn't it neat?

Finally, a gaming video with my skill level

People normally watching the video and vibing to the music Me: *YA GOT CHEESEBURGERS IN THOSE GLOVES, HAVE YA MAC?*

“Mrs. Puff. I don’t feel like I really did anything.”

Nice

It is possible to have wally knock out the ralts in pokemon rse, because both the zigzagoon and ralts are random, if the ralts has a bad enough defence iv, the zigzagoon has a good enough attack iv and a crit it is possible for him to knock it out

You just included the Yoshi "death" sequence to bring back our childhood PTSD. The yoshi story fight wasn't un-loseable and as a kid playing the game it wasn't a hard boss battle but it wasn't like a tutorial "can't lose" situation. Now I'm stuck thinking of a horrifying childhood memory I had put out of my mind years ago.

I really love the Madeline picture

2:57 is this miku is a boy lol

I love when you mess with the Pokémon catching tutorials, but what if dawn doesn’t have any pokeballs?

Pokemon diamond really was my childhood... when i was younger i got a nintendo DS and played it on there. I still own the DS and the save file

Fainting to a wild pokemon in catching tutorial is actually a good outcome in randomizer speedruns. In RSE when either Wally's pokemon or whatever replaced Ralts faints the tutorial ends instantly. In gen 4 they still throw a ball if the wild's hp reaches 0.

Practice fights in Punch Out are unlosable without some kind of cheeting as champions mode was needed and for that you need to win 10 fights in macs last stand, thus you need to win both contender and title defense thus the Practice fights for all characters cannot be accessed as you've already beat all of them so obviously the creators of the game weren't expecting you to be able to lose in that mode

2:35 - Ok that's ADORABLE

(7:02) - Schrödinger's Marill confirmed!

encountering this is really unfortumate

0:43 I like how you can see him dancing in the backround

Lyn: *dead under a bridge* game: if you get enough exp, Lyn will level up!