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Both the existence and the connection to Union Room wrong-warping glitch has been verified by RETIRE.
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(Both the existence and the connection to Union Room wrong-warping glitch has been verified by RETIRE.)
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[[Image:Broken escalator glitch.jpg|270px|thumb|right|The player stuck within the '[[void']] of a Pokémon Center]]
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[[Image:Broken escalator glitch.jpg|270px|thumb|right|The player stuck within the 'void' of a Pokémon Center]]
 
The '''Broken escalator glitch''' is a miscellaneous [[glitch]] only existing in older revisions of the Japanese versions of Pokémon{{DP}}. DiamondIt andwas Pearl.named Detailsas aboutsuch because its most prominent effect (pushing the player into the [[glitchvoid]]) werehappens officiallywhen publishedthe byplayer Nintendo,takes andthe escalator to the glitchsecond wasfloor of any Pokémon addressedCenter.
 
The [[glitch]] was officially acknowledged by Nintendo along with the [[Elite Four door glitch]], and a repair program was distributed to DS stations to fix save files with the player character in the void (due to either glitch). The glitch itself was addressed in revision 6 and the English versions.
In these games, when a player exits the Union Room from the second floor of the Pokémon League, the next time the player uses an escalator to emerge on the second floor of any Pokémon center he or she will appear outside of the normal map area (i.e. the '[[void]]'). As a result, the Broken escalator glitch is potentially dangerous in the sense that when the player saves the game he or she may never be able to return to the normal area of the map.
 
In 2019, it was discovered by RETIRE that this glitch is in fact a variation of the [[Union Room wrong-warping glitch]] (see the [[Union Room wrong-warping glitch#Broken escalator glitch|relevant section]] for an explanation), the latter still existing in the current versions. As such, on affected versions, this glitch can be used for void exploration.
==How to avoid the glitch (after returning from the Union Room)==
 
==Description==
This method is officially acknowledged by Nintendo.
 
[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ds/adaj/info/index.html The official description of this glitch] roughly translates as follows:
#Turn the game off and then back on again.
 
"After entering the Union Room from the 2nd floor of the Pokémon League, if you go up to the 2nd floor of the Pokémon Center, you may enter the wall (i.e. the [[void]]) and become unable to return."
 
Other bug reports specifically mention that this glitch happens when the player ''turns off the game'' in the Union Room, and that when the player loads the save file they find themselves not in front of the Union Room, but at some other place where they have saved before. Only after this [[Wrong warp (Generation IV)|wrong warp]] will the "broken escalator" part of this glitch happen.
 
This glitch is potentially more dangerous than the [[Elite Four door glitch]], both because it can more easily happen in normal gameplay, and because even if the player does not save in the void, the "broken escalator" phenomenon will persist.
 
==Recovery==
 
Nintendo has published [http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ds/adpj/info/how_to_recover.html an official method of recovery] for when the player didn't save in the void, but still has a broken save file that would trigger this glitch if they take the escalator.
 
#If the player is currently stuck in the void, turn the game off and then back on again to escape to the location of the last save.
#The player should go to the Contest Hall in Hearthome City.
#The player should speak with the leftmost attendant, however he or she does not need to participate in a Super Contest.
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==External links==
 
#[https://w.atwiki.jp/pokemondp/pages/66.html Documentation of the bug on a Japanese site]
#[http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ds/adpj/info/how_to_recover.html The broken escalator glitch, mentioned by Nintendo of Japan].
 
 
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