HELP! my Snivy in Pokemon black cannot level up even though it is level 5?

pls help me my snivy, starla cannot level up, she is still level 5, I battled a lot of wild patrats and lilypups but my snivy cannot level up

Pleaselog inorregisterto add a comment.

That’s because your copy of Black 2 is either:

Nintendo/ GF put it in as a precaution from people buying pirated copies. Sometimes restarting the game will solve the problem, but it’s not guaranteed. If it’s pirated, get a legit copy. If it’s ROM’d, there’s a patch for it that you can Google. If it’s on a mass storage cartridge, either take it back to your retailer or restart to see if it fixes itself.

There are many possible explanations for this, but it all boils down to one thing: whether or not you are using a hacked copy of the game (ROM/emulator).

Basically, if you are using a ROM or emulator, then your copy of the game is considered hacked (which is also technically illegal so try to avoid it). This can easily cause problems, as hacks can easily screw up. So the level up problem is most likely a glitch caused by something going wrong in the hack’s code.

There is also another possible reason, although debatable: there is an anti-piracy system built into the game. Many people who have experienced similar issues with their hacked copies of Black and White blame it on this. Although it is not proven to exist, it is definitely a possibility, just looking at how sensitive Nintendo is to hacking now (with the Pokemon Bank hack checkers and such).

This theory is still kind of illogical though; if there really is this sensor, then why has it only affected Snivy and not your other Pokemon?

Then this is most likely a glitch, and unfortunately there isn’t much you can do about this, since a bug like this is usually the consequence of a failure in the code of the game. There are few things you can try, but are not guaranteed to work:

You can also try blowing the game card and the game card slot, however if this is indeed a coding error then this would not work since that would only work if the game is read incorrectly (which would ordinarily lead to a freeze rather than a glitch like this). Besides, I don’t recommend doing this since it applies moisture to the card/slot, which can cause data to be read incorrectly, or possibly even damage it, so don’t do it.

tl;dr: this is most likely a glitch, and is unfortunately a glitch that you really can’t fix.