Spades Jacko

Yup. No need to copy and paste your saves though; they're stored separately. Feel free to do it if you're as paranoid about losing progress as I am though.

Posted this issue on my own thread earlier but then talked about it more on the Discord server where I was asked to bring it here. To be as detailed as possible: I can no longer access Grand Dream City or the Tournament Stadium, nor can I continue the story as a result. I had defeated Adam in the tournament and the cutscene with Bladestar's attack played out. Rhodea called for me and the others to meet with her in the purple-ish structure to the left of the stadium entrance. From what I've seen on YT, this is when she briefs you and the others on the situation and what to do next. I haven't paid too much attention to avoid spoilers. However, none of this happened for me because after Rhodea and the others left, I went elsewhere to do sidequests and capture some pokemon. After quite a bit of progress I returned to the train station in route 9 to return to the stadium, and I was unabled to. The stadium was no longer listed as an option as seen in the screenshot below, and at this point in the story, GDC is completely locked down and I have no means of accessing it via fly, ground, or train. Police block all entrances in the Terrial Region as well as the train station in West Gearen. I even tried using both doors on the route 9 train to see if that would make a difference, but it didn't. Selecting Route 9 from the options just (predictably) brings me right back to where I was standing with no other new options presenting themselves. After all we've been through, the deaths, backstabs, life threatening dangers, giant pokemon, and a maid cafe, all my friends are waiting for me and I'm stopped by a bus.

The patch download can be found here I had the same issue but this fixes it; the key appears right where its supposed to be

I had beaten Adam and then the plot thing happened that I wont mention so as to avoid potential spoilers but then I flew out to take care of some sidequests before following Rhodea and now the train to go back to GDC isn't giving me the option to. Did I just softlock myself or is there a way back in I'm missing?

here, also thanks to Revok cause this solved the issue for me

From my understanding, there should have been a key to the door on the raised platform here (at least that's what I saw from the YT video I checked) and it's just not here, like, at all. I checked my bag twice, its not there and I never picked it up