Nuzlocke, Everything Is Happening For A Reason

[Genshuku]

What is a Nuzlocke Run?

Well, the official rules are these two, shown here.

But you can add even more rules to make it even more challenging, if you feel like you're up for something even more crazy than death in Pokemon. :V You can find a flowchart right here~

People make comics about this run (most of which are made of win). You can start reading the original and read fan comics by browsing the official site, here.

I'm currently doing two of these runs, one of Blue that's perfectly normal except for the 'no duplicates' run and one Crystal run that I'm recording that has way too many rules, including:

Nickname all of your Pokemon. Bond with them, and watch them die. :V

No Pokemon Centers until I run out of completely, and then the cost of access is $1000 x Badges. Let's discourage healing for free, buy items~

No trading ever. I have a Graveler and a Gastly soon to be Haunter. I WILL PREVAIL.

Battle Style is SET. This is a pain.

One Pokeball per mart. Don't spam Pokeballs, you only have so much money anyway.

No legendaries.

No daycare.

Fox only.

Final Destination.

Wish me luck~ o/

[The REAL Joey]

Thank you for making this topic. I was considering bringing this over here as a Nuzlocke run is unlike anything preceding it. Still, this has amped me up even more for a Nuzlocke run on a game as i've yet to actually thrown down my glove and attempt the gauntlet.

I had no idea the guy had a website he updated. I was under the impression it stopped at the end of his Elite 4 Hoenn attempt. ;D It's nice to be wrong. If you're recording your Crystal run i'd be interested in watching when you've uploaded it. Best of luck too!

[artmage]

I LMAO'ed, so, so very hard at the comics.
Might give this a go.
And make some comics to document.

[The REAL Joey]

Having ZZ's own Nuzlocke comic run would actually be incredibly cool. ;D I'd be an avid reader that's for sure. With your drawing abilities you'd be able to make something incredible of it I think.

I wonder if i'd be able to come across any Poison Pokemon on a Nuzlocke run. As Gen suggested, I think I might start off the challenge on Red or Blue.

[Arzadon]

A ZZ Nuzlocke comic would be epic. If only I could draw. ><

EDIT: My first two Nuzlocke runs in Platinum where horrible! The first time I lost to a level 5 Starly. Thats right. A LEVEL FIVE FARFETCH'DING STARLY!

The second run was going super well. My Camtoniac (Starly, the birdness reminded me of you Cam o:) and Mary Sue the Second (Prinplup) where raping face. On top of that Risque (Gastly) and Muscles (Machop) where extremely promising. It all went well, until Jupiter got five critical hits in a row. Destroying my team (And yes, I was crying in the fetal position after all those crits). Then after that every pokemon I tried to raise died after one or two levels. Not to mention all the dead Joey's lying about. :/

[The REAL Joey]

Since this has been introduced to members of the forum it seems to have taken off with great abandon. I still have yet to start but i'm leaning particularly towards a HGSS run simply because Arz mentioned how soul destroyingly sad it would be to look at Cameron's photos as you progress and lose valued Pokemon. But i'm also thinking maybe it'd just be an idea to give it a shot on Red & Blue as that's where it all started.

So yes. RB or HGSS. I shall let you guys decide for me.

[latani]

My Nuzlocke run is occurring on my version of Diamond, as most of y'all know by now. xD

But I'm going to elaborate on my set of rules.


1. Release Pokemon if they faint

2. Catch 1st Pokemon in area

3. Nickname all Pokemon (I do that anyways xD)

4. No out of game trading (not even to evolve the new Gastly I caught when it evolves into Haunter)

5. No duplicate Pokemon (even if I released the original)

6. One HP healer/status healer/battle item/berry per battle, and one out of battle heal per route (even adjoining routes)

7. ONE TM PER POKEMON - even if I delete the TM move in favour of another, too bad. HMs I can use multiple times, since everyone needs a slave. xD

8. One attempt at Legendary capture. I consider Spear Pillar its own area, so when I get to it, I can try once to catch it, but with low level balls only. If I run out, then I faint it. I ignore the runners, and I'll ignore the others until after I beat the main story.

9. No AR tampering. This is a biggie for me, because I adore my AR. I can't add zillions of codes though, because I have to enter EVERY FREAKING CODE manually. And the truly ginormous codes aren't worth it anyways. *

* The only code I entered for Diamond was all TMs, but the rule for TMs still stands, so I won't have a team that can beat the crap out of everyone before I'm anywhere close to the league. This is my run for Nuzlocke, so too bad if you don't like it. xP

I've only lost one Pokemon, and he was a sacrifice. Rest in pieces, Burp the Geodude. *salute*

[The REAL Joey]

Thought i'd revive this topic a little seeing as Nuzlocke has been accepted by the Pokemon community all over as a legitimate challenge to the games. I must admit, adding this artificial difficulty has really made for some interesting fan pieces inspired by it all. People have started to develop feelings for Pokemon they'd otherwise not care for or disliked before using them.

I just saw this video today and it's really moving. Next time I lose a Pokemon in Nuzlocke it's going to be a lot more sad than usual. Click.

[latani]

My Yamask died during training today. I laughed at the irony.
Then I caught a Mincinno and named it Chino and it's okay now.