#Modified Nuzlocke

[frankenmouse]

BAD. IT'S GOING BAD.

So funny little thing about BDSP. Instead of updating the badge system to act as literally EVERY OTHER GAME IN THE SERIES works in terms of "traded pokemon up to level X will obey you" GF had decided to keep the GENUINELY INSANE system that they were originally shipped with.

Which is that you only get the "obeys" perk every TWO badges. First perk covers pokemon up to level 30 after beating gym 2. Which means at least 2-4 gyms and story events where if you traded your pokemon in at from another game and have them at a reasonable level for that gym...they're not going to listen to a single command. Because they'll be "overleveled." Despite being the same fucking level as the gym leader's pokemon.

So...I'M NOT DOING THAT ANYMORE. Time to swap everyone over and do this in SwSh or SV on a new user account.

Grabbed Brilliant Diamond with the idea of doing a monotype challenge run.

My rules:

The only pokemon you can have on your team must include the given type.

An exception to this is your starter. You can pick whichever starter you want.

You can CATCH as many pokemon as you want, but only your monotype can be used in battle.

Importing mons from another game is fine, but they can’t exceed the level of your current highest level pokemon.

And my randomly selected type is…

Huh. So we’ll see how that goes xD

[real-fire-emblem-takes]

hcs of how assorted fe8 characters play pokémon:

eirika

favourite game: BW1 and/or SM (likes the characters and story. was genuinely sad when n left at the end of bw1.)

unironically loves, and uses pokémon that are usually hated or otherwise ignored, such as simisear (she picked oshawott in her first playthrough of white), audino, zebstrika, drampa etc. though tbh she enjoys all pokémon in general and usually tries for 100% dex completion in every game.

completes every single sidequest she comes across, because she really wants to help the npcs. would prefer to play through the main story slowly and at her own pace, except her friend group is full of people who play for endgame content and/or competitive, and she more often than not is urged to complete the main story quickly so she can help them out with postgame (e.g. trading post-HOF version exclusives).

only occasionally dips her toes into battle facilities, usually because another friend (or her brother) is challenging multi battles and needs a partner. the one battle facility she actually grinds of her own accord is the battle subway, for character-related reasons.

doesn't battle much, really just her friends if they're up for it. prefers to do other co-op activities in multiplayer such as raids.

ephraim

favourite game: pokkén (loves beating the shit out of opponents in a fighting game. it's cathartic at least.)

doesn't really catch a lot of pokémon, just those he thinks looks cool / strong. the exception is when he's trying to help his sister complete the dex and needs to catch version exclusives.

in fact the twins always get opposite game versions (for mainline + old mystery dungeon) for that reason, to cover more ground, e.g. ephraim's first pokémon game was black, eirika's was white (which their dad bought for them when they were kids). they either play third versions (emerald, plat) / single titles (LA) concurrently, or only one of them plays while the other backseats the entire time.

rushes the main story to get to the battle facilities (and endgame items for competitive prep). was very disappointed when SV didn't have any sort of battle facility.

ladders a lot ingame and on battle sims. also fights innes every friday night, where he runs the risk of getting both of them banned from showdown over battle chat getting spicy.

lyon

favourite game: explorers of sky, poképark 2 or SM (he vibes with the more grim plot)

also a 100% dex completionist, though he usually tries to play third versions / transfer from other games to do so.

has memorised at least one dex entry for every pokémon. just knows all sorts of stats and lore off the top of his head.

actually knows how to datamine / modify game files. he will never admit it but he absolutely has used cheats ingame before.

doesn't do battle facilities beyond grinding for BP for items, or playing with friends. he prefers to explore the region to its fullest extent and learn about all the background lore.

he does play competitive, but isn't very good at it yet because he doesn't really have time to practise (actually studies irl).

may or may not also be making a horror romhack of his own with knoll's help.

joshua

favourite game: TCG (or masters) (gambling)

likes running risky strats such as (in mainline) multi-hit moves without skill link / loaded dice, serene grace + paraflinch etc. frequently also does these on challenge runs such as nuzlockes, because it's funny.

for the tcg pocket people: he mains celebi. 'nuff said.

actually pretty good at the game, he just can't resist the allure of 50/50 coinflips to decide a game.

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[meowmeowriley]

Alright I've been working really hard to get everything set up, but I present to you:

Pokémon Trainer!Ghost

I'm going to start streaming Ghost Plays Pokémon on Twitch from here on out every Mon, Wed, and Fri at 2pm EDT/EST doing modified Pokémon Nuzlocke runs of all the Pokémon games I own, which is a lot of them.

The rules are:

All Pokémon must be named

Any Pokémon that faints is dead for good

I can only catch a Pokémon if we can reasonable say that Ghost from Call of Duty would use that Pokémon.

Join me if you want, first Nuzlocke starts tomorrow (June 11th) at 2pm!

Once I figure out editing I'll put it on YouTube too, so don't worry if you miss out!

[sincerely-sofie]

My boyfriend and I are playing Scarlet and Violet together with modified Nuzlocke rules and just started our files earlier today. The Shiny clause is active. And my boyfriend, you guys. My boyfriend. This man found a shiny skiddo and messaged me about it in a flash. I saw this Discord notification and had a heart attack seeing his Fuecoco in the corner of the screen:

We were both sweating bullets as he tried to catch it. Heart palpitations all around. But he succeeded and now Caesar the Skiddo is a part of his team. I love this goat as if it was my own child. If he dies during this Nuzlocke I'm going to riot.

(also I'm making this post as a reminder to draw fanart of his baby later btw byyyyyyyye)

[takeaguessbuddy]

Okay after White I’m gonna finally do the Ultra Sun post game bc I have the guide book for it and everything I just never did it

Dude I’m so confused. I’m going through all my old Pokemon game files to see what my old teams were and how far I got in each game. I’m looking at my old Pokemon White game, and apparently I restarted it in 2018 for some reason?? Because I remember I played this game a LOT when I was little and I VIVIDLY recall having an Emboar that I loved a lot but I just opened it up and I only have one badge??? And all my pokemon are under lvl 13???

It’s okay like I’m not upset about it or anything but I’m kinda wondering if I should just continue the game from here because I know Black and White are like Beloved for its story and I don’t remember Any of it.

[the-nightmare-of-fabrication]

retro game randomizers annoy the fuck out of me because like, almost none of them modify the maps, which is what i really want. i know that thats like way more difficult and above the pay grade of a lot of randomizers, but youd totally expect it from the pokemon community or something.

like the first person to make a pokemon randomizer that adds the complete pokedex, and like, some really good highly customizable wave function collapse type route generation, like theyre fucking kings man. they get sloppy toppy for free at cons.

i totally expect it to happen at some point, i just want it to be now. like the most annoying part of like doing a nuzlocke, or playing a ranzomizer or whatever is that you have to play through hoenn or kanto AGAIN. like theyre cool dont get me wrong, but i want a totally unique region, the exploration is what gets me about pokemon.

[kkml225]

Pokemon Drawings I have made!

Hello People of the Internet!

So, I have been streaming on twitch (check me out at twitch.tv/kittymeowl225) and have been attempting a modified version of an ArtLocke.

It's basically a Nuzlocke, but if your not familiar with that, here's the rules:

You can only catch the first pokemon you encounter on every route (not including before you get your first pokeballs) (Dupsclause in account to not get duplicates)

You have to give your pokemon a nickname to get attached

When a pokemon feints, it dies and you can't use them again

Some people add additional rules to their nuzlockes, but I'm not doing that. Now for the 'Art' part of an Artlocke, at least my modified version (Original Artlocke Idea belongs to MoxieD2 on both Twitch and Youtube):

You have to draw every pokemon you catch, including having to redraw it if the pokemon evolves/change

When a pokemon dies, you have to draw how it dies

I'm currently on my 3rd attempt, the first three aren't that good and I didn't follow the art rules that well but I was new to the whole streaming thing and I still am... All of them are randomized, I do try to limit my usage of legendary pokemon because that seems unfair and kinda ruins the fun of it, plus their designs are more complicated than normal pokemon and I'm new to drawing pokemon.

My previous two attempts were Pokemon X and Pokemon Y, I chose those because I haven't played it before and I'm unfamiliar with it. Both of them I have lost. Pokemon X I had to do multiple tries because I kept on loosing before even getting to play much. My current Artlocke is on Pokemon Ultra Moon. Pokemon Sun was the first official pokemon video game I have ever gotten (the first pokemon video game was a game boy pokemon TCG game), and its kinda nostalgic to play it again but I also realized that I don't know what the Ultra version of the games were like.

Here are the names of the pokemon I drew:

Sugar the Togapi/Togetic

Sandy the Sandile

Gojira the Larvitar

Medusa the Deino

Buns the Diggersby

Luna the Musharna

Shroomie the Foongus

Fanny the Rotom Fan

Torto the Carracosta

Sheldon the Cloyster

NoiDeHoi the Noibat

There would be more but I have lost some of my drawings, including even some of my recent ones. I'll upload the pictures of my Pokemon Ultra Moon ArtLocke when I finish it.

If you want to watch my ArtLocke Streams, then check out my Twitch. I might upload them on YouTube at some point, but I'm not too sure yet.

[ganryuart]

🎊On the 9th of Febuary is my 1st affiliate annevasary on twitch! 🥳🎉

We're celebrating by playing a randomized Nuzlocke of Pokémon Ruby. We gonna embark on the adventure at 12pm GMT+1 and will be exploring Hoenn for 8 hours. As seen above, there are ways for you to help me out or cause some mischief. 😇😈

I'm looking forward to playing with you! ᓬ(•ᴗ•)ᕒ

Ganryu’s Lotl-Locke Pokémon Ruby Randomized Nuzlocke

Viewer participation Use item in battle one time

Potion 190 bits

Super potion 440 bits

Hyper potion 750 bits

Max potion 1500 bits

Full restore 1800 bits

Antidote 60 bits

Paralyze Heal 130 bits

Awakening 150 bits

Burn Heal 150 bits

Ice Heal 150 bits

Full heal 390 bits

1 Sub = Reroll the most recent encounter. The streamer has to add the new Pokémon to the team and can’t remove it. (once per area)

3 Subs = Switch any team member with an alive Pokémon in the PSS. The streamer can’t remove it.

5 Subs = Revive or kill one Pokémon.

30 Subs = !Divine intervention! Overwrite a Game Over

Nuzlocke Rules

Only catch the first wild Pokémon in each area. Gift Pokémon count as caught in the area you got them. You can verify by looking at the Pokémon's Summary page to see where they were "Met" in order to confirm whether it's a new location or not.

Any Pokémon that faints is considered dead and must be put in the Pokémon Storage System (PPS). If you run out of living Pokémon, you've failed the challenge and must restart the game. A black out/white out is considered to be "game over", even if there are live Pokémon left in the Pokémon Storage System.

The streamer must nickname all of their Pokémon after chat participants.

The streamer may not voluntarily reset and reload the game to undo progress.

No items in battle, except Pokéballs and held items. Items outside of battle are allowed.

The streamer may trade Pokémon with in-game trainers.

The battle style must be changed to "set" in the options menu.

The Day Care may not be used.

The streamer may not flee from battle.

The Exp. Share may not be used.

Randomizer Settings

Change impossible evolutions

Make evolutions easier. Mid stage latest at Lvl30; Final stage latest at Lvl40

Starter Pokémon: completely random (random held item; ban bad items)

Static Pokémon: completely random

In-Game Trades randomize both requested & given Pokémon

Update move data to Gen.5

ban game-breaking moves

Pokémon movesets: completely random (reorder damaging moves; force 40% of good damaging moves)

Trainer Pokémon: completely random (Rival carries starter through game; No early Wonder Guard; force fully evolved at Lvl40; percentage Lvl modifier +25%)

Wild Pokémon: completely random (randomize held item; ban bad items)

THs&HMs completely random (TM/ Levelup move sanity; force 40% good damaging moves; TM/HM compatibility completely random)

Field items: completely random; ban bad items

Misc. tweaks: Running shoes indoors; Lower case Pokémon names; randomize catching tutorial

[aimybits]

@beppothebadger

At the start of each Pokemon game, the player gets to choose between three starter Pokemon. Usually these are designed to ease them into the game, in this case however the game is modified to randomize them.

The Choices available are Clamperl, a moderately weak Pokemon, Unknown, a quite useless Pokemon and Registeel, a pseudo Legendary, which is quite powerful. However on the first battle it becomes apparent it only knows a single attack: explosion - a suicide move.

In the regular game a Pokemon faints if it reaches 0 HP and can be revived at a PokeCenter. If all of the players pokemon are fainted, they themselves black out and end up at the last PokeCenter they visited. Here however, a custom rule is used: nuzlocke. This means if a Pokemon reaches 0 HP, it's considered dead. Additionally, limits are imposed on how many Pokemon the Player can catch to prevent spam. A strong Pokemon like Registeel would be a great find for this, if it knew anything else than a suicide attack.

Essentially the game starts of with winning the lottery, only to end immediately at the first battle.

let’s play a randomized nuzlocke.

no.

no no. no no no no.

YES.

NOO.

[pixxyofice]

paldea sucks because of minor things but generally I actually enjoyed running around on the legendary and the story is neat, even if you think the dex is forgettable. meanwhile galar has the cool mons but i hate walking around in there and i HATE the 'you can't catch a mon stronger than this level!' thing that scarlet and violet just makes a negative catch modifier but it still being possible

... i like the circular region, and i like the gimmick a bit better than dynamax.

just a shame nuzlocking is hard to figure out encounter rules for...

[a-bit-too-much-of-a-pokemon-fan]

Pokémon Y: "Horde Encounter" My Ass

Alright fuckers, I homebrewed my 3DS (another story) so now that I can modify my save files, I'm Nuzlocking Y with Ultra Moon to follow. It's going well so far, but I'm just a little pissed off over here. Currently in Reflection Cave. My first encounter is a Horde Encounter with five Roggenrola. I rolled my eyes. "These bastards all have Sturdy," I thought, "this will take forever, but at least one will be easy to catch."

Record scratch

Yeah, someone who knows Gen VI better than I do is laughing right now. Read on below for the tragic tale.

The battle plays out like this. I take way too many turns to KO four Roggenrola. They all knew Sand Attack, so my Braixen's Psybeam and Azumarill's Bubblebeam kept missing. Still, one-by-one they fall to two attacks each. I get to the fifth and final one. The one I intend to catch. It's at full HP. I Bubblebeam. It faints.

There it is. This is why game knowledge is so fucking important in a Nuzlocke. I was so certain that Roggenrola's only ability is Sturdy. I flew to Bulbapedia. So for at least for Gen V and VI, that's correct. Then I saw its Hidden Ability. Sand Force. Now I ask myself, "Wait, do Horde Encounters have a chance of spawning a Hidden Ability?"

Yes. Yes they do. I KO'd four Sturdy Roggenrola in two hits each then OHKO'd the one among them with its Hidden Ability, robbing me of a Nuzlocke encounter. This isn't exactly bad game design. It's a neat little bonus for most Pokémon, and the game wasn't designed around permadeath or encounter restrictions. But in a Nuzlocke, for Roggenrola in particular, it's fucking awful.

If I had known there was a chance one of the little guys would get OHKO'd, I would have used a physical, 1x effective move on the last one. It was underleveled but had pretty much maxed out its defense stat with Harden, so I could have safely lowered its HP enough to catch. But nah. Now I just don't get to catch anything there. Fun.

[legendtraineremily]

Day 3 of My Pokémon Yellow Nuzlocke Challenge!

Today will be a bit shorter than others since I do the church thing and then use Sunday as a calm, lazy napping day. Still, I can see where the day gets me.

First up will be finishing up these trainers and then getting my encounter for the route.

Route 3 Encounter—Spearow/AngryBoi

Hp: 30

Attack: 18

Defense: 12

Speed: 22

Special: 13

You know, that’s not a bad Pokémon to have. Actually, in Gen 1 games, Spearow has better moves overall than the moves the Pidgey line gets. At least in the early game. And having another flying type for a while will be useful.

And now I’ve made it to the Pokémon Center just outside Mt. Moon. Here I have a conundrum. You see, inside the Pokémon Center is a man who offers to sell you a Magikarp. I did state that Pokémon offered as gifts are on the table but this isn’t a gift, I guess. Okay. No longer confused. Buyable Pokémon are off the table. Sorry Game Corner! (Not sorry.) But we may have to try something that requires an Abra that I may have to purchase from the Game Corner. However this would be just for fun though and not part of the challenge.

So…I took a few steps into Mt. Moon and what do I encounter? This freaking pest meme of a Pokémon:

Mt. Moon Encounter—Zubat/BlindBart

Lv. 9

Hp: 27

Attack: 15

Defense: 12

Speed: 15

Special: 13

Ah well, at least I have another battle fodder option, I guess? Hello, Geodude and Paras. Where were you two when I needed you? And hey! I found an HP Up item to use so that’s great. And hello Clefairy…you could’ve been a fantastic catch so I could trade you for a Mr. Mime later. Oy vey…

I’m close to running out of MtnDew Spark. Dang. Tonight really isn’t going my way so far. And I’ve got a lot, and I mean A LOT, of cave to cover. For the most part it’s just trying to get out without being too fatigued and run out of health before the end. I’ll see if I can do it. I’m already on healing run 3 and I’ve barely made it through floor 1.

Oh, Lily tried evolving but I denied it for now because she’ll learn Poison Sting next level instead of in like 2-3 more levels. While I’m in Mt. Moon, I’m going to look for a Moon Stone to evolve her further soon. Oop! I immediately found one. Perfect! Having her as a Nidoqueen so soon will make her a super useful member for quite a bit longer.

I guess I was closer to the end than I thought so I’ll just grab my Fossil and beat up Jessie&James. This time I’m grabbing the Dome Fossil. I know, I know praise Helix. (For those who don’t know, that is a reference to a Twitch Plays Pokémon run many years ago which had a very useful Omastar that was originally the other fossil I’m not taking this time.)

Dang it you Team Rocket goobers! You’re not supposed to Poison poor Stinky! It’s just trying its best to beat your Ekans up. Good thing I have a couple Antidotes. Also, let Lily Double Kick your Meowth’s teeth in; she’s so close to learning Poison Sting and then evolving. And knock it off with the Smog attacks! Zippy doesn’t need to be poisoned too…oh. Too late. Dang it, Jessie&James!

Now that that’s over, Lily has evolved and we need to heal up a bit before exiting. And now that we’ve exited, let’s grab the couple items out here and catch our Route 4 encounter!

Route 4 Encounter—Rattata/Goober

Lv. 12

Hp: 31

Attack: 21

Defense: 16

Speed: 23

Special: 11

Not really what I was hoping for, but rules are rules. At least I don’t have to really grind to get it up to a better level.

Before I turn in for the night, I’m going to take out the two Gym Trainers in preparation for beating Misty tomorrow and then receiving the Bulbasaur in Cerulean. Plenty to do tomorrow and I’ll have to start out by getting all prepped for the battles to come. Love ya’! -Emily

[gymleaderjakes]

MY FIRST SHINY IN THIS GAME WAS A GRAVELER, WHO USED ROCK POLISH, AND AT THE RED USED EXPLOSION.

Fam i am so mad.

Here i am solo training my garchomp, and you have the AUDACITY to use explosion after not only breaking out of a critical catch quick ball, but also TWO MORE critical catch ultra balls.

RUDE

[charmspoint]

All ive done today id embroidery n i think thats how god would have wanted it

[vanillacoolatta]

found an emulator, do you want to watch me play an actual pokemon game

[wren-fell]

Pokémon moon nuzlocke oc Artemis. She’s 20 and just moved to Alola from Kanto with her mom after her dad passed.