#nuzlocke 2017

[olibheare]

Fiasco got way less sketching and plotting out. Only things that were next in the story were addressed as they got closer. Whitney's design is the newest I drew (2020?) the rest is from around 2016-2017. Including a Flareon (Mumonte) that Dewey was going to gain as a team member, as well as the egg hatching into a Togepi/Togetic that couldn't use fly as a result of being improperly incubated in the first parts of the comic. The rival's Bayleef was also sketched out + the legendary dogs and Cooper's final evolution (it was never tied down lol). I like Whitney the most, being that she was always depicted as whiny by other nuzlockers at the time I wanted to make her a boxer-and really tough. Her Miltank stomps people pretty easily so I wanted to make that an actual part of her character. "Rookies Ruin" on her tattoo.

[ask-obt]

hello woo of the led on tumblr! im thinking of making a comic for my ongoing gates to infinity nuzlocke and because its such a story heavy game im wondering if you have any tips on how to change things up and make your own plot beats? its really cool but im having a little trouble with it right now

// oooo fun, I love gates' story! I'd say that most of OBT's plot changes stem from two sources: 1. expanding on a mechanic in the game/trying to rationalize a plot hole, and/or 2. expanding on the reasons a character behaves the way they do so using gates as an example, some standout scenes I'd love to explore would be gurdurr tricking the team to get some extra cash (why is he so strapped for money? is there a housing crisis going on in town? does he perhaps have some physical injury that makes him feel like he can't perform "honest" work and feels the need to try getting by any way he can?), and kyurem crushing the hero into a fine paste (what sort of injuries do they sustain from this? any permanent damage? does this make it so they go through an arc where they lose hope in their mission to save the world for a bit? how will they recover, both physically and emotionally?)

and if some things don't come naturally to you right away, don't sweat it! I started the script for the current iteration of OBT all the way back in 2017, and it took me until 2022 to figure out what exactly I wanted darkrai's hangup to be in the epilogue. the nice thing about a slow cooking format like a comic is that I get a lot of time to simmer on different story ideas, so simmer away and let things cook as needed! and of course reading other fan theories and stories is great for getting a spark of inspiration. good luck!

[yulecatt]

ref for my furret oc Bee, who originated from a soulsilver nuzlocke I played in 2015-2017

[teehee-vibes]

I cannot believe the Pokémon XY brain rot is BACK. Happened in 2013-2014, happened in 2017-2018. It is ALMOST 2023…

So anyway, I started a Nuzlocke-

[tiredpinkpanda]

I used Webtoons in 2017-2019 and I can guarantee that the website is fact shit, and I'm not at all surprised this problem still continues to do this. I ultimately gave up going on Webtoons after so many of my newer updates were hidden after many random claims that my comic was sexual in a way?? The comic itself was a Pokemon Nuzlocke and was nowhere NEAR what it claimed to be. It could have been automated but I have no clue. I have seen comics that breach the guidelines and they were still up?? I don't make the comic anymore, nor do I go on webtoons as much as I do anymore.

I’m not upset with Webtoons or anything, partial nudity is against their guidelines and even if my comic was intended as non-sexual, partial nudity is still partial nudity.

I am a bit annoyed that they framed it like I was only going to get blocked from being paid by ads (which is fine with me since webtoons stopped paying people who made content for canvas ages ago), so to completely take it down was just disappointing. A well, I’ll live.

[mirica199]

Fluffy the Giratina!

my Giratina from my Pokemon Platinum Nuzlocke I did back in 2017 lol

a 3'11 Giratina with black hair and bright anime eyes I kid you not

just a sweetheart who's curious about the world around her as she spent all her life in the Distortion World

[clarenecessities]

1/10/23

logan got me hooked on a nuzlocke that hasn’t updated since 2016 & i’m sitting here tearing my hair out over it like how could you do this to me

but then i remembered my last nuzlocke update was in..... 2017. so maybe i should forgive logan, perhaps. jesus christ 2017? it feels like it was six fucking months ago. i was straight in 2017. legolas i’m so sorry i’ve forsaken you it’s just that it’s so much harder to draw comics when i’m not using it to avoid doing homework

[tegabyte]

I didn’t omit anything particularly raunchy, I just wanted to delete something that makes me feel >:////

in the meantime, sketches and OCs and fanarts.

[toothpaste-dragon]

Nuzlocke #2: Keep Off The Grass

Check out this post for rules and other details not listed here!

See below for details of today’s adventure!

This second installment took place over June 28th, 29th, and 30th, so a lot has happened since last time! Be warned, this is a long one. (Again, I apologize for the picture quality)

Before leaving Lumiose City, Rose battled Professor Sycamore and claimed victory over his (oddly-convenient) starter Pokémon!

Poor guy. He tried his best.

Given the choice between the three starter Pokémon, I used the same method mentioned last chapter to determine which would join us on our adventure. I rolled a 1, so I picked Bulbasaur and named him Rhododendron!

Grass and poison type would really come in handy later on, so I was pleased with this outcome. I quickly placed him in the empty spot on my team!

Right after our battle with Professor Tree, Dante EVOLVED!!!

My beautiful, beautiful boi...growing up to be big and strong.

After leaving Lumiose City, I caught a female Lv.9 Bunnelby and named her “Gold Digger” (I knew I wasn’t going to use her, so I named her something stupid haha)

Soon after this encounter, Fawkes EVOLVED!!!

Fawkes has good speed and is pretty strong, so he’s been a crucial part of the squad. Most of our opponents have been good against flying type, though, so he’s not usually at the front of my party.

We made our way toward Parfum Palace, and I stopped by the photo spot to get a nice photo to commemorate our visit!

Nice.

While tromping around the castle grounds, I caught a Lv.11 female Espurr and named her “PsyCATic” (because...she’s based on a species of cat. At least I think I’m funny)

(This picture is pretty bad. Sorry)

As we were walking around the palace, I was dragged into a double battle with two trainers who both owned Furfrou. I sent out Rhododendron and Dante, figuring they’d work well together. And that’s when it happened...

Both Furfrou turned out to be super strong, and BOTH used “Headbutt” on Rhododendron, one after the other. Unfortunately, Rhododendron passed away after such harsh blows, increasing the death count by one. I was absolutely devastated. RIP Rhododendron, you will be missed.

After such a loss, my team and I were discouraged...but we couldn’t give up now. We had to avenge both Rhododendron and Kevin. So we continued our journey!

Once I acquired the Poké Flute, I woke up a Lv.15 male Snorlax and was able to catch him! I named him “Kirby”

Kirby turned out to be an incredible fighter! While his defense isn’t particularly fantastic, he has a ton of HP and can definitely take a hit.

Shortly after, Punch Bug EVOLVED!!!

Now that he knows a good fighting type move, I’m definitely excited to use him more.

My current team up to this point was: Dante (Braxien), Helga (Farfetch’d), Kirby (Snorlax), Sequoia (Pansage), Punch Bug (Ledian), and Fawkes (Fletchinder)

From here, I stumbled into a bunch of different areas with tall grass, so I caught a bunch of different Pokémon!

Lv.12 male Volbeat named “Firefly” (I couldn’t fit “10,000 Fireflies”)

Lv.12 female Meditite named “Goodberry”

Lv.12 male Drifloon named “Hindenburg”

Lv.16 female Hippopotas named “Mud-bath” (pun on “blood-bath”)

And a Lv.15 female Machop named “Chopped”

On my way to nab a Jaw Fossil in Ambrette Town, my team easily defeated Team Flare and put them in their place.

What losers.

I revived the Jaw Fossil and gained a Lv.20 male Tyrunt, naming him “Heart” (you’ll get it if you’ve seen the movie “You Are Umasou”)

It didn’t let me name him after reviving the fossil, and I didn’t have time to run all the way back to the name rater, so he’s simply “Tyrunt” for now.

We left Ambrette Town and made our way to Cyllage City after adding Heart to the team, excited about the approaching gym battle! On the way to Cyllage City, I caught a Lv.15 female Luvdisc and named her “Frisbee” (you’ll soon understand why I don’t have a picture of her...)

On that same seaside route, I decided to put Sequoia in first position in order to raise his level, seeing as most of the opponents were water type Pokémon. The next battle was between him and a Shelder two levels his senior. I figured his type advantage would allow him to take out the Shelder swiftly...but what I didn’t realize was that the Shelder knew an ICE TYPE MOVE. Sequoia was hit hard, and passed away shortly after. So two grass Pokémon perished under my care...maybe it’s a sign?

Sequoia was the second Pokémon I caught during the run, and had been an outstanding team member during his short life. RIP Sequoia, you will always live in our hearts.

Upon arriving in Cyllage City, I met an NPC in the Pokémon Center who was willing to trade his Steelix for a LUVDISC. Guess which Pokémon happened to be the first I encountered in the previous area? YEP. A LUVDISC. So I said goodbye to Frisbee and traded her for a Lv.20 female Steelix previously nicknamed “Thumper” (I absolutely adored that nickname)

She’s a real beauty!

I plan to battle the gym leader next! My current team is:

Tune in next time to find out if I’ll be able to beat the Cyllage City gym leader! Thanks for reading :D

[snippity]

i kinda want to start a nuzlocke comic

[atoriv-moved]

I’m doing pokedec ! here’s the first four days :0

[yulecatt]

Bee

[solarscribbles]

The week before finals and I haven’t been able to accomplish much artwise (or at least not much that I feel like deserves posting)

Lots of unfinished things

But here’s Gregory from the Red Nuzlocke I’m playing in the meantime.

[kaet-draws]

backgrounds, backgrounds, backgrounds (check out the full version on dA!)

2010-2015 | 2016 

[ask-obt]

Is Dielle an actual meowth in-game, or another species entirely? From what I've seen they're not recruitable until post-game, so I got curious.

// Dielle is a Meowth in-game, and actually one of my Wondermail recruits, listed in my ruleset here!

And you can take a little peek at her profile in game too- with level and stats censored so you can't tell how far she is/gets in the game without dying (you are however allowed to see her IQ because I didn't give gummis to anyone except Rune for the most part lmao)

For the uninitiated, PMD: Explorers has the option to use a system called Wondermail (or Wondermail S for Sky specifically), where you can input a code to get specific jobs. The original intent for this was probably for kids to share jobs that gave them cool rewards with each other, but some folks figured out the algorithm the games use for this function to basically generate anything you want in the game. The website I originally used is no longer up, but I believe the archived version still functions as intended. When I did my first Sky nuzlocke all the way back in 2014 I gave myself the 5 Wondermail code as a mercy because I wasn't the best at the game, and gave myself a somewhat difficult ruleset by disabling the map. When redoing the comic/the run of the game in 2017, I just stuck with the same ruleset, but since then I'd gotten much better at the game and didn't need the Wondermail codes as a crutch nearly as much. So instead, I mostly used them to get recruits I normally couldn't get until postgame, to spice up OBT's roster a little bit. At this time I've used 3/5 of the Wondermail codes I allotted myself, with 2 of them being used on recruits. My gameplay for this run is still not finished, and I know it's cringe to not be done with a game after 5 years leave me alone LOL As for why I chose Meowth? I have literally no idea. I guess I just thought Meowth was cute and wanted to play with it since I never used it for the starters before. Around the time I recruited her I also had two TMs- Thunderbolt and Ice Beam. I waffled on which to give her, as it would influence her design. I wanted to give her a sabre tooth design of sorts, so Thunderbolt meant possibly a Raikou parent, and Ice Beam a Walrein parent!

As you probably guessed, I gave her Thunderbolt in the end. And then I remembered Zeraora existed and dropped the sabre tooth design altogether. Which is kind of a shame, I miss those little teefies and wish I kept 'em around. I did have one recruit who was going to show up as a species other than what they were, but later opted to keep them as their in-game species.

All recruits who show up in OBT will be the same as their in-game species (at least that's the plan at the time I'm writing this), though some NPCs may be swapped around with pokemon! Loudred being an Exploud is one of the more mild instances of this, while Team Charm's Medicham (tentatively) being a Hatterene would be a more noticeable one.