Nuzlocke Challenge

[Zorg]

Hey guys, many of you out there enjoy a little challenge while the play through of the Pokemon games. On serebii there is currently the scramble challenge, but if you are looking for something even more challenging and skillful, look here.

The Nuzlocke challenge was all started and created by one person, who records his adventures here. I first noticed this thread on another Pokemon Forum i am a member of and am currently in the middle of my own Nuzlocke challenge.

These are the only rules that are compulsory:

Nickname all Pokemon
Catch first Pokemon on each route
Faint = Death


Here are the rules you may obey throughout the storyline:

1. On each route/cave/town/tower/dungeon you may only catch one Pokemon and this Pokemon may MAY ONLY BE THE FIRST POKEMON you see!
2. If you don't have any Pokeballs to catch the first Pokemon you see, tough **** you arn't allowed to catch it.
3. If a Pokemon of yours faints in or out of battle YOU MUST RELEASE IT INSTANTLY AND NEVER USE IT AGAIN. Or you can put it in a box labeled 'Dead' as a memento or for post game/once you finish the challenge.
4. If your party is full and you catch a Pokemon, you may send it to your box as a backup, incase one of your Pokemon faints, it can be replaced (and insanely grinded).
5. For the hard outs, no using any items in or out of battle (and yes, that includes antidotes, this also includes hold items. You can still use Pokeballs but you must find them, not buy them). For the easy going people, you may use any items, but only those you find, you cannot buy any items from anywhere. You can choose whether you can use revives or not.
6. You MUST nickname all of your Pokemon to grow a bond with them. This will also break your heart when they die (hehehe).
7. If you wipe out (all party Pokemon faint) then you must release/put them in box.
8. If all of your Pokemon die, then you must start again, you lose!
9. If doing this on HG/SS, and a Pokemon is left on 1 health because it 'survived the poisoning' it is dead.
10. Have fun! Post your adventure in this thread, and even make comics to go with it if you wish!
11. You must have your battle change option set to set, not shift. This means you can't change out your Pokemon before your opponent does.


This challenge is meant to be harsh and fun at the same time. Try not to grind too much and make sure you don't just train your starter. Also, please post here whether you are taking the challenge or not, i want to know how everyone is doing. Please also post updates, with your current party, levels, boxed Pokemon, dead Pokemon and how far into the game you are.

Good luck to everyone taking the challenge and please post your updates especially if you are doing some comics. And any questions just post here and i'll get back to you. I've probably forgotten some stuff so i will edit this post soon. Good luck! (also mention what game you are playing on and what rules you are using. Just copy mine.)

Wow, im surprised no-one has posted here yet. This challenge is incredibly popular on other forums... alwell. Anyway, for people that at least look at this thread, read some of the comics at the link at the top of the page because personaly they are awesome

[koosbane]

If and when I get a new game I may look at doing this. Will update if I do. Thanks for the neat idea.

[duffman]

I got bored of the catch em all challenge in Platinum, so I went out and bought SS today, and have been doing the Nuzlocke challenge with. I'll probably break protocol for the Lengendaries, but until then I'll keep it up. I chose totodile. Since I had to go without Pokeballs for the first three routes, my first catch was a Hoppip that knew splash and synthesis, it's been a pain, but I now have a Totodile, Hoppip, and Geodude, and am about to challenge the first Gym Leader (Falkner.)

I'll be posting in this thread with my progress when I come to crucial plot points in the game.

Wish me luck.

-Duffman

[Virtuo06]

I am going to do this on Emerald, but I need to clarify a few facts first:

1. when you enter the boundries of a city (when the city sign pops up) and eixt again (when the Route sign pops up) does it count as entering and can you catch a pokemon?

Thats all. I am going to do the Nuzlocke challange, using only picked up potions, just to make it a litte harder and easier at the same time. As soon as I get the answer to that question, wish me luck!

[-Xu-]

I am going to do this on Emerald, but I need to clarify a few facts first:

1. when you enter the boundries of a city (when the city sign pops up) and eixt again (when the Route sign pops up) does it count as entering and can you catch a pokemon?

Thats all. I am going to do the Nuzlocke challange, using only picked up potions, just to make it a litte harder and easier at the same time. As soon as I get the answer to that question, wish me luck!

I don't think so, think its the first time you enter a route and that's the only time you can catch.

[Virtuo06]

Nuzlocke Emerald Challenge: Log Entry 1: Getting started!

First, lets note the personal rule before I get too indepth:

1. I am allowing found potions, and nothing else. Pokemon centers are also allow to refresh any unfainted pokemon.

Thats it. Now on with the show....

Start. Chose boy, and named him Nuzlock (for obvious reasons) and went out on the adventure of Nuzlocke. When starters came up, I got a Mild Mudkip nicknamed Keddan. Not fantastic, but good enough. First few battles were good, no deaths yet. Route 101 and 103 cannot be caught from, but Route 102 netted me a lovely Adamant Zigzagoon, which I named Devic. Next encounter, I found a ruddy Seedot. Grrr... Nearly killed Devic with Bind.

After a couple more near death encounters, I leveled up Devic to a reasonable amount, and was able to continue. Got to Petalburg without anyone dying and saved. Phew, this is harder than I thought. I might take a while longer to finish this.... but I won't give up now! At the end of every log entry, I will state my current team at the time of posting. Tell me if I can improve, and wisk me some luck for the first gym.

Current Team

Keddan (Mudkip), LV9
Devic (Zigzagoon), LV7

[Zorg]

Yay, people finally started this. And yes, virtuo, only the first time you ever go on a route, like Xu said. I recently finished a Soul silver nuzlocke challenge with easy rules, and got so bored of training in victory road, that i just gave up, but i still continued into Kanto and such.

Hope duffman and Virtuo and hopefully koosbane have fun while doing the challenge!

[Virtuo06]

Just a little note here....from Thursday Night GMT I will not be able to post here as often, as I will be going elsewhere. To a place with no internets connection....I think. I'll just have to find out myself. You'll know if I don't or not, but I thought I would tell you guys in advance!

[duffman]

Well, I tried the challenge, but I just can't give up pokemon I've trained. I lucked out and assembled an awesome team Crobat (Crowbar), Quilava (Ghostrider), Nidoking (Banner), Ampharos (Gunter), the red Gyarados (Mushu), and Sudowoodo (Petra).

The only 'dead' Pokemon I got to was Togepi (I was really looking forward to a Togekiss,) but when my Quilava got KOd by that goddamn Miltank, I just gave up, mostly because I wasn't committed enough to retrain new guys.

The remnant of my Nuzlocke challenge is that I'll only take the first Pokemon that I run into per area, and I wish everyone else luck in their endeavors.

[Roach]

This looks interesting. I think I will start one on Emerald to see how it turns out. If it goes well I might do one on SS too.

[Displeased Owl]

lol and i was just about to start a thread about this!

I'm partway through mine on FireRed, in Pokemon Tower with:
Heavy the Wartortle, Fisty II the Hitmonchan (in honour of fisty the machop who died in rock tunnel), Casparia the Vileplume, Flamo the Flareon, Megahorny2 the Nidoking and Tom the Raticate in the range 26-34. Not bad!

I'm doing this with the mandatory rules in effect + no healing outside a pokemon centre, wish me luck!

[Sprintking]

Megahorny2 the Nidoking

Greatest. Nickname. Ever.

Anyways, I think I'll start one of these once I finish my ruby scramble.

[tom-tom]

Well this is certainly something I will do. But why is it called The Nuzlocke Challenge?

[tom-tom]

Well this is certainly something I will do. But why is it called The Nuzlocke Challenge?

Well I have started it now! But it is in Fire Red, not a 4th gen game.

So far:
-Name: RED
-3 Badges
-13:06 play time
-25 Pokedex

My team:
Charles lv. 36
Doug lv. 36
Neylan lv. 33
Fifi lv. 34
SpartanCHKN lv. 33
Kenneth lv. 36

R.I.P. Box:
Lenny lv. 11 (trained two levels, got out of Mt. Moon, Spearow used peck it's a critical hit!...damn)
Ace lv. 28 (first Pokemon i caught :'(, it happened in Rock Tunnel I wasn't paying that much attention. I battled some dude with a Slowpoke, I used Hyper Fang and missed, he used Confusion I get confused. I hurt myself in confusion, I am left with 20 hp. Next turn, I hurt myself in confusion and am left with 5 hp, confusion is the death of Ace.)

Normal Box:
Katy Perry lv. 13
Seth lv. 28
Ephrum lv. 24

[Zenotwapal]

I have caught avshroomish by pure luck in Petalburg Forest, and named him TaterMan.
However, happiness was short lived as Slayer fell to Brawny's Machop......
RIP Slayer.......

Smoked lv.16
TaterMan lv.16

DEAD
BynineB lv 3
Slayer lv.4-14

[Armored Zangoose]

I started a Nuzlocke challenge on Emerald a few weeks back. I can't remember what my Pokemon's nicknames are, and I'm too lazy to go check right now, so you won't see the nicknames in this post. I'll check before my next post here. Anyways...

Armored Zangoose's Emerald Nuzlocke Challenge, Update Uno-

Progress-Just defeated Team Aqua at the Museum and caught a Pokemon on the next route.

Current Team-
Grovyle, Lv. 18
Wingull, Lv. 16.
Shroomish, Lv. 16.
Taillow, Lv. 15.
Whismur, Lv. 12.
Aron, Lv. 12.

Box-
Electrike, Lv. 13. (Going to stick this guy and whoever I catch next in the Daycare)

Dead-
Pocchyena. Died at Lv. 4. R.I.P.

[musical]

oh god, i'm going to have to post all four of these. It's the only way i really like playing my games now. normal runs are a bit boring.

Leafgreen
Team:
Bongo (f) level 54
Koji (m) level 56
Status: THE CHAMP
Badges: 8

Dead:
Zane (m)
My very first Pokemon. I was surprised he didn't last long enough to see the end of the challenge. He was a total bro and I loved this guy. Lance's dragonite got him.
Explosivo
This guy had so many close calls. He decimated Lorelei and lasted all through the elite four, until lance's dragonite landed a crit. hit hyper beam.
Skeeto (m)
He was total dead weight early on in the game, but he proved himself to be awesome. During the elite four, Skeeto solo'd agatha and bruno. Eventually fell to Dragonite.
Maximus (m)
He beat the dragonite for me. It was amazing. I left him out to see if ice beam could kill my rival's exeggutor, completely forgetting about my dodrio. He was killed because of a giga drain. Maximus, why must your special defense be so low?
Chuu
My first caught pokemon. He died to a crit hyper beam
Toke
Died to Lt Surge's raichu.
Chocko
one word: SELFDESTRUCT
Het Aap
Died to a critical hit bonemerang.

Emerald
Team:
Asha (f) level 42
Tommy (m) level 42 TOTAL DEAD WEIGHT HE JUST WON'T DIE.
Popo (f) level 45
Rollo (f) level 44
Jama (m) level 42
Dudeson (m) level 42 (i hate how i don't have another gameboy)
Status: Grinding for 7th gym
Badges: 6

deaths:
Guraina (f)
I hate zubats. i really do. One killed her with a critical leech life. >.> and she was my first catch, too.
Roko (f)
Supersonic is totally unreliable. I tried using it four times on brawly's makuhita, but he was able to get in four bulk ups. and then he used vital throw. Roko died
Telec (m)
Beautifly are evil. It used gust on him, while he was still in green health, got a critical hit, and he died.
Callie (f)
I really didn't expect her to die. I hit a baltoy with wing attack, and for some reason it didn't die. Baltoy used selfdestruct. And then my extremely reliable and amazing fly slave died.
Butch (m)
He was the best grass type. And he hasn't been replaced. I landed a crit hit mach punch on Norman's vigoroth and it was almost dead. But then he landed Counter on me. And Butch died.
Mimea (f)
She was a sad attempt to replace Butch. A manectric hit her with a critical thunder and she died. She was dead weight, anyway, but she was destined for greatness.

Diamond:
Team:
Roi (m) level 30
Marble (f) level 30
Kairi (m) level 30
Mouse (f) level 32
Icee (f) level 33
Forte (f) level 32 (EVOLVE DAMMIT)
Status: Grinding for fourth gym.
Badges: 3

Deaths:
Shizi (m)
He only lasted through one level up before a starly hit him with a critical quick attack.
Louise (f)
I was pissed that she died to a Bide cause she was going to my HM slave. But i caught a bibarel so all is good.
Jack (m)
It's kinda funny. The pokemon that killed him is on my team now. Icee had killed him with pursuit. I thought i was doing something good swapping him out, but i forgot about that move. He was my favorite.
Cocoa (f)
She was confused, but i thought i could land in a wing attack, but no, she hurt herself. Then the haunter landed a psybeam and knocked her out. My first Pokemon

Ruby:
Team:
Gordon (m) level 12
Cerberus (m) level 12
Nugget (f) level 12
Banana (f) level 12
Status: GRINDIN'
Badges: 0

Boxed:
Fluffy (m)
seriously? I couldn't even get a seedot on route 102?
Lucy (f)
I ALREADY HAVE TOMMY

Deaths:
None thank god

sorry for lots of text :B

[Pucca_ness]

Ahh my fiance told me about this.

I'm afraid i get too attached to my pokes to label them "Dead" however it is an interesting idea. Perhaps when i get a copy of HG i will try it as the more i think about it the more i realise that i barely ever faint until Miltank so it may be worth a try.

Question, are you allowed to trade for the machop in the in game trade or the Onix?

Just asking supposing if someone finds a bellsprout in that particular route or something.

[Skinwalker]

Ahh my fiance told me about this.

I'm afraid i get too attached to my pokes to label them "Dead" however it is an interesting idea.

That's the idea. You need to be careful with your pokemon because of what they mean to you. And if you're doing a comic or a recorded run it creates more of a meaningful story...

I really like the challenge, but it's weird, the flaws in the new gen games make it hard to play them without Nuzlocke helping me plow through...


The only official rules from the original post are the first catch, faint=dead and nicknames. The rest are just personal rules really, you decide for yourself.

[mewfanforlife]

I came across this on another forum and started one today on Sapphire. So far, I only have Treeko because my Poochyena criticaled when trying to catch a Lotad and then was criticaled by a Zigzagoon and died. RIP Marcia