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Bored of your games? Looking for a new challenge? Try a Nuzlocke Challenge in any of your Pokémon games!

The Nuzlocke Challenge, created by Nuzlocke, can give a bit more challenge to the games. However, this doesn't mean it's overly complicated to do and understand. There are two, simple rules a challenger must abide:

1. Catch the first Pokemon you encounter in each route/cave/whatever and nothing else. If you fail to catch it, too bad, continue onwards.
2. If you Pokemon faints, consider it dead and release it.

This means Revives will be useless, Pokémon Centers will not work to 'unfaint' dead Pokémon. Death is permanent and you'll certainly want to keep your Pokémon alive this time around. They'll be precious to you during the entire game, and losing one is a terrible feeling.

Secondly, this will probably mean you won't have any HM slaves. You want to have every Pokémon you catch to be able to fight, so cluttering one Pokémon with Rock Smash, Flash etc. is not a good idea.

If you haven't realised it by now, losing Pokémon also gives you an opportunity to fail the game. If every single Pokémon you have faints, it's game over for you. You defenitely want to have some healing items with you at all times.

To let you see how a Nuzlocke run can unfold, I have finished one on FireRed before, and from my original six Pokémon (Bulbasaur, Caterpie, Pikachu, Mankey, NidoranM, Zubat) I only have Pierce left (Butterfree). I have lost 18 Pokémon in the process of becoming a Pokémon Champion. Losing Primeape and Venusaur during the Champion Battle was heart-breaking.

How to Join

I'm going to try to keep this organized as much as I can, so I REALLY REALLY REALLY want you to follow this rule if you decide to join:

Post one post in here, which'll be your so-called 'Log Post'. Try to update in this post and not in separate posts. Of course, it's nice to let people know that you've done something good/lost someone in your game, so you can bump the thread describing what you've done. I will put a link to your post in this post, so people can easily navigate to your Log Post. This way, you can easily see when you caught/lost a certain Pokémon during your Nuzlocke Challenge.

For this reason, it's never bad to get descriptive. What Pokémon did you catch? In what Route? Where did it die?

As for me, I'll be starting a new one as well on LeafGreen and have some fun.

So, if you're bored of the games for a while, try a Nuzlocke Run. They are surprisingly fun and can give a nice challenge in the process.

List of Participants

Hak - LeafGreen
skidoosh642 - FireRed
Smearowak
WiiOmi - Pearl
Yello Goodbye! - Diamond

hey, sign me up for FireRed! it should be alot of fun
Pokemon:
Name: Wartortle Caught: (evolved) Died:
Name: Fearow Caught: (evolved) Died: Vermillion Gym
Name: Butterfree Caught: (evolved) Died:
Name: Metapod Caught: Viridian Forest Died: Pewter Gym
Name: Meowth Caught: cant remember Died:
Name: Caught: Died:
(ill keep adding on as more Pokemon die and are caught.)

Nuzlocke Challenge No. 2: LeafGreen

Current Location:
Mt. Moon

Current team:

• Squirtle (Geyser) Found in Pallet Town
• Mankey (MANKEY) Found in Route 22
• Rattata (Fang King) Found in Route 1
• Zubat (Sense) Found in Mt. Moon
• Beedrill (Sting) Found in Viridian Forest
• Spearow (Bolt) Found in Route 3
  

Graveyard:
Pidgey, fallen in Route 3 by a Spearow's Fury Attack.

Team:
Bonaparte (Piplup) Lv. 12
Sparkz (Shinx) Lv. 11
Victoria (Starly) Lv. 11
Fathead (Bidoof) Lv. 11
I'm cute (Onix) Lv. 10

Graveyard:
Des Fleurs (Budew) Lv. 11 {killed by "I'm cute", made me sad}
Balboa (Geodude) Lv. 5 {killed by some random Zubat}

I start and progress to Oreburgh...

Nuzlocke Challenge: DIAMOND

Current Location and Playing Landmarks:
HEARTHOME TOWN
In Fantina's room.
Defeated trainer 3.
Challenging Fantina.
Reached Hearthome City.
Completed Storyline until Pastoria City.
Badges: 3.

Current team:

1. Brassy, Bronzong O-X Lv. 37
   • Found at Rt. 211, NOT DEAD
2. Sorrel, Torterra O+ Lv. 40
   • Met at LAKE VERITY. NOT DEAD
3. Crobat, O-> Lv. 39
   • Found on RAVAGED PATH. NOT DEAD
4. Gyarados, O-> Lv. 35
   • Found with (Old Rod) on Rt. 203. NOT DEAD
5. O+ Lv. 38
   • Found at LAKE VERITY. NOT DEAD
6. O+ Lv. 40
   • Found at LAKE VERITY. NOT DEAD

Graveyard: :'(
Sparky, Luxio O-> Lv. 24

• Found on Rt. 202. Died at: Eterna Gym

Is level-grinding allowed? *Is one of few people with patience to grind*

Current Location:
Route 30

Current team:
Totodile (Snappy) ~ Elm's Lab
Sentret (Vegeta) ~ Route 29
Caterpie (StringShot) ~ Route 30

Graveyard:
Empty

(29-07-2010 06:57 PM)Kudamon Wrote: [ -> ]Is level-grinding allowed? *Is one of few people with patience to grind*

*hi-5* I suppose, there's nothing in the rules about level=grinding.

(29-07-2010 09:38 PM)Smearowak Wrote: [ -> ]

No fair... T-T You have the most splendid banner here...

Update. I have reached Floaroma Town, having caught a Magikarp. I ground it to produce a seething Gyarados at Lv. 20 at present.

Sure, you can grind, if you want to. :P

ANYWAYS...

First casualty of the challenge. That Spearow used Fury Attack, it hits 5 times with 2 critical hits. =/ You will be missed, Pidgey.

In happier news, I have a full team now. Zubat (Sense) and Spearow (Bolt) have replaced my Pidgey, and Magikarp is sitting in my box. Currently trying to get everyone up to Level 14 before proceeding into Mt. Moon.

I wanna try this, but I have three questions.

1) If you find, let's say, a Starly, fail to catch it, find a Poke Ball, then find another Starly on the same route, can you catch it?
2) If you go to, for example, Route 206, and catch the first thing you see there, then return to Route 206, can you catch the first thing you see on your return visit?
3) What are the rules on soft-resetting (to mitigate a battle loss or to change the first Pokemon seen)?