Overdriven Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 So I heard about the Pokemon Nuzlocke challenge and I'm giving it a go on my Pokemon Ruby Version. Wondering if anyone has tried it before and has any tips or anything for it. But he had grown tired of his old Pokemon games; they had become repetitive and unchallenging after many play throughs. Deciding to make the experience more interesting, he set two rules for himself: 1. He could only capture the first Pokemon he encountered in each new area. 2. If a Pokemon fainted he would consider it dead and release it. The results were unexpected; rather than simply increasing the difficulty, these rules caused him to care for his monster companions more than ever before. He found new appreciation for Pokemon he would have previously never bothered to capture, and worried deeply for his team, knowing any knockout would mean goodbye. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dexie Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Don't get too attached to anyone. The moment you do is when tragedy usually strikes. For those of you wondering what the hell Nuzlocke is... http://www.nuzlocke.com/challenge.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalcyonSpirit Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Might want to make the title of the thread a bit more descriptive... But yeah, this is the first I've heard of this, and I'm eager to try it out. Might tweak the rules a bit in my own case to give it some leeway in areas while ramping up the difficulty in others to preserve the original intent of making the game harder and having each Pokemon you encounter matter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scufo Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Having a lot of down time at work last summer, I did this in Diamond. I also tried and failed at it in Soul Silver. My advice? Don't take risks. Unlucky critical hits can and will fuck you over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overdriven Posted February 24, 2012 Author Share Posted February 24, 2012 Having a lot of down time at work last summer, I did this in Diamond. I also tried and failed at it in Soul Silver.My advice? Don't take risks. Unlucky critical hits can and will fuck you over. Yeah, I almost lost my starter to one earlier today.........VERY lucky it survived.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan Rex Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 I started this in saphire and never finished. Probably because I normally play balls-to-the-wall hardcore risk taking pokemanz. Or i hate zigzagoon. Yeah. Probably that last one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overdriven Posted February 24, 2012 Author Share Posted February 24, 2012 I have one right now and personally I love it. Two Rare Candies, an Ultra Ball, and a PP Up and I havent even beat Roxanne yet. Still find it insane that I actually have a Ralts though. I blame my friend. He jinxed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dexie Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 I have one right now and personally I love it. Two Rare Candies, an Ultra Ball, and a PP Up and I havent even beat Roxanne yet.Still find it insane that I actually have a Ralts though. I blame my friend. He jinxed it. Oof. That's some serious luck. Pity it's so fragile until it hits it's final form. You'd better be careful with that, dude. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Damned Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 I actually did a Nuzlocke on my Ruby cart before christmas last year. I did not survive the seventh gym. Pyroraptor the Combusken was wiped out by several good hits, and the rest of the team fell after that. Nuzlockes can be downright hard, depending upon your luck. Even if you don't go with a "only use items you find" rule and spend money on lots of Potions, you're still going to lose lots of pokémon along the way. My advice is to level up in areas with much lower-level pokémon in them. It will take far longer to level up more, but you also severely reduce the chances of critical hits and not being to get out of a losing battle. I did do another later, with an emulated copy of Crystal. I added the rule of "no recatching", where if I had already caught and lost a pokémon, I can't get another of that line (ie: you catch a Pidgey and it dies, you can't catch and use another one or its evolutions). That made using a Flyer really risky, as I ended up losing every Flying-type line but one, and at that point, I said "fuck this" and NEVER USED IT IN BATTLE, EVER. Sometimes the best challenges are the user-imposed ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollgagh Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 bah, I have a hard enough time finding the concentration needed to play the damned games normally, much less intentionally crippled Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gario Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Reminds me of when my brother and I would play x-com and save the game after every single turn/every passing day, no matter what happened. Similar concept - you get very attached to units because they could die the next mission, and such, and really changes the way you see a game like that. Too bad I don't play Pokemon - I might enjoy trying something like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eternal Zero Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Keep logs of your adventures. It's always fun to go back and read them or share them with people. And get emotionally attached. Where's the fun without some heartbreak?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GravitySuitCollector Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Sounds a bit crazy, but fun. I don't really play pokemon since I first played red in elementary school, but I could see doing something similar with a different game (hmmm, Disgaea might be good). Actually, that does sound good, especially since I picked up the PSP version recently. Maybe only one character per monster type, reincarnations to higher levels allowed.... Too bad I'm busy with other games right now (Fortune Summoners ). As gamers, we seem to have an affinity to challenge/punish ourselves.... Anyways, good luck gaming. Oh yeah, I ran into this in chat when I was playing Kingdom of Loathing for some reason. It's an entertaining read: http://s7.zetaboards.com/Nuzlocke_Forum/topic/8552228/1/. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overdriven Posted February 24, 2012 Author Share Posted February 24, 2012 Keep logs of your adventures. It's always fun to go back and read them or share them with people. And get emotionally attached. Where's the fun without some heartbreak?! Sounds like an idea. I'll start doing that. Oof. That's some serious luck.Pity it's so fragile until it hits it's final form. You'd better be careful with that, dude. It's already level 9 and started kicking ass, but yeah, I am NOT losing that one. Too useful later on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkeSword Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 I edited your first post in this thread. If you're going to make a thread about some obscure play style for a game, you need to be more descriptive than "i heard about it and does anyone else want to try it?" Don't just assume people know what you're talking about. Anyway good luck with your challenge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melbu Frahma Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Did this once with Pokemon Red, with the added rule that if the first Pokemon I encountered in an area was the same as the first in a previous area, I was allowed to catch the first Pokemon I encountered in that area that WASN'T the first from a previous area. It actually forced me to use some Pokemon that I normally wouldn't have - the Abra, Rattatta, Oddish, and Doduo lines, to be specific - which made the game a lot more interesting. Did flawlessly until the Elite Four battle against Gary, where my Raticate, Vileplume, and Kadabra fell at last. Actually, thinking about it, I also did have one other difference; I made Box 6 my "cemetery" box, and so when those three Pokemon fell, I put them in there instead of releasing them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rexy Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 I've been hearing about Nuzlocke runs for some time. Never got around to do it as I felt more focused on building teams based around what I seem to be obsessed with at the time. But yeah, should probably give it a go with my FireRed cart sometime. Wonder where would be a good place to make a log for it O_o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNESimplicity Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 I've never done a Nuzlocke run, but I have done 2 solo runs before. I've done it with an Elekid and Chimchar. With Elekid, I made a rule that allowed me to evolve him after I beat the Elite Four(My Elekid run was on Soul Silver) I actually made it up to Red but he ravished me in ways that I can't describe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollgagh Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 I actually made it up to Red but he ravished me in ways that I can't describe. This is a pretty good typo. (psst the word you were looking for was ravaged) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garian Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Although you could take it to mean the same thing This looks interesting but I already have a difficult time playing the Pokemon games, adding in that much more of a grind factor would probably just put me off indefinitely. Best of luck to those who do try it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNESimplicity Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 This is a pretty good typo.(psst the word you were looking for was ravaged) Nah, Ravish is a synonym for rape. However Red did ravage me in the process of ravishing me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PROTO·DOME Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 I pretty much do this anyway. The best way to win is to just tank up your starter and use that as your only Pokémon. If you grind early then the game's a breeze. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollgagh Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Nah, Ravish is a synonym for rape. I guess, but rape works better imo ravish makes it sound like he's literally sicking his penis in your backside Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunarfall Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 I've done Nuzlocke mode on all gen 1-3 games. I've found the original gen 1 being the easiest by far and the gen 1 remakes being the most difficult. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dexie Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 I've done Nuzlocke mode on all gen 1-3 games. I've found the original gen 1 being the easiest by far and the gen 1 remakes being the most difficult. That's interesting. Why is the original gen the easiest? I would assume it would be the hardest, given the strength of Psychic types. Sabrina's gym, I would imagine to be a huge roadblock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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