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Game-o-rama => General Gaming => Pokemon => Topic started by: Neerb on April 23, 2012, 05:52:20 PM

Title: The Nuzlocke Challenge
Post by: Neerb on April 23, 2012, 05:52:20 PM
I've never done the Nuzlocke before, but after my two friends and I read through the entire comic [and now follow it], we've decided to go for it. One friend will be doing Hoenn (can't remember if he has Ruby or Sapphire), second friend will be doing either FireRed or Platinum, and I will be borrowing the second friend's HeartGold. This will be especially epic for me, I think, because I have never been to Johto, the original or remakes; my first time through Johto [and post-R/B/Y Kanto] will also be my first Nuzlocke.

So, just letting you guys know; I'm not sure when we'll get started, but once we do, I'll update my adventure, and I may be able to convince the friend I'm borrowing it from to post his journey too (he has a profile here as ChaosGear, but he hasn't posted in a while).
Title: Re: The Nuzlocke Challenge
Post by: Kayo on April 23, 2012, 06:56:07 PM
I did this one weekend last summer with Ruby. Started Friday night and beat Steven really early Monday morning, clocking in 36 hours of play time within about 50 hours. Livestreamed the whole thing. Still don't regret it.

But yeah, good luck. You're also kind of convincing me to attempt another Nuzlocke right here, right now. Should I?
Title: Re: The Nuzlocke Challenge
Post by: Mona on April 24, 2012, 01:44:19 PM
I've tried doing a Nuzlocke Challenge before, but I always end up abandoning the rules pretty quickly because it's more fun for me without them. I guess it's just not really my thing.
Title: Re: The Nuzlocke Challenge
Post by: The Riddler on April 24, 2012, 08:30:46 PM
I demand you name your starter "Riddler" and choose Totodile.
Title: Re: The Nuzlocke Challenge
Post by: Neerb on April 26, 2012, 07:35:50 AM
Day 1: License to Train
•   Starter chosen; it's a female Chikorita. I name it "Ellie," after Ellie Sattler the paleobotanist.
•   Ugh, I forgot how long the "tutorials" in Pokémon can be; granted, they aren't Zelda long, but I've gotta walk through the first two routes before I even get to fight a trainer.
•   Ooh, Oak is in this game, and right off the bat too.
•   My rival, Mr Kill, goes down pretty easily in the first fight.
•   Lyra (didn't know they integrated her into the plot) teaches me how to catch Pokémon; yippee. Too bad I already had to walk through the first two routes.
•   New route, first new Pokémon: Caterpie. Eh, don't wanna raise one; I'll box it later. I name it Bugsy (and yes, I know there's a Johto leader named Bugsy).
•   First gym town; I have to go to the Bellsprout tower, apparently. Accidentally kill the first Pokémon, Ratatta, and Bugsy dies before the tower is done. I make it out, but now Ellie is alone.
•   Falkner is Flying type? Ellie's tough, but I go back to Dark Cave (I hadn't entered it earlier) to find and catch a female Geodude, Eartha.
•   After a bit of training, Eartha clips Falkner's wings, and I get a free egg to count as my Violet City Pokémon (not sure how you guys play it, but my friends and I interpret Bellsprout Tower to be a different area, like how a cave isn't part of a route).
•   More routes, more caves, finally get something I bother to catch: a male Zubat. Name it McGinnis. Leech Life is lol, but a bit of training and he's totally screwing people over with Supersonic.
•   What's this? Ellie is evolving!
•   Grinding, traveling, finally in the next gym city. Rockets are back! But their selling overpriced meat? Ooooh, so eeeeeviiiiil. They don't even kill the animals, for crying out loud.
•   Male Togepi, or should I say "Willis," hatches in the Slowpoke well. Time to train him up to everyone else's level.
•   Beaten all of Bugsy's minions, but may grind a bit more before facing him.

Team
•   Ellie - Lv. 17 female Bayleef
•   Eartha - Lv. 16 female Geodude
•   McGinnis - Lv. 12 male Zubat
•   Willis - Lv. 9 male Togepi

PC
•   Empty

Obituary
•   Bugsy – Lv. 6 male Caterpie
Title: Re: The Nuzlocke Challenge
Post by: JrDude on April 26, 2012, 10:44:20 AM
Your Chikorita had a sex change during evolution? Very strange.
Title: Re: The Nuzlocke Challenge
Post by: Neerb on April 26, 2012, 11:04:09 AM
Quote from: JrDude 益 on April 26, 2012, 10:44:20 AM
Your Chikorita had a sex change during evolution? Very strange.

lol, editing

Also, I've already had some adventuring today, so expect an update later on tonight. Here's a hint: someone has died.
Title: Re: The Nuzlocke Challenge
Post by: The Riddler on April 26, 2012, 02:06:45 PM
>female starter

isn't that super rare
Title: Re: The Nuzlocke Challenge
Post by: zephilicious on April 26, 2012, 02:47:40 PM
1 in 8 not that rare
Title: Re: The Nuzlocke Challenge
Post by: Kayo on April 26, 2012, 07:09:43 PM
Quote from: JrDude 益 on April 26, 2012, 10:44:20 AM
Your Chikorita had a sex change during evolution? Very strange.
Random semi-relevant fact: One out of every three female Azurill will undergo a sex change and become male as it evolves into Marill.

Also, you should totally name something after me. I'd say Houndour since it's one of my favorite Gen II Pokemon but you can't get that pre-e4. But yeah, name something after me. And do not let it die. ;-;
Title: Re: The Nuzlocke Challenge
Post by: JrDude on April 26, 2012, 11:09:33 PM
Name a Pokémon you hate after me but don't let me die.

Quote from: Kayo on April 26, 2012, 07:09:43 PM
Random semi-relevant fact: One out of every three female Azurill will undergo a sex change and become male as it evolves into Marill.
False. As the % is based off being seen in the wild or being born. You can breed for either, as you need an Incense to get Azurill. When BORN, Maril have a 50% chance of being either gender. When BORN, Azurill have a 25% chance of ♂, 75% chance of ♀, 100% chance of keeping it's vagina/dick when evolved.
Based on the wild seeing thing, it means they were born Marills if it's still 50/50
Title: Re: The Nuzlocke Challenge
Post by: Neerb on April 26, 2012, 11:21:40 PM
Day 2: Game Corner Royale
•   Mr Kill stops me from leaving town; I'm a bit scared at first, but everyone makes it through; his Quilava never stood a chance against Eartha.
•   The mighty Bugsy has fallen; Eartha destroyed Scyther, and I let Willis take care of the rest.
•   Playing a little Farfetch'd hunt, learning Cut, learning Headbutt, meeting another one of those geishas or whatever. Good thing Ilex is so small; I've never liked bug forests, even though they're a staple of the series by now.
•   Battling more trainers, but staying out of the grass; people are really lenient with their phone numbers in Johto, aren't they?
•   HOLY CRAP, JOEY, YOU'VE CALLED ME LIKE TWELVE TIMES SINCE I FOUGHT YOU. YOUR RATTATA ISN'T THAT GOOD.
•   Well looky here, the Day Care Center, and they're Lyra's grandparents. Not gonna use it, since that seems like cheating, but nice for them to have some personality.
•   It is a sad day; Eartha has fallen. My highest level Pokémon, my star, the rock who took down my rival and BOTH gym leaders so far, has been killed by a random girl's Psyduck. Bugsy was my first death, but this is truly my first loss. NEVER FORGET.
•   Need to compensate for my loss, so I walk into the grass and... female Drowzee! Ariadne now on my team, I walk into Goldenrod.
•   After healing, I explore for a bit. I get a radio, a bicycle, and some money from the new Game Corner, which, I might add, is probably the lamest [but most convenient] Game Corner ever. It's just three rich dudes sitting in their house, and the one in the middle gives you free money.
•   Ariadne has perished before getting to do anything; while training her, a Rattata used Pursuit as I was pulling her out of a fight. Not my worst loss yet, but I don't exactly have a large team right now.
•   My Goldenrod Pokémon is an Abra from the Game Corner; I name him "Uri." Uri is, to my surprise, level 15, so it takes only a small bit of training to make him a Kadabra. I no longer fear Rattata Pursuits thanks to Teleport.
•   "Willis used Metronome!" "Willis used Explosion!" I am initially in shock, which quickly turns to immense rage. I rage at the ludicrous odds of such a thing happening, rage at how Willis never contributed to a fight and ended up killing himself instead of going down fighting, rage at how hard it was to train him, rage that he took 13 levels worth of exp from my other Pokémon without giving back anything, rage that he never evolved because "happiness" could happen pretty much whenever, rage at my friends for laughing and "I-told-you-so"ing at my misfortune. Bugsy fell into obscurity, Eartha died after winning two gym battles, and Ariadne was robbed of life quickly and painlessly; Willis, on the other hand, died selfishly, cowardly, and uselessly, and he was a horrid example for Togepi's everywhere. However, Willis' death makes me realize that I only have half a team, all under-leveled, and I still have to fight the infamous Whitney. The grinding continues. I miss Eartha.

Team
•   Ellie - Lv. 18 female Bayleef
•   McGinnis - Lv. 18 male Zubat
•   Uri - Lv. 19 male Kadabra

PC
•   Empty

Obituary
•   Eartha – Lv. 17 female Geodude
•   Ariadne – Lv. 13 female Drowzee
•   Willis – Lv. 14 male Togepi
Title: Re: The Nuzlocke Challenge
Post by: Mona on April 27, 2012, 12:19:33 AM
(;^;) I am so sorry for your losses.

Also, despite what I said earlier I am now thinking of trying to do a Nuzlocke challenge again.
Title: Re: The Nuzlocke Challenge
Post by: zephilicious on April 27, 2012, 04:56:52 AM
Quote from: JrDude 益 on April 26, 2012, 11:09:33 PM
Name a Pokémon you hate after me but don't let me die.
False. As the % is based off being seen in the wild or being born. You can breed for either, as you need an Incense to get Azurill. When BORN, Maril have a 50% chance of being either gender. When BORN, Azurill have a 25% chance of ♂, 75% chance of ♀, 100% chance of keeping it's vagina/dick when evolved.
Based on the wild seeing thing, it means they were born Marills if it's still 50/50

False again. Gender is not stored, but calculated based on a combination of personality value and the species gender rates.

the personality value does not change upon evolution, but the gender rate does, therefore there is a potential gender change.
Title: Re: The Nuzlocke Challenge
Post by: Neerb on April 27, 2012, 10:06:46 PM
Day 3: Grinding is Forever
•   Need a fourth member; Uri's Teleport makes me brave enough to move forward to catch something new before fighting Whitney.
•   First Pokémon on the new route: Nidoran, Female! Oh, wait, apparently Ellie doesn't want it on the team and decided to critical hit a Cut and kill the poor thing. Dang it, Ellie.
•   Travel a bit farther and end up in the National Park, where I meet a female Pidgy. Catch it, name it "Wendy," and we start fighting trainers and wild Pokémon.
•   After gorging herself on caterpillars, chrysalises, and sunflower seeds, Wendy becomes a Pidgeotto.
•   A bit more training and McGinnis finds himself a Golbat. Not sure when Crobat will come around, being friendship and all, but I imagine Golbat is enough for now.
•   Everyone on my team is now 2/3 evolved; I'm going to grind some more tomorrow, then face the Goldenrod gym.

Team
•   Ellie – Lv. 20 female Bayleef
•   McGinnis – Lv. 22 male Golbat
•   Uri – Lv. 21 male Kadabra
•   Wendy – Lv. 19 female Pidgeotto

PC
•   Empty

Obituary
•   Empty
Title: Re: The Nuzlocke Challenge
Post by: Mona on April 27, 2012, 10:26:55 PM
Okay. I have decided to do a Nuzlocke challenge on Fire Red. I'm not sure how long I'll stick with it so we'll see what happens.
Title: Re: The Nuzlocke Challenge
Post by: Flying Chickens on April 27, 2012, 11:49:50 PM
If nothing else, doing a Nuzlocke challenge made me appreciate how much I enjoy the normal Pokemon game.
Title: Re: The Nuzlocke Challenge
Post by: Mona on April 28, 2012, 02:31:32 PM
So guys, I've been keeping a log of my Nuzlocke experience. Would anyone like me to post it in a new thread?
Title: Re: The Nuzlocke Challenge
Post by: Kayo on April 28, 2012, 07:58:24 PM
Quote from: zephilicious on April 27, 2012, 04:56:52 AM
False again. Gender is not stored, but calculated based on a combination of personality value and the species gender rates.

the personality value does not change upon evolution, but the gender rate does, therefore there is a potential gender change.
You said something accurate. I'm surprised. But yeah, Junior, that's how it works.

Quote from: Mona on April 28, 2012, 02:31:32 PM
So guys, I've been keeping a log of my Nuzlocke experience. Would anyone like me to post it in a new thread?
Hmmm, how would Neerb feel about sharing his thread? Or does he want to make it about his challenge only? Gotta figure that out before I do anything Nuzlocke-related.
Title: Re: The Nuzlocke Challenge
Post by: DededeCloneChris on April 28, 2012, 08:24:25 PM
The thread's title seems pretty general to me. GO.
Title: Re: The Nuzlocke Challenge
Post by: Mona on April 28, 2012, 08:42:11 PM
Well, I suppose I'll post it now and if Neerb has any objections I can always just move it into a new thread, right?


Anyways, I left off shortly after that after grinding a  little bit. I'll update when I get around to playing more (which will probably be soon).

Current Pokemon:
Charmander (Rhys) lvl 14
Nerys  (Rattata) lvl 12
Pasco (Metapod) lvl 6
Title: Re: The Nuzlocke Challenge
Post by: Neerb on April 29, 2012, 12:05:31 PM
Feel free to post your journeys on this thread, although it may get a bit hard to find chapters if enough people do it. Oh well; more activity the better.


Day 4: For Your Ecruteak Only
•   Whitney is... surprising. She carries not one, but TWO Super Potions. Even the Elite Four only carry one healing item at a time; how the heck does she get off doing this? Additionally, Miltank is a stomping machine. Stomp, Stomp, Stomp, "Ellie flinched!", Stomp. I swear, in all my years of training, I have never seen an NPC spam a move like this. Ultimately, Miltank falls, but not before she gets a cheap critical hit on Uri. Goodbye, my potentially super-powered Psychic with an always-convenient Teleport.
•   On my way to the next town, I decide to fight that tree that even I, having never played Johto, knew was a Sudowoodo. Except that it's an all-powerful goddess of petrified wood, and I am not at all prepared for it. It takes a Poké Ball, two Great Balls, and an Ultra Ball to catch the thing, and in the process it beats my tiny team to a pulp and actually kills McGinnis in the process. Poor McGinnis; he was my favorite team member.
•   As I finally reach Ecruteak, I recap: I've had six deaths on this journey, and FIVE of them have been in or around Goldenrod. Uri and McGinnis were a trade and a level up away from evolving; had I jumped at it when I had the chance, perhaps they would have been strong enough to still be alive. I've yet to have a full party so far.
•   Looking around, I realize there are three immediate chances to get new recruits: Burnt Tower, Mt. Mortar, and a route. I may have a full party after all.
•   Johto hates me. I briefly visit all three areas, and I find two Rattatas and a Raticate. Am I just not meant to have a decent team? Does HeartGold actively not want me to succeed? I name the first Rattata "Ms Mowz," name the Raticate "Brain," and just kill the third rat when I run into it. Ms Mowz joins my party while Brain goes in the PC. Strangely, my entire team is now female.
•   I go through the entirety of Burnt Tower, which I always imagined as being much bigger. Katreena, the Sudowoodo, gives me a bit of relief by showing that she can fight for me just as well as she fought against me; Mr Kill gets the crap beat out of him by my non-plant deity.
•   Time for more grinding before I try fighting Morty.

Party
•   Ellie – Lv. 23 female Bayleef
•   Wendy – Lv. 22 female Pidgeotto
•   Katreena – Lv. 22 female Sudowoodo
•   Ms Mowz – Lv. 16 female Rattata

PC
•   Brain – Lv. 17 male Raticate

Obituary
•   McGinnis – Lv. 22 male Golbat
•   Uri – Lv. 22 male Kadabra
Title: Re: The Nuzlocke Challenge
Post by: Neerb on May 02, 2012, 10:46:13 PM
Day 5: You Only Live Twice if You're Ghost Type
•   I decide I don't really want to fight Morty before I have a bigger team, so I head forward a ways along the route. Ms Mowz becomes Raticate along the way.
•   There's a farm on this route. Miltank needs Oran Berries to get better? Too bad; I only have super potions and Nuzlocke-useless revives.
•   I end up in Olivine, where Mr Kill appears. I freak out because my team has some injuries, but he has mercy and just runs away.
•   Apparently the gym leader isn't available yet. My badge list says the one after Morty is a guy, but Olivine's leader is a "she," so I guess there's not much of anything to do here yet.
•   Some guy gives me a Good Rod. I never even got the Old one. Not the first time this has happened to me in a game, I guess.
•   I try to fish on the beach, but some guy stops me and tells me I need Surf first, and that some old guy will give it to me in Ecruteak. I already got Strength right next to Ecruteak; HMs all around, I guess.
•   I head back, and my first wild encounter on the route before Olivine is... Magnemite! Finally, some diversity! I catch it and name it "Lehnsherr."
•   Lehnsherr beats the crap out of some wilds as I head back to Ecruteak. When I get there, I decide to investigate a building I haven't before. It's a geisha stage, and some Rocket is harassing one about how she's supposed to do what the customer wants. Innuendo? I gotta be honest, I'm not sure what all being a "geisha" involves, but I can't help feel she's basically a fancy Japanese show girl, and Rocket's words arent' helping.
•   The geisha's "master" or "pimp" or whatever (I really don't know what a geisha is supposed to do) gives me Surf. I can't use it yet, but maybe just having it is enough.
•   I'm right; the surfer dude lets me through to the beach, and I catch a Magikarp I name "Orm." It's level 20, so it unfortunately misses out on Bite, but I get it evolve it asap anyway and make it my Surfer.
•   I have a full team for the first time in the game. Time to fight Morty.
•   Ms Mowz uses Sucker Punch, Bite, and Crunch (which replaces Bite mid-battle), along with it's immunity to NightShade and a Focus Energy to dodge enemy Sucker Punches, to completely wipe out Morty's team. My reward is Shadow Ball and the ability to Surf. Too bad I don't have anything that Shadow Ball can/should be taught.
•   I head back through Olivine and begin my surfing journey; Lehnsherr gets a tooon of experience along the way. Since he's my only unevolved Pokémon and he takes til 30 to evolve, I decide to go ahead and train him until he grows up since water enemies are so easy. I catch a Tentacool and beat some trainers silly before reaching Cianwood.
•   I walk around for a bit; there's a Fighting gym (so much for Lehnsherr just yet), an unfinished Safari Zone, a girl who promises me Fly if I beat the gym, and... Suiccune. Suiccune is not an encounter, though; I walk to it, it flees in a cutscene, and then that magician-looking guy shows up... to fight?!
•   Dude has an Electrode, aka lightning-fast Pokémon that likes to Self-Destruct. Scares the crap out of me at first, but he doesn't destruct; Lehnsherr Thunder Waves him, then Ellie slowly fights him while he spams Thunder. I win; gotta be more prepared next time.
•   I meet a collector of rare Pokémon who gives me my Pokémon for this city: Shuckle. Not a fan of Shuckle, I have a full party, and I can't even name it because it's a gift, so Shuckle just goes in the PC.

Party
•   Ellie – Lv. 25 female Bayleef
•   Wendy – Lv. 23 female Pidgeotto
•   Katreena – Lv. 23 female Sudowoodo
•   Ms Mowz – Lv. 24 female Raticate
•   Lehnsherr – Lv. 26 "male" Magnemite
•   Orm – Lv. 22 male Gyarados

PC
•   Brain – Lv. 17 male Raticate
•   Ujelly – Lv. 17 female Tentacool
•   Shuckle – Lv. 20 male Shuckle

Obituary
•   empty
Title: Re: The Nuzlocke Challenge
Post by: Mona on May 03, 2012, 05:19:51 PM
Wells, here's an update from me...


Party:
Charmander (Rhys) lvl 19
Rattata (Nerys) lvl 17
Butterfree (Pasco) lvl 18
Pidgeotto (Nicca) lvl 19
Geodude (Maeve) lvl 19
Spearow (Gordan) lvl 12
Title: Re: The Nuzlocke Challenge
Post by: jnfs2014 on May 04, 2012, 01:14:16 PM
I'd love to do one, but I don't currently have a suitable posting device yet. I'll prolly start one and post it later. I'll do Emerald.
Title: Re: The Nuzlocke Challenge
Post by: The Riddler on May 04, 2012, 03:08:05 PM
where the intercourse  are your riddler pokemon
Title: Re: The Nuzlocke Challenge
Post by: jnfs2014 on May 08, 2012, 02:36:42 PM
-Decided to go TOTALLY original and name my character J.

-Why am I riding in a moving truck anyways?

-Dangit Mom I'll never be in my room; why do I have to set my clock?

-Looks like someone left a Potion in the computer. YOINK!

-Dad's on TV....but we missed him. :(

-Neighbor meeting...with an orange gamecube. And me getting caught in a girl's room sneaking around. Not the best first impression.

-May: "I have to go help my Dad catch Pokemon, but I think I'll just go on the computer."

-Saved Professor Birch from a Zigzagoon. Hooray.

-Torchic is a girl.....Jacqueline it is.

-After another Potion in Oldale Town, it's time to grind.

-After getting to Lv9, Jacqueline scratches  May's Mudkip into a faint.

Party:

Jacqueline (Torchic) Lv10
Title: Re: The Nuzlocke Challenge
Post by: jnfs2014 on May 11, 2012, 12:04:53 PM
-After catching back to back Wurmples in the first two routes (named Brody and Izzy, respectively), I caught a Marill in the route west of Petalburg. I named him Riddler.

-I plowed through the Petalburg Woods, catching a Poochyena I named Dimitri. I don't know if he has any real skill though.

-Grinded a bit above Rustboro and caught a Nincada I named Xavier. Should be decent once he evolves into Shedinja.

-Jacqueline evolved into a Combusken and learned both Double Kick and Peck. She promptly demolished Roxanne's Nosepass.

My Party:

Jacqueline (Combusken) Lv18
Riddler (Marill) Lv11
Brody (Wumple) Lv2
Izzy (Wurmple) Lv3
Dimitri (Poochyena) Lv6
Xavier (Nincada) Lv6

Also, I will write longer updates once my laptop is fixed. It's pretty darn hard typing a huge summary on a phone.
Title: Re: The Nuzlocke Challenge
Post by: Neerb on May 20, 2012, 05:54:20 PM
Finally back! I'm a bit backlogged, though; I'm technically done with Day 8, so here's 6, but expect 7 and 8 to be posted soon.

Day 6: Quantum of Safari
•   While grinding for what feels like a very long time, Lehnsherr becomes Magneton; I'm a bit excited, I guess because I've never bothered to train one before.
•   Wendy's not offering a whole lot right now, but she may prove useful against the Fighting gym here on Cianwood, so I super over-train her into a Pidgeot and give her the Pluck TM.
•   Wendy should now easily be able to take on the Fighting gym... yet, I feel a bit sorry for Ellie, who has gotten to do squat for a while now. I let Ellie start off the fight against the gym leader, and low and behold, she destroys him. Turns out spamming Double Team and Focus Punch doesn't get you anywhere when your enemy (Ellie) knows Magic Leaf.
•   Wendy gets to learn Fly, and I finally return to Olivine to explore that lighthouse; it's filled with trainers, but my team can handle it.
•   I find Jasmine, Olivine's leader, nursing an Ampharos and asking me to go to... Cianwood. I have the strangest feeling that I was kinda supposed to talk to her BEFORE Cianwood.
•   After healing Ampharos, it's battle time with Jasmine, and... she kills Lehnsherr. After I spent so long training him, Lehnsherr got trapped (stupid Magnet Pull ability or whatever) with a Magnemite his same level, which just happened to be luckier on the SuperSonic and was wielding a ThunderBolt. I caught Lehnsherr right before Olivine and didn't use him against the gym on Cianwood; he died a few yards from his birthplace without beating a single gym Pokémon. This humiliation will not stand; Orm unleashes his full fury, and Jasmine's precious Magnemites and Steelix go down before they can even touch him.
•   Having received a call for the Safari Zone, I head to Cianwood AGAIN to explore a new route.
•   There are some tough trainers on this route... Ms Mowz and Kayo, a Krabby I had JUST captured on that route, fall to an Electabuzz (my team was weak; SOMEONE had to die, and Kayo just happened to be the most expendable). RIP Ms Mowz; you served me well.
•   I finally make it into the Safari Zone. Finally, some potentially rare and awesome Pokémon! And just in time, because I'm down two members and don't want to use my box Pokémon. I pay the fee, step inside, walk into the grass, and... RATTATA. What the heck is Rattata doing in here?! What kind of "safari" is this? I don't even try catching it.
•   Disappointed, I think it's been a terrible day; two and a half losses total. However, I had purposely avoided the grass on the route right in front of the Safari Zone, and now that I decide to walk into it, I find a Tauros. I've never trained a Tauros, but I've heard that they were all that and a bag of Poffins back in the day, so I catch it and name it Moosssolini. He quickly proves to be a powerhouse.
•   I fly, walk, and surf to the new town, Mahogany; along the way, I catch a male Goldeen and name it Nemo. More for the box.
•   The townsfolk are apparently having some trouble with the Lake of Rage, so I head north, and on the route leading to it I find and catch a female Flaafy, and Ampharos' family is my favorite Electric line of Pokémon! I've lost valuable Normal and Electric Pokémon and a useless Water Pokémon, but now they've been replace with a way better Normal, a more favorited Electric, and an equally useless Water. Things are looking up.

Party
•   Ellie – Lv. 32 female Meganium
•   Wendy – Lv. 36 female Pidgeot
•   Katreena – Lv. 24 female Sudowoodo
•   Orm – Lv. 31 male Gyarados
•   Moossolini – Lv. 20 male Tauros
•   Rachael – Lv. 17 female Flaafy

PC
•   Brain – Lv. 17 male Raticate
•   Ujelly – Lv. 17 female Tentacool
•   Shuckie – Lv. 20 male Shuckle
•   Nemo – Lv. 16 male Goldeen

Obituary
•   Lehnsherr – Lv. 30 "male" Magneton
•   Ms Mowz – Lv. 25 female Raticate
•   Kayo – Lv. 17 male Krabby
Title: Re: The Nuzlocke Challenge
Post by: Neerb on May 22, 2012, 07:38:41 AM
Day 7: On Lance's Secret Service
•   Someone tells me there's a guy with red hair who talked down about his Pokémon. Rival battle ahead? Better train my new recruits first.
•   Take Rachael back to Cianwood to train; it reminds me of Lehnsherr.
•   Upon Rachael's evolution to Ampharos, it occurs to me that this is the first time so far that I have a fully evolved team.
•   Return to the Lake of Rage and capture the Red Gyarados, a female I deem Mera. Ironically, the raging beast is "Calm" nature; I suppose my capture brought it peace? I consider replacing Orm, but while both of their natures suck, Orm isn't quite as bad.
•   I find that the red-head is none other than Lance, the Elite 4 member himself. He tells me he's hunting Rockets, and I join up with him to break into their underground base after watching him command his Dragonite to Hyper Beam a human being right into a wall. Holy crap, Lance, we don't fight to kill here.
•   While I'm in HQ, a trap makes a Geodude appear; I capture it and name it Golette (as a female Golem, not a reference to the 5th gen Ground/Ghost). I reminisce about Eartha for a bit, and realize that Golette may come in handy if Katreena fails.
•   Lance and I get to do a double battle, where he reveals that his Dragonite is a useless piece of crap. The thing gets paralyzed right off the bat and then just spams Fly the whole match while Moossolini and Katreena do all the work.
•   The Rockets fall fast and hard, but then Lance announces that we have to fight... Electrodes? Three in a row; I get a bit on-edge, but none of them SD or Explode, so all's well that ends well.

Party
•   Ellie – Lv. 32 female Meganium
•   Wendy – Lv. 36 female Pidgeot
•   Katreena – Lv. 29 female Sudowoodo
•   Orm – Lv. 32 male Gyarados
•   Moossolini – Lv. 30 male Tauros
•   Rachael – Lv. 31 female Ampharos

PC
•   Brain – Lv. 17 male Raticate
•   Ujelly – Lv. 17 female Tentacool
•   Shuckie – Lv. 20 male Shuckle
•   Nemo – Lv. 16 male Goldeen
•   Mera – Lv. 30 female Gyarados
•   Golette – Lv. 21 female Geodude

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Title: Re: The Nuzlocke Challenge
Post by: Neerb on May 26, 2012, 08:50:34 PM
Day 8: GoldenRod
•   With the Rockets' plan foiled, I take on the gym leader of Mahogany, who never stands a chance against Moossolini and Rachael's combined power. The two of them are proving to be among my most useful captures yet.
•   I'm... stuck? The RageCandyBar Salesman won't let me through to the next route, so I try to find my way around, and end up flying all over Johto to do whoknowswhat. I find the route next to my home town that takes me to a man who tells me I'm in Kanto... I feel somewhat lonely.
•   I decide to check out the Whirl Islands now that I can Whirlpool... I find a whole lotta nothing and catch a Seel while I'm there.
•   I thinking maybe I can check out Kanto another way after having tried surfing there, I remember the monorail in Goldenrod. I return to find... Rockets. They've taken over the whole town, and their plan has become clear: they wish to broadcast their rage-inducing signals to every Pokémon in Johto, which is probably the coolest and most evil plan I've ever seen a villain team do in any game in the series. Time to extinguish the fuse.
•   The Rockets tell me I can't go up unless I'm in uniform, and I remember the photo booth underground where they have a fake Rocket outfit. I run down, some idiot hands it to me, and I start to sneak my way to the radio station, when Mr Kill returns at last just to stupidly expose my identity.
•   Everyone on my team gets a turn beating up Rockets left and right. I finally feel like my party is a real team, swapping out members when necessary to take advantage of the scenario. Beating the bad guys hasn't felt this fun in a while.
•   The Rockets have ANOTHER base? I head to the deepest depths of this miserable city, this city that nothing but my starter made it past my first time through, to find that it is rotted to its very core, with Rockets everywhere.
•   Mr Kill! At last, after appearing without a challenge for so long, he returns for a real fight. I'm prepared, though; his Pokémon are tough, but not tough enough, and they all fall; Orm and Moossolini in particular give him a great deal of pain.
•   I find the radio chairman at the bottom of the base, and he gives me the key. Time to return to the tower and finally free Goldenrod from these Rockets.
•   I beat each of the Rocket Executives, surprising them each time (even though they each already lost to me before), before taking on the big exec, Archer. I'm surprised to see he doesn't have the usual Poison garbage, but a Houndoor and Houndoom. The battle is tense and fun... but only because I allow it to be. I stand, he falls, and reveals that apparently it's "tradition" for the Rockets to disband their entire organization every time their leader loses a fight. Not too efficient, these guys.
•   Time to head forward, TO ADVENTURE. After some ice-themed puzzles, I end up in Blackthorn, a Dragon town. Crap; the only thing I have that can hurt a Dragon well is Orm's Ice Fang. Simply fighting a couple Dratini in the gym tells me that this last Johto leader is going to be tough.
•   The Move Deleter lives here?! Heck yeah! Say goodbye to Cut, Rock Smash, and Whirlpool. Also, Ellie is deemed worthy of the ultimate of ultimate Grass moves... hopefully I can justify using it soon, because that recharging turn could be deadly in Nuzlocke.

Party
•   Ellie – Lv. 36 female Meganium
•   Wendy – Lv. 36 female Pidgeot
•   Katreena – Lv. 35 female Sudowoodo
•   Orm – Lv. 35 male Gyarados
•   Moossolini – Lv. 35 male Tauros
•   Rachael – Lv. 35 female Ampharos

PC
•   Brain – Lv. 17 male Raticate
•   Ujelly – Lv. 17 female Tentacool
•   Shuckie – Lv. 20 male Shuckle
•   Nemo – Lv. 16 male Goldeen
•   Mera – Lv. 30 female Gyarados
•   Golette – Lv. 21 female Geodude
•   SEEL – Lv. 24 female Seel

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