Pok�mon Ruby playthrough, Nuzlocke edition - Page 2

Geminex · 05-19-2010, 05:25 AM

First this won't be so much an LP as an OOC log. Just recording the frustrations of playing pokemon Ruby (because if you think I'm restarting Diamond, then screw you, buddy) with Nuzlocke's rules.

Who is Nuzlocke, you ask? A /v/ user, who came up with a new ruleset for pokemon playthroughs. Google him for more info. The rules vary slightly (though #1 and #2 are always included); the ones I'm playing with are:
1: If a pokemon faints, you may not use it again, you must release it ASAP (it's considered dead)
2: You may only catch the first wild pokemon you meet on each route (If the first pokemon is a rattata, you lose out, it's the only one you can catch, don't care how many rattata you have already. If the first pokemon faints, you lose, no second try, wait until next route)
3: No item use in-battle (though hold items and berries are allowed). No revives, ever.
4: If a pokemon's HP drops to 1 due to poison, it's dead
5: Nickname all pokemon
6: No shift-style battle
7: No save states. Save only when you stop playing.

Quite a bit of stuff, but it might work. I'm playing it this way because
a) I'm bored
and
b) The strategy I'm employing ("Use your starter and nothing but your starter") is what I usually use to go through games the first time, and it's never seemed too hard to me before. I just wanna see how well I do.

I picked Mudkip as my starter (good defence, nice movepool, I looove earthquake) and am on route 102 at the moment, only just started. I'll post a longer update once I reach the first gym, and then probably keep posting one-update-per-gym where I roughly outline what's happened, who died, when I got close to failing, what I caught, that sort of thing. Should be fun.

Feedback? Advice?

05-19-2010, 05:25 AM	#1
Geminex SOM3WH3R3 Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 4,606	Pok�mon Ruby playthrough, Nuzlocke edition First this won't be so much an LP as an OOC log. Just recording the frustrations of playing pokemon Ruby (because if you think I'm restarting Diamond, then screw you, buddy) with Nuzlocke's rules. Who is Nuzlocke, you ask? A /v/ user, who came up with a new ruleset for pokemon playthroughs. Google him for more info. The rules vary slightly (though #1 and #2 are always included); the ones I'm playing with are: 1: If a pokemon faints, you may not use it again, you must release it ASAP (it's considered dead) 2: You may only catch the first wild pokemon you meet on each route (If the first pokemon is a rattata, you lose out, it's the only one you can catch, don't care how many rattata you have already. If the first pokemon faints, you lose, no second try, wait until next route) 3: No item use in-battle (though hold items and berries are allowed). No revives, ever. 4: If a pokemon's HP drops to 1 due to poison, it's dead 5: Nickname all pokemon 6: No shift-style battle 7: No save states. Save only when you stop playing. Quite a bit of stuff, but it might work. I'm playing it this way because a) I'm bored and b) The strategy I'm employing ("Use your starter and nothing but your starter") is what I usually use to go through games the first time, and it's never seemed too hard to me before. I just wanna see how well I do. I picked Mudkip as my starter (good defence, nice movepool, I looove earthquake) and am on route 102 at the moment, only just started. I'll post a longer update once I reach the first gym, and then probably keep posting one-update-per-gym where I roughly outline what's happened, who died, when I got close to failing, what I caught, that sort of thing. Should be fun. Feedback? Advice?