 The Nuzlocke Challenge is a set of self-imposed rules to make Pokémon more challenging. Generally, there are two rules. One, you're only allowed to catch the first Pokémon you encounter in each area. Two, if a Pokémon faints, it's considered dead and either has to be stored in the PC box forever, or released. And here are some additional rules I'm using. Let's see how it goes. Hi boy or girl. Now Dawn's really cute, but I'm gonna be Lucas, cause I'm a boy. Okay, what do we name him? His cannon name is Barry. Puffin, alright, we're naming him Puffin. This is Ben, Puffin Forest. Okay, look at this. Look at our room, it's so nice. It's so nice, let's take a walk around. Oh god, it's Puffin! Hey Joseph, this old guy. It's Professor Rowan, isn't it? What's he doing here? I like that Rowan's like, oh my god, these fucking kids. I apologize for putting you through that exercise. However, you must promise me that you will never recklessly endanger yourselves again. Like fighting some sort of terrorist organization or something. There she is, it's the girl. Professor Rowan, you left your briefcase at the lake. So you were gonna walk into the tall grass without any Pokémon you hypocritical bastard? Now I could let you guys vote, but I already have in mind which Pokémon that I'm gonna choose. There's Turtwig, there's Chimchar, and there's Pipelup. And uh... I mean anyone who knows me knows, and I'm gonna pick this one. Because Turtwig's my boy, I love Turtwig. He's the best. Professor, wait for me please. 100% you are my fucking girlfriend. Oh. Okay, here we go. I challenge you to a Pokémon battle. Oh god. Oh god, the game's stuttery. There he is, do the berry dance. Alright, here we go. Oh, I haven't played a Pokémon game in such a long time. I'm so excited. Evo has a bad weaknesses and resistances. Yeah, yeah. He's probably among the less good starters in the series. But you know, I still like 69 XP. Nice. Spaghetti Saxon, thanks for gifting a sub to Puffin. Whoa, Ben, Ben is in here? Hey Ben, you're my rival, I hope you don't mind. Alright, let's see, what's his nature? Oh, uh oh, uh oh, uh oh. Whoops. Whoopsie. Allow me to pass, step aside. Oh, Cyrus. Cyrus is actually a terrorist. Badoof. Giant Badoof. Killed that Badoof. Yeah, so in Nuzlocke, Nuzlocke Logic, we're not fainting these Pokémon, we're killing them. They're dead. Oh, it doesn't matter. I'm out of here, see you later. Smell ya later. Well, would you like to give it a nickname? Alright, what do we nickname them? You know, it's a little vanilla, but sure, let's stick with shield. I like shield. So yeah, there's our, there's our Turtwig, his name is shield. Sure, Turtwig feels the same way about you. That's why I'll ask you to chair set Turtwig of yours. Alright bitch, let's get going. I haven't shown you how to catch a Pokémon. Oh my god! We're gonna learn how to play Pokémon game, holy shit. Ah, Dawn, please show me how to catch a Pokémon. Thank you, Dawn. Okay, now that we have our Pokéballs, Nuzlocke is officially on. Nuzlocke mode is on. So, the first Pokémon of each area, so if you look at the top left, each time that thing comes down, that is a different area. I'm only allowed to catch the first Pokémon of each area. So, the first Pokémon I run into, and Route 202, I have to catch it, and if I don't, that's it. No more catching any more Pokémon in this route. I would like to catch a Pokémon before I fight this boy. And hey, look at that. Oh, okay, alright, alright, alright. First Pokémon of Shinks. Alright, I forgot to hold down B. Ah, you're right, I need a Mash B. No, it's a Mashing B. There we go. Hey, you got a Shinks. Sword. Now, I'm gonna save Sword. I'm gonna save Sword for a very specific Pokémon if I get it. Spoon. I like Spoon. Fork Knife. Fork Knife is my favorite Battle Royale. Wow, 400 people, hello everyone. Hi. There's a lot of people waiting for me to completely ruin this Nuzlocke. Shield is gonna be carrying us. There we go, we killed this poor boy Starly. Easy peasy. Don't want to fight her. Let's go catch more Mons. HM Slave, hello. Beautiful win this Nuzlocke. Yeah, people mention Spork because he's multi-purpose. So we're gonna call him Spork, all caps. Where can I post fan art? If you at me on Twitter, at JoeCat105, I'll be likely to see it. Shameless fan art request. God, this is so scary. I've never been scared to play a Pokémon game before. A crit would actually kill me. Oh, this is scary. Okay, alright. Spoon, you've had your XP. Okay, good. Alright, good. I can't play risky like that. There we are, Starly. God, level two. This is rough. Oh, okay. Alright, that was not a crit either. Make bets about who dies first. I'm guessing, I'm guessing Fork is gonna die first. Just because he's so squishy. Wait, no. Maybe, maybe because I don't think Spoon is gonna die. Spoon might die first, actually. I'm gonna bet Spoon's gonna die first. Just because I know I'm gonna... Why did I not swap out? What am I doing? I'm a fool. I'm not paying attention. Shield at the first rival battle? I mean, it's possible that Beedoof will win this run. Honestly, with how Nuzlocs go, it very well could. See, I don't know if I wanna grind... grinding is so dangerous. If you beat this Nuzloc on the first try, I'm gonna donate a million dollars. I... Sure. I'm not stopping you. Does Nuzloc usually take multiple tries? Is it that scary? Platinum, yes. Oh, man. Just get a gun. Shoot every Pokemon you see. I mean, how scary can a Burmy actually be? Right? Pretty scary. Yeah, I'm swapping out. I'm swapping out. This game, Nuzloc's easy. Take that out of context. Nuzloc is going to be a walk in the park. Hmm... Oh! Okay, that's a crit. Yeah, yeah. Alright, we're gonna send in the weaker pokes to grind a little bit. I don't have to worry about any elemental attacks just yet. That man. Oh, this is the best. This is the fucking best character in this game. Everyone, meet Looker. What? How do you know? How did you unmask me as a member of the International Police? What? What? I was just... I didn't say any... Heh. You claim you're only making conversation, do you? Now that my cover has been blown, let me introduce myself. This is every rogue, by the way. I'm a globetrotting elite of the International Police. My name? Ah, no. I shall inform you only of my code name. Is Looker. Also, I have a request. Random child that I just met. Just now. If you were to see me again, I ask that you not talk to me. For I am on duty. Actually, yes, yes. You may speak to me. You must. Not because I am lonely. No, no. You must inform me of bad guys. And now I go! What Pokemon will I be naming Sword? If I get one that's like, especially high attack stat. Can I take this Starling? Probably not. Let's see. Oh, no. Gotta hide behind shield again. Now Looker's gone. How mysterious. Oh boy. Uh, shit. That is the scariest, most ominous looking puffin, looking berry I've ever seen. He's just standing there. Looming. Look at him looming. As long as Spork is alive, we'll be fine. I wish it didn't stutter so we could appreciate the music. Oh, it's a worm pole. Okay. What's my favorite music from a Pokemon game? Um, finding my favorites hard, but I really like Route 216. Doorknob. I like Doorknob. Doorknob. There we go. Doorknob. Oh, shit. A trainer. Shit. I forgot about you. Damn it. It's puffin. Me? That's tougher. Come on. I'll demonstrate it to you. That's why I went to grind. Oh, I'm a fool. Oh God. His freaking starter is going to kill someone. I just know it. Runs over. Runs ruined. If I can just lower his attack a bunch and then swap out to somebody else, I'll be okay. Okay. Yeah. More growl. Okay. So he does basically nothing now and we're going to swap out. We're going to swap the spoon. He definitely has a fire move by now. Now we're going to tank up. Shield is going to tank the hell up. Oh, but that's only physical defense. I trust. I trust in shield. I trust in shield. Okay. What level is your chimchar? What level is your chimchar? Okay. Level nine. I think I can handle level nine. Okay. Leer. I'm okay with that. I'm okay with this. I'm terrified of the ember. Oh God. I've been growled. Okay. It does like no damage. I don't like this. I don't like this at all. Oh God. I might just swap to spoon. I'm going to max him out. Yes. I used a potion to get three hit points back. Those could be vital. Although he's going to be doing more damage now that he's leered a few times. Oh, I'm so scared chat. How much damage? Ooh. Okay. That's a crit. That's a critical hit. Okay. Do I swap out to get XP? No, I don't. That's stupid. What are you talking about, Joseph? You're an idiot. What are you doing? This AI is giving you a chance. Take it. Jesus. Stop being stupid. Two crits. Ugh. Ugh. In your face, Puffin. What just happened? I lost. Oh no. Wow. What do you mean I lost? Oh, that's it. This is the last time I ever lose. I'm going to be the world's toughest trainer and you know it. First thing to do is to take on the Orberg City Pokemon Gym. I'm going to toughen up for you. Totally. Ugh. Modest nature. Hell yeah. Special attack up. Physical attack down. Poison stain. 15 physical. Fuck yeah. Cynthia is shaking in her boots right now. She's like, oh fuck. Special attack worm pulls coming for me. Dude, this is freaking, we got him. Look at this. We just got to poison him. Fighting is weak against Bug. Yeah, look at that. That's like two damage. That's a, look how much damage doorknob is doing. That's not going to do nothing. Okay, well it did a significant amount so I should probably swap out now. Little kick. Little kick please. I am faster, right? 100, okay, 100 accuracy. 100 accuracy and I'm faster. Okay. Okay. Okay. Umbreon is cool. Blacium too. Umbreon is my favorite Eeveelution. I just like how tanky it is. What's the first gym? Rock. But because so many rock types also have ground type, electric is not going to do anything towards them. There's going to be a Geodude and an Onyx and both of those have faster. How did I do this? Why am I like this? Who does this? This game sucks. Nobody likes this game. Forstgen sucks. Nobody likes Forstgen. Turtwig is a silly Pokemon. Nobody likes Abra. Abra is everyone's least favorite psychic type. I'm just so, I'm so sad. Nobody likes Starly. Nobody likes Turtwig. Badoof is stupid. This is a baby game for babies. Maybe I should be training up Spork. You never know when you're going to need a Badoof. They are. I might just have to train up Shield a bunch so that he can just solo the first gym. Oh no, they're going to send out a Shinks. Look at how beautiful Shinks is. It's main and it's fur and it's electricity. Look at him. I had a Shinks once. I just didn't use it. Dornob is evolving. Oh, which one? Wait, is it a Zubat? I hope it's a Zubat. No, it's a Geodude. Okay, that's fine too. Alright, what do we name this Geodude? Potato. I like potato. He does look like a potato. What are these names? Oh, it's you, Joseph. You finally got here. You're slow like always. What, did one of your Pokemon die or something? Oh, look, it's a Zubat. Hey, alright, cool. This is actually really good. I actually really like Zubat. Or at least when it evolves. Crobat is a monster. Okay. Strahd fast spoon. Enough with the spoon. No more spoon. Plate crowbar? I like crowbar, yeah. He's like, check this out. Using the hidden move rock smash. A boulder blocking your way. Fallen boulders need to be smashed so they're out of the way. If you can get the badge from the gym, you'll be able to do this too. Of course, you'd have to beat the gym leader first. That'd be me. Flex is his way out of the room. My dad's a steel type gym leader. We are absolutely ready for this gym. We got Shield. Shield will protect us. Shield will do his best. His best is amazing. Because he's a turtweak and turtweak's the best. Look, see one shot that Geodude. Look at that. That potato is baked. 69 XP. This is everything's just coming up millhouse. And he learned razor leaf. Everything's coming up millhouse. Watch. I'm going to one shot this onyx. Watch this. Watch this. Razor leaf. Watch. It's going to crit. Okay. Well, I'm going to crit as well. I'm going to pretend I called that crit. And look at that. See? See? See it was a crit. And what's going to happen? Shield is going to one-shot every single one of roarx rock types. See, I told you. I can see the future. And the future dictates that I am going to lose shield because I didn't go heal. Shield is going to die. Okay, get our health back. We're going to be fine. Look, see one shot? Get the health. Look, it's like we went to the Pokemon Center. Ain't nothing to scoff at. Now we're going to stay in. Sweep in his team. Stealth rock. Just a waste of a move, dude. I'm not swapping out. You're wasting your time, roarx. I'll bring out spork. Roarx is like, No, not be doof. Jesus. What am I going to do? All right. And Cranidus. Cranidus is only two times, but it's okay. I think he's surprisingly fast, too. So we're going to absorb. He's going to hit us first. We're not going to flinch because shield is a beast and he's going to absorb and get some health back. Easy, easy money. Easy money. That is not a lot. Okay. Cool. What about razor leaf? Just don't flinch. Oh. Ooh. I don't want to sacrifice anybody today. Look at that. Look, see? Easy. Easy peasy. Easy. Plot armor. Yeah. Shield is our main character. He can't die. You know what stings about having TMs be one use only is that if you use it on a Pokemon during a nuzlocke and then they die, like that's it. It's gone. And now I don't think we can go up this way. No, because we don't have a bike, but we could possibly catch. I think there are Machop abound. Yeah. Oh, that's a girl. Look at that. That's going to be a useful physical attacker. I don't know who to swap it out for. Maybe Spork or Fork. We're just going to catch her. So we have one. Just in case. All right. I guess we're naming her Slap Chop. Machik. I like that one. A lot of good names. Come on, dude. Come on, girl. Get into that ball. Come on. What the hell? She's so feisty. What the? What? This is my last ball. This is my last ball. Please. Please. What? Well, this area is ripped. Why don't girls would hang out? Who can learn Rock Smash? Oh, yeah, Spork. There we go. Congratulations, Spork. Oh, there they are. Quiet, you lot. Let's see if he's such a nuisance. Let me list some lessons you need to learn. One, don't loiter about for no good reason. Two, interrupting others while they are attempting to converse. Three, if you don't get your way, don't raise your voice to be intimidated. Don't think you've grown strong just because you're in a group. Five, what is with those outlandish outfits you have on? My goodness. You call yourselves adults? You kids, don't grow up to be like these sorry specimens. Jesus. Oh, my God. Roan is such a... Roan just roasted those guys. Oh, God. Oh, God. That's bad. That's really bad. Okay. Yeah, sorry, Fork. I'm swapping you out again. Okay, all right. Back to shield. All right. That move's actually really scary now that I'm playing Nuzlocke. Everything, it's like such a different game with Nuzlocke. Do I have a favorite polka girl? Not really. Oh, Olivia. I'll beat you with this magic card my dad gave me. Yeah, Sun sure. You can have a Pokemon. It'll be... Fuck. A magic card. Probably one more. Oh, Nose Absorb. Oh, no. Oh, no. Quad. Resist. What do we do? Shit. Fuck you, Psyduck. You know what? Just out of spite. I'm not going to catch it. I'm going to kill it. Look at him. Look at him grabbing his head like, ooh. I'm sorry anybody who likes Psyduck. This is purely a personal experience situation. I have nothing against Psyduck. I don't care that I waste an encounter. It's the principle of the thing. Spoon has been avenged. There we go. Okay. Floromatown.