Nuzlocke Challenge

So I was randomly browsing Smogon when I came across this thread: http://www.smogon.com/forums/showthread.php?t=68998

A friend brought this to my attention from a comic (link in the P.S.). I think this will be fun. I am not currently doing it, as I have more grandiose plans for SS and it's got my focus, but I think the fun cannot be ignored. (I am on run 2, just started as I am writing this, but I WILL do this soon).

Here are the rules:
1. If a pokemon faints, you must release it as soon as possible.
2. You can ONLY catch the first pokemon you encounter in a route/cave/town/area (You get the idea). If you defeat the first pokemon you see, tough pomegranate, you get nothing from this area.
3. Obviously if you run out of pokemon, you must start again.
4. Potions, healing items of any kind infact, are DISALLOWED.
5. Give your pokemon nicknames, for pineapples sake! Make them your little babies! CARE FOR THEM!

This has potential to be harsh and fun at the same time. If you spend your time near a pokecenter leveling up inordinately you are probably a dickhole; grinding should be frowned upon en mass but obviously it will be required to survive some parts...try to challenge yourself, don't just level your starter to 100 on the first route you see and run the game that way. If you have the patience to do that, I hate you already.

I guess this can be for any version, but soulsilver is rather barren for great mons (especially those you see first when you enter an area), so this is likely more challenging on this version. Seriously, try it on any version, any generation of the game and post 'er here!

Post videos, stories, current teams, replacements, frustrations, great triumphs or preferably MS paint or hand drawn stick man art depicting your journey.

PLEASE post to say if you're taking the challenge; I wanna know who you are so I can update the OP with names of success stories, failures or people currently trying.

GOOD LUCK! I will update this post with rule solidification, people doing it and various other things.

P.S. For more info on the challenge itself, check this out. Also know that I expect similar caliber stories, artwork or otherwise from anyone taking on this challenge. I strongly suggest you all read this as a guideline for how to tell your story so we actually give a pomegranate and also for the most basic of rules

Edit: Thanks to moots rather precise rules compared to my rather liberal ones, I think it's important to see what people think; mind you, it's a personal thing, so if you wanna be super anal go right ahead! If you wanna be super liberal, well...tough pomegranate, adhere to the rules! So yeah, please please please input what you think should be a rule addition using moots as a guideline.

EditPS: Moot is super cool so don't dismiss his ideas <3.

Edit2: it looks like people are either picking my rules or Moots rules...but I invite you to select the rules from either that fit the way you want to play the game.

It looks really interesting to me. Anyone else feels up for it?

This is so epic. LOL. I'd totally do it, but too bad I don't own a DS to play any of these new games.

Wasnt there a thread with a comic related to this challenge?

Anyways. Im gonna try it on Platinum

I'll try it on Diamond after I clear off all of the pokes.
I guess I failed at doing it in fire red.

My roommate shared this with me a few days ago, and he's not even a Pokemon nerd. Seems like fun, but I don't have a spare game to try this on. I guess I could start a new file on Pearl and not save, but that would stop me from playing my other games.

I'd do it... but I don't feel like deleting my process.

Stupid Smogon butchering /v/'s creation. Nuzlocke originated from a comic, and the two rules are based off of the first panel:

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This sounds awesome. I'm gonna replay Platinum under these rules. The no healing items seems a little too harsh, though. I may have to make some exceptions to that one. I don't think I could avoid the need for them in some situations without massive overleveling, which is retarded.

Stupid Smogon butchering /v/'s creation. Nuzlocke originated from a comic, and the two rules are based off of the first panel:

I don't see how it's butchering.

Stupid Smogon butchering /v/'s creation. Nuzlocke originated from a comic, and the two rules are based off of the first panel:

 Spoiler

Actually, you have it the other way around. The dude on /v/ made his comic based on the Nuzlocke rules, he didn't create them.


By the way, the comics were posted here in the funhouse.

Edit: Never mind, not even too sure if the dude made them or not. I remember seeing similar rules made years ago, but not sure if they were ever labeled "Nuzlocke". I'll see if I can dig the post up on Serebii.net somewhere where someone said they would go through a Pokemon game without healing items and releasing fainted Pokemon. Not sure if any of the other rules were the same.

Edit 2 - http://www.nuzlocke.com/?page_id=2 Says he made them. Looking for the Serebii.net post with similar rules made in like 05 or so. Probably coincidence though, since I'm sure he isn't the first person to think of imposing such harsh rules on a Pokemon playthrough, considering how easy the single player game is.