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[potato-queen03]

I just can't get into Nuzlocke challenges. Too many rules.

 

[Wolfsbane]

I just can't get into Nuzlocke challenges. Too many rules.

I'm personally okay with the rules, but I get wayyy too attached to my Pokémon to do Nuzlockes. I attempted one, cried when a Pokémon fainted and gave up.

 

[ShinyDungeoneer]

another year, another Pokemon Presents... Here's hoping we get smth good!

 

[Giddy]

I just can't get into Nuzlocke challenges. Too many rules.

I think the three main rules are like,
Have to nickname your pokemon so you feel attached to them (for the extra emotional blow if they die)
Can only catch one pokemon per route, if you flee, kill it or it flees you cant catch anything else in that route and move on
Your pokemon die, you can't use it.

Some people do add other little rules, I know someone who doesn't heal with potions in gym fights, or for instance for me, to avoid catching the same pokemon in another route; if I have already caught it i can flee (not kill, I stick to that rule) and walk around for another kind of pokemon. One even decides to release his pokemon when dead, but I just put them in PC boxes since my games are the physcial versions and rather keep them after finishing a game.

I get it does sometimes feel a bit much, and cause we're used to just playing normally, we forget to keep an eye on matches, for example, if you odnt take into consideration that the enemy pokemon just used too much leer that could instantly kill your pokemon if they decide to attack.

I'm personally okay with the rules, but I get wayyy too attached to my Pokémon to do Nuzlockes. I attempted one, cried when a Pokémon fainted and gave up.

Definitely the main point of the game, to feel more attached to something that could not end well.
I just lost a good pokemon in my Pokemon X nuzlocke to which I decided to make a POkemon Y nuzlocke instead XD I'll get back to X at some point. XD

 

[Snek]

Medals, a feature first introduced in B2W2 has returned in Pokémon HOME!

Here is more info on Medals from Serebii.net:

"The maintenance for Pokémon HOME is now over and a brand new feature has been adeed: Medals. Medals are a feature that can be used on Basic or Premium Plan which allow for you to go to special events to collect medals that can then be traded or gifted to friends.
These can be obtained at various real life locations related to Pokémon including Pokémon Center stores and participating in official Pokémon competitions.
To start, all players get given 3 of one of the sets of First Partner Pokémon medals from Kanto to Paldea in order to encourage trade and gifts."

I loved the Medals feature from B2W2. I am curious how many I can collect given that I re-entered the franchise during SwSh.

 

[Snap Crackle Pop]

I have been on a weird Pokemon game kick this last week, I have been playing Brilliant Diamond for the Nintendo Switch (I'm playing it on the switch 2) and was able to breeze through all of the gyms and didn't have a single Pokemon die until I got to the elite four. I'm really struggling with the elite 4 this time which is odd since I've never really completely struggled against the Elite 4 in other Pokemon games (aside from when I was playing at like 10 years old.) I'm trying to reconfigure my team and figure stuff out but I was able to beat 2 of the 4 but then died and have to start all over again.