TSR 2012 Nuzlocke All-Stars!

[TomGuycott]

Also just to clarify, failure to catch the first pokemon you meet means you get NO pokemon at all from that area, is that correct?

[water dog]

Also just to clarify, failure to catch the first pokemon you meet means you get NO pokemon at all from that area, is that correct?

Correct

[Crappy Blue Luigi]

this also applies to Sprout Tower, right?

[[robo9]]

I dont see why it wouldnt

[Crappy Blue Luigi]

Dear diary,

I couldn't sleep. I was so antsy about not catching anything in
in Route 30 that I just had to go back. I ended up running into
a Bellsprout! I caught her pretty easily and named her Sophia.
The only move she knows is Vine Whip.

Welp, I know who I'm not using against Falkner.

After that, I got tripped up by a little kid in a straw hat
holding a butterfly net. Of course, he wanted to battle. His
last Pokemon was a Weedle, and while it wasn't much trouble to
take down, it still poisoned Cocoa. I tried to rush him to the
nearest Pokemon Center, but the bug catcher wouldn't let me go
until I exchanged phone numbers with him. What a little creep!

I gave in, and now I've got Bug Catcher Wade registered in my
Pokegear. Joy. I ran back to the Pokemon Center in Violet City,
and just when I thought Cocoa was going to die of poisoning,
the poison went away, just like that. What a fightening
experience.

After a near-death experience like that, I realized I need to
be more prepared than I am. I stocked up onAntidotes at the
PokeMart. I'll have to be more on top of
things if I want to make it anywhere out here.

-Crappy

...

Dear diary,

apparently, Falkner doesn't let just anybody challenge him.
I had to climb the Sprout Tower before I was allowed entrance
to the Violet City Gym.

Once I'd made it to the second floor of the tower, I discovered
that it was completeky infested with Pokemon. Wonderful. The
first thing I run into is a Ghastly, which is actually kind of
interesting! She repeatedly hypnotized Sophia into sleeping,
which made capturing her surprisingly annoying, but I got her
in the end. Her name was Scoops.

So I guess the tower is called Sprout Tower because all of the
trainers inside use Bellsprouts? Kind of obnoxious, but it
could be worse. Wade called me during this time. He had some
berries he was willing to share with me. Y'know, he's alright.

There were a lot of sages in the tower. At one point, I had
to take on three in a row, and it was the third battle that
did Scoops in. I wish I'd had more time to get attached to
her...

Past those sages was the elder. Not only that, but he was
just finishing up a battle with Crimson! Immediately after,
Crimson used an Escape Rope to leave the tower. It was my
turn.

I lost. All of my Pokemon are dead.

I guess I just don't have what it takes to be a Pokemon
Master.

I think I'll go home and rethink what I want to do with my
life...

Goodnight, diary.

-Crappy

(am I allowed to start over, either on this or Pearl, or am i out for good?)

[water dog]

You are allowed to start over, I did. The challenge is hard, you have to be very careful

[megaMasquerain]

Count me in - I just need to buy a 4th gen game.

EDIT: Got Platinum, LET'S DO THIS

[Locked Achievement]

Wow, I just started trying the challenge. It's a lot more stressful than I thought!

[water dog]

I'm closing entries now. What is a good date to make the deadline, do you guys think?

[megaMasquerain]

Maybe a month and a half to 2 months?

MASQUERAIN'S PLATINUM STORYLOCKE - PROLOGUE

The sirens blared through the halls of the Galactic Warehouse, accompanied by the shrieks of the team's grunts and a loudspeaker announcement by Cyrus:

"Attention, Commanders. Experiments 97 and 25 have escaped. I repeat, Experiments 97 and 25 have escaped."

The mention of my number made my heart beat even faster, to the point where it felt like it was trying to break out of my chest. Ninety-seven. That was what everyone called me. It was the sort of cold truth that hit you hard, like the first time you were ever told that life isn't fair.

It wasn't. We knew that firsthand. 25 always told me when we got out, everything would be fair.

"If we get out," I would say back.

We rushed through the halls of the warehouse, the cold, clinical laboratories and the cheaply furnished break rooms. I recognized the tube where I had awoken a few months earlier in one of the labs, but as 25 heard footsteps gaining on us, he urged me on.

"Come on. We're almost there, 97."

When we reached the end of the hallway, a heavy steel door slammed down and blocked off our escape. I stared at it for a second before I realized what I had to do.

"Go stand in front of the door," I told 25.

He looked up at me with a sort of wide-eyed fear that I would have found cute in any other circumstance, then rushed over to the door. His Pikachu ears twitched as the sound of the footsteps grew closer.

I pulled my pendulum from the makeshift tool belt around my waist and began to swing it in a slow rhythm. As I concentrated on the door, it began to rise, slowly, then high enough to fit 25 under it. He looked at me again. The silence between us was almost enough to drown out the shouts of the Galactic grunts that were quickly approaching.

My brain felt like it was going to explode from the exertion, but I sent 25 a single message which I hoped was enough:

GO.

He ran through the door, and it dropped as soon as his tail cleared it.

I collapsed, my heart pounding and breathing heavy. The grunts converged on me, along with a woman who I recognized as Mars, one of the commanders. She pulled out a radio transmitter and spoke, and I heard the words booming through the loudspeaker:

"Experiment 97 recaptured. Experiment 25 lost. Presumably he escaped through the door somehow. All grunts in the Veilstone City area organize and search for him."

Several of the grunts shackled my wrists together, picked me up and began walking me back to the lab. Mars escorted them, speaking quietly into the radio transmitter.

"97 is not struggling. Even with the loss of 25, we would be foolish not to start phase 2."

"Right." Cyrus's voice came crackling through the radio. "Return her to the lab immediately. Phase 2 begins in a month."

I was walked back to the lab and placed in a chamber to be examined. Scientists flocked around me, monitoring my condition. I was poked at with metal objects and injected with colored liquids, and I remember being fine with all of it.

I think the day 25 escaped was the day I gave up.





"Pokeballs?"

"Check."

"Pokedex?"

"Check."

"Pendulum?"

I looked up at Mars. "Name one time I've ever forgotten my pendulum."

She grinned. "Juuuuust checking."

The command room was crowded, with grunts going every which way to prepare for the next step of the operation. Saturn lounged on the couch, eating a Poffin, yelling orders at the grunts who circled around the central pedestal of the room like synchronized swimmers.

I was sitting on the central pedestal. For once, I was the star.

Jupiter came up to me, carrying a white beanie. "This should cover your ears," she said.

I took the hat and slipped it on over my pointed Hypno ears. "Thanks."

She cocked her head to one side. "Well, it does help hide your white hair, too. Good choice, Mars."

Mars nodded at Jupiter. "We almost ready?"

"Charon will be here with the helicopter shortly," Jupiter said.

"One last thing," Mars said, gesturing to me. "She needs a codename. 97 won't do."

I opened my mouth to answer, but Saturn got there first, yelling across the room. "How about Io?"

Mars smiled at me. "That'll do. Ready to head to Twinleaf, Io?"

I bit my lip and nodded. Well, at least I had a proper name now.

The chopping sound of the helicopter landing on the roof penetrated the walls of the warehouse. Mars took my hand and led me up several flights of stairs to the landing pad, where Charon was waiting in an unmarked helicopter.

"Next stop, Lake Verity," he shouted over the helicopter blades.

I stepped into the seat beside him, closed the door, and watched as the ground disappeared from sight.

Phase 2 had begun.

My writing is usually hella better than this...

[[robo9]]

HUMOR ISN'T EXACTLY MY THING, OKAY?



About to work on the second gym, team so far is
Lv 14 Rocksanne the Geodude
Lv 9 Situation the Onix
Lv 7 Ytnom the Ekans
Lv 11 Reagan the Bellsprout
Lv 11 Hootler the HootHoot
Lv 12 Ishmael the Chikorita

Boxed is a hoothoot, rattata, Togepi egg and Corenlious the Weedle

Also no deaths so far, Ive been playing it rather safe so far.

I hope that comic isn't too big, if it is Ill spoiler it

[TomGuycott]

I got a ways but then realized that in order to overwrite my old game I have to delete it from the main menu and can't do it during gameplay. WELP, gonna restart tomorrow.

[TomGuycott]

If you get to a point where you have to progress using an HM, but have no pokemon that can use it due to the Nuzlocke rules, is that game over?

Failure Edit:

WELP, turns out that's not SO much of an issue right now since I have to start over already. Falkner kicked my ass, I forgot how much of a bitch he is without catching that Mareep south of the town. Here's all the data I compiled to make a comic out of later, but I might not now depending on whether I get better results for my next try.

Character Data:
Oswald, the really terrible trainer.

Catch Data:
Starter - Zuul Level 5 F Cyndaquil. Modest. Highly Curious. Killed at Level 11 in Violet City Gym against Falkner's Pidgeotto.
Route 29 - Ringo Star. Level 3 M Sentret. Hasty. Strong Willed. Killed at Level 7 in Violet City Gym against Falkner's Pidgeotto.
Route 30 - Archimedes. Level 4 M Pidgey. Hasty. Loves to eat. Killed at Level 7 in Ruins of Alph against a G Unown.
Route 31 - Flying Rat. Level 4 F Pidgey. Jolly. Capable of taking hits. Killed at Level 9 in Violet City Gym against a Spearow.
Dark Cave - Barbarella. Level 2 F Geodude. Calm. A little quick tempered. Killed at Level 7 in Ruins of Alph against an F Unown.
Route 32 - Ackbar. Level 3 M Ekans. Relaxed. Sturdy Body. Killed at Level 7 in Violet City Gym against Falkner's Pidgeotto.
Ruins of Alph - Holy Hell! Level 5 H Unown. Timid. Quick Tempered. Killed at Level 7 in Violet City Gym against Falkner's Pidgeotto.
Sprout Tower - Belsprout. Level 3 F Ratata. Lonely. Mischievous. Killed at Level 7 in Violet City Gym against Falkner's Pidgeotto.

Mom: Just try pressing the buttons, you'll know what to do in no time!
Oswald: What buttons!? What are you saying!!?
///

Zuul:LEER!
Kakuna:HARDEN!
Zuul:LEER!
Kakuna:HARDEN!
Infinity loop... kind of.
///

???: I'm gonna beat you!
Zuul: ZUUUUUULL!!! *Critical Hit! TKO!!*
???: WELP!
///

Police: Did you get his name!?
Oswald: -Shrug-
WANTE ???
///

Sentret Ringo Star: I am Sparticus.
Oswald: o____o
///

Pidgey used Tackle.
Ringo Star has 2 hp.
Pidgey used Tackle.
Zuul has 2 hp.
Oswald: FFFFFTTT
///

Bug Catcher: GO CATERPIE!
Archimedes eats all opponents.
///

Archimedes dies fighting a G Unown.
Oswald: Oh Archimedes.. you loved to eat...
Oswald eats Archimedes.
///

Barbarella dies fighting an F Unown.
RIP Barbarella. Headstone carved out of her head.
///

Ratata in Sprout Tower dressed as a Belsprout.
Onix trading kid does NOT fall for it.
///

Running all the way to the bottom of Sprout Tower to heal before the Rival Battle.
And then he leaves without battling.
///

Flying Rat died fighting Birdkeeper's Spearow in Falkner's Gym.
///

Everyone else died. The end.
///

[TomGuycott]

Does Game Corner pokemon count as "In-Game gift Pokemon"?

If not unlimited (Not that you'd WANT to play the Game Corner for that freaking long), then at least one?

[water dog]

Hmm, I'm not sure. I don't think so, just to be safe at least.

Also this may have been obvious but no:
1. Breeding
2. PokeWalker
3. Evolving through means not obtainable in the main game (no trading yourself stones for evolution etc). You can still trade to evolve your pokemon that evolve through trading, though