Talk:Nuzlocke

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Nominator: Pokelego999 (talk · contribs) 02:37, 21 December 2024 (UTC)

Reviewer: LunaEclipse (talk · contribs) 14:34, 22 December 2024 (UTC)

Picking this up. I'll review this in the following days. 💽 LunaEclipse 💽 🌹 ⚧ ^{(CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST)} 14:34, 22 December 2024 (UTC)

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• The Nuzlocke challenge is a self-imposed fan-made gameplay formula. It is designed to make the Pokémon series videogames more difficult, with rules being imposed alongside the standard formula. Players using the Nuzlocke challenge will be unable to use their Pokémon again if they are knocked out in combat once and can only add the first Pokémon they encounter in a given area to their team. The Nuzlocke formula has proven popular with players due to its focus on building emotional attachments with the player's Pokémon, as well as for the added challenge it provides. It has proven popular with content creators online, attracting wide fan followings within the Pokémon fan community. → The Nuzlocke challenge is a self-imposed fan-made gameplay formula designed to make the video games of Pokémon series more difficult. Players using the Nuzlocke challenge will be unable to use their Pokémon again if they are knocked out in combat once and can only add the first Pokémon they encounter in a select area to their team. It has proven popular with players due to its focus on building emotional attachments with the player's Pokémon, as well as for the added challenge it provides. The Nuzlocke challenge is also popular with content creators online, attracting wide fan followings within the Pokémon fan community.
• Detail the history and reception of the Nuzlocke challenge in the lede.

History and gameplay

• In the Pokémon series, players travel across a wide in-game world, capturing creatures called "Pokémon" and using them to battle other Pokémon in combat. Pokémon can use various attacks both offensively and defensively against other Pokémon. If a Pokémon takes enough damage, they will "faint" and be knocked out, rendering them unable to be used in combat. These Pokémon can be healed at "Pokémon Center" locations, or by using healing items. The primary goal is to become the strongest trainer in the region. → In the Pokémon series, players travel across an open in-game world, capturing the titular creatures and using them to battle each other in combat; they can use various attacks both offensively and defensively. If a Pokémon takes enough damage, they will "faint" and be knocked out, rendering them unable to be used in combat. These Pokémon can be healed at Pokémon Center locations, or by using healing items. The primary goal is to become the strongest trainer in the region.
• Nuzlocke gameplay functions identically to regular Pokémon gameplay, with the only differences being that players can only catch the first Pokémon they encounter in a given area, and that when a Pokémon is defeated in battle, it is considered "dead" and cannot be used again, even if healed in-game. → The Nuzlocke challenge functions identically to regular gameplay, with the only differences being that players can only catch the first Pokémon they encounter in a given area, and that when it is defeated in battle, the Pokémon is considered "dead" and cannot be used again, even if healed in-game.
• The original comic contained frequent homophobic, racist, and sexist commentary, though the gameplay formula largely separated itself from its comic origins as the formula's popularity spread. Woah, woah, woah, why are we citing such contentious claims to Valnet news sites? Aren't there other sources of higher quality that point this out?
• A recurring Nuzleaf character, who was drawn to resemble Lost character John Locke, became the source of the formula's name, with the words "Nuzleaf" and "Locke" combined to coin the term "Nuzlocke". → A recurring character, who was drawn to resemble John Locke and Nuzleaf became the source of the challenge's name, with the words "Nuzleaf" and "Locke" combined to coin the term "Nuzlocke".
• In a Destructoid interview, Franco also stated that the formula was made more difficult by additions to the games that make the gameplay formula easier. Additions included an affection level, which allowed Pokémon to survive hits that would otherwise KO them, and Pokémon spawning in the game's overworld instead of through random encounters, which limited the player's ability to randomly select which Pokémon they'd encounter. As a result of these changes, further additions to the ruleset were made to allow for the challenge's difficulty to remain. → In a Destructoid interview, Franco stated the formula was made more difficult by additions to the games that make gameplay easier; additions included an affection level, which allowed Pokémon to survive hits that would otherwise KO them, and Pokémon spawning in the game's overworld instead of through random encounters, which limited the player's ability to randomly select which Pokémon they would encounter. As a result of these changes, further additions to the ruleset were made to allow for the challenge's difficulty to remain.
• Twitch streamer lateyourpie later created another variant of the rules, dubbed the "Ironmon Challenge", which kept the basic Nuzlocke formula, but made it so Pokémon locations, item locations, and the attacks Pokémon can use were all randomized. More difficult "kaizo" challenges make it so only one Pokémon can be used at a time. The challenge was devised to provide challenge to those already familiar with the Nuzlocke ruleset, and was stated in official documentation as "...not meant to be fair, and possibly not even fun". → Twitch streamer lateyourpie created another variant of the rules, dubbed the "Ironmon Challenge", which kept the basic Nuzlocke formula, but Pokémon locations, item locations, and Pokémon attacks were all randomized. It was devised to provide challenge to those already familiar with the Nuzlocke ruleset, and was stated in official documentation as "...not meant to be fair, and possibly not even fun". More difficult kaizo challenges limit to one Pokémon at a time.

Reception

• The limited rulesets make the defeat of a Pokémon more emotionally impactful to players than they would be otherwise, with the Nuzlocke challenge being stated by Vox to help reviving the feeling of emotional connection players felt with their Pokémon when they were younger. → The limited rulesets make the defeat of a Pokémon more emotionally impactful to players than they would be otherwise; according to Vox, the Nuzlocke challenge revived the feeling of emotional connection players felt with their Pokémon when they were younger.