The Nuzlocke Challenge

Critted a wild Audino (first encounter --> second encounter rule activates yay) and caught an Oddish and traded it for a Level 1 Inkay - not bad at all; Snubull and Ralts evolved; defeated every trainer on the route and helped the rich man to find his Furfrou; at Route 7 I caught Snorlax and traded it for a Level 3 Pikachu, skipped the trainers till I get my next encounter

Connecting Cave - Level 21, Level 21, Level 22, Level 22, Level 25, Level 26 - Rule 17- Random kill 1 team member - this rule does not count because of the rule that I got on Route 1 :D; caught an Axew and traded it for Petilil Level 1 (finally 9 Pokemon, and that means on the next city I can finally use Rule 3 :D); defeated every trainer on the route; btw they all had Smeargle hahahaha

Route 8 - Level 22, Level 22, Level 23, Level 23, Level 26, Level 27 - Rule 40: It is forbidden to teach your Pokemon any TMs (perm.) - I hope I can deactivate this rule soon...caught a Seviper and traded it for a Level 58 Tyranitar, this Pokemon will be very useful later and I do not have to train it now, that is very nice; found Leaf Stone and evolved Pansage; the trainer on this route have been very weak

Ambrette Town - first switch: got the numbers: 2,4 and 5: so I have to deposit Kirlia, Luvdisc and Simisage. I withdrew Inkay, Pikachu and Petilil

Route 9 - Level 1, Level 1, Level 3, Level 23, Level 24, Level 27 - Rule 28: Ignore the next good rule - I can live with that I guess?; caught a Sandile and traded it for a Honedge Level 1; I'm very happy now

Saved.

Glittering Cave - Level 8, Level 8, Level 9, Level 23, Level 24, Level 27 - Rule 43: Use the same amount of Pokemon against the gym leader as they use - i wanted to try this rule out either way :D; Failed to catch an Onix, but thanks to Rule 32 I get the chance to catch another Pokemon :D; but I also failed to catch a Lunatone so no new Pokemon here for me..; defeated Team Flare, had some little problems with the training, but I had enough Super Potions, Paralyz Heal and Antdiote with me; back at the town I recieved Tyrunt and traded it for a Fearow Level 59; again another high leveld Pokemon...; the beach still counts as Route 8 so again no new Pokemon for me..but the beach was a good training spot

Cyllage City - another team member switch: 2, 3 and 6: so I have to deposit Inkay, Pikachu and Granbull and I withdraw Luvdisc, Kirlia and Honedge. I keep the gym later, first I'm gonna train on the next route:

Route 10 - Level 1, Level 19, Level 23, Level 24, Level 25, Level 27 - Rule 30: Weakest Pokemon must be in the front of your party and you can not switch out outside a battle - I wanted to train Honedge anyway hahaha; caught a Snubull and traded it for a Flabebe Level 8 ;Petilil died in a battle against a wild Golett thanks to a critical hit Shadow Punch..R.I.P Petilil; put Pikachu back in my team; saved the game before entering the gym

The trainer in the gym have been very easy. Before the gym leader I decided to fight him with Luvdisc Lv 29 and Kirlia Lv 27.

Vs Grant: Luvdisc vs. Amaura; Luvdisc was paralyzed 3times in a row, but Amaura could not really hur Luvdisc, easy win.
Luvdisc vs Tyrunt. Charmed Tyrunt and switched out to Kirlia.
Kirlia vs Tyrunt. Bite let me flinch twice in a row, but after a Super Potion I decided to weak his attack even more, so I switched back to Luvdisc to use Charm again. I even critted and confused Tyrunt with Water Pulse. After another Water Pulse Luvdisc and I won the fight. It was more difficult than I thought it would be.

Back at Route 10. Withdrew my other 4 Pokemon and Honedge has to be again in front of my party because of Rule 30. Defeated the Flare Grunts without problems (except that one Golbat kept flinching my Pikachu...) and reached the next city.

Geosenge Town: Got the numbers 2,3 and 4, so I deposit Pikachu, Kirlia and Volbeat to withdraw Flabebe, Simisage and Inkay. Saved, because I don't have more time today...

Honedge is perfect against Korrina.

Route 11 - Lv 13 Lv 21 Lv 24 Lv27 Lv31 Lv31 - Rule 20: Only use 4 Pokemon in this are: I choose Inkay, Honedge, Simisage and Noibat. The trainer here have been strong, but I managed it somehow. The double battle against Machoke and Mr.Mime was very easy with Simisage and Honedge. Caught a Chingling and traded it for a Timburr Lv 1, first I was happy but then I noticed I have to trade it to get Conkeldurr...

Reflection Cave - Lv 17 Lv 24 Lv 26 Lv29 Lv32 Lv32 - Rule 8: Do not mind the first kill on this area - I'm lucky for this rule, because this cave has very strong trainer; BUT I have to skip that rule becuase of Rule 28 I got earlier; caught a Wobbuffet and traded it for a Rufflet Lv 13; Flabebe evolved; A Hawlucha killed my Noibat with Rock Tomb...R.I.P; I hope Rufflet can replace Noibat...; the other trainers were no problems.

Shalour City - I get the numbers 1, 2 and 4. So I have to replace Rufflet, Floette and Honedge (all Pokemon that would be helpful in the next gym) for Timburr, Pikachu and Volbeat (skipped Kirlia because I already have a Psychic type in my team: Inkay) Saved.

Defeated Serena and all the trainer in the gym without problems. Inkay evolved after the fight against Serena and I let Pikachu evolve before the gym leader fight. For the gym leader I chose Malamar Lv34, Raichu Lv29 and Simisage Lv35 as my 3 Pokemon against her.

Vs Korinna: Simisage vs Mienfoo; SeedBomb 1HKO; Hawlucha comes in; switched out to Raichu
Raichu vs Hawlucha; 1 T-Bolt crit and Hawlucha was defeated; I switched Raichu out for Malamar against Machoke and got hit with Rock Tomb, which raised my speed. 2 Psybeams defeated Machoke and I won my 3rd badge. The fight was easier than I thought.

After I defeated Korinna again in the Mega-Lucario fight; I received Lucario and traded it for Scatterbug Lv 3.

Route 12 - Lv23, Lv30, Lv31, Lv35, Lv36, Lv38 – Rule 37: You can not buy anything. Good that I bought some HyperPotions before the Korinna fight; I received Lapras and traded it for a Eevee Lv 1, according to the Pokemon I have right now I would evolve it to Flareon, Vaporeon or Glaceon, but I don't know yet. Timburr evolved on this route.

Azure Bay - Lv30, Lv33, Lv32, Lv36, Lv37, Lv39 – Rule 17: Random kill 1 team member: Random generator picked 2: R.I.P Raichu……; put Rufflet back to the team; caught a Luvdisc and traded it for a Pinsir Lv 1; the trainer on this route have not been a problem at all

Coumarine City – Time to switch 3 Pokemon out: 1,3 and 5: Rufflet, Volbeat and Simisage are traded for Pinsir, Eevee and Floette. Scatterbug is skipped because of Pinsir. I think the random generator is against me; again I had to switch out 2 Pokemon that would be super effective against the gym…Decided to evolve Eevee into Flareon; defeated Serena and the trainer in the gym. For the gym leader I chose Flareon Lv25, Gurdurr Lv 35 and Malamar Lv40.

Vs. Ramos. Flareon vs. Jumpluff. Acrobatic and Fire Fang did about 70 % each. I switched Flareon for Malamar out. A Psycho Cut was enough to knock out Jumpluff. Malamar vs. Gogoat. Psycho Cut did about 40 % and Gogoat used Bulldoze, which raised my speed. After some Hyper Potions Malamar defeated Gogoat. Malamar also 1HKOed Weepinbell.

Route 13 - Lv20 Lv28 Lv29 Lv36 Lv41 Lv42- Rule: 47 –Wondertrade any Pokemon you want from your PC or party; I chose Fearow and traded it for a Goomy Lv 1. I also caught a Trapinch and traded it for a Scraggy Lv 1.

Defeated Team Flare without any problems. Reached Lumiose City, but because I already visited Lumiose I am not allowed to switch my Pokemon out.

Saved

Got a call saying something as wrong with the radio, so I ran back to Goldenrod City to find Team Rocket had taken control of the Radio Tower.
Beat the ass of all Rockets I could get to in the Radio Tower, and then went to the underground to rescue the Director.
Went back into the tower and beat the rest of the Rocket's. Lost Desmond and Locke to the final Executive.
Went back to Mahognay Town and headed East into Route 44.
In Route 44, found a caught a level 24 Female Lickitung. Called her Julia.
Entered Ice Path, where I caught a level 23 Male Swinub known as Benjamin.
Made my way through ice Path and into Blackthorn City.
In Blackthorn City, managed to hook and catch a level 20 Male Poliwag, which became named Goodwin.
Goodwin died to a Self-Destruct while going to catch a Pokémon in Route 45. No catch here. -_-
Benjamin died to the next wild Pokémon's Self-Destruct. I HATE THAT MOVE.
No catch in Route 26 either. I killed it too easily.
After making my way back to Blackthorn City, I trained Rose, Bernard, Walt and Julia all to level 40 in Ice Path.
Faced the trainers in Blackthorn Gym and healed my Pokémon afterwards.
Defeated Claire with a bit of difficulty. All 4 of my team members had dropped to yellow health or lower at the time of winning.
In Dragon's Den, caught a level 15 Male Magikarp called Danny.
With the help of Rose and Bernard, trained Danny to level 20 evolving him to Gyarados, and taught him Whirlpool and Waterfall.
Fetched the Dragon Fang for Claire and got the eighth badge.
Got a call from Prof. Elm and went through Routes 45 and 46 back to New Bark Town.
Got the Master Ball from Prof. Elm.
Surfed onto Route 27 of Kanto and caught a level 20 Female Tentacool, called it ClaireBear.
Danny died to poison. Didn't get to Cherrygrove Pokécenter in time...
In Tohjo Falls, caught a level 21 Male Goldeen and called him Peter.
Luckily, Peter was able to learn Waterfall so I managed to get through Tohjo Falls.
I made my way through, battling the trainers and strengthening my new team members until I got to Route 26.
In Route 26, I found and caught a level 28 Male Doduo, which became known as Nathan.
After training my Pokémon in Route 26, I stopped to take a break at some nice lady's house.

Rose, level 45
- Scratch
- Faint Attack
- Bite
- Pay Day

Bernard, level 45
- Stomp
- Strength
- Vicegrip
- Surf

Walt, level 45
- Tackle
- Psybeam
- Confusion
- Stomp

Julia, level 45
- Lick
- Slam
- Wrap
- Stomp

ClaireBear, level 40
- Poison Sting
- Bubblebeam
- Wrap
- Acid

Peter, level 40
- Fury Attack
- Waterfall
- Flail
- Horn Attack

Kate, level 3, died to a Critical Hit from a wild level 3 Bellsprout.
Charlie, level 12, died to a Critical Hit from a wild level 6 Rattata.
Jin, level 7, died to a Fisherman's level 15 Magikarp.
Libby, level 11, died to a wild level 6 Onix (Which got caught and became Sawyer).
Boone, level 12, died to himself. Metronome used Explosion.
Jack, level 24, died to Whitney's Miltank's Rollout.
Ana Lucia, level 18, died to a Firebreather's level 13 Magmar.
Sawyer, level 23, died to Seth's Magnemite' Sonic Boom (Burned Tower encounter).
Claire, level 29, died to Morty's Gengar's Dream Eater.
Hurley, level 21, died to Morty's Gengar's Shadow Ball.
Sayid, level 20, died to Morty's Gengar's Shadow Ball.
Michael, level 19, died to Morty's Gengar's Dream Eater.
Eko, level 19, died to Morty's Gengar's Dream Eater.
Sun, level 18, died to Morty's Gengar's Shadow Ball.
Alexandra, level 24, died to a Swimnmer's level 18 Shellder.
Rousseau, level 25, died to a Blackbelt's level 27 Hitmonchan.
Shannon, level 41, died to Pryce's Piloswine.
Desmond, level 34, died to a Rocket Executive's level 35 Houndoom.
Locke, level 37, died to a Rocket Executive's level 35 Houndoom.
Goodwin, level 21, died to a wild level 24 Graveler.
Benjamin, level 23, died to a wild level 21 Geodude.
Danny, level 21, died to poison.

Defeated every trainer in the gym. For the gym I decided to use Flareon Lv38, Gurdurr Lv42 and Floette Lv36.

Vs Clemont. Floette vs Emolga. Aerial Ace did exactly half of the damage, so I switched Floette out for Flareon. Flareon did a very good job and burned Emolga. Only Static was a bit annoying. Switched out for Gurdurr and 2HKOed Magneton, because of Sturdy. Gurdurr had about half HP after 2 TBolts. Heliolisk T-Bolt critted Gurdurr to death...R.I.P Gurdurr. Flareon needed a Full Restore. 2 T-Bolts from Heliolisk (which was faster) and Flareon had only 4HP left. Flareon critted Heliolisk with a Flare Fang, which was enough to kill it. A very close battle...

Replaced Gurdurr with Scraggy and went on.

Route 14 - Lv 1, Lv 34, Lv 37, Lv 40, Lv 47, Lv 47 - Rule 19: The pokemon on this area is not allowed to evolve - The battle against Serena was pretty easy., caught a Skorupi and traded it for a Weedle...I can't freaking evolve that Weedle...man that's stupid..

Laverre City - Got 2, 3 and 5 so I switch Pinsir, Floette and Malamar for Goomy. Scatterbug (skipped Weedle because of Scatterbug) and Rufflet. My team niveau just decreased drastically. Let's see if I can manage that no Pokemon dies from my current party, which only has 2 Pokemon higher than Lv 40: Flareon Lv44 and Luvdisc Lv50. Luvdisc seems to stay in the team forever, and because of the EXP Share it will always be trained with the other Pokemon... Thanks to Flareon the gym was pretty easy and Scatterbug evolved into Vivillon. The not buying rule slowls hurts me. I can't buy any more Repels or Potions... For the gym leader I chose Rufflet, Flareon and Luvdisc

Flareon defeated the gym leader on his own with FlareBlitz + 1 Hyper Potion (although Mr. Mime got a Reflect up and critted with a Psybeam, Flareon was down at 15 HP after that Flare Blitz)

At the Factory I lost Vivilon to a Toxicroak. Somehow I thought Toxicroak would use Sucker Punch, like it did against Rufflet. But nope, it used Venoshock....R.I.P Vivilon.
Put Kirlia back to the party.

Kirlia evolved in the Factory. Rufflet died to a High Jump Kick from a Scraggy, even if Rufflet had the Eviolite...R.I.P Rufflet...after I defeated Team Flare I withdrew Honedge to replace Rufflet

Route 15 - Lv29, Lv31, Lv 32, Lv 37, Lv 49, Lv 53 - Rule 25: Only use 1 move for each Pokemon. I will choose the attack when I battle. Caught another Skorupi, which Hone Claw+Poison Fang critted my Goomy...R.I.P Goomy and traded that Skorupi for a Litleo. I also put Volbeat back to my team. The rule combined with that I don't have many items left and I'm not allowed to buy any is really difficult for this route, but I still have Flareon with Flare Blitz :D I've notived, that this challenge gets more difficult, the more Pokemon I have...Lost Gardevoir to a Seadra Brine, totally forgot it had that move...but Granbull back to the team and Scraggy evolved. I lost 4 Pokemon from the Factory to this route...Honedge evolved :D

Lost Hotel - Lv37; Lv35; Lv38; Lv41; Lv52; Lv54 - Rule 44: I can catch as many Pokemon as I want, but I have to use all Pokeballs and I can't weaken them; let's see how this goes after so many losses (I also have to use the Master Ball; and I can't catch any other Pokemon in the other areas; because I can't buy anything...); I caught 4 Pawniard and 3 Magneton; 1 Klefki and 1 Electrode traded them for a Froakie, a Totodile, a Riolu and many more (I think these Pokemon are the replace for my fallen ones...)

Route 16 - Lv40; Lv39; Lv40; Lv43; Lv53; Lv56 - Rule 13: In the next gym I can choose my party from any Pokemon that I own (except fallen Pokemon), but only for the gym and the gym leader. Can't catch any Pokemon here, because I don't have any more Pokeballs and I'm not allowed to buy any...Also Doublade lost against a Sligoo Muddy Water Crit in the Rain...put Furfrou in the team (Level 9)

Saved.

- All Pokémon will have nicknames
- Duplicate clause
- Shiny clause
- Gift Pokémon can be used
- Legendary Pokémon (including roaming legendaries) can be caught but not used
- Battle style on SET
- Black out = game over
- And of course, make a written log of my journey!

So, Pokémon StormSilver. I've played a bit of this hack before, but didn't get very far, so it'll be interesting to play through. In a twist on my usual play style of the Johto games, I chose to play as a girl, called Melanie for some reason. I went through the usual SoulSilver beginning stuff, obtained the Running Shoes, Bicycle and GB Sounds (ah, sweet, sweet nostalgia) from my mom, and things were underway.

I decided to use the last digit of my ID number to decide my starter - 1 to 3 would get me Chikorita, 4 to 6 Cyndaquil, 7 to 9 Totodile, and 0 whoever I wanted. Turned out that my ID number ends in a 3, so Chikorita it was - a brave male with Natural Cure. Awesome! After a bit of deliberation, I decided to name him Tristan. With that done and my Pokégear picked up, it was time to head out along Route 29.

The journey to Cherrygrove City gave Tristan a chance to train, and despite a dodgy encounter with a Bidoof, he had hit level 7 and learned Razor Leaf by the time we had reached our destination. Upon arrival, we were immediately accosted by the Guide Gent, of course, who gave me an Old Rod and the Map Card for the trouble. Nice! After Tristan had finished splashing around in the water (which he seemed to really enjoy -aww!), we healed up and moved on to Route 30, where I picked up the Apricorn Box. Since it was gone 9 pm, we found ourselves running into the more nocturnal wild Pokémon along the way. The Hoothoot were nothing Tristan couldn't handle, but we had to run away from two Spinarak in a row for fear of being hit with a super-effective Poison Sting. As if that wasn't enough, we then had a worryingly close encounter with a Bug Bite-wielding Kricketot. Poor Tristan was on only 6 HP, but by that time we had reached Mr Pokémon's house. And who should be standing outside but Cynthia!

Cynthia told us a story, the tale of a Trainer who travelled through Johto and Kanto, caught all Pokémon known to exist, even came face to face with the one who Pokémon call god. Foreshadowing! Before she left, she gave me a gift of a level 5 Eevee: a serious male with Run Away, whom I decided to call Justin. I would have preferred him to have Adaptability over Run Away, but okay.

We get the Mystery Egg and the Pokédex, and leave Mr Pokémon's house... but oh no! Something's happened back at Professor Elm's lab! I sense an invasion of the plot!

We managed to get back to Cherrygrove without incident, discovering along the way that Justin really likes the water too, before running into a certain red-haired someone. Justin and Tristan made short work of his Cyndaquil, reaching level 6 and 8 respectively. You're going to be the greatest Trainer ever, pal? Not if you're being beaten by an Eevee and a Chikorita, you're not.

With that done, it was time to make our way back to New Bark Town, Justin levelling up again en route. Back at the lab, I gave my rival's name as Marco - it'd make sense for Giovanni's son to have an Italian name too, right? - and handed over the Mystery Egg before sorting out money-saving with my mom. That done, it was time to leave again, and this time, with Ethan handing over a whopping fifteen Poké Balls, my challenge was officially underway.

I was hoping for my first catchable encounter on Route 29 to be a Poochyena, but alas not. It was in fact... a level 4 female Bidoof. Thanks, game. I caught her with one ball, and named her Bella, probably the most ironic name possible - seriously, just look at Bidoof. I hate you, random number gods.

I healed up in Cherrygrove City again, and that was where I shut off for the night. Three team members and no deaths so far. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for a male Ralts on Route 30.

With a little time to play before getting on with some work, I decided to use the Old Rod in Cherrygrove City and get a new team member. To my surprise, I found a level 5 Corphish, whom I caught and named Garrett. He turned out to have Adaptability, which is awesome.

Next I headed out to Route 30, hoping for a Ralts to pop up. Surprise surprise, it didn't; instead I found a male Weedle. Oh well, I caught him and named him Sting. Concerned about letting a Bug-type face Falkner in Violet City, and hoping to find a Natu on Route 31, I put him in the PC for the time being.

We trained for a bit on Route 30, letting Bella and Garrett have a few battles with wild Pokémon. We had a dodgy encounter with a Caterpie (seriously, what is up with all of these Pokémon having Bug Bite?), but managed to avoid any disasters. During this time I gained a new respect for Bella, her Unaware ability allowing her to ignore Metapod's repeated use of Harden, and by the time I decided to challenge Youngster Joey, both she and Garrett had reached level 7. Joey's top-percentage Rattata lasted all of four turns against Garrett and Tristan.

I healed the team up at Cherrygrove, and saved for the time being. More to come later today.

Our journey began in Pallet Town. I headed off out the tall grass, with Professor Oak chasing after me, telling me about the dangers of the world. Because of this, he gave me a Pokémon. I chose a Squirtle, who I named Venus. My rival, Green, chose a Bulbasaur. We battled, and thanks to a lucky critical hit from me, he went down within a couple of turns. With Venus by my side, we headed off to Viridian City. Encountering Pokémon on Route 1 meant that I couldn't catch any Pokémon that lived there later on. Eventually, I arrived in Viridian City, and picked up a delivery for Professor Oak. Upon returning to Pallet Town, Professor Oak gave Green and I a Pokedex each. Now, I could truly begin my journey.

I headed back to Viridian City, stocked up on Potions and Pokeballs, and started training on Route 22. While there, I caught a Ratatta. I named her Rala. I trained Venus and Rala for a while, and bumped into Green. Venus took out his Pidgey with ease, and his Bulbasaur was no match for Rala's Quick Attack. After defeating Green, I decided to press on to Route 2 and Viridian Forest. On Route 2, the first Pokemon I encountered was a Ratatta, but the no duplicates rule meant that I couldn't catch it. After this, I entered Viridian Forest, where I encountered a Caterpie. I captured it, and named him Bort. Now, I am training Bort on Route 2 before we press on to Pewter City.

Venus(Squirtle)
Level 10
Moves: Tackle
Tail Whip
Bubble

Rala(Ratatta)
Level 9
Moves: Tackle
Tail Whip
Quick Attack

Bort(Caterpie)
Level 5
Moves:Tackle
String Shot

None yet!

So I start off my journey. Grabbed that potion on the PC. Same old Pallet Town, Oak nowhere to be found. Idk why but it gives me nostalgia cuz it's been ages since I played this game. So I talk to everyone, nothing really new. Then I went to the tall grass but then Prof.Oak stopped me and saying how dangerous it is to go on a journey without a Pokemon and blah blah same old stuff lol. Then he took me to his lab and yeah, same old cocky Ryan (Ryan = Blue/Green because, come on, he looks like a Ryan doesnt he). But let's skip all that stuff and stop right when I am going to choose my starter. So...who did I choose? Yep, the one and only Charmander! He's a classic, I tell ya. So I nicknamed him Classic. Yeah I know I am not creative. The Relaxed nature Charmander. uh I mean Classic. Relaxed nature...sigh this is bad. Then Ryan and his cocky self challenged me and lost. I mean, just keep using scratch. So I finally started my journey, the Pokemon Mart guy gave a sample and I grinded till level 10. Went and delivered the parcel to Oak and he gave me a Pokedex and 5 PokeBalls. So, the nuzlocke starts now. Went to see who my first Pokemon was going to be...it's..it's...it's..........Rattata. Okay lol. It's not bad in the beginning. So that being said, my Route 1 pokemon is Rattata. I called him Joey. I always call my Rattatas Joey. I dont need to explain why, do I? ;D Then arrived Joey's first battle. YAY. It was against a Pidgey. FRIGGIN BIRDS. ...Joey Tackled Pidgey, i think it...did 25% damage? Pidgey's tackle did idk, almost half damage. I thought Joey would endure it, leaving him with 10% hp. but no. FRIGGIN BIRDZ. Pidgey critical hit Joey and sent him to death. I HATE YOU BIRDS. Classic then easily defeated Pidgey with ember. Then when I was depositing Joey on the dead box I quickly realized he was female. Oh well. But wait. We still have the Route 22 Pokemon! SO my route 22 pokemon is...................Mankey. This was a must catch pokemon. how am I going to defeat Brock without it? I then catched Mankey, I called him Destroyer because his final stage looks like a Destroyer. Then I grinded Destroyer to level 8, and then battled Ryan. Classic easily defeated his Pidgey while Destroyer kept low kicking Squirtle. That didnt really work so I withdrew Destroyer and Charmander Scratched him till he fainted. In the end I won and Destroyer leveled up to level 9 while Classic to lv.11. It was a good ending for both me, Classic and Destroyer. Not a good ending for poor Joey who was killed by a BIRD. And i came to a conclusion: I will avenge Joey. I will complete this nuzlocke for her.

Classic (Charmander) lv.11
-Scratch
-Growl
-Ember

Destroyer (Mankey) lv.9
-Scratch
-Leer
-Low Kick

Joey (Rattata) lv.3
-Tackle
-Tail Whip

I WILL AVENGE YOU JOEY

With my exams over and some free time on my hands, I've been able to get back to this, and my first port of call was the second Trainer along Route 30: Aroma Lady Julia. Things went pretty well, with Garrett and Justin hitting level 8, Justin learning Bite, and Tristan reaching level 9 and learning Poison Powder. There was a brief moment of panic when Bella was hit with Julia's Seedot's Bullet Seed and Quick Attack, but my Bidoof somehow hung on with only 1 HP left. Phew! Needless to say, I healed up in Cherrygrove after that battle.

On the way back up Route 30, I took the opportunity to level Bella up a bit more. I was grateful for the abundance of Metapod and Kakuna, with her Unaware ability completely nullifying Harden, and she was up to level 8 by the time we were back by the Trainers. We also ran into a Ralts along the way, much to my annoyance - I wanted one of those!

Idol Carly was the next Trainer, and pretty easy, despite an annoying Jigglypuff using Sing on Bella and a Skitty almost taking out Garrett with a critical Tackle; both of my guys managed to knock out their opponent and reach level 9. Justin fell victim to Clefairy's Cute Charm, but still managed to knock her out.

On Route 31, I debated going into Dark Cave and looking for a new Pokémon there. Curiosity won, and I did so, running into a level 8 Sandshrew. Better than a Zubat, anyway. He proved to be a bit of a pain to catch, what with his constant Sand Attack spam, but Tristan managed to poison him and I caught him. His name, I decided, would be Michael, and I quickly used my only Antidote on him to prevent him succumbing to the poison.

Another trip to Cherrygrove, to heal up and buy some Antidotes, and it was back to Route 31. I was less happy about the Metapod this time, having Justin up front, but even less happy about a Bide-using Seedot I ran from (no point taking risks) and a Weedle that poisoned my poor Eevee, prompting a use of one of my Antidotes. Lucky I bought them, really!

With no encounters on Route 31 yet, I was hoping to run into a Natu, but no: I found a level 6 female Buizel instead. Not really useful, considering that I already had Garrett, but hey; I caught her, and named her Jenna. That's a full team of six! With that, I managed to avoid Bug Catcher Wade and headed straight for Violet City.

In the Pokémon Centre, I found a guy with a Juggler sprite, who asked me if I wanted to take a quiz. I said yes, and passed, which led to the guy offering me a Pokémon: a Bulbasaur, Charmander or Squirtle. I decided to roll a die to choose: 1 or 2 would get me Bulbasaur, 3 or 4 for Charmander, and 5 or 6 for Squirtle. I was secretly hoping for Charmander, since that would cover all three basic types in my party, and, in a stroke of luck, I rolled a three! I named my new Charmander Lucian, and discovered that he has Solar Power. Lovely! There I saved, which turned out to be a very good idea later.

Healed up, I walked back to Route 31 to fight Wade, who was pretty easy, despite almost losing Tristan to a Bug Bite from Nincada. Always the Bug Bite! Fortunately, I pulled him out and Garrett finished it off with a Bubble, narrowly averting disaster for the fifth time.

Back in Violet City, I decided to explore the buildings and talk to a few people. This proved to be a mistake when I went into a particular house - specifically, the one in the south-west of the city - because after I left, the game underwent a bizarre graphical glitch that messed up all the character sprites on the screen. In an attempt to fix it, I went into the Trainer School... which caused the game to crash. Just lovely.

I reset the emulator, and was incredibly relieved to find myself standing outside the Violet City Pokémon Centre, Lucian in tow. Thank Arceus. Unfortunately, I would have to fight Wade again. Annoyed, I gave up for the day - but not before attempting to replicate the glitch, in case it was a thing that happened for that particular house. Spoiler alert: it wasn't. That's something, at least, but I'm wary of it happening again, so I'm saving regularly now.

Still can't believe I've had no deaths yet. But next up are Sprout Tower and Falkner, so that could change very quickly. This is gonna suck.