Challenge Ideas & Discussion Page 2

Started by Ivysaur June 1st, 2010 1:14 PM
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Do you feel more people should get into Nuzlockes?

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Virginia
Seen February 9th, 2013
Posted August 23rd, 2012
168 posts
13.2 Years
I would probably start the habitat challenge or Speed run. However I'm afraid some jackass will Photoshop their evidence to show just how "fast" they are...

Habitat sounds cool though.
I would do a habitat if you made it sounds pretty cool and I'm always up for a new fresh way to play the game.
Ongoing challenges

(Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, Unova)
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Seen July 11th, 2015
Posted August 22nd, 2012
141 posts
13.9 Years
what about one where you only use pokemon that would likely live around where you are? like i live in arizona, a desert, so sandshrew, cacnea, trapinch, etc.
Good idea. I really want to do challenge like that.
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Skip Class

previously zappyspiker, but rainbow keeps trying to get me to skip class

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Posted July 24th, 2020
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I would do a habitat if you made it sounds pretty cool and I'm always up for a new fresh way to play the game.
I started the HG/SS Habitat Challenge yet although no one has started it yet


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Virginia
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Posted August 23rd, 2012
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13.2 Years
I started the HG/SS Habitat Challenge yet although no one has started it yet
I was gonna join but I dont want to restart my soul silver and I can't emulate it. If it was any different gen I would have been able to do it.
Ongoing challenges

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Ice Path
Seen July 20th, 2010
Posted June 21st, 2010
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12.9 Years
:D

I can think of three ways we could do it.

a) The challenge ends when the 8th gym leader is defeated.
b) You must use only the type of ONE of the E4 members (eg. in Sinnoh you must monotype with either Bug, Fire, Ground or Psychic).
c) You can use any of the Pokemon you have used for any of the gym battles.
You could also only be able to use the pokemon from your team that correspond with the current e4 member is. So if you had this team in emerald:

Sableye
Walrein
Flygon
Sharpedo
Salamence
Banette

You could use Sableye and Sharpedo for Sidney because they're dark type
You could use Sableye and Banette for Phoebe because they're ghost type
You could use Walrein for Glacia because it's ice type
You could use Flygon and Salamence for Drake because they're dragon type
You could use Walrein and Sharpedo for Wallace because they're water type

O_o It's a terrible team, but you get my point. (I hope)

EJ

everything is purple

Age 30
Male
FL
Seen March 19th, 2022
Posted November 25th, 2019
1,618 posts
14.2 Years
I started the HG/SS Habitat Challenge yet although no one has started it yet
Frikkin' sweet dude, I'll prolly join. I don't see it though...

How about speed runs?
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WriteThemWrong

LetMeHearYourPokemon's___ Voice

Age 31
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Tucson
Seen September 22nd, 2011
Posted June 19th, 2011
1,130 posts
14.3 Years
there's an ostrich farm no too far from my town, dodrio pwnage :)

yeah i don't see that challenge topic on here either. i'm not really active enough on to start a challenge thread myself, if anyone wants to start one for the habitat idea then be my guest.
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Skip Class

previously zappyspiker, but rainbow keeps trying to get me to skip class

Age 28
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Posted July 24th, 2020
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I was gonna join but I dont want to restart my soul silver and I can't emulate it. If it was any different gen I would have been able to do it.
I might start another one but ain't sure yet. Though probably someone else may start a different Gen


Frikkin' sweet dude, I'll prolly join. I don't see it though...

How about speed runs?
It's on the 2nd page now. And what about Speed runs?


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Age 28
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Scotland
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Posted August 24th, 2011
234 posts
12.9 Years
I would try a Habitat challenge after my Monotype one, Although I live in the middle of nowhere so my team would be:
A dog ( Growlithe maybe)
A bird (Pidgey?)
A Rat (Rattata :( )
A Cat (Meowth?)
A Dragon (Dragonite?) (Just kidding about the Dragon :P )
Ultimate Monotype Challenge- Water Type

Red Crystal Ruby Diamond White

Charmageddon

Charizard has evolved into ^

Seen April 25th, 2016
Posted June 3rd, 2012
859 posts
14.4 Years
You could also only be able to use the pokemon from your team that correspond with the current e4 member is. So if you had this team in emerald:

Sableye
Walrein
Flygon
Sharpedo
Salamence
Banette

You could use Sableye and Sharpedo for Sidney because they're dark type
You could use Sableye and Banette for Phoebe because they're ghost type
You could use Walrein for Glacia because it's ice type
You could use Flygon and Salamence for Drake because they're dragon type
You could use Walrein and Sharpedo for Wallace because they're water type

O_o It's a terrible team, but you get my point. (I hope)
I think that would be too hard, and would require too much grinding, and would really limit your choices.

I went with B in the end.
"Strong Pokemon. Weak Pokemon. That is only the selfish perception of people. Truly skilled trainers should try to win with their favourites."
- Karen, Pokemon Gold, Silver and Crystal

Gulpin

poisonous

Male
Seen January 16th, 2017
Posted November 25th, 2016
3,270 posts
16.7 Years
I think a cool/fun challenge would be to make a new team after each gym leader, only using Pokemon you can find while getting from the city of the previous gym leader to the next gym leader. So you can catch any Pokemon while going up to Pewter City and use them against Brock, then deposit all but one in the PC, and make a whole new team to use against Misty (weather it is just one Pokemon or a whole team of 6). And for the E4 you can use any Pokemon that you used for any of the gym leaders, but at the level you deposited them.
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WriteThemWrong

LetMeHearYourPokemon's___ Voice

Age 31
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Tucson
Seen September 22nd, 2011
Posted June 19th, 2011
1,130 posts
14.3 Years
I think a cool/fun challenge would be to make a new team after each gym leader, only using Pokemon you can find while getting from the city of the previous gym leader to the next gym leader. So you can catch any Pokemon while going up to Pewter City and use them against Brock, then deposit all but one in the PC, and make a whole new team to use against Misty (weather it is just one Pokemon or a whole team of 6). And for the E4 you can use any Pokemon that you used for any of the gym leaders, but at the level you deposited them.
i like that idea, i like any idea of using new pokemon or ones you haven't used before. pidgey or zubat would be on every team in red and blue :D. it would also be hard around saffron and celadon because there's only that little route and patch of grass in between them
They confiscated my monkeys.
Dammit sky!
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Age 28
Male
Hoenn
Seen July 16th, 2016
Posted June 29th, 2010
40 posts
12.9 Years
I recently finished a Nuzclocke run on Silver version (and by finished I mean I lost before the fifth gym leader), so I'm not doing another one of those for a while.

I once did a one-gender-only run. Rules are that the gender of your starter dictates what kind of gender pokemon you can catch. Believe it or not, it makes it quite a bit harder to catch a few pokemon.

myrrhman

Challenge God

Age 32
Male
Knoxville, TN
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Posted May 9th, 2016
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13.2 Years
I meant openng up a speed run thread. This way people can compete for the best time. They must supply evidence of their final time. The evidence is subject to evaluation, etc, etc.
Everyone who wants to do this should join PROJECT ALPHA FAN. We're working on beating the record for Blue Version (which according to the Guiness Book of Video Games Records currently is at 1:55). Except its not really a free for all challenge, its more of a team challenge. Nevertheless, I think it would be cool to try to collectively get the record in every game.
Age 31
Male
Singapore
Seen July 9th, 2016
Posted November 23rd, 2012
212 posts
13 Years
I had this idea in mind a while back, the Mono-AttackType challenge. Basically, your Pokemon's moves must correspond to their type.

For example, a Blastoise would only be allowed to use a moveset such as Surf, Hydro Cannon, Withdraw, Rain Dance, all of which are Water type. (Obviously by considering this, dual-type Pokemon are a lot more useful probably)

Coming off my mind right away are moves such as Confuse Ray which could only be present on Ghost Pokemon.

The rule would be that you must delete moves of type not matching that Pokemon as soon as possible, either by overwriting them with the appropriate moves or deleting them. It would be a must to enforce that by the time you meet the move deleter, you MUST delete all non-matching type moves.

An alternative way to make the challenge easier to implement would be to do it the other way round, i.e. your Pokemon's moves must NOT be of the same type as the Pokemon itself; i.e. a Charizard with Earthquake, Rock Slide, Swords Dance and Dragon Claw.
(This would make the challenge much easier, imo, as you have a lot more coverage, though you lose STAB)

amberfunk

Almost master trainer

Female
Seen May 15th, 2014
Posted May 7th, 2014
218 posts
13.1 Years
I like that idea for a challenge emoxy. You should start a challenge like that. I would definitely join:) It sounds like a lot of fun.
I put up a challenge myself today. I hope some people join and its not just me doing my challenge all alone. I made a challenge where you can only use pokemon that are similar to pets in the real world.
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Pewter City, England...
Seen May 4th, 2014
Posted April 23rd, 2011
881 posts
14.4 Years
Has anyone got any ideas for Mystery Dungeon challenges? I know that most of the conventional challenges would be pretty hard/impossible to do because you and your partner have to be different types, but still. I also realise that the Mystery Dungeon games take EONS to complete, so any threads would probably die before anyone completed the challenge. It's just that I have so many spare MD cartridges and I'd love to do a couple of challenges on them.

Here are some challenges I thought of for MD. Not amazing, but still. Worth chucking out there for opinions.

~ No Gummis - no eating gummis, so no IQ increase. Cuts off some useful IQ skills (such as nonsleeper).
~ No Held Items - Held items are a large part of MD, so a challenge where you can't use them could be... Challenging.
~ No Recruiting - Just you and your partner all the way through. I know quite a few people do this anyway, so perhaps not.
~ No Power Ups - Such as Ginseng and Protein/Iron etc. Possibly used in conjuction with the No Gummi challenge.
~ No Wonder Orbs - No using Orbs. Could be a challenge for those who rely on Petrify Orbs or the like to see them through Monster Houses.
~ A challenge where only you use Moves - turn moves off for your partner and only let them use their regular attack.
~ No Extra Dungeons - Only visit the dungeons essential to the storyline.

What do you lot think? Any potential for an MD challenge or two, or is it best to focus on the main games?
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myrrhman

Challenge God

Age 32
Male
Knoxville, TN
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Posted May 9th, 2016
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13.2 Years
I originally had a sort of mystery dungeon challenge, where you basically played like mystery dungeon: you could only have 3 Pokemon at a time, you sharked in your first two from the normal mystery dungeon starters list, and you had to have one of them with you at all times.

Gulpin

poisonous

Male
Seen January 16th, 2017
Posted November 25th, 2016
3,270 posts
16.7 Years
A cool challenge to do would be to only use the first 6 (or 5 if you want a slot for an HM Slave) Pokemon that you encounter. So if you run into a Bidoof and faint it you must catch a Bidoof as soon as possible. And if you want different Pokemon on your team you can take the games slow and look for Pokemon where you want to.
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