

the options menu? I'm not quite sure how she pulled that one off, but anyhow, we're ready to go!. She gives us a bag, a trainer card, a journal, and. Who would have guessed? Sadly, upon checking our e-mail, it turns out that our one friend has an illness restricting him to writing in simple sentences.Īt the bottom of the stairs, we're accosted by our mother, who apparently doesn't think much of our mental ability. To the surprise of nobody, the Wii is huge in separate regions of the country. Raia it is.Īfter inputting our name, Oak goes on a short tangent about adventures, and then the game begins for real. Now, canonically, the female protagonist for the Gen IV games is called Lyra, so it's only sensible that we totally ignore that. We get the classic spiel about people working and battling with Pokémon, and then the Professor Blindness Test. Despite the fact that he won't be appearing again for a while. We get some mild philosophy on the nature of time.Īnd Professor Oak appears, replete in tasteful yellow coat. This seems to be exclusive to Gen IV, and I'm not sure why. We're greeted with the traditional Mascot title screen. If you want to play along at home, the randomisation seed is -6507506461636436194 and the config string is ICIBApcAmgCdAASGJAQJFBVQb2tlbW9uIEhlYXJ0R29sZCAoVSnEr16/e3RxlqaeD2c= The game will be HeartGold, just because. * TMs & HMs: Moves and compatibility randomised completely. (Which kinda goes against a Nuzlocke anyway.) Trainer names will be randomised, class names will not be. The rival will carry their starter throughout the game. * Trainers: Pokémon will be randomised completely. * Base statistics: Randomised completely.

Namely: Wonder Guard will be disabled, and types will follow evolutions. I have taken a couple of liberties, in order to maintain some semblance of consistency, and so the thing isn't unwinnable as soon as it starts.

It's been 24 hours, so it's time to get this show on the road. Wild Pokémon : Random ** Don't use legendaries? Pokémon Types: Random (follow evolutions) Starter Pokémon : Random (basic Pokémon with 2 evolutions) Pokémon Base Statistics: Random (follow evolutions) Here's the opinion of someone with no experience with Gen IV or V and whose only experience with Nuzlockes is the original webcomic: * Global 1-to-1 Mapping (Cannot use Additional Rules) ** Weight types by # of Pokémon with them?

** Try to use Pokémon with similar strength? * Random (basic Pokémon with 2 evolutions)
