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I don't have a single Pokemon game I wanna restart for a Nuzlocke Challenge, so I made up a substitute one. I call it the Sublocke because it's a substitute for the Nuzlocke. I was looking through my Pokemon games, trying to think of what game I could bear to delete the data and start a Nuzlocke challenge with. While I was going through these, and about to give up doing the Nuzlocke, I saw in Pokemon X, the Chespin that Shauna gave me near the end of the game. How she got through the whole game without giving any mind to her Level 5 starter, I dunno.
That's when I started thinking up an idea. There was no way I was going to be able to do a true Nuzlocke challenge without deleting one of my game's data or buying a completely new one. I was saving up to buy a Nintendo Switch and Pokemon Sword, so I couldn't bear to do either. So I made up Sublocke to get some kinda feel of being in a Nuzlocke.
The rules were simple; get a basic Level 5 or lower Pokemon and some Pokeballs and the challenge begins, only catch the first Pokemon you encounter in every new area you enter, nickname each Pokemon so you get attached, and if a Pokemon faints, it can't be used again.
However, in this version, there's a couple of extra things, concerning that this wasn't a new or restarted Pokemon game. You can't battle any of the Gym Leaders, but you could take on the Elite Four. You just had to make it through the Pokemon Region, without using Fly or a Pokemon pager, basically. I'm making it a challenge to go to every area in this Region, to make up for not battling the Gym Leaders and to train up for the Elite Four.
There's also the issue with the amount of money that I have and the items I've earned or found. I'm allowing to use the money that you already had since the supply of money-giving trainers must be exhausted, aside from maybe, for me the Battle Chateau or, for you guys, the Elite Four. Items, however, keep a piece of paper or something to keep track of what you have, what you don't have, and what you've run out of. Think of this part like it's DnD.
I've made sure to set up separate areas in my PC Box for my Morgue and my Spares. Another rule that I have is that I can't pull out a Pokemon from the PC Box unless a Pokemon from my Party of 6, has fainted and I need a replacement. If I reach the point where my screen blacks out and all of my 6 Pokemon have fainted in that battle, then it's Game Over no matter how many other Spares I have left in my PC.
With that in mind, I set myself up for the Challenge and began in Vanville Town, Kalos Region, Pokemon X.
Here's how it went.