Given my limited experience with recent Pokémon games, this does mean catching some later-gen monsters I don’t recognize, but the rule set seems to be working as intended. You can only capture the first NEW Pokemon you encounter in each new area. Otherwise I’d just end up with a bunch of familiar faces. But in Sword and Shield, like Pokémon Let’s Go before it, most of the spawns are fully visible in the world, just wandering around.ĭo I catch the first one I see? The first one I run into? Since this is a new Pokémon game, I want to focus on just capturing newly-added monsters. In practically every Pokémon game, this means wandering into an area with tall grass and capturing the first random Pokémon that pops out at you. You can only capture the first Pokemon you encounter in each new area. Saki and I set out on our quest to become the Pokémon Masters of the Galar region, and I immediately realize my first problem with the Nuzlocke rules in Sword and Shield. Issues with rule number 1 Game Freak, The Pokémon Company/Nintendo via Polygon I’m about 10 hours in, and it’s a bit of a mess. But having bounced off of the last few Pokémon games, I thought maybe giving it a shot for Sword and Shield would help reinvigorate my Poké passion. When Polygon co-founder Griffin McElroy explored this model in a video series a few years back, it sounded heinous to me.
All Pokémon caught must have nicknames.Īt their core, the Nuzlocke rules force players to form strong bonds with their Pokémon, because having one of a small group of Pokémon faint meant losing them forever.
If a Pokemon faints, you will consider it dead and release it.ĭevotees of the ruleset have since added a third, generally-accepted rule:ģ. You can only capture the first Pokemon you encounter in each new area.Ģ. And it’s the most stressful Pokémon experience of my life.Ī quick primer: The Nuzlocke Challenge was invented by Nick Franco, an artist in California who decided he wanted to make Pokémon Ruby a bit more challenging. So I decided to try something new with Pokémon Sword and Shield: a Nuzlocke Challenge. I’ve popped into some of the more recent entries, like X and Y or Sun and Moon, but none have been able to grab me in the same way I was consumed in those good old days back in 1998. The relatively static nature of Pokémon games have left me yearning for something more fresh and challenging as I’ve grown older. My Charmander and I conquered the Kanto region with a fury still discussed in hushed tones.īut my passions have waned over the years. I was 14 when the first Pokémon game came out, and I fell in love instantly.
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