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Topic: Randomized Yellow Nuzlocke-y thing

Hello, people! I'm doing this thing, I guess! Yay for following trends!

Anyway, I decided to do a randomized Nuzlocke of Pokémon Yellow. I used the program from this site to randomize the game, with the following settings on:

  • Update Type Effectiveness

  • Update Moves

  • Remove Trade Evolutions

  • No Game-Breaking Moves

  • Pokémon Base Statistics: Random (follow evolutions)

  • Starter Pokémon: Random (basic Pokémon with 2 evolutions)

  • Pokémon Types: Random (follow evolutions)

  • Pokémon Movesets: Random (preferring same type)

  • Trainers Pokémon: Type Themed

  • Rival carries starter through game

  • Try to use Pokémon with similar strength

  • Don't use legendaries

  • Wild Pokémon: Area 1-to-1 Mapping

  • Catch 'Em All Mode

  • Don't use legendaries

  • Set minimum catch rate

  • Static Pokémon: Random (Legendary <-> Legendary & Normal <-> Normal)

  • TM Moves: Random

  • TM/HM Compatibility: Random (prefer same type)

Er... yeah. So, if anyone has any questions about these settings, let me know below. For the most part, I think they're pretty self-explanatory.

For the most part, randomized Nuzlockes have not gone well for me in the past. Not at all. Regardless, I'm going to start this up.

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Pikachu appears at the title screen as usual. Thanks to my settings, though, it should be impossible for Pikachu to be my starter, as it isn't a basic Pokémon with two evolutions. So, no Pikachu for now! Or possibly at all, depending on whether or not one comes up during the game.

Anyway, I change my text speed to FAST. Now that I think about it, all my friends play with FAST text speed... I wonder if there's anyone who doesn't. Eh, I'm sure there is.

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And because I'm somewhat conceited, I name myself ZEAL.

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My rival, on the other hand, is ROKY. I doubt anyone will get that reference.

Anyway, as of now, the game begins! But not the challenge quite yet. And I say 'anyway' way too much...

Oh, while I'm thinking about it!

Some of my variations on the Nuzlocke rules:

  • The challenge begins once I have access to Poké Balls. In other words, once I get Poké Balls, I can catch something on Route 1, even if I already saw a Pokémon there before arriving in Viridian City.

  • Gift Pokémon don't count as the first thing seen in any area. For example, in Pallet Town, I'd be allowed both my starter and a Pokémon caught by fishing.

  • Duplicate Pokémon ARE allowed. If the first Pokémon I see on a route is something I already have, it still counts as the thing I'm allowed to catch for that route.

  • Losing all of the Pokémon in my party is NOT failure if I have Pokémon in my PC.

I probably forgot a few of my rules, and will inform you of them when they become necessary.

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Anyway, I get the Potion from the PC in my bedroom, and head outside.

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Oak stops me from heading out onto Route 1. A battle begins...

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Caterpie! My starter will be Caterpie! Excellent! Well, at the very least, it'll evolve quickly, and that's nice. Assuming I survive that long...

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I get to the lab, and Roky takes the starter on the table. I really hope that I have a type advantage against whatever he has, since I doubt Caterpie's going to be doing much in this first battle...

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All right, Caterpie's Rock/Water. That might be helpful in the future, unless my rival's starter is Grass or something. That wouldn't be convenient at all.

By the way, while I remember!

This is a log file of the randomization performed. I'm not going to look at it, but I figured I'd leave it here in case someone else wants to.

And this is a preset file to perform the same randomization I did. I doubt either of these files'll be used, but here they are, just in case!

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All right! First rival battle time! Let's do this!

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His starter is an Abra, I see. Hopefully that won't be a bad thing in the long run. Or right now, for that matter. My Caterpie's name is FOURTEEN, by the way, since I wanted it to be named after a number, and 14 is without question the greatest number in existence.

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Due to the Abra's use of Twineedle and its weakness to Rock Throw, I think it would be reasonable to assume that Abra is Bug-type. Last turn, it went first, so it probably has higher Speed than me. To avoid losing, I'd probably have to use the Potion from earlier. Though, in the long run, that wouldn't do much, since it'd just use Twineedle again and bring me down to a similar amount of health as I had before. So, I'm just going to abuse the fact that my challenge doesn't officially start until I get Poké Balls and let Roky win.

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There, he used Twineedle again and won. I WILL HAVE MY REVENGE, ROKY! I SWEAR IT!

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Oak appears to go insane after my unofficial loss, as I do not own a Pikachu, and Fourteen does not seem to have a problem with Poké Balls at all. It seems perfectly content inside its.

You know what, since using 'it' to refer to Fourteen is beginning to annoy me, and Generation I doesn't have genders, I'm just going to assume Fourteen is male for the duration of this playthrough.

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I get another Potion from the Poké Mart employee on Route 1. I walk a little more, and run into my first wild Pokémon...

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Psyduck! That actually isn't too bad. I hope that's what I run into once my challenge starts. It used Sludge, so I'm assuming it's Poison-type. I'm not a big fan of Poison-type, but I like Psyduck. Actually, I like pretty much everything. But still.

Once I arrive in Viridian City, I heal Fourteen at the Pokémon Center, and get the Potion hidden in the Cut tree.

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I enter the Poké Mart, and get Oak's Parcel from the employee.

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And I head back to Pallet Town to deliver it. I get the Pokédex in return.

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Then I go to Roky's house and get a Town Map from Daisy. I really don't need it, but why not?

I still don't have Poké Balls, so I KO another Psyduck on my way to Viridian.

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In Viridian, I spend all my money on Poké Balls. So, now the challenge is officially beginning! I am almost one hundred percent positive that I will fail. Still, it's sure to be fun.

In case it isn't obvious enough already, I wrote this without any effort as I played. If you have suggestions for nicknames or something, let me know, I guess. First post COMPLETE.

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A Poison-Type Duck? Obviously it must be named Perry the Platypus should you ever catch one.

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I head back to Route 1 to catch something there. I step into the grass, and...

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Psyduck again! So, my Route 1 Pokémon is Psyduck!

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I catch it without too much difficulty, and name it PERRY, based on Dune's suggestion. "PERRY THE PLATYPUS" is too many characters to fit as a nickname, however.

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All right, I was right. Perry is Poison-type. And it appears the ONLY move it knows is Sludge.

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I head back to the Pokémon Center to heal, as Perry poisoned Fourteen during our battle. Fourteen is down to 4 HP by the time I get there.

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I head over to Route 22 to catch something...

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Then I realize I have no idea what can be found there and that going in blindly is probably stupid. I head back to Route 1 to train a bit.

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The first Psyduck I fight nearly kills Fourteen, but he ends up getting enough experience to grow to level 6.

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The second Psyduck I fight also nearly kills Fourteen. He levels up again, which means...

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Fourteen has evolved!

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Upon evolving, he learns Hydro Pump. That is most certainly better than Harden. And I'm going to train a bit more, and have the results in the next update.

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Fourteen's gonna be the most Badass Butterfree in existence. XD

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Re: Randomized Yellow Nuzlocke-y thing

This'll probably be a pretty quick update, since I don't have enough time to write a longer one at the moment.

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During my training, I run into the other Route 1 Pokémon, Cloyster.

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Due to its moveset, I think I'll assume it's Water/Ghost... Nah, that can't be right... Water has normal effectiveness against it... Huh... Pure Ghost, maybe? Or Ghost/Normal or something? I dunno.

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...It begins.

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FOURTEEN THE BUTTERFREE! FEAR HIS MAJESTIC AWESOMENESS! Or something like that, anyway.

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The next Cloyster I fight uses Egg Bomb. I'm not going to try to guess its type.

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I succeed at leveling both Perry and Fourteen to level 14. Fourteen is level 14, see? It's a great level to stop this training at!

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I head north, and OLD MAN fails to catch a Rattata.

I take a few steps into the Route 2 grass, and...

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Kabutops... This could be a problem... it has a low catch rate, I think...

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Ah, never mind. Took me two Poké Balls. I probably just got lucky there.

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Welcome to the team, LIMULIDAE!

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Pure Fighting-type, but a Grass-type move that could come in handy...

Ah, speaking of moves...

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Fourteen's current moveset. Perry still only knows Sludge. Since this is Generation I, he won't learn another move until level 28. I hope I get a TM he can learn before then.

And I think I'll end this here. Limulidae needs to level up and such... And I still need to check out Route 22...

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Well. I forgot about this, apparently.

I've decided to use a weird sort of color-y thing for this update. I'm not sure if I'll use it in the future. I'll have to see how it looks.

Anyway...

When I mention Fourteen, I use this color.

For Perry, it's this color.

And this is Limulidae's color.

Anyway...

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Let's go catch something on Route 22, now that I've trained Limulidae a bit.

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All right! Starmie! That's pretty cool, I guess.

I use Rage, not wanting to knock it out...

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...Forgetting that Rage is a continuous move in Generation I.

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And resulting in Limulidae's death.

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Luckily, I still manage to catch the Starmie, which I name Rage, after the move that caused Limulidae's death. (In case you can't tell, this is Rage's color, by the way.)

Poor Limulidae... :'(

I heal up at the Pokémon Center and release Limulidae.

Poor Limulidae... :'(

I will miss Limulidae. I barely knew him/her. I hadn't even decided on which pronoun to use by the time he/she died...

Poor Limulidae... :'(

I shall always remember you, Limulidae! I will try to mention you at various points in the future!

Poor Limulidae... :'(

Er... Anyway...

Rage's stats and moves and such:

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She's... Yeah, I'm going to use "she" for Rage. Since I use "he" for both Fourteen and Perry.

Anyway, she's pure Fighting-type, like Limulidae was. I figured as much, after seeing her use Submission multiple times in my battle with her. Unfortunately, all three of her moves are Fighting-type, and she doesn't learn any more than three moves by level up. Not very much variation there. So, she'll be pretty useless against Ghost-types and such until I'm able to get a TM she can learn.

And I don't usually pay too much (if any) attention to stats, but I noticed that Rage's Attack seems to be her highest stat, which will probably be useful for a Fighting-type.

Since, y'know, all Fighting-type moves are physical in Generation I. Most still are. I can only think of like three special Fighting-type moves off the top of my head. Eh, it makes sense.

Anyway, I go to train and such.

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No thanks, I don't need Withdraw. I'm fine with your current moveset, Fourteen! You're fine just the way you are!

Anyway, I train some more, getting Rage up to level 10 and Fourteen up to level 16. Perry stays at level 14. Because 14 is the greatest number invented by mankind! And anyone who will argue against that is wrong in my mind! Muahahahaha!

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I save after taking this screenshot. When I do, I notice my play time is about six hours. That's kinda completely ridiculously ridiculous. Like, COMPLETELY ridiculously ridiculous. In all-caps and italicized like that. And without the "kinda".

Anyway, I head back to Route 22 to battle my rival.

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I run into a Magneton on the way there. It seems to be Bug-type, but I'm not really sure.

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Nah. I was actually just here to battle you, Roky.

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YOU JERK! I shall defeat you IN BATTLE!

...Though, you're totally right. I don't have any badges yet.

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Let's do this!

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He sends out his Abra first. I know it's Bug-type from earlier, when I lost but got to continue anyway due to a loophole in my rules. Yay for loophole abuse!

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Like before, it uses Twineedle. It's not very effective! Victory shall be mine!

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I knock it out, but it poisons Rage. I switch her out with Fourteen for his next Pokémon.

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Nidorino! Wonder what type it is.

I use Rock Slide...

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Which is super effective and knocks it out in one hit.

Dang. I still don't know what type it is.

Well, on the bright side, I know it's weak to Rock. So I can use that knowledge in the future at some point.

It's either Fire, Ice, Bug, or Flying, then.

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No, I think YOU just lucked out.

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...Wait, that doesn't make any sense at all.

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Anyway, I head back to the Pokémon Center, and have to use my last Potion on Rage to prevent her from fainting on the way there. I should possibly purchase more soon.

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Well... I think I'll end this update here. So yeah. This is still I thing, I guess.

Yippee!