PKMN Yellow Nuzlocke ch. 1

[lyssabn]

I'm at a relatively boring bit of my current fangame save, so I'm going to try a Nuzlocke of Pokémon Yellow. I think Yellow was my first Pokémon game as a child. Fun times. Due to gen 1 not having iron/copper (♂️/♀️) mons (other than the Nidorine lines), I'm not using the "Girl's Club" thing I usually do for funsies. Short version of my rules beyond basic "first encounter per area only/fainted mons are gone forever": Already caught mons don't count and shinies and gift pokémon can be caught and used regardless, and I can't exceed certain level caps.

Full disclosure: this is pretty much just gonna be describing things that happen in my run! I'll put a little status summary at the bottom to summarize the big events.

rules for my Yellow Nuzlocke

1. All Pokémon must be nicknamed.
2. If a Pokémon is defeated in battle it may not be used for the rest of the game.
   1. Losing a battle is game over.
3. Only the first wild Pokémon encountered in an area may be captured and used.
   1. Gift clause: Gift Pokémon do not count as an encounter.
   2. Dupes clause: If an encounter is a Pokémon of a species that was already captured, it does not count.
   3. Intentionally abusing 3.2 to control what mons you get is cheesy and therefore impermissible as a vegan.
   4. Girl’s Club: ♂️ Pokémon don’t count either. (this rule is omitted because only two Pokémon have planetary alignments in Yellow.
   5. Shinies can always be caught and used.
   6. Wild Pokémon encountered before it is possible to catch any Pokémon do not count as your first encounter in an area.
4. Level caps:
   1. Pokémon that exceed the level of the next Gym Leader's ace Pokémon as of the start of the battle cannot be used in trainer battles.
   2. The Elite Four may not be entered with Pokémon whose level exceeds that of the final Elite Four member's ace.
   3. It is permissible to use Rare Candies before battling the Champion as long as no Pokémon exceed the level of the Champion's ace.
5. Set Mode must be used.

As is my habit in nuzlockes, I nickname mons after animals or other real-world things they are meant to resemble. Also I name my characters Alice. My Pikachu is named Mouse and phew I had to use a potion to make it through my first rival battle against Blue (his Eevee used Tail Whip six times and then crit his first Tackle!).

The level cap for Brock will be 12. I don't let rival or Team Rocket/etc. battles formally set level caps since there are often cases where you battle a gym and then you battle a Team Galactic Admin whose ace is lower level than the gym leader's, but I do often informally try to not exceed these battles when it makes sense, so I'm also noting that the Route 22 optional battle with Blue has his Spearow at 9.

In Pokémon games I always grind my starter to level 8 in the first patch of grass before I go further into Route 1. Mostly I just want them at a safe level to complete that first proper trek through the route in one go, and honestly Pidgeys are always bizarrely strong. So my Pikachu gets to level 8 and learns Thunder Wave. Fancy.

The Pokémart in Viridian City apparently runs an unpaid delivery service by making random kids deliver stuff for them. Also jeez, Blue is a jerk, telling his sister to not give me a Town Map (not that she listens to him). I can buy Pokéballs now! Over at Route 22, I catch my level 4 Spearow, named Sparrow. On Route 1, I catch Pigeon, a level 5 Pidgey. And a level 4 Rattata named Rat on Route 2. I get everything but Rat to 9 (Rat I leave at 8) and take on Blue without any difficulty this time. In Viridian Forest, I catch a level 3 Caterpie and name her Butterfly.

After reaching Pewter City, I train my team up to level 12 and then take on Brock. Butterfly handles him easily! Good for her! She hits level 13 from the experience. ⁚⟩

Summary

New Pokémon: Mouse (Pikachu), Sparrow (Spearow), Pigeon (Pidgey), Rat (Rattata), Butterfly (Caterpie→Butterfree).

Important battles: Blue defeated twice. Brock defeated! Boulder Badge GET!