Nuzlocking EVERY POKEMON GAME EVER RELEASED, But I Can't Use Repeats (HeartGold & SoulSilver)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.พ. 2025
- It's time for a new adventure! After having trekked through many of these games time and time again, I wanted to have one final ultimate challenge in the vanilla mainline Pokemon franchise... Can I beat, every SINGLE Pokemon game in chronological order in a hardcore nuzlocke setting, and without reusing a single Pokemon in any other game? For instance, if I use Bulbasaur in Red version, I won't be able to use it in Blue, Yellow, Firered, or any other game. Come along on this journey with me and find the struggles, the cuts, the innovations, the strategies, and the potential laughs along the way.
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Rules of the challenge:
Normal Nuzlocke Ruleset:
1. Fainting = Death
2. Can only catch one Pokémon on each Route (Species Clause)
3. Nickname Pokémon
Hardcore Nuzlocke Ruleset:
4. No items in battle (held items okay)
5. No leveling past the next gym leader/E4 (at the START of the battle)
6. Play on "Set" battle mode
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FAQ:
Q. What are those non-nicknamed Pokemon in your party for, do they count towards the total?
A. They're HM users, nothing more. No, they don't count towards the total since they're never used in battle. Except Espeon and Umbreon, I still have yet to look up if Colosseum has a name rater lolol
Q. If you catch a Pokemon, doesn't it count as used?
A. Nope! They're only "used" if they get put into battle and use an attack. This is to avoid things like non-usable Pokemon sitting in the party and getting gusted out via Whirlwind or Roar.
Q. What are the 39 games involved in this series?
A. Red, Blue, Yellow, Gold, Silver, Crystal, Ruby, Sapphire, Colosseum, FireRed, LeafGreen Emerald, XD, Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, HeartGold, SoulSilver, Black, Black 2, White, White 2, X, Y, Omega Ruby, Alpha Sapphire, Sun, Ultra Sun, Moon, Ultra Moon, Let's Go Eevee, Let's Go Pikachu, Sword, Shield, Brilliant Diamond, Shining Pearl, Legends Arceus, Scarlet, and Violet.
Q. What about games like FR/LG where you get a starter that you've already used, do you fail the challenge?
A. No, since the nuzlocke doesn't start until I receive Pokeballs, I simply go out and capture an unused Pokemon at full HP and continue after boxing the starter.
Q. Are you choosing your encounters?
A. Occasionally. I have a document where I've laid out encounters for the entire franchise. But isn't that against the spirit of a nuzlocke? I don't think so, I think the battles are the main challenge, after all, I can just reset the run to get the right first encounter, but that would make producing these videos a lot slower and less enjoyable.
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Tentacruel outsped crobat from badge boosts
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My Johto team currently has a Gengar and a Dragonite.
Gen 5 gonna be challenge mode?
@@CraterM Would I have to use my Unova team if Pokémon ever become real?
One of the most pokemon challenge series I've ever seen. Really gets a good look at less used pokemon and shows some unique team comps as we go to remake generations.
one of the most pokemon challenge series
@@iamnotpreen48 yes
Yep, definitely one of the most.
This is definitely one of the challenges of all time
The most of all time imo
"Go touch grass" -says the guy literally playing every single mainline pokemon in a hardcore nuzlocke as a way to role into the newest generation of pokemon games later this week. Absolutely savage and I am all for it. Love it
Over 200 likes and after a year this is your first reply
Over 2 likes and after a month this is your first reply@@MrBoneArrowTheEggRoll
Meatball ragequitting in the middle of the Lance fight and just playing YuGiOh was genuinely the funniest part of the manga.
For real 😂😂
Anyone else notice that Mareep's death didn't increment the death counter? Definitely a nitpick but I hope it gets fixed next episode lol.
i did, it was marked as dead on the pokemon used chart before he started soul silver
I noticed it, and when he incremented the counter for Noctowl, I had to double check that the episode didn't start at 9.
Yeah, hopefully he catches it to correct in the next video.
My bad, missed that 😅 there is aloooot going on in these episodes and not a ton of time to get them finished so sometimes things like this slip through the cracks.
It will be fixed in B/W
-Chaotics editor
@@NickNoir you're doing a fantastic job, keep it up 💙
Editors are the unsung heroes of TH-cam, so thank you for your work in making these videos awesome for us consumers~
For the record, the reason Sneasel didn't hit you with Ice Punch is because Sneasel can't learn Ice Punch in HGSS except by egg move or post-game move tutor
That applies to your Sneazel, not the opponents. Just lazy writing I guess. It's like when Cyrus' Weavile didn't have an Ice move 🤔
Watching these one after another, I've started playing a little game with myself - trying to guess ahead of time WHO GETS RETURN, WHO GETS DIG
Before I start the vid I just wanna say, Thanks for signing my playmat at YCS Pasadena!! I was super excited and nervous as hell to ask after your match lol. I wanted to get a pic with you too but couldn't bring myself to ask. Thanks for the entertainment Floowandereeze god!
No problemo, and no need to worry about asking! I know people get nervous about that stuff, I did too, but once you realize that people are just people despite what they do for a living, it's easier to approach anyone with confidence.
I cannot express enough how cool and entertaining this series is. Keep it up
If I ever have to explain ranges to anyone, ill use this part in particular.
You missed basically ALL of them XD That is an achievement in itself.
Can you explain a range
@@RaichuGamesFormalyBeef moves don’t always do the same amount of damage, it ranges from around 85-100% damage on the opponent. He kept hitting the lower end of the ranges
@@RaichuGamesFormalyBeef Damage in Pokemon is rolled in a range, basically if you use a move that would deal a 100 damage, it might do somewhere between 80 and 100 damage, depending on where you land in the range. These numbers aren't entirely correct but you get the point.
@@RaichuGamesFormalyBeef part of the damage calculation is a random number between 1 and 0.85, so if the calculations involving stats, move power, items etc. would come to 100 that random number means it would actually deal anywhere from 85 to 100. saying an attack is a range means that the lowest number wont be a KO but the highest would. e.g if the target for our hypotheical 85-100 damage attack had 90HP there is a 33% chance that it would survive the attack and a 66% chance for a KO.
@@RaichuGamesFormalyBeef you either get a lot of it, or you get ALL of it. He basically failed to get ALL of it, many times consecutively.
25:00 D-d-d-d-duel!
I've never seen such a long and dedicated joke. Worth it!
Glad to see this is out, and I really like you are using Sugimori art for the Pokemon instead of sprites this time. ^_^
Actually, this art's ripped from some of the Pokemon TCG artwork! People don't tend to put the effort into cutting those out so they looked as unique as possible for thumbnails.
@@ChaoticMeatballTV Sorry, I didn't know where that was from. Also, really dumb stunt you pulled there, but then again, it's easy to just rage quit Pokemon when the RNG decides to be an ever-loving d*ck. ;p
I have a Gengar and a Dragonite on my team currently.
@@cicisstormshelter1076
Sugimori makes a ton of TGC artwork
@@ChaoticMeatballTV this is like the friendlocke by salty SO MUCH FUN TO WATCH! 🎉
I remember HG/SS fondly as one of my most anticipated Pokémon games ever. I played every main series Pokémon game growing up except the original Gold and Silver, and then these games were excellent. I was blown away by the quality back when these games came out and they’re definitely still some of my favorites in the series even though others have come along I like more.
Soul silver is by far my favorite Pokémon game, definitely a bit blinded by nostalgia but I’ve played it through many times and I love it everytime. brings me back too being a kid with my ds.
That little diversion due to a certain someone frustrating you was probably the most enjoyable detour I've had in a while. Wouldn't mind if you did that again! It's like a short intermission from a long game.
Dude, I'm just imagining what pchal or cimo would say watching this.
This series is about thoroughly entertaining! I can’t wait for every installment
No, seriously, I really liked the Yugioh duel in the middle of the video out of nowhere
Who’s gonna tell him that nothing evolves into the alternate Tyrannitar in Violet
45:39 I think that “totally unnecessary” crit was, in fact, completely necessary thanks to the Defense boost from Curse. Still better than it being a range, considering the luck in this video
Love the editing and quality of this challenge. Super fun to follow and it even gives you the itch to try it out yourself:D
Cheers! Always nice getting feedback on the editing ❤️
I have been binge watching this over the last 2 days. Congrats on that 17% uptick in subscribers between the last video and this one. Can't wait to see the rest of this run. Really makes me want to attempt this
I was on my phone looking at notifications waiting for this to come out, and I'm so glad I caught it so early! This series is amazing
1:05:39 "Didn't expect crunch to do less damage than bite"
60 base power move off 130 base attack vs 80 base power off 85 base attack. Crunch is a small damage boost over bite, but Flareon's attack stat is simply monstrous. It's literally the same as Machamp's.
What this run taught us: Tentacruel is way better than everyone remembers
Just cause something is everywhere doesn’t mean it’s bad
that's not going to make me use it
Your loss 🤷
I once did a run of Emerald with a solo Tentacruel and yeah, it's solid.
When npcs use it: focus blast
When you use it: focus miss
Can't wait to see what your teams for LGP and LGE are gonna be, I watched you burn through most of the kanto dex and I'm so interested in what you'll come up with!
Is your first S/V playthrough going to be part of this challenge, or will you be playing them separately first, and THEN add them to the challenge?
As it should be the series finale id prefer to see it be his first playthrough
@@MrBusrunner finale for now, I'd like to see the series come back with each new release
I love this Series. Whenever i do Nuzlocke i always end up with minimum 2 repeats and this also allows for very different teams of pokemon you wouldn’t usually use.
Mans is Nuzlocking the whole Pokémon series and just told people to go touch grass lmao I love it
I’m looking forward to ORAS and Let’s Go. The more you go back to a region the more interested I am in seeing what Pokémon you use.
I love watching this series as background sound while playing league or something. Always entertaining listening to you. Keep it up
That first battle against Red got genuinely tense.
Tentacruels name is absolutely perfect! Great job as always man!
I loved that intermission in the lance fight. Top notch content.
Loved the commitment to the rage quit bit. It was definitely long enough to start pissing people of but it is still funny.
Great video as always! Not sure if I'm gonna watch the next one out of a lack of desire to hear my least favorite games (and generation) in the series getting gushed about, but I'm still oh so fond of this series!
The fact that you actually played a Yu-Gi-Oh game in the middle of your Pokemon video has earned my respect. I shall subscribe. Thank you for the entertainment.
The master duel gimmick was 10/10 chefs kiss meatball. Great job.
This is one of the best Nuzlocke Pokemon idea ever. I am having a blast everytime you post. Also, that Yu-Gi-Oh! part made me laugh my ass off. Awesome content indeed!
i love your thought of larvitar for scarlet and violet, but that "thing" isn't from an evolution its a separate post game encounter
That was some finesse switching against Blue's Pigeot in Soulsilver. Great video dude!
i absolutely LOVE this series and have been antsily waiting for a new entry! thank you for your hard work
Great job on these games! Your HeartGold team has a lot of the same mons I'm using for these games. You're past me at this point, and doing much better (I'm no pro, after all). Can't wait to see how you handle the later games. I'm learning that despite them having more available Pokemon, they have their own team building challenges.
I can’t wait for the scarlet and violet part of the series
Me too. No more Roost spamming, that's for sure.
@@retrokoh maybe not everyone knows why. I'm case you dont know, Recover, Rest and Roost all have their PPs reduced to 5
@@JJSSBU yep. One of the best nerfs they could've possibly done. Between this and Gen 8 reducing availability to Toxic, I'm loving the reduced emphasis on stalling
Ah, yes... the games where kids wear surprisingly and awkwardly long socks for absolutely no reason and one of the legendaries has a wheel on his chest that's absolutely no reason, since he just walks on four legs. Honestly that design is so cringe I dont have high expectations.
@@Reir0o gotta be hopeful mate
Been catching up on this series during work since DPP vid came up, and I've been enjoying it so much, your commentary is very entertaining. Can't wait for gen5! (my favorite)
I would love a “rubbing salt in the wound” or “salt” complication 😂
This is the coolest pokemon challenge series, no TH-cam series i have watched in YEARS
Now since you will get into Gen 5, try your best to NOT waste the Beartic use. If you will do Gen 8 without Dyanamax, Melony will be a nightmare without a bulky Ice type can actually setup to take down Lapras.
Lol, I didn't even know that Lugia isn't mandatory in SS but ultra mega chicken is in HG.
this is my favourite series ive watched on youtube in a long time, keep it up
I was waiting for these since they are my favorite games. I'm glad to finally see it. Once again, you managed to clear it in a great way, and that by using lesser used pokemon. I can't imagine the time, effort and research it took, and me being jsut a casual player whom doesn't do nuzlockes myself, I must commend you for that patience. Thumbs up. ALready subsribed for a long time. Happily looking forward each time.
Biclops is such a good reference name
Also I still say that Gamefreak should have made Arbok a dark type to make it better
Ok, but adding a yugioh duel into the video was an absolute sigma move
sincerely,
someone who has played master duel for 3 hours and that's it for yugioh knowledge
So excited I’ve been waiting for these! I’ve been watching the professor oak series while waiting!
Yet another entry in this amazing series! Great work dude! The effort you must put into these is such an inspiration!
Honestly laughed so hard at the yu-gi-oh tangent, that was hilarious. Keep up the great work
Bro I died laughing when you legit switched to yugioh. Love the video and series!
I'm ashamed to admit that it took me a whole 30 minutes to figure out Tentacruel's nickname 😂
This series is just so good and fun to watch. I've been looking forward to Gen 5 since the start of this series, the hype is real now.
Love the video. And this series. Hard to wait, but definitely worth it.
Not sure if you're going to see this, let alone in time, but I'd recommend saving Zorua/Zoroark for USUM, they can cheese Ultra Necrozma.
That Yu-Gi-Oh tangent lol. Also I am actually interested in that deck you used purely for the bird aspect of it.
45:36 “totally unnecessary crit”
umbreon: has curse up
Please don’t do give always on Twitter. The fact you can buy check marks now, so many people could be scammed by people pretending to be you
Glad to have found this series. I’ve quite enjoyed it. Definitely deserves more subs
nice, i've been waiting for this
The master duel break was hilarious lmfao
He nuzlocked Yugioh lol
This gameplay taught me that there was a "rematch buffer" one could do between Kanto and Red. I remember replaying the League before I finished Kanto, confused there weren't any rematched teams yet.
If you think the amount of times you have to fight lance is bad, there are ~50 battles with Blue in this series
This has become one of the most beloved series in youtube of all times. These specific games as well are one of my favourites #nostalgia. Liked, subscribed and whatnot. All the best my dude 🥰 thank you for entertaining us!!!
The Yu-Gi-Oh plot twist was unexpected, but a welcome one
Heart Gold: The little Sheep that could, rest well Sheep, you did well.
Instantly clicked, Instantly upvoted. This series is a blessing upon every pokemon nerd.
"upvote" lmao
Upvotes bro we on youtube
Upvotes do not exist on TH-cam
do you use reddit by chance?
We got a reddit user here
As a child I refused to use healing items at any point during the elite four and champion. When I was challenging the elite four for the rematch in Heartgold I had way too many attempts because of this. But seeing how the elite four and champion were even a little challenging for you while you did use healing items between battles really makes me wonder how I ever made it to Lance.
So, who are your MVP's of each game? Or, your Ace?
I'd like to see how diverse your Ace's are out of curiosity.
Maybe do an Allstar Ace run if it's possible.
Definitely one of the challenges I've watched, good job chaoticmeatball
One of the best series I have ever watched, this is so cool
Dude, weren't you at 80% unsubscribed viewers on the DPPt video before this? That's some absolutely amazing progress (63% or so here, probably less by the B/W vid), real happy to see that!
Keep rocking, series is a banger as always.
I’ve waited for the HGSS version as they are my favorite Pokémon games, can’t wait to see this
In my experience, critical hits almost never come from a high crit ratio. Focus Blast? Crit. Sludge? Crits all the time. Crits twice in a row. Strength? Also crit. Slash? Nope, never crits.
Didn't expect Arbok to be such a monster!
Finally got myself an oled after starting this series made me need to scratch the Pokémon itch myself. Really enjoying it, keep it up!
Love this series, here’s hoping you make it to scarlet violet
I have been looking forward to this series' continuation. Incredible concept and glorious execution.
With Scarlet and Violet just around the corner, are you also gonna run them for this series?
This series is epic! Great stuff, the fight with Blue was intense!!
I’m so hyped to finally see it- I’ve been binging this game
I wonder if he can get through this video without complaining about my favourite Pokemon gam--oh he does it in the first four seconds of the video. Charming.
To people who say "Go Touch Grass" I pickup one of my Grass starters dolls than ask is that good enough
Yes. That is perfect.
I know this is random comment, but in regards to PowerPoint comment you made at about 1:03ish, for my college test I managed to get a powerpoint that took 40+ hours to save on my old Samsung tablet.... Its an old tablet that I use as a side piece to my main devices, and each pen stroke on it counts as separate image, so it had tens of thousands of pictures just from pen strokes. I already backed it up with screen shooting it 1st, just wanted to see if it can do it, and it eventually did. Even thought it kept saying that its crashed do I want to restart it, and my tablet was hot enough to probably cook eggs on it.
Side note, Samsung makes tablets that last for forever, even after they stop updating them. This was my tablet I got for my freshman year in 2012, and when I returned to college again couple of years ago, I just used it as a calendar, or a quick drawing or notes. It takes days to fully charge, but it still works and has 0 issues. I even upgraded its memory by 500gb, plus the 13 gb it came with.
Hey, I have a question, not about rules but about how you'd react. Let's say you see a shiny of a pokemon you haven't used but appears in let's say... galar, would you catch it or save the encounter for later?
well the only possible games left would be the other Galar game, Legends Arceus, Scarlet and Violet right? So unless he really needed it for the other Galar game I doubt he wouldn't catch it.
edit: also the gen 4 remakes, forgot about those
If you catch something and don’t use it, it won’t count.
35:32 Morty? Is that you, Morty? What are you doing playing pokemon, we got a galaxy to explore !
I want to know if using a Pokemon with a Regional Variant locks you out of using the Regional Variant or not?
Everything in this video was phenomenal, except for the fact you played Floowandereeze. Lyrilusc are clearly the superior birbs. But in all seriousness, your content is amazing, and you deserve praise.
Let's go pikachu and eevee. Meet the second gen remakes. Hey you sentret and hoothoot
I am Loving this series man- I've been watching all your other pokemon challenge videos too between updates! You're supremely entertaining, thank you for all you do :) rock on!
Hen's Tie is such a clever name for a tentacreul. I'm gonna have to start naming my own tentacreuls that.
You make a huge deal about missing ranges all the time, but low key minimize/double team don’t do anything to you. Koga’s Muk just never gets a miss even after 3 minimizes in both fights.
He never plays around the crit either and is never punished for it. I do start to wonder if he just keeps doing the fights and only shows us the best outcome
@@coveycube6764 In a challenge like this there is NO way to play around a crit or ranges..it's a nulocke so he's stuck with what he finds (not better IVs or EVs), HAS to use specific pokemon to make later games possible, and it's not like his move choices can be any better. It's entirely luck based in his position..I do however wonder if he only uses the best outcomes as well, he doesn't seem to have any bad luck or troubles outside not 1 shoting things
I have no idea how Yu-Gi-Oh works but that bit was entertaining! Anyways, I'm halfway through the video and I gotta say, this series has been great! Makes me want to actually finish Platinum after years of not.
I actually and genuinely loved the Yu-Gi-Oh break/joke I was like what... and l thought it was gonna be a five second joke and then it went on for the entire fight and it was dope 😂
Do regional variants count as different pokemon? Like will you be able to use Ninetails again in Sun/Moon?
You should do this again after but randomized so you won’t know which ones you’ll get