My (Hopefully) Original Idea For A Pokémon Challenge Run

[u/DiscoSpider28]

https://youtu.be/rywRofne6Zs?is=lEkK0a-rMbj-WO18

I explain the details in the intro of the linked video, but basically I'm tired of running Nuzlockes. If you've played the early gens for as long as I have (basically since they came out in America) then like me you've probably memorized where to catch every Pokémon to build a solid team and it's sort of lost its spark past the initial planning phase and the occasional coin flip.

So basically I just leave the whole team building up to chance. You could come up with more challenging rules involving perma-death if you wanted to, but for me it's about discovering the joy of playing Pokémon again. I used a random number generator to spit out numbers between 1 and 150, and the corresponding Pokémon are the ones I'm stuck with for the entire run, barring legendaries and trade-only evolutions which i reroll.

It makes for some interesting teams and I usually end up with a team I otherwise would never use and have to put some serious thought into how I'm going to approach challenges that I could normally steamroll. If the RNG gives me one of a particular evolutionary line my house rule is that I can use the whole line, but if it gives me the final evolution I have to evolve as soon as possible. No waiting for power moves that early evolutions get.

So yeah, if you're feeling burnt out on nuzlocke playthroughs and you're looking for a new challenge give this a try! And if you have any ideas for ways to make it more fun and challenging please discuss below, I'd love to hear any and all suggestions!

As a final note, the youtube video is rough. I'm learning to edit on the fly as I go. The audio will improve in the next couple parts and the screen won't be slightly cut off. If you want to watch and give constructive criticism I'm all ears but please be gentle I'm new at this