Hello, all! Lately, I've been playing
Pokemon LeafGreen version (which is a remake of Pokemon Blue Version) with a very special set of rules that some of you may have heard of before: a
Nuzlocke Challenge.
The basic rules are as follows:
1. If any Pokemon is to be "knocked out" by anything, they are then considered "killed" and you must release them and can never use them again.
2. You may only capture the first Pokemon that you find in any new area. If you fail or knock it out, you cannot catch any more.
3. You must give every single Pokemon you catch a nickname.
I also added in one extra rule to help me out a little bit because I seem to be really uber unlucky with critical hits:
4. The first time a Pokemon dies from a lucky, random critical hit, they can be saved ONCE. Only once, and you cannot choose which event. Only the first time it happens.
Aside from those stipulations, I will be playing it like any normal game of Pokemon--with the intent of writing a STORY about it! Therefore, I hope you guys get as attached to my Pokemon as I do throughout this whole experience.
This story is going to be
incredibly melodramatic and it's meant to be a fun/sometimes sad retelling of the events of my game as I see them through the eyes of a character who isn't the normal mum hero of Pokemon lore (I don't wanna say it's me but it pretty much is). Another cool thing about this project is that I'm getting my cool artist-ly friend
Jessica Staub to illustrate some of the story! Here's a
link to her DeviantArt page. Awesome, right?
I'll be updating with a new chapter of the story every week or so, right here on my blog. Uhm.. I think that's about it, but I hope you guys like the story thus far and wanna keep coming back to the story!
Without any further ado, Jess and I would like present you with my...
In a land very far away, people have
learned to coexist with the animal side of the world—to count them
not only as other living creatures but also as friends and partners.
This strange land's name is Kanto, and those animals are called
“Pokemon.”
In Kanto, it is customary for children in
some families to leave with their beloved Pokemon in tow in the
pursuit of bettering themselves and their animals friends. They
become Pokemon “trainers,” creating teams, helping their Pokemon
grow and learning about the birthright they were born into. Many of
those children hope to someday reach the pinnacle of trainership: to
beat the best trainers in the land at the Pokemon League and become
the Pokemon Champion.
This story follows the path of somebody who had never had a chance to strike out on his own; a particularly jaded,
foul-mouthed young man from Pallet town.
