Nuzlocke Tips & Tricks For Every Pokémon Generation
The Nuzlocke Challenge was created to make Pokémon harder, but not all generations are at the same level. Pokémon as a franchise is not known for particularly difficult mainline games. Even with the introduction of open-world games in Scarlet and Violet, wherein players can easily challenge trainers at a higher level at any time, the games remain straightforward to complete. For long-time players the explanation is simple—once the basic strategies of the game are grasped, any trainer can be a breeze. To this, the Pokémon community has developed a non-official rule set to increase the challenge: the Nuzlocke Challenge. The first mention of Nuzlocke emerged from a short 2010 webcomic by Nick Franco, laying out the rules for a new "game mode" in Pokémon. The name is a portmanteau of Nuzleaf and John Locke (from the hit show Lost), as a Nuzleaf and Seedot with his face often appeared in the comic. Essentially, a basic Nuzlocke consists of three rules: trainers can only catch the