Pokémon Will you be doing a Nuzlocke playthrough when Sword & Shield release?

[Khaelis]

Just curious! Will you be doing a Nuzlocke run on your first playthrough, or will you just be playing it to finish it?

I personally won't when they come out, but I'm definitely open to trying one after I finish my first run.

 

[MapleSilver]

I definitely won't be doing a Nuzlocke on my first playthrough. Doing a Nuzlocke is hard enough. I can't imagine doing it blind. I just want to have a nice, enjoyable playthrough without having to worry about my Pok?mon dying.

 

[Midoriya]

No, as much as I would like to, it would be pretty difficult doing it blind. I usually always play through a new gen the first time without worrying about my Pokemon dying.

 

[LambdaDelta]

wonderlocke with the same ruleset I did for my x playthrough maybe, though I'd def just switch to a mostly normal playthrough midway if that failed

or maybe keep wonderlockeing it, but just counting any spots where I white out as failure points

 

[dedenne]

not on my first playthrough of it, i dont need that sort of stress whilst not knowing much about the game

 

[Bread Kennedys]

Definitely not. I'd prefer to have at least a basic idea of what all the game has to offer first before attempting a Nuzlocke.

 

[Flare]

No way. Not only do I not know what's to come in there but I personally don't like the idea of doing a Nuzlocke it if it meant having the ability to use your favorites being disabled.

 

[Lancelot]

Definitely, but not on my first playthrough. I'd love to but I don't want to run onto route one or something and be forced to catch a caterpie and then like a new dragon appears or something haha

 

[ILikeFroakies]

No because when I play through a region thoroughly, I want to be able to use Pokemon that I want and have total control, like I'm an actual trainer in that region

 

[Sweetley]

I never made a Nuzlocke playthrough and probably never doing one, since I already know that I would fail shortly after I would starting it. Besides, I'm not such a big fan of those type of challenges. So yeah, not gonna do one here.

 

[honeyaura]

Had no idea what this was, had to look it up lol. I'd definitely turn it down, I know I'd be terrible at it LOL!

 

[jae.]

Nah, I'd rather play through the game with my favorites first.

 

[Pellie]

Voted for no, because I'm not such a fan of those Nuzlocke runs.

 

[lars708]

I honestly don't see why anyone would do a Nuzlocke for their first playthrough... When the game is shiny and new all I'd want is to fully experience the game and its world without any limitations. But after you're familiar with the game and all the surprise and wonder is gone then it makes total sense to set up a challenge like that.

 

[Khaelis]

I honestly don't see why anyone would do a Nuzlocke for their first playthrough... When the game is shiny and new all I'd want is to fully experience the game and its world without any limitations. But after you're familiar with the game and all the surprise and wonder is gone then it makes total sense to set up a challenge like that.

Challenge, mostly. But it's also fun for a lot of people. That's why they do it despite the game being new.

 

[DJStarstryker]

Nah. I never have done a Nuzlocke, but I really wouldn't for a new game.

I've thought about doing one for Pokemon Yellow. Just haven't gotten around to it.

 

[rhinoo]

First I'm gonna normal playthrough, then maybe a wonderlocke!

 

[Melodie]

Nope, wouldn't try it out because I know I'm not good in something like this, especially if it's a new
game where I don't know anything about it.

 

[Chris]

No. I've personally never seen the appeal in it.

 

[Romaki]

I only like doing Nuzlocke challenges on old versions that I already played through multiple times. It's more of a challenge to make the game interesting again, it has little value for an initial runthrough. But I understand why someone would decide to do that, Pok?mon games have become incredibly easy and I doubt that's about to change with S&S.