Bevendre

I finally figured out why I can never get into Nuzlocke runs, they go against everything I find fun about Pokemon.  I like to watch them done, but I cannot play them much beyond the first gym.

I get really attached to my Pokemon regardless of whether they’re thought to die or not, and I’ve got horrible luck in Pokemon games so death and disappointment abound any time I try to do a Nuzlocke.  I don’t like going into a route and catching the first thing I see and then saying fuck off to everything else, I like to picture my character hearing about a Pokemon that inhabits an area and dropping everything to search for it no matter how long it takes.  I like to have a party that I chose and who chose me, not a group that’s there because I skimped on pokeballs and lose interest in the main goal (catching them all) as soon as I’ve caught one thing.

I think the biggest reason I don’t like doing a Nuzlocke is that it makes me feel like Ash.  Only catching one thing every now and then, never being able to catch or battle with what’s good or cool, only with what I settled on.  I don’t like feeling like Ash.  I really don’t.  Ash is an idiot.