Pokémon Emerald Hardcore Nuzlocke - Version Exclusives Only! (No items, No overleveling)

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Normal Nuzlocke Ruleset:
1. Fainting = Death
2. Can only catch the Pokemon Ruby & Sapphire version exclusive Pokémon (e.g., Lotad/Seedot, Sableye/Mawile, Seviper/Zangoose, Lunatone/Solrock)
3. Nickname Pokémon
Hardcore Nuzlocke Ruleset:
4. No items in battle (held items okay)
5. No leveling past the next gym leader/E4 (at the START of the battle)
6. Play on "Set" battle mode
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[@FlygonHG]

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[@knodelimperator8790]

Capitalist pigdog!

[@vrnica4448]

Alright I got the hint, what do you want us to get you for your birthday flygon?

[@ernest292]

Sableye and Mawile also both Mega Evolve

[@Mybrainhurts69420]

Hey flygonhg I have a challenge idea why don't you you do middle stage pokémon only in pokémon ultra sun

[@ZSeraph]

"Altaria can't do squat to Billie, not even the diddly kind" might, quiet possibly, be one of the greatest things i've ever heard

[@jeremygoslin8864]

I literally burst out into laughter because of it

[@Shade1453]

Followed closely by "Even the sweet siren's call of Flannery's objectively sexy Camerupt"

[@jeremygoslin8864]

@@Shade1453 we are just getting peak quote material from Flygon

[@hyphurr.rarelypostsifever1220]

Also “the Peezy side of the easy spectrum” was great

[@Wailerman]

"we're halfway to orphan status" is also pretty good

[@matthijscalje4143]

the Phineas and Ferb fake out on the lunatone and solrock fucks me up

[@flaskeyboredom5942]

You could say it was "flinching".

[@RaltsGang]

@@flaskeyboredom5942 ba dum tszzz

[@kemuelneames9349]

You have to find a pitched up version of any Green Day song, all the pieces will fall into place.

[@missingpersons305]

turns out it was FINNEAS all along

[@StevenJacobs-km5vx]

Missingno​@@missingpersons305

[@samuelspindawin2875]

Shoutout to the true MVP of the run Tom. Good job Tom way to show up Tom proud of you Tom.

[@bowserlevx]

We stan tom in this channel

[@flameshock1013]

I think I know why Gerald is mad at Tom now. Tom steals all the glory for doing almost nothing.

[@PizzaPasta76]

He justed killed tentacruel as I read this comment

[@natecgames4612]

Man, you sliced through Sidneys team like a perfectly cooked fish fillet

[@bransonlincolnberger]

that’s a really good simile to describe the sidney fight!

[@JhonnyReznov]

Wow that was a great one!

[@icepak34]

like a magicians box would work nolove gerald🪄

[@zorinus3340]

Entirely different, of course, to how he sliced through Juan's team like a perfectly cooked fish filet. Less French.

[@PizzaPasta76]

Yeah, for some reason, the feels... right.

[@punkrokkme7]

“A weaker man may have fallen to that wretched succubus, but not Gerald” can’t stop laughing at the thought of a sexy Camerupt lmao

[@variumi]

Gerald is an aromantic icon, slice through your enemies like a perfectly cooked fish filet king 👑

[@silver_was_found]

all hail King Gerald 👑👑👑

[@wxndplumes]

Aro icon fr fr

[@Arcadia_warlic]

Gerald's rampage against Wallace was perfection. Cuts through Sydney's team like a flashlight through the dark. Add/expand the light source as necessary.

[@owenaspinall2046]

Juan

[@sakshamnomoney]

Juan

[@mudkipqueen920]

Juan

[@evankurasu3190]

Juan

[@PizzaPasta76]

I think a better analogy would be a perfectly sliced fish fillet

[@bluevern904]

I love being so deep in HG’s lore that I understood the part of finding Diddly’s scattered remains on Mossdeep City

[@stealst]

I honestly gasped reading that. What a callback.

[@daniel6678]

I know I remember this being a thing but I can’t for the life of me remember the context 😭 can you remind me?

[@stealst]

@@daniel6678 Flygon’s 400 BST and lower run of Emerald has your answer!

[@bluevern904]

On Flygon’s below-400 BST run, he used a Nosepass named Diddly, who died by exploding in the Tate and Liza battle

[@AndHeShallAppear]

Where was that? I didn’t see it anywhere

[@yvachiskl]

Geralds gotta be a new fav for me, we stan an ace/aro murderous king

[@Religion0]

Finally some good representation in media.

[@Silvermoon424]

He's the representation we've been waiting for!

[@quailron1581]

His only love and/or lust is blood!

[@Sularis20]

All rise for our glorious new representative

[@Potna_n3m]

12:47 "The creativity of these two siblings knows no bounds. So please welcome to the team, Phineas the solrock..." 😃 "...and Billie the Lunatone" ☹️

[@NottinghamRoosevelt]

I'm assuming you also thought Ferb?

[@Potna_n3m]

@@NottinghamRoosevelt Yup

[@CuddIebone]

I'd love to see you do a run where you can only use pokemon that you "snag" from gym leaders. Like, after every gym battle, you get to choose one of their pokemon to use on your team, and your uncle jimtendo hooks you up with that.

[@wanderingbardgaming]

XD you could literally do this in Pokemon Colosseum

[@juliawidobravely]

My God, Daddy Stone dropping the ultimatums 😭

[@robinjacobs4277]

Mans has more kids??

[@oceanna7550]

Right??!! Who is this other kid, or does he have more!

[@FIFAmusicMAN]

Might be humanoid rock type Pokemon relationships to come?! 😮

[@NinjaAdorable]

Time stamp is at 1:18 for those who want to go back and read the ultimatum 😂😂😂

[@thundermarisol]

WHY IS THERE LIKE A BLACK SPOT, DOES THIS MEAN NOSEY HAS MORE SIBLINGS???

[@Acs2004]

The lore of nosey the half human, half nosepass (now probospass) child of divorce expands

[@ThatUtubeGuy]

Never did i think id hear camerupt be referred to as a wretched succubus 😂

[@ela-811]

Camerupt has had a surprising amount of success seducing FlygonHG's pokemon.

[@Kreceir]

''Sableye.. Sucks!'' Bert be crying in the PC.

[@spookypetty]

20:35 how about "slice through like a perfectly cooked fish fillet"? Pretty proud of this one; came up with it on my own 👌

[@FlygonHG]

Brilliant!

[@InsertFunnyThingHere]

I bet your mother is very proud and that you're the first American to ever work on sonic

[@ngotemna8875]

​@@InsertFunnyThingHere I underdtood this Hbomberguy reference

[@joesplace2960]

Genius. You beautiful, majestic, genius!

[@LeftHook-em6rv]

Gerald is the aro-ace representation we needed but didn’t expect

[@ghostofyou9721]

I love Gerald.

[@kuyaboben5300]

We really need a folder of all of Daddy Stone’s letters to Steven. I wanna read all of them in one place hahaha

[@Sularis20]

True! Ive wanted to know so badly but havent been able to read em on fullscreen ever

[@alexanderp3007]

Gerald definitely is a devout follower of Khorne. The wiles of Slaanesh have no effect on him. BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD, SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE!

[@LebanonStorm]

Didn’t think I’d run into a 40K reference in Flygon’s comment section.

[@strangelucario448]

Milk for the Khorne Flakes!

[@art-o-cart5166]

Foul HERITIC you have turned from the emperors light. Pls submit yourself to your nearest commissar for summary exucution

[@beesinbubbles2999]

This video was a perfectly cooked fish fillet 19:47

[@Vyselink]

Seriously, did anyone else pause and read the letter at 1:18. I'm dead. Top marks to Flygon for that one!

[@LagrimaArdiente]

"If you want this immense fortune to go to my other kid -s- " Excuse me?! Who the hell keeps fucking Devon Stone?!

[@ngotemna8875]

I guess more Nosepass ladies?

[@tobysinbad]

haven’t you met him??!? He’s magnetic.

[@JayHankEdLyon]

Evolved Nuzleaf in a Nuzlocke, challenge disqualified.

[@ConchobarJ]

23:09 The reason Drake switched is because you met a series of really specific requirements. The AI can switch if you 1: Hit the Pokemon with a move a Pokemon in the back resists and B: If that same Pokemon in the back has a super-effective move (in this case, Aerial Ace). And then it's only a chance to switch.

[@superzenmodeman]

And the player’s attack also has to move second because of a bug in gen 3 AI where the AI will forget what move the player used if the AI moved after the player did. Later gens did patch up that bug so switch logic can happen even if the player moves first.

[@ConchobarJ]

@@superzenmodeman I think it can also happen if the enemy healed the previous turn since they didn’t use a move. Wallace would sometimes switch his Wailord out on me after I hit it with Thunderbolt from Electrode and it healed.

[@superzenmodeman]

Yes, healing also works because AI’s action happens first in that case, so the last action of the turn is the player’s attack.

[@pteraptosaurus]

19:13 I was fully expecting the final joke to be "GERALD LOVES MEN OVER WOMEN"

[@LeftHook-em6rv]

Hear me out: asexual Gerald

[@dreeg1896]

@@LeftHook-em6rvGERALD LOVES ‏‏‎ ‎ ‏‏‎ ‎ ‏‏‎ ‎ ‏‏‎ ‎ ‏‏‎ ‎ ‏‏‎ ‎ ‏‏‎ ‎ OVER WOMEN

[@mitkitty]

@@LeftHook-em6rv "you are asexual because you feel no sexual attraction, i am asexual because i hate everyone. We are not the same"

[@manonzs8443]

Oh that would be so funny!!

[@jasperwoodard2845]

27:28 I held my breath with the team. Thanks for the long story Flygon. I almost died.

[@Shadowguards143]

Good job TOM. Way to show up TOM. Love you TOM ❤

[@silver_was_found]

We stan Tom ^^

[@Shadowguards143]

@@silver_was_found The only popular seviper other than Jessie's ^^ (and this one is actually good). Love you TOM 💕

[@alexread6767]

19:14 This was a very funny bit, i love repetition

[@alexread6767]

20:33 Maybe something involving "dark meat" to continue the theme with the fish filet?

[@mrpiccionedivino5598]

11:43 to anyone confused as to why ernestine suddenly gained 10 HPs it was a oran berry cut out of recording

[@theredronin37]

I just hate how people love sableye but don't talk about mawile. Props to flygon for doing a version exclusive nuzlocke Edit:Sableye is my favorite pokemon, I just hate that people dont really like mawile that much

[@dawnfox4881]

Sableye is my favorite mon but mawile is in my top 10 fs, both the megas are super fun and they’re both just little guys.

[@ThatUtubeGuy]

I like mawile better than sableye for sure such a good design for it's time what a sick pokemon

[@Keydicken]

Honestly I love both! I never realized that Sableye had more spotlight than Mawile!

[@NottinghamRoosevelt]

Honestly how could anyone not love mawile? It's literally the perfect combination of intimidating and adorable, which I feel is hard to do

[@Skynetbear]

To be fair, the dislike for Mawile comes from its terrible stats

[@themarimbaguy3038]

"Never fight uphill, me-boys" was a reference I was NOT expecting

[@tobysinbad]

Genuinely baffling range from Mr GonHG

[@viridiansexperimentchannel711]

I'm not sure how I feel about Seviper's tail-hand in the thumbnail art, but I'm glad the two have finally joined forces after a lifetime of being at each other's throats

[@ChrisOBrien-ux7cp]

I have a sneaking suspicion that it is a certain someone's birthday this month. We absolutely shouldn't forget to get you something nice and wish you a happy birthday Dwayne.

[@cdajah6920]

As a lover of zangoose and serviper was great to see the contributions. We love you, TOM 😭

[@judahhamilton6864]

That fake out Phineas and Billie made me hurt myself in my confusion

[@sharktoraptor]

not the way i literally yelled "YES" and pumped my fist like an idiot alone in my house at that ending hsdhfhs 10/10 storytelling

[@Smoothoogieboogie]

That final battle was the most engaging thing I’ve seen in a while, the storytelling working so well with the gameplay had me on the edge of my seat!!!

[@Religion0]

Gerald is ace confirmed. The representation we needed in media.

[@Kosteru-des]

Your storytelling skills always surprise me! You always do find a way to play the same game again and keep it exciting !!

[@cockyroaches]

All hail Gerald, aromantic king of fish fillet.

[@Sillyguyb]

Like a dark chocolate soufle? For the Sydney fight. 21:01

[@greenapple9477]

Since they're in pairs, this could've been adapted into a wedlocke near seamlessly. I wonder why he hasn't tried any. Hmmm, maybe Wedlockes aren't as popular as I thought, even though Marriland's HGSS Wedlocke was one of the best series he put out. (RIP Peach and Carrot)

[@SurgingSpecs]

I do wonder how Flygon would do with a wedlocke. It’s a lot different playing with basically 3 teams of 2 than with a team of 6.

[@roethedoe]

He does primarily hardcore nuzlockes. Wedlockes are much more challenging, near impossible, to do with the limitations a hardcore nuzlocke adds. Even more so with the monotypes or themes he usually does

[@SurgingSpecs]

@@roethedoe Most “hardcore”wedlockes i’ve seen/done have allowed shift battle mode and used normal encounter rules, but kept the level caps and no items in battle rules. Still a decent challenge, but definitely doable in 1 or 2 attempts.

[@roethedoe]

@@SurgingSpecs yeah so typical hardcore rulesets wouldnt be usable it would be a more specific variation :p

[@SurgingSpecs]

@@roethedoeShift mode and teamlock are the biggest changes. Using 2 mons per battle limits switching enough anyway, but having to keep your team the same until they die makes it way different from a regular nuzlocke. Also makes wedlocking pretty much impossible in romhacks with increased difficulty.

[@GreatDG]

We need a redemption arc for Steven where he finally meets Daddy Stone and whatever human family member(s) left

[@tobysinbad]

And why not his Nosepass brethren??? Why did you need to qualify that statement. They are either family or they’re not, DG

[@GreatDG]

@@tobysinbad my bad

[@TheHelldui]

Nothing quite like watching Gerald’s hunger for blood overwhelm his enemies. The tales of his brutality will surely safeguard Hoenn for generations to come.

[@dayraiser]

this actually reminds me a lot of the wedlockes from marriland!! he would make pairs from the first male/female pokemon he encountered and the next encounter would have to be the opposite gender, and they had to fight in their pairs. I watched a lot of them as a kid, so it's cool to see a similar concept all these years later!

[@appointmenteer]

i think the spon-conscience is an embodiment of mega flygon that never got to be physically realized, and so only exists as a voice instead of having a concrete form like garchomp fj. it makes perfect sense

[@figs-oliomedley]

"Halfway to orphan status" "Peasy side of the easy spectrum" *God* these zingers are so good .

[@tylerbarrios9762]

Wake up babe new flygon nuzlocke just dropped

[@Javon-wv2du]

Fr tho 😂

[@tatarashi]

i love the daddy stone sideplots happening in the background of every r/s/e/or/as nuzlocke

[@Bored_Little_Pebble]

I gotta say I love it when you lean into the story telling part of a run, it’s always so much fun to watch. Keep up the good work 👍👍

[@danenull254]

Gerald had gotten tired with the daily grind at macs and decided to open his own restaurant, but try as he might, he just couldn't resist the fish fillet.

[@gwammeh]

I was so convinced that Phineas would be paired with Ferb that I laughed out loud when you came up with Billie.

[@RellGotGames]

PHINEAS 😭😭 you were so amazing 25:36

[@Radiogumdrop]

The ruleset reminds me of Marriland’s wedlockes! I’ve done a few wedlockes myself and i think it would be really cool seeing one on this channel

[@skyboxAngel]

the ever-evolving narrative in the letters from mr. stone to steven is easily my favorite running gag in your videos

[@stealst]

What an awesome concept!! I can’t believe Gerald was such a monster. Go off, king.

[@matthewspawn5916]

Hey he might get through this deathle… *sees explosion” Darn it 😭

[@Reir0o]

Do you guys remember when FlygonHG would always always always play around the critical hit?

[@ame-chan579]

*Always*

[@hopeburnett8313]

Version Exclusives is such a cool concept for a Nuzlocke! Genuinely a really interesting team composition, and your storytelling is always on-point. Had me crying for Thelma and Louis! Thanks for the video!

[@dayraiser]

NOT THE FINAL BULLET SEED BEING A CRIT TOO... godspeed louis he was REALLY trying to kill milotic

[@PedroHenrique-mk5zi]

The Seviper with a hand for tail in the thumbnail irks me. But hey, points for the creativity.

[@hyphurr.rarelypostsifever1220]

The way FlygonHG always manages to make every Pokémon seem like a real living, breathing character with stories and personalities. Every single death is absolutely DEVASTATING even more so than some deaths in my very own nuzlockes. Even on multiple attempts, where you’ve already seen this character die, it still hurts when you say it again. These Pokémon feel like they have personalities, relationships and like they think and exist as we do. It’s truly so incredibly impressive. I want my storytelling to be this affective.

[@Faraway-R]

Sidney's team was cut through like a bunch of salad ingridients. Some were grass, and some were meat, and there was even crab.

[@anthonystaton3740]

Daddy Stone has been trying desperately to get Steven to just be apart of the family. Poor Nosey probably doesnt even realise he has a brother

[@GirtaniaGaming]

The ad segments are slowly becomming my favorite part of this. NO idea how you keep being so creative with it :D

[@frasbykh260]

Gerald slice through Sydney's team like a ray of sun in the middle of the night 😂😂 I can't came up with anything better

[@hexxygirl7669]

my cannon is that they were all lovers with thier partners making the losses feel even worse as they are now widows fighting for memories of those they love

[@mickgorro]

"can't do squat, not even the diddly kind" "towards the peasy side of the easy spectrum"

[@avarchism]

Can I just say I appreciate the fact that you gender your Pokemon correctly? It makes me so happy ❤

[@laurencebrown3822]

I'm waiting for the day when Nosey becomes a trainer himself, just so he can confront his prodigal brother Steven. He can gather all of his half human, half rock type siblings that Daddy Stone keeps on somehow fathering.

[@diamonddust4486]

You can't stop me from believing that Gerald broke through all those attracts because he's dating Tom.

[@eusebiuungureanu2962]

I have an idea for a nuzlock run. You have to name your pokemon as recipes ingredients and for the major fight you have to create a team that is a recipe for a dish.

[@owenaspinall2046]

I love the Aromantic representation with Gerald the zangoose

[@tacodude007]

This is such a cool formula. Can easily do it for every other generation. Looking forward to when Stunky and Glameow become best friends in gen 4

[@nightmare348]

Holy crap, thi was abolutely FANTASTIC

[@Dragonkit252]

I am so glad to see someone finally appreciating the sheer magnificence of my favorite pokemon of all time, Zangoose. You go, Gerald!

[@keithwrubel8537]

This script was hilarious. Well done Flygon, really enjoyed the quips. "Not even the diddly kind." Outstanding.

[@chriscunningham6401]

Love Zangoose. Nice to see a 0 Attack IV one actually get there.

[@SethRietdijk]

Looking foreword to the vid once I’m done my smash tourney! So happy to see an upload on my birthday

[@neel994000]

FlyGon, I must say your writing is exceptional and I'm super jealous.

[@ron4tron]

Ayeee, caught a drop instantly for the first time! Look forward to it!

[@WhiteWolf-lm7gj]

Oh, this is so cute! I always love content with Emerald, it was my first game when I was a kid

[@PlaceHolder994]

It still amazes me how much talent you have to make emotional moments consistently. Keep it up dude!

[@perryjames9139]

Narrating and nicknames on this one were world class. Well played.

[@doyoulikemywatch]

I was not expecting the solrock explosion so that had me LOLing so hard

[@beesinbubbles2999]

It’s always a good day when flygon posts!

[@slateportraichu5416]

I love the stories you create for every mon. Thank you for such a unique content=3

[@mathieuhabib8900]

"on the peezy side of the easy spectrum" is going in mental rotation

[@catkoicalico]

Gerald is our aromantic icon, blood for the blood god

[@mariahs6]

Lunatone is one of my favorite Pokémon, so seeing it pull so much weight in a Nuzlocke really made my day! Solrock was great too, and those Zangoose sweeps were like perfectly cooked fish fillets! Awesome job all around!

[@tsifirakiehl4250]

Am I the only one who completely missed the opening to the sponsor segment because I was so caught up in the euphoria of Nelson wearing a hat?

[@HoneyStarfall]

WOW the ending was the most intense, unnerved, and focused I was in a while!! How tf did you give it THAT much suspense??? God tier content honestly

[@davidwehmhoff5710]

We always like the runs through the older gens! Awesome video dude

[@patricialock1862]

Why did I get chills at the end woah it reminded me of my relationship with my sisters honestly. I guess I am glad we aren’t pokemon and this isn’t a nuzlocke (though if we think too hard we can make comparisons). Thanks again for the great video!

[@micahperoulis]

Itty bitty hydro pump, huh? 😂 Also the switch to Trick Master music when Tate and Liza were setting up Sunny Day had me cackling!

[@sapphic_luma]

WOOO!!! NEW VIDEO!!! I was super bored so this came at a perfect time

[@wootmasterzorsx]

I love classic Disney Channel cartoon Phineas and Billie. I especially am excited for the new seasons in production. Also, for that simile you were looking for- Gerald cut through Sidney’s team like a stomach pump after five back to back Fish Filet.

[@kanejr2205]

Your new banners/Thumbnails are really great man love it!

[@pioneerprophet2085]

You should do a “physical moves” or “special moves” only nuzlocke. Meaning you can only use physical attackers/attacks.