I Found China's Best Nuzlocker. He's Insane.

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[@faytleingod1851]

Sheesh already use Nord and love it! I just wanted to leave a shout-out here for zap Pokemon challenges. He's got 32 nuzzlock and challenge vids but less than 500 subs. I don't know him personally but I'd love to see his channel grow. Sorry for the shameless shout out. Also love your vids pchal been subbed for a few years! ❤

[@Kalaszh97]

@@faytleingod1851Nord vpn is by far the worst VPN out there. If you want a good and secure one, you should get MullVad or Perfect Privacy. These two are the only TRUE NON LOGGING providers.

[@EpicAnimationz22422]

How has this only have one reply

[@Aregumsus]

Getting stuck in spreadsheet hell and losing himself just to realize he lost his love and passion for the game and having to learn to play the game again without the spreadsheet, it's like it's straight out of a movie.

[@sawkchalk6966]

Shonen mentor type beat

[@ArthurTRead]

and the fact that his attempt after he learned to not use the spreadsheet was the winning attempt, straight out of a motivational movie

[@Prash_0]

Do you know the music that played during first 2 minute?

[@doodleboardgames2802]

I mean, sounds just like the end of yugioh gx

[@HopeP0H]

@@doodleboardgames2802peak anime

[@trippi_3999]

The fact that “Let’s fucking go” has reached widespread use in the Chinese online community is hilarious.

[@prometheustv6558]

I’m glad it’s colloquialism even if u don’t speak English.

[@abarette_]

it's just so powerful

[@Rooxie973]

Anything with an acronym is fair game to Chinese. They love acronyms

[@nyarlaz3437]

I mean normal Chinese won’t know it. Luke is just really good at English I would imagine he spent some extended time in an English environment. His Chinese audience would not know some part of his explanations.

[@Rooxie973]

​@@nyarlaz3437They do use it online in China though. It's not just him

[@obits3]

There’s and episode of the Pokémon Black and White anime where Ash goes to get a gym badge from the flying gym. To his shock, he finds a line of people waiting to battle Skyla. With each person, she examines their Pokémon and decides in her head if she would win or lose. Then, she either awards a badge or denies one completely based on her mental image of the battle. Ash thinks this is terrible and demands a real battle. Luke’s run was blessed because he found the true spirit of Pokémon.

[@raitonodefeat6503]

Life really imitates art

[@lucaxtshotting2378]

I saw that episode what are the odds. Probably some morning coming back from work

[@jeremyzheng9385]

Thank you so much Jan for making this! I'm also a Chinese living abroad and really share the same feeling of what Luke said after the run. We are extremely privileged to have the means and support to live abroad and experience what most of the Chinese speaking community cannot access. Through the love of a game Luke connected people across language barriers and made us all in one as nuzlockers. This is so POWERFUL in today's world especially where geopolitical conflict is on the rise, where someone above tries to divide us through fear and hatred based on nationality and ethnicity. The moment people posting Azumarill in chats across platforms shows how POWERFUL we are when we CONNECT with each other. We didn't let prejudice divide us in that moment like they want us to.

[@JeanKP14]

This is a really beautiful comment. I love to see people from different countries coming together over a love for a game or series.

[@gentrelane]

This is the way. No xenophobia or shitslinging. Just enjoying art and playing games together :) What could be better?

[@funkyjlt6789]

The game knowledge and will to not KO the reshiram with full hp is insane

[@xertifiedthicc]

my jaw DROPPED when he said that MISSING A BLUE FLARE was bad. Luke is indeed insane

[@k9gao]

@@xertifiedthicc I don't watch nuzlockes that much, why is this so?

[@RC.13]

⁠@@k9gao the AI will choose different moves depending on how low your Pokémon’s HP is. Luke needed his Pokémon to be lower HP so the opponent AI would use a less powerful move, so he didn’t want to kill Reshiram before it damaged him

[@JJLL195]

HP is but a resource used to slaughter your opponents.

[@Red4350]

@@RC.13 whats the usefullness in that tho, to survive a hit, to survive a switch? why wouldnt the AI just kill you?

[@lemonbread378]

watching the chats spam emotes in unison almost made me tear up, games can truly bring so many people together

[@jariyadesigns]

Same man :)

[@hajidle]

How the fuck does cringe twitch chat with people being unoriginal as shit nearly make you cry

[@EnbyOccultist]

@@hajidle You really showed him lmao

[@cupdog_spl]

@@hajidlecuz it’s a community of people coming together to show their shared support for someone who is passionate about the same things they are. it really is cool to have such a large group of ppl come together for a reason, especially when that reason is to celebrate the accomplishments of someone else!

[@ghoullyy]

@@hajidlelmaoo

[@saintwumples4403]

Dang he got so good at the math of Pokémon that he didn’t even need the spreadsheet to win the game. His strategy for winning was insane

[@IEatBooty4MyDepression]

That’s what i’m saying dude is literally the main character. This is what ash’s championship run SHOULDVE looked like lmao. This is a main character level strat. AND he even went through a training and character arc lmao. 10000 runs is actually insane.

[@ryanergo754]

​@@IEatBooty4MyDepressionI dont think the anime remotely follows the game.

[@fenixchief7]

​@@ryanergo754 thanks for the insight...

[@IEatBooty4MyDepression]

@@ryanergo754 Woah no way

[@coachablespoon9838]

Cool you found PChinese

[@greed94]

pChalnese

[@goudacheese7491]

PCheese

[@thepotatoportal69]

PTato

[@evoxisthesecond]

Piss

[@imfabulous3707]

Here's PChal if he was black or Chinese

[@Divinitybagon]

The spreadsheet has real Pchal doing EK early game vibes.

[@rlones123]

Seeing pChal in the english stream makes me so happy. Nuzzlocking can often be seen as a sort of doomer topic with people grinding attempts to death but truly the runs that make it the farthest are the ones that are allowed to make it far. The love for these games and community that I see in this video is inspiring.

[@julietravelvlog]

"How can we both be the biggest" well the greater mystery is how every pokemon fangame is the hardest game ever made

[@tav5771]

Easy. The hardcore pokemon community is deeply autistic.

[@tajneeley]

Bruh 💀

[@nooobiechild]

YO WHAAAAAAAAAAAT I've been subscribed to Luke FOR YEARS and I didn't know he was this good at English. I knew him from his random pokemon challenges, even bought Pocket Academy because I saw him play it. This is the collab I didn't know I need. THANK YOU BOTH.

[@agatha6999]

The spreadsheet method losing his way is giving me a lot of nostalgia for the Pokemon Black and White anime where Ash and Cilan taught Skyla that she has to actually fight her battles not just do them mentally

[@sheevpalpatine8243]

11k attempts is crazy lmao

[@iedgiie9279]

he prob actually ran 10% of these

[@goudacheese7491]

​@@iedgiie9279he said he did like 4k resets a day, so im assuming its more like 80%

[@iedgiie9279]

@@goudacheese7491 i dont think he meant 4000 a day 400 would be more likely

[@goudacheese7491]

​​@@iedgiie92796:36, though it might be a mispeak

[@goudacheese7491]

​@@iedgiie92796:36, though it could also be a mispeak

[@RetroRetro23]

Damn he’s so precise, hearing him explain his elite 4 thought process was nice

[@LikeAbox32]

this video is so cool! love jan’s focus on the multicultural nature of the scene and i think he makes a really good point about how awesome it is that we’re so able to be connected with people all around the world. great vid from jan and awesome run and content from luke! much love ❤

[@grunkleg.2934]

Once again, figuring out how to reach the Chinese market proves to be a wise business decision

[@lordmatz3435]

the nuzlocke business has never seen better days

[@faytleingod1851]

Disney been trying for years and failing XD

[@Rooxie973]

Mostly not possible for obvious reasons unless you want to upload to b站

[@doug539]

Not really for the content making scene tbh, nearly no mainland Chinese watches youtube, there is a language barrier, and the income on bilibili is abysmal compared to KZbin. I'm mean mr beast starts uploads on bilibili only this year, it only proves how unprofitable it is over there.

[@Amaling]

@@doug539bro probably wants to grow the community in China more so than money. If he’s a Chinese abroad student it’s pretty easy to imagine that him and his family live comfortably

[@kiyopawn]

17:15 Oh hey look, Jan and Moxi are in chat spamming Azurills too lmao.

[@Rowlettttt]

I love Luke's channel and he was one of the first nuzlockers I watched when I started watching Pokemon content on bilibili. Super cool to see him featured on your channel! Edit: His "Can I beat Pokemon ... With only (Pokemon) series is amazing as well

[@RealTal.]

Toriyama will always be in our hearts

[@Brogie_21]

What does that have to do with this video?

[@MonkeyPower.]

@@Brogie_21Did you actually watch the video? He included “rip toriyama” in the first minute.

[@RealTal.]

@@Brogie_21 get some glasses and an attention span bro

[@Brogie_21]

@@MonkeyPower. I watched the whole thing, I must’ve missed the beginning

[@MonkeyPower.]

@@Brogie_21 Oh okay, sorry for coming off as rude then.

[@Moxi]

Brother Feng smiles down proudly at this monumental story of the champion of the East. Luke is the goat

[@DenyInDenial]

this is insane

[@mikeclark7026]

Thanks for the shout out to AT. It’s unbelievable how much he changed so much of our lives.

[@GyozaDevourer]

Who?

[@mikeclark7026]

@@GyozaDevourer Akira Toriyama

[@GyozaDevourer]

@@mikeclark7026 oh

[@MercuryA2000]

18:51 this right here is why I could never even consider doing a hardcore nuzlocke. For me, the pokemon I'm journeying with are what matter, and grinding run after run just turns them into tools to be optimized. Its even more so for me because I'm a writer. I like to come up with stories and characters to go with my playthroughs, and you just can't do that when every single one of them is expendable. I respect the intelligence, determination, and skill that goes into these things, and I like hearing the stories from afar. I could just never do it myself.

[@sleepingtom9337]

The multiverse getting crazy

[@cXspXr]

im thankful for pChal showing me this guy who i most likely never would have known. i love stories like this. a lot of people have this mindset of "it's just a video game why go through all of this" and i can in some ways get that, but to me i see a beautiful story about persistence and dedication for what is just a "video game". seeing a person's ability to dedicate themselves to what may seem like the silliest things yet still persisting and continuing for seemingly just the want to say "i did it!" will always be a beautiful yet silly way to display what humans are capable of.

[@MattGOG666]

Cool to see that "lets fucking go" is a universal phrase haha

[@drunkenmmamaster419]

Let's go is so cringe 😂

[@devan90912]

I vaguely remember a similar experience with you in emerald Kaizo where you would reset often early without perfect encounters but said fuck it lower the level cap by 1 to increase runs past gym 1 to decrease burnout. Good to see the community progressing in the right ways. That and introducing candies. Still can’t believe people used to do runs without them

[@ChaoticLapras]

i kinda love the evolution of pChal becoming the Nuzlocke Historian. What a great vid to watch and see this beloved way to play grow into more pokemon fans!

[@whisperingwooper1763]

This is super awesome! I’m glad to hear he won the run! But it’s so cool that he is able to bring multiple regions together and help bring nuzlockes to another part of the world.

[@AronFigaro]

Glad to hear you're working on Run & Bun and away from League. League fucked up my life, and a lot of others I know, and it's kinda funny that a video about a Chinese player is what brought that problem to light too. Cheers Jan, I hope you stay clean and I hope Lukey keeps doing awesome stuff. That was the cleanest R&B E4 I have ever seen.

[@sugasnaps]

I'm really enjoying the video so far! Big fan of the new direction you're taking your content, I can't wait to see what you'll make next :]

[@timelordricknmorty8179]

I think it's really important for different cultures to connect with each other, because with certain geopolitical tensions going on, people can end up hating people from countries that their governments have beef with. Like Americans and other westerners convincing themselves that anything that comes out of China or Russia is suspicious. I think actually communicating and building community with people from those cultures is really important, no matter the context, and I'm really glad you made this video

[@Bubba451]

Love this type of content PChal. Love when you shed light on other nuzlockers. Any where we can watch the full final run?

[@UnknownDusk]

idk why but Luke is such a wholesome person

[@thaliacrafts407]

Something about seeing a wall of Chinese text suddenly being interrupted by a bunch of kekw emotes just made me feel so weirdly happy and connected

[@denzelayala5162]

Top tier video Jan. Keep up the good work! loving these videos where you introduce other nuzlockers

[@XshadowcardsX]

The fact that Nintendo views rom hacks as a form of piracy really shows that they don’t understand what Pokémon is at its core. They throw out half-baked games for maximum profit nowadays. There’s a reason you rarely see people playing through sword/shield again whereas challenge runs of gens 1-6 are thriving. It’s very heartening that people from so many different places have connected with each other over a Pokémon game that is now almost 20 years old, but is still alive thanks to rom hacks and a dedicated fanbase.

[@Leonardodeboni0406]

Should be side games With target in people poder than Childs. The problem is: things as large as pokémon have little to no flexibility on things they do

[@MDMxxxxxxx]

Nintendo owns one of the few intellectual properties and games that have a massive fanbase of both children and adults, and they choose to only make garbage games with no end game content that appeal only to children. It's insane to me. If they came out with a half decent regularly updated MMO it would be the most played game in the world instantly.

[@MyHandleIsAplaceholder]

The games are by GAMEFREAK

[@universalplayz7496]

@@MDMxxxxxxxyou acting like Nintendo isn’t successful with Pokémon And the VAST majority of Pokémon players are infact kids so why not cater to them….

[@ericpope-y1b]

@@universalplayz7496idk about VAST, I’ve been playing since I was 10, and I’ve been an adult for a while now lol. Literally half my coworkers are into Pokémon, most my friend group is too.

[@sgttoenail2291]

lukes english is almost too good, “crucial” is such a good word. good on him for such amazing language

[@rohithmoolakatt9256]

ngl i needed a vpn, and i was excited to put your name in to support your channel. been watching for years, love the new content from this year

[@pabloruizortega94]

What a great video! Its really cool to get to know more nuzlockers from other scenes. Luke you're the goat.

[@136iti]

The rise of the Chinese scene reminds me of the Hollow Knight Chinese players. They are absolutely crazy!

[@BB-pc2xi]

Really resonate with the idea of not forgetting the fact that the challenge is above all supposed to be fun. I get that as difficulty climbs, which many enjoy, we look to seek the most efficient/mathematically sound way to beat said odds, which if both are exacerbated to a high enough degree makes it more a math gacha than a game. I'm nowhere near that competitive but glad to see those that are don't lose sight of why they enjoy the games in the first place.

[@adriscloudy]

it's so impressive that luke speaks english so well and that he was commentating in both languages at the same time

[@jakegraff8694]

Nice video Jan. Reminds me of your OG stuff. Well done

[@IanGarcia-Grant]

Great content Pchal! Love seeing you use both your expert analysis and empathy for fellow nuzlockers in your videos.

[@johnreichardt5435]

Absolute legend. I can’t even imagine the time and effort that went into completing a feat like that, and to hear him immediately show gratitude to his fans is special. Thank you jan for sharing this and thank you luke for providing this amazing content.

[@KeViNMCMXXCIX]

Thanks for this! That's awesome what he accomplished doing this. Made the community bigger and more as a whole.

[@bdwilliams03]

This made me tear up. Thanks for sharing this experience with us. Hope he continues to thrive and connect communities.

[@roberthansen5727]

The best Nuzlocker in history vs the best Nuzlocker of today

[@wakeupandsmellit]

But would you wipe?

[@leddyal-khalaf8322]

@@wakeupandsmellitbut would you Roxanne?

[@Bambingobongo]

@@leddyal-khalaf8322emerald Kaizo?

[@mugiwaraLux]

@@wakeupandsmellitnah I’d steer

[@roberthansen5727]

@@wakeupandsmellit Nah, I'd clutch

[@gojackiemode]

2024 is the year of improved Western / Chinese Nuzlocke relations, the whole bar is hooting and hollering watching this video on the big screen rn

[@BananaInEar009]

17:03 He forgot about the german man telling all kinds of nationalities about this wholesome guy on YT. Edit: Nice Rebrand Jan! Logo gefällt mir!

[@Tealoe]

Oh my god the way you did the NordVPN ad is GENIUS. There have been other times that I've been impressed with how you integrated an ad. I really appreciate the way that you do this and the time spent to think of what quirky idea you have to present the ad.

[@nate9579]

PChal ad segments are some of the best I've seen. They manage to make me not skip them, which is wild to me.

[@digitaldarmanitan3072]

Thanks for sharing this Jan, this was super interesting.

[@Lugia-]

The OST started at the right time, really gave me goosebumps. 17:12

[@hollistp3785]

dawg you’re almost at a million subs? I legit started watching you because you were just one of the best nuzlockers in the entire world at 50k subs and now you’re like.. fuckin famous man. Let’s go, always been a youtube frog but i’ve popped in on a few streams here and there

[@ZombieMors]

No one cares aboht you tho

[@SerDerpish]

I heard every single “OHKAY!” emote in the chat in Jan’s voice 😆

[@PapaPyth]

What a sick video Jan! Just an absolute master class in quality content. Massive Gz to Luke, 6 months is inspirational levels of dedication!

[@FrostyFrostySnow]

I love that Luke has picked up some of the colloquial phrases as well and how much he seems to be enjoying it

[@NokandFen]

Honestly one of the best Nuzlocke videos ive watched. Thanks Jan!

[@alex_yuh]

'and this run....it is a virtuous run' never heard a colder line for a nuzlocke in my life

[@SlugcatEmporium]

I was glad to hear the uplifting update at the end of the video. Good on you.

[@sm1le991]

yo well done on the integrated add read you make us want to continue watching to see the rate of attempts whilst your talking about the ad, very Mr beast esc but with your own touch. very well put together (also the rest of the video is very good!!!) keep up the good content! :)

[@TheActualAldo]

Both chats spamming Azumarill made me tear up, this is soooo fvcking wholesome

[@Morphshu]

This is actually such a beautiful video/story

[@sleepingtom9337]

This crossover is crazy

[@Zephyr77]

wtf his luke face azumarill and gasp face squirtle bilibili emotes are fire af

[@buggydust]

this was such a sweet video. luke seems like a really cool guy!

[@DisastrousCake]

I loved his chat just spamming emotes while he was speaking in english lmao Awesome vid tho learning about runners from across language barriers is really cool.

[@asshrimpleasthat799]

What a fascinating video, thank you! Also, I just want to say I’m loving the new pChal. I feel like there is new life in your content and I’m really enjoying your own gameplay. Best wishes and thanks for the years of entertainment.

[@IOSALive]

amazing video keep up the amazing work

[@augustusarbogast9862]

This is so cool. What a gem of the interwebs bringing folks together from all over to witness something in shared admiration and love of their (our) childhood era reimagined in grueling planning and execution to feel like a Pokémon Champion. So dang wholesome!

[@knuxchux]

I love how this guy is chill in almost every situation

[@FireFlyLp100]

videos like this are definetly worth the wait :D

[@kylemartin2487]

He literally just turned his own time fulfillment hobby into a 9-5 job 5/6 days a week with limited breaks and poor pay. I respect that he did manage to get his life back but goddamn man. I spent 10,000 hours on Hunt Showdown during the pandemic, and now I can’t even imagine installing it again

[@grunkbigrock5135]

This may not be the same game, but this video has given me a different insight to the Black ops zombies runs for Easter eggs because I'll reset 100 times before I get the right rng to lose everything 5 minutes in to my own mistakes. I think this happens to us because when we play the whole game, it refreshes the parts that are very tedious. Getting the perfect run seems to also bring too much pressure as where in an imperfect run u can always blame it on another factor while, in that perfect environment the only thing you can blame is yourself on every mistake, which is very draining to the mental. Long ass comment to say thank you for the insight into my problem I'm having and good video!

[@ladyhdwastaken]

This man is so wholesome. He cooked this game so hard. I love it.

[@Celi0_Writes]

Crazy banger video. Good shit pchal I love when things cross cultural boundaries and I hope the Chinese nuzlocke community takes off.

[@harley3211]

PChal, this video is important. Thank you so much for sharing this with us. This really gives me 'indomitable human spirit' vibes and it gave me goosebumps, this is a heartwarming and wonderful video.

[@tntthekill]

The idea of not only planning your course of action but also planning the trainer battles is insane to me. The fact he knew the exact conditions he needs after gyarados just breaks my whole understanding of strategy games

[@SonicFanXtreme]

Guys if you ever feel like you are doing good, just remember there's always that one asian kid better than you

[@benstorey8711]

3:40 I love this music. I wish it was used more often

[@Scubaz]

what song is this???? i cant remember

[@YarFeld]

Wonderful video Jan! Great story telling. And thank you for introducing us to this amazing streamer!

[@FelixSonntag1995]

0:59 got me in tears, before the main event even started. Thx Jan and crew.

[@zexuanqiao2441]

I am so glad you covered Luke as a Chinese. You both are my favourite Pokémon streamers!

[@RauschenPauli]

its nice seeing the world come together. its amazing to see how such a little thing can bring together such a massiv amount of people from around the world.

[@misalignedmisanthropist]

This is probably the best ad read ever, I loved seeing the attempts go up just in the span of the ad read

[@emminet]

Thank you for introducing him to me! I will definitely be following him, he seems to be so cool to watch, and his streams look really interesting!

[@lazypaladin]

5:51 I've been recently attempting Sacred Gold in a semi Nuzlocke format. _One Encounter per route, but I get to choose and no death upon faint. Level Caps ect still apply. I dub it Euro Extream after MGS series._ *I've never related more to this moment!*

[@MysticMylesZ]

17:40 this outro is beautiful in itself, and I think because of that, it deserves to be a piece in of itself.

[@Lmk85]

Amazing content. Luke seems like such a wholesome guy

[@grodo.]

Knowing Run&Bun was made by a brazilian remember me of Light Platinum in the early RomHacking days. Until now is one my favorite hacks, it was so impressive to lil me that a pokémon game could be so huge.

[@Pat_The_Artist]

I know that this might be impossible, but could you Nuzlocke all Pokemon games without dying or resetting in one run? (one game from Gen 1 to Gen 9) This could be a series...

[@SimplePanda93]

Good choice on the Garuda Desert music 👌🏻

[@littlebirdy3545]

Love watching your nuzlocke attempts but this vid is so fucking interesting!! You have a great narration style/voice for it

[@ohmyitscook]

Dude seems so in tune with pokemon mechanics its crazy to see this happen, I never thought anyone would be able to nuzlocke that mod. Just wild

[@MrZFPLAYER]

I get amazed almost everytime on how well you build your storytelling from the video to the ads.

[@sanguinedeserter561]

Never have i seen a chat go that smoothly, it makes a man cry

[@DexTag]

I know that "Spreadsheet" issue, I like taking deep dives into (certain) games and pre-calculate what is best, but also what's the minimum I want to achieve in a video. But the issue comes in once you have an actual run, let's say it's a 8.5/10, I constantly see how it could have been a 9/10, or 9.5/10, or even 10/10, just by 1 luck moment being different - which then completely ignores everything that had to go right to get the 8.5/10, as it just happened it feels like it can just happen again on the next run. But the most ironic part is that most other comparable videos are maybe a 4/10, or 5/10, meaning the 8.5/10 would be way above them. I don't mean quality wise or regarding entertainment (that's subjective), but just what's objectively possible. But because of that I "lost" over 70 videos where I just stopped the recording and needed to take a break because my mood wasn't there anymore.