I Made a Pokémon Paul Platinum ROM Hack, and Hardcore Nuzlocked it!

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Can Paul Beat a Hardcore Nuzlocke of Pokémon Platinum?
To find out, I made a rom Hack of Pokémon Platinum, where to get to play as Paul! Not only do you walk around as Paul the whole game, but you can get his entire Sinnoh Team! Its pretty awesome, if I do say so myself.
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Hardcore Nuzlocke Rules:
1) Only Catch The First Pokémon On Each Route
2) If A Pokémon Faints, I Cant Use Them
3) No Items In Battle
4) Set Mode
5) No Over Leveling
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B-roll and sound from Pixabay
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[@NuzlockeJoe]

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[@greatwhite3512]

Dawn: "paul your a jerk" Paul: "I know"

[@ovidiuvergil]

Of course he's a favorite. He's basically the anime version of Silver.

[@Giga-lemesh]

As someone who did not watch the anime in this period I’m just rolling with it. I’d believe anything you say about Paul

[@NuzlockeJoe]

For all you know, he could be the most caring trainer in the world! Tbh, I didn’t really watch the sinnoh region growing up either, so I’ve seen more of it in the past few months working on this video than I ever did as a kid.

[@PikaFilmStudios]

​@@NuzlockeJoepaul has a resting bitch face.. hes definitely not caring😂

[@kvngcali]

I was soo hurt I missed hoenn, that I watch DP faithfully .

[@seandaniels7938]

Yea this is the season I stopped too last episode I remember seeing was one where rotom was taking over the appliances fuckin with everyone lol Paul was a dick tho

[@NuzlockeJoe]

@Purple_Gojo yeah, I could see that.

[@cullenhutchison6528]

In the anime, Paul used Magmar against Maylene's Lucario. You could have recreated that as well.

[@briansherrod1916]

Paul is one of my favorite characters and rivals in Pokémon. He’s phenomenal at battling so I love how you did this!

[@garrettbutcher1594]

I still wanted to punch him though

[@briansherrod1916]

@@garrettbutcher1594 oh I will second that! He needed to be punched!

[@JackGamer45-vi2ni]

He is the worst, and literally still not the best. more like flae. and also cross the line.

[@KHloreExpert]

Regarding Paul: His "competitive game" approach is counter to the Anime's take on the Pokémon world but is mostly limited to releasing captures that he doesn't intend to put time into which while strange isn't really "bad" in the case of, say, the Starlys but becomes traumatic in instances like Chimchar's where he was around for awhile forming a bond and already having been subjected to that kind of harsh training. His very harsh training methods are awful or even abusive... depending on the Pokémon. The Honchcrow, Weavile, Aggron, Magmortor, Electivire, and Drapion lines he trained are all "Thug" or "Monster" species the textbook examples of which would absolutely excel in such a training environment and cases could certainly be made for the rest of his known roster including a potential Staraptor or Infernape. The specific Chimchar that was eventually released and ended up with Ash is an excellent example of incorrect species-based Trainer assumptions since Infernape's line on paper should take well to Paul's methods but this was not one such example resulting in physical abuse and psychological trauma that was later worsened by abandonment when it became clear it couldn't keep up. He's definitely an arrogant jerk but I always thought that trait shone far more prominently than normal towards and around Ash, an individual who has nigh identical experience to himself, whose mentality and training methods are the opposite which immediately leads to animosity. "Nigh identical experience" as in Paul had by this point participated in the Kanto, Johto, and Hoenn Leagues like Ash (not necessarily in that order) but not the Orange League or Battle Frontier, although he's aspired since soon after receiving Turtwig to eventually be good enough for the latter, hence why Paul had fully evolved Pokémon like Weavile from the start of this series. Don't ask me why Paul of Sinnoh's Veilstone City who received his Turtwig starter from Prof. Rowan in Sandgem Town (hence the knowledge on how to evolve his presumably Johto Sneasel) waited to tackle his home region's Pokémon League until participating in three others from distant regions because if one was provided beyond the writers wanting to further deepen his narrative similarities to Ash then I'm unaware.

[@tobiaminu1268]

Bro yapping

[@sarimansari1]

man did a phd in pokemon training methjods

[@talon1776]

I would assume that Paul wanted to be near the Battle Frontier from the get go, but simply couldn’t measure up to the Frontier Brains after his first league so he decided to just head over to Johto and Hoenn then back to Sinnoh.

[@thelionman09]

Get a life

[@Niall_Sene]

Really fun seeing you play as Paul, I liked how you made Ash your rival and give him his Sinnoh team. My favourite part had to be the final battle with Ash, I liked the recreation of their final battle from the anime. Looking forward to the Sinnoh Ash video.

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Thanks! I decided since I was going to make an ash video, I might as well work on this sprites at the same time and put them in here too

[@kaizoku8087]

FINALLY! A DS Rom hack! Especially one where Paul is the rival instead of Barry

[@cyberdarkturtle6971]

Who else had a crush in Dawn when he was 10? Lord knows i did

[@SoarsGaming11]

Paul is just your typical competitive player which is why he released many Mons in the anime

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Pretty much. Catching three starlies at once and releasing the weaker ones is totally something I would do. I can't even begin to tell you how many charmanders I bred and released looking for the perfect one.

[@SoarsGaming11]

@@NuzlockeJoe when I had my X game, I transferred all my Mons from Gen 3-5, Bred them (especially ones with egg moves) and gave away all the Mons I didn’t really need

[@JackGamer45-vi2ni]

More like a Typical anima abuser, not a typical competitive player crap why did he abandon mon and Digimon in this anime crap.

[@anchorsaway9500]

Ash’s hyper style does match his original series counterpart but not his DP counterpart

[@ShowFly]

4:35 why did he call his chimchar primeape? 🤣🤣

[@briansherrod1916]

Playthrough was literally Paul-fect!

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Thanks! I see what you did there

[@TheMan05555]

19:59 In Platinum, there is a Razor Claw hidden in Team Galactic’s base in Veilstone.

[@Mimikzz]

Awesome video dude! NightWing was an obvious favourite of mine, but NotaBug was a close second😂. I knew Paul's team was always stacked, but now I KNOW how stacked it really is ahaha. Once again, great video man, keep it up!

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Yeah Nightwing was way more helpful than I thought he would be. I'm glad I got him so early. Of course, you already know all about him.

[@flexangelo]

Paul's team probably the most stacked one

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Yeah definitely. In my ash videos I don’t do a nuzlocke because his team too often is not great. But Paul’s is awesome

[@TheMan05555]

@@NuzlockeJoeAsh’s Sinnoh team is pretty decent. Though on Paul, to make it even better, perfect IVs and EVs due to that just being Paul.

[@Pixilm8]

This was such a good video dude!! loved the dedication to this video, i look forward to the video playing as Ash! also big up to Warthunder for supporting my guy !!

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Thanks man! It was several months in the making thats for sure

[@tylerprenger8063]

It’s funny cause a couple years back I bought a copy of platinum just to name my character Paul and use all the Pokémon he used

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Well look at that! You did this run before it was cool

[@PikaFilmStudios]

also war thunder from what i know is a pretty solid game. i actually dont mind this sponsor. its great❤ and you did so damn good on this rom. no screw ups patching it either. 😅 you actually have a knack for gen 4 modding i think😂

[@PikaFilmStudios]

also poor cross eyed starly.. pauls starly looked cross eyed in the clip😂

[@mazharsiddiqi7288]

Awesome video How about doing HGSS Paul Locke as well? Also did you consider Paul's Journeys Pokémon of Gyarados, Metagross and Garchomp? Maybe also do BW and B2W2 for Trip and Cameron from the anime?

[@NuzlockeJoe]

The reason I excluded his journeys Pokémon is because he didn’t have them in Sinnoh, and I didn’t think I’d need them here. For HGSS, I’m not sure. It wouldn’t be too much work since I already have the sprites and all, but we’ll have to see.

[@darby6588]

Really fun video, adore the commentary 🔥

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@soukply2937]

Another banger vid Joe! You'll have to teach me how to do your "Master Hacking" skills :p

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Well, I may have exaggerated those hacking skills a bit, so it should be easy enough to pick up on.

[@nebbynetwork2089]

Paul was a great rival this looks really great

[@garrettbutcher1594]

I can’t be the only one who wanted to smack 🥊 Paul especially after what he did to chimchar

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Yeah, that was messed up

[@goldenhydreigon4727]

As someone who did Paul's team in Shining Pearl, I highly recommend doing this

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Maybe we could do a part two in shining Pearl. I actually have never played the sinnoh remakes so it could be a good introduction.

[@goldenhydreigon4727]

@@NuzlockeJoe Yeah. Plus, some of the team members are a lot easier to get. I do recommend getting both Shining Pearl and Brilliant Diamond though since Murkrow, Gligar, and Elekid are exclusive to BD and Magby and Teddiursa are exclusive to SP, meaning you'll need HOME or a way to trade more than likely

[@SonQuay.]

Gen 4just brings me back looking forward for more

[@TheMan05555]

My only complaint is that in Snowpoint, there should have been a battle with Brandon. Ideally, here’s his team. - Regirock - Registeel - Regice - Dusknoir - Ninjask - Solrock

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Yeah I know, but I thought talking about it was enough

[@magnuspkmn]

Let's gooo!! I was so excited for this one!! Also love the sponsorships, I'm gonna check out Warthunder after this video😁

[@DarthBupsbricks]

I'm ngl I lowkey loved Paul as a kid, the one thing I didn't like was him getting rid of Chimchar. I genuinely think he should've beaten Ash

[@nireus2299]

missed the gold opportunity to make the name "Pokemon Paultinun" the perfect name

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Yeah, plenty of other people thought about that apparently, but I missed it

[@tomnorton4277]

Paul would never teach Ursaring Return until after Ash humbled him in the Sinnoh League. He'd teach it Frustration instead.

[@Shawnzy1]

Why was Paul like 30 and picking on kids lol

[@MrSonicHedgehog]

Hope we get to see the reverse later

[@NuzlockeJoe]

I am working on it, but it’s taken a bit of a back seat for now.

[@mazharsiddiqi7288]

Looking forward to it Curious if you can add Ash-Greninja to the Gen 6 games as well

[@NuzlockeJoe]

I have no idea. If nothing else, I believe I could use PKHex to make an ash greninja

[@jesuscarlomabutas4172]

It should have been 'Pokemon Paulatinum"

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Yeah I really missed that obvious name, huh?

[@pokemonfanserenafan6426]

Is just me or does Paul remind you of carmine from the SV dlc

[@aykuusuu]

HELL YEAH! yellow next? :0

[@yeshwah]

lol should’ve named it Pokémon Paulatinum

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Yeah, with how many people are mentioning this, its seems like an obvious name that I totally missed. Oh well.

[@jebunnaharkona6025]

plz make a rom hack game based on ash's full journey more completely than pokemon fire ash

[@NuzlockeJoe]

So I have been doing a series where I play as ASH and use his pokemon. You can check out my channel for the Ash Emerald Rom I made

[@geonick974]

Technically if I remember right Paul is from veilstone city

[@gallantsage8]

Paul is a clear fan of gen 2 with gen 4 exclusive evolutions 😂

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Thats cuz he has good taste

[@carlosmiravete1159]

If Paul wasn’t an asshole to chimchar and didn’t release him, ash would’ve lost to him in the sinnoh league, serves him right infernape is such a force to b reckoned with

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Yeah, Paul was rough to a lot of this pokemon, but chimchar was by far the worst

[@carlosmiravete1159]

@@NuzlockeJoe lesson learned, ash wouldn’t had such a strong fire type like infernape, plus infernape was the reason ash won so many battles Byron Candice volkner etc

[@sneakerheadguru1431]

Infernape respects him now , after all watching Paul train ash for the championship. He developed his character a lot

[@lukemcg7295]

Can you hack in a postgame battle with Brandon? Dusclops Ninjask Solrock and the Regis. His true final battle

[@NuzlockeJoe]

I could probably replace some random trainer with him, but I would have to get a brandon sprite and I'm not sure if its worth it tbh.

[@renegade7548]

Only payl would turn ninjask into a special attack user and still worked

[@Vitor20XX]

Paul is literally us playing pokémon

[@TheRareware64]

Y'know, when Diamond, Pearl and Platinum first came out (namely 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009), I named the G4 rival (Barry) Paul as tribute to the dude.

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Dang thats a long time ago. Now I feel so old.

[@JP-ib7tb]

How did you evolve Electabuzz to Electivire? My Electabuzz is level 48 and holding the electirizer but it didn't evolve

[@NuzlockeJoe]

And he levelled up while holding it?

[@paulpavlus6664]

He and Marley would make a great team as well as a great couple.

[@user-ip5sw9ny4i]

How did those trade based evolution works? Does it change?

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Yeah. So I used the universal Pokémon randomizer to make them evolve when they level up with the required held item

[@user-ip5sw9ny4i]

@@NuzlockeJoe how can i play the game in my Android? Just wanna play it so badly but I can't because it said delta or something

[@NuzlockeJoe]

@@user-ip5sw9ny4i if you can play regular ds roms on your android, this will work too, but you’ll need to patch it first. For that, I’d use a computer and follow the instructions in my google doc

[@Nightmare-kn6ee]

Pokemon Platinum Paul sounds a little bit better in my opinion.

[@juul7752]

Should’ve called it Pokémon Paultinum😂

[@thelionman09]

Just repeat what 30 other people allready said

[@crimsonflareumbreon1290]

Why didn’t you just play through platinum normally? You could get a lot of Paul’s mons in a normal play through also Paul didn’t get ride if azumaril after that one fight he actually hangs on to it till after the 2 gym by trading it awat

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Where’s the fun in that? If I’m going to play as Paul, you’d better believe I’m gonna be Paul

[@crimsonflareumbreon1290]

@@NuzlockeJoe that fair

[@Princesselizabethliones]

Which platinum rom is needed for this patch?

[@NuzlockeJoe]

I could be wrong, but I believe there is only one version of platinum.

[@Princesselizabethliones]

Ah ok

[@user-ui2iu1mn9j]

What program should we use to open the file?

[@NuzlockeJoe]

So you'll need to patch a regular ROM file. The word file in that google drive will explain the process

[@Spaimosh]

Paulatinum

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Yeah, apparently I missed this obvious one

[@pedrotalissonkokoten7712]

Gastrodon Paul is blue 😭

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Wel,, yeah you're right. That's a bit unfortunate...

[@PikaFilmStudios]

wowee 2 free games. one game i can blow up people and send to the dark lord and one i can actually play as the dark lord. 😮

[@Dbstarwastaken]

Underatted

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Thanks!

[@jorgecamp7863]

Bro they should’ve put Paul in the game diamond and pearl

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Yeah It's a bit weird that Paul is a major rival to ash, but doesnt show up in the games

[@shachintheartist]

​​@@NuzlockeJoePaul similar to silver would make good rival . Foil to the player

[@harrywoodward3310]

Great watch, easily the best rival Ash has ever had, loved watching as a kid. Beating him should've really been the finals, Tobias was an ass pull

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Without a doubt. They could at least have had ash loose to someone of similar skill, instead of just throwing legendaries and him.

[@CoreReborn]

Couldve be Pokemon "Paulatinum"

[@NuzlockeJoe]

That would have been better lol

[@giovannialexander3526]

I thought Paul started with chimchar and abondoned it ..

[@NuzlockeJoe]

He did have a chimchar at the start of the sinnoh region, but he already had a fully evovled torterra by then. He mentions in one of the episodes when his torterra is hurt that he was Paul's starter. I believe its the episode he got decimated by Cynthia.

[@saschko900]

Why Gesundheit, this is a german word for bless you?

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Because sneasel sounds like sneeze. Its a very sophisticated name.

[@saschko900]

@@NuzlockeJoe thats cool Bro

[@IAmDaFlare]

"Expert hacking skills" Can you hack me a couple bucks

[@OSCnomore]

I can hack you a McDonald’s sprite

[@NuzlockeJoe]

I mean I could, but I don’t need to prove my hacking skills to anyone.

[@IAmDaFlare]

​@@OSCnomorebet

[@Frenzy_Ice]

Names his magmorter lava girl even though it’s male

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Yeah, that was on purpose. I was going for SharkBoy and Lava Girl reference

[@darkrai7729]

Play as tobias

[@NuzlockeJoe]

I'm thinking about doing a run with him, actually. But first, I need to do an Ash Platinum

[@gazzeerbeheerst3278]

Would be better if you changed the context of dialogues too

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Yeah I did consider that, but all the other edits already take a lot of time, and editing all the text didn’t sound super fun

[@gazzeerbeheerst3278]

@@NuzlockeJoe yes I understand it’s a lot of work and it’s pretty boring to do all that. But the results would be better. If it was more related to how Paul and ash would talk instead of the standard lines

[@ashleeramey]

Paul aka Shinji is my favorite rival

[@nolanmattson4313]

How do I extract the Romhack file?

[@NuzlockeJoe]

So the link in the description has an explanation for how to apply the Hack to a base Rom.

[@nolanmattson4313]

Did you program the Darkrai, Shaymin, Jirachi, Celebi, and Arceus into the game?

[@NuzlockeJoe]

No, aside from the changes I specifically state, the game is a base platinum one.

[@nolanmattson4313]

@@NuzlockeJoe I am having a hard time patching the rom. What version are you using?

[@NuzlockeJoe]

The US version? Are there more versions than that, because the one I have just appears to be Pokémon Platinum and nothing else.

[@nakaitheqb]

Is this available to play?

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Yep. There is a link in the video description with some instructions

[@nakaitheqb]

@@NuzlockeJoe awesome thank you!!!

[@purehyper124]

Why did you name a male magmortar lava girl instead of boy?

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Because I know of a lavagirl, from that old movie. Not sure about any lavaboys, though I bet there is a comic book character or something

[@robert8311]

😂 good thing you didn't use garchomp, gyradoes, or metagross be way to easy or hariyama

[@NuzlockeJoe]

I know right, it might have made this run too easy...

[@dragonskykhereidesx497]

How can I write this Pokémon Platinum Mod

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Follow the instructions in the google drive to apply the patch

[@dragonskykhereidesx497]

@@NuzlockeJoe you can make a tutorial how to apply the patch

[@Acacius1992]

Paul is a asshole rival done right. Hot Take: I never liked Silver in the normal Gen 2 games.

[@DrSelfRevive]

lol Pokémon PP

[@DarthPooh]

Download link please?

[@NuzlockeJoe]

It’s in the video description. It’s a google drive link with instructions

[@aritrasil6306]

How to download this hack ?

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Look at the instructions in the google drive link in my description

[@Ark.Pikachu7072]

How to download

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Look at the instructions in the google drive link in my description

[@McDonaldicecreammachin]

Pokemon Plautinum

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Yeah I really botched that didnt I.

[@mayo2132]

Algorithm boost

[@miroslavbaranja4918]

How to play

[@NuzlockeJoe]

I have a link to a google doc in the description

[@miroslavbaranja4918]

@@NuzlockeJoe you mean Google drive I tried But its not working

[@carlosfigueredo5682]

Gesundheit? Are you German or Austrian? hahahaha

[@thenexus7343]

Tbh what pisses me off about Ash is he always goes after the Dick Rivals, Report his ass for abuse.

[@Psychic_Jaylen]

If his starter was a turtwig than why was there a Chimchar that he abandoned in the DP anime series none of this makes sense

[@NuzlockeJoe]

He had both pokemon at that point, just like ash had all three starters for his first two regions.

[@playboieric]

It was only a what???? And you expect a sub 😢

[@archanarathod7708]

"PATHETIC"

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Impressive Paul impersonation

[@jeffreywilliams8499]

I never liked Paul he was such a jerk