Nuzlocking Pokémon Ruby was a Nightmare. Here's why.

It's summer, it's hot and I really need to cool off, so I want to do a Pokémon Ruby Nuzlocke (Gen 3 is dope afterall) as there's a lotta water in that game! Sadly, said Nuzlocke almost broke me. This is the story of how that happened. I'm MalorakPKMN and you're watching... Me suffer, mostly! This run was supposed to be easy, ruby is considered quite an easy game...But then?
The rules are nuzlocke ones which means:
1) Once a Pokémon faints it is considered gone and cannot
be used anymore.
2) You can only catch your first encounter in every area.
3) You must nickname every Pokémon.
4) Once you white out the run is over.
On top of that we have the following:
5) You cannot use items in battle. Held items are allowed.
6) You have to change the Battle-Style to "Set".
7) You cannot level past the next Gym Leaders strongest Pokémon.
8) No Legendaries, they're too strong.
9) Species clause: If a pokemon of the same family is caught you may reroll your encounter
10) Shiny clause: Shinies may always be caught and replace an encounter of your choosing.
11) Rare Candies may be used - this makes for faster content creation. Beating up level 2 pidgeys isn't interesting to me, sorry.
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Thanks for watching!

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I think you channel is about to blow up. This showed up in my recommended videos and you are really good at this. I wouldn't be surprised at all to see you at over 1k subs by the end of the month. This is at least a 10k sub channel quality wise

[@rodimus580]

These are high quality videos you should be at 1M already KEEP IT UP 🙌👏👍👍

[@MalorakPKMN]

Thanks! Will make more videos very soon 😁

[@Ospyro3em]

I feel you, buddy- i lost almost my whole team to the 8th Gym in Emerald once...

[@MalorakPKMN]

Wallace be brutal 🥲

[@DarkLink-gl3qe]

JOJO REFFERENCE! Am now very happy i subbed from the last video which was also very good btw, as many people have said you're video quality is awesome!

[@MalorakPKMN]

I do love me some JoJo's 🌝 Thank you! I put a lot of effort into the videos, glad to see that it comes across 😊 More videos on the way!

[@DarkLink-gl3qe]

@@MalorakPKMN absolutely, looking forward to more content from you 😁

[@klhx]

that milotic fight was crazy omg

[@MalorakPKMN]

I think my forehead exploded from the facepalm I gave myself for that one LOL Yeah it was wild

[@Kironoba]

Another peak video from our underrated boss

[@MalorakPKMN]

Aw shucks, thanks! :D

[@magnuspkmn]

Awesome vid!! I was gonna say for the Wallace fight, you could teach Kadabra Substitute for the extra security. It doesn't block Attract, but it gives you more turns to set up in case you get infatuated. BUT I just learned that it's an Emerald exclusive tutor move in Lilycove. Otherwise it could've made the sweep more doable

[@MalorakPKMN]

Oooh interesting! Substitute into sweep sounds dope :D I mean, I could've done Wallace in a million different ways but I didn't think much further than "oooh calm mind" and "water is special so I am safe, let's go". I only looked up movesets for the elite 4 so I probably need to start doing that as well...If I had known this thing attracts then I would've just pivoted a bit more or rely more on my grass types lol Lots to learn still, which is exciting. Thanks for saying the vid's awesome!

[@Stf-le9ot]

Another great video, you're about to blow up on KZbin for sure bro. Keep smashing it. Also don't want to be that guy, but the wormple and wingull where caught on the same route... sorry to burst the bubble 🤣

[@MalorakPKMN]

Yeah, I've been told before but you're 100% right x) I skipped a whole bunch of optional encounters in endgame so I reckon I'm fine but alas, it IS an illegal encounter I guess :x Thanks!

[@Stf-le9ot]

@Malorak7 don't worry I always make the same mistake when I play emerald. Always forget it the same route. But still top video. And for sure will smash the KZbin game for the rest of this year 💪 keep it up man

[@MalorakPKMN]

@@Stf-le9ot Hehe, I can totally see myself doing this mistake again next time I run gen 3 or the remakes 😆Thanks! Already on my next run, I may skip ingame grinding via rare candies but the KZbin grind is real :D

[@Stf-le9ot]

@Malorak7 for sure rare candies save you hell alot of time, but you also lose out on ev's and iv's but definitely worth not having to grind. Emerald cross is a game you should download. It's Emerald but when starting a new game it gives you nuzlocke options for your game. Like level caps, if pokemon faint they'll automatically go to your box. Or if your party faint the game save deltes it's self. And tones of other options too. That the version I always play

[@MalorakPKMN]

@@Stf-le9ot Oooh that sounds dope! I'll try that one, thanks :D

[@Leon09189]

Ein weiteres cooles Video von dir mach einfach so weiter uns ich bin mir sehr sich du wirst noch viele Abonnenten bekommen (wünsche es dir sehr) 🥳🥳🙌

[@MalorakPKMN]

Vielen Dank

[@Crobat-queen]

Glad to see you upload again! I love watching nuzlockes, and your first video popped up in my recommended a couple days ago and I knew I had to stick around to see more. :) super high quality for only 2 videos so far! Looking forward to more.

[@MalorakPKMN]

More are on the way 😁Thank you for watching!

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Babe wake up, Malorak posted a new video

[@MalorakPKMN]

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Glad to see you upload gain. Comment for the algo!

[@iBenjamin1000]

let's go rise against!!!✊

[@GamerMatt_92]

Great Vid ❤

[@Susanpossibly]

I HAVE BEEN FED. WE EATIN GOOD TONIGHT

[@MalorakPKMN]

🍕🍕

[@ivanvaldez9323]

0:2 on wins to loses. As they say, third times the charm (I hope so for your case.)

[@MalorakPKMN]

3rd time's hopefully the charm! 😄

[@aronberns8299]

Great video!

[@MalorakPKMN]

Thank you, more are to come :)

[@CacildaCabra]

I might be the only exploud fan

[@muhammadkhizar9924]

FunFact : Did you know that the Pokémon "Rhydon" was the first Pokémon ever created by Game Freak? Despite not being the first Pokémon in the National Pokédex (that honor goes to Bulbasaur), Rhydon was the first design conceptualized by Ken Sugimori and the team. This is why many statues and carvings of Rhydon can be seen in the early Pokémon games, as it was a foundational part of the Pokémon world (Now I want my info 😏crab)

[@MalorakPKMN]

I already knew that one, but it's a cool one! I do love me some Kingler and the reason is very straight forward: It's a basic but really cool design! Seeing a crab with a crown-shape for its head and it being the final evolution, King-ler is a cool name for a Crab. It being a mostly physical water type with Crabhammer is also just cool to me. I remember playing a Romhack of Platinum and it helped me throughout the entire game, ever since then I've kinda loved this goofy crab

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@@MalorakPKMN Now we need a crab only run 😅

[@MalorakPKMN]

@@muhammadkhizar9924 Oh that is 100% something that'll happen eventually 🦀

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yippie new video - where are you from?

[@MalorakPKMN]

Enjoying the excitement :D I'm from Germany~

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"Pelipper's Drizzle is great" 😔

[@MalorakPKMN]

🥲

[@Shawnzy1]

Leech seed , toxic , and sub stall that milotic lol

[@MalorakPKMN]

I could have done that if I were smart, but I am not :,) Good call though, I need to try more stall strats. Dustox showed me that

[@Shawnzy1]

@@MalorakPKMN you did great thro , I’m loving your channel

[@MalorakPKMN]

@@Shawnzy1 Thank you! More nuzlockes to come very soon :D

[@princessliam5949]

Cool vid

[@MalorakPKMN]

Thank you! 😄

[@christopherfu2169]

The singular is actually not a legal encounter. Both the route before and after petalburg woods is route 104 and you already caught the wurmple on the route.

[@MalorakPKMN]

Oh...I didn't know that D: I mean, I skipped like 10-ish optional encounters so I guess it's not the biggest deal, but good to know for my next run. Still new to this, thanks for the heads up!

[@LetsPlayJoshPK]

What’s the difference between ruby saphire and emerald

[@MalorakPKMN]

From what I can tell, ruby is a bit easier - Tate and Liza have 2 less Pokémon for example. Ruby also misses the cool cutscene where Rayquaza swoops in and stops Kyogre and Groudon from fighting, which is neat! I chose it cause I never had Emerald as a kid and was more familiar with ruby :D Thanks for the comment!

[@LetsPlayJoshPK]

@@MalorakPKMN No problem this video was a very high quality for how many subs you have! You got a new subscriber😆

[@MalorakPKMN]

@@LetsPlayJoshPK Thank you very much, I highly appreciate that! The quality will only improve, for example I bought a new Mic today which should sound a LOT better!

[@LetsPlayJoshPK]

@@MalorakPKMNAwesome!!!

[@CacildaCabra]

Why not emerald

[@MalorakPKMN]

Ruby is the game I played as a kid, I never had Emerald, so it was a bit more familiar to me :) That's all there is to it really