Can I beat Pokémon Emerald using only the Fire Starters? And its a hardcore Nuclocke!

Can I beat Pokémon Emerald using only the Fire Starters? And its a hardcore Nuclocke! (Not Items, No over leveling)
I've been wanting to do a Fire Type Hardcore Nuzlocke for a while, so here it is, but with a twist. Using a modded version of Pokemon Emerald, I will play through the game getting one fire starter after each gym, until I have gotten the first 8 (sorry Fuenco).
I really enjoyed played this unique run, so let me know if you want water, or grass next!
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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
Sound effects from Zapsplat.com
#Pokémon #Nuzlocke #Gaming

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Grass, or water Starters next? Oh, and subscribe for more like this! For those asking, these videos walk you through how to download, and make your own changes to this mod. Be sure to thank Team Aquas Hideout for his awesome videos! kzbin.info/www/bejne/p2GrkGVogJ6Zb7M kzbin.info/www/bejne/i3fJaHt9a52Ff80

[@CharizardFan_og]

Depends on weather or not you want to go easy or hard. In my experience, this being game dependent of coarse, but grass tends to be hard mode, fire tends to be normal mode and water tends to be easy mode... I think do grass, but try and get the bulbasaur line fairly soon as it is the only poison starter

[@NuzlockeJoe]

@@CharizardFan_og idk, I kinda think fire is hard mode in hoenn. I mean the first gym is all but impossible with a fire starter after all.

[@Shrimpy_SpecialFlavor]

please do grass!

[@melissamurray8307]

Grass.

[@CoolverseVGC]

Water would be good because when you you get swampert you can sweep an elite four team

[@dooperedgy2628]

Thank you for showing the Steven fight, not enough Emerald nuzlockers do that

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Considering you can do it right after the elite 4, I felt like I kinda had too

[@chiongmikhael1142]

Chimchar like who doesn't like fighting monkeys

[@limasenvese5459]

My favourite fire starter is Infernape because its design is based on the Monkey King and the fire and fighting typing is very unique.

[@NuzlockeJoe]

I was totally with you, til the last phrase…

[@taipaulsen4347]

Ah yes very unique

[@Samuel-op7tn]

It was unique at the time, I guess..?

[@chooseastarter]

My favorite Fire Pokémon starter is Cyndaquil. But let's be honest, choosing between starters is very hard!

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Choosing between “some” starters is hard. For real though, I am partial to the earlier starters, like gen 3 and below, because those are the ones I grew up with. So cyndaquil is certainly towards the top for me, just not in this run, unfortunately

[@THE-GREAT-ANISH]

specially fan games

[@liamsutherland1903]

@@NuzlockeJoe my homie who doesn’t play pokemon like that has this thing with me whenever someone asks who is the best starter we both always in sync look at each other and go typhlosion

[@nageshsonawane3307]

Nope

[@AliShan-mi3ft]

My favorite is scorbunny

[@DataLeak06]

Cyndaquil has to be my favorite since it was my first starter in my first ever Pokémon game, and they’re just so damn cute

[@FortunAdlaich]

My favorite fire starter is Chimchar because Infernape is awesome. Although, Fuecoco is a VERY close second (I haven't bonded with Skeledirge as much as I have with Infernape)

[@NuzlockeJoe]

I really like skeledirges ghost type. A fire ghost, is pretty awesome!

[@bluefox492]

can always expect great content from you joe

[@jumborancher]

This is a great concept for videos! Hope you do more like this

[@NuzlockeJoe]

I certainly will!

[@pokemonmastermelon4531]

Oh my gosh YES! This is it right here. First of all, I love the nickname theme of fire ability users. I kinda figured that would be the case when I saw Zuko but still nice to see the rest. My favorite fire starter is Chimchar, but one of my favorite anime is One Piece, and so I was very happy to see that. Plus the iron fist ability is so golden I didn’t even realize that. I’d love to see grass types next, that’s my favorite typing :D

[@NuzlockeJoe]

I thought it would be easier to find 8 fire users, but I ended up having to google a few. I did save ace for chin hat because I I knew he was going to be a puncher, and as a one piece fan myself, it felt appropriate.

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Btw, who is your favorite grass starter? If I do grass next, maybe I’ll start with them.

[@pokemonmastermelon4531]

@@NuzlockeJoe my favorite grass starter is Snivy. Not much variety there, but Gen 5 is my favorite Gen and the generation I spent the most time in

[@nathanknoesen7128]

Chimchar ,because he is just so cool and blaze is such a good move

[@stevelupo832]

fire/fighting and fire/dark. Great play through.

[@jishuva]

Dude I follow a bunch of poketubers. PM7, mandjtv, smallant etc. You've got a great, fresh approach to this this and I honestly wish more people knew about you. I LOVE that every challenge is a nuzlocke. It shows how skilled a player you are. Keep it up King! 💪

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Thanks! I really started watching challenge videos with smallant so I appreciate the compliment!

[@garrettklaus9385]

Absolutely Amazing as usual, still don’t know why you don’t have 100k more subs. Can you do some gen 4 content?

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Don’t get me wrong, I’d love to have 100k, but I have only been at this for half a year, so hopefully I’ll get there. As for gen 4, I did do a Johto region Heart Gold a few weeks ago, using one Pokémon of each type. I’m working on part 2 right now, and also have a platinum run completed, that I just haven’t had time to edit yet. So I should have a few gen 4 videos coming up!

[@Giga-lemesh]

That ability Librero is so ridiculous, I love it

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Yeah it’s insanely good!

[@truerookie8620]

My favorite fire starter is Chimchar, I just love the story line for him being abandoned by Paul and came back to be his Karma.. Infernape is the goat

[@CharizardFan_og]

Glad to see a fellow Charizard fan ;)

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Of course!

[@lukegrandy5323]

Most underrated nuzlocker

[@phatphap_taitam]

. Always has been since I've been playing since Gen 1. Also, I love this sort of setup for videos. Being as Grass is typically harder to do a playthrough with due to it's typing,

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Yeah I’m working on the grass run right now actually

[@phatphap_taitam]

@@NuzlockeJoe I really like the way you make people laugh in the video, it's really funny, it's fun 😘😘

[@antoniolara9004]

Charizard is my favorite for nostalgia effect, cinderace for utility because libero is amazing, and fennekin is just the cutest. Fire types are my favorite types so this was a joy to watch.

[@NuzlockeJoe]

I feel basically the same way. Tbh, I didn’t realize cinderace had libero until I did this run, and it dramatically increased my respect for the guy

[@Mikerich_94]

The “too late to be a father” comment made me lol

[@fruitpunchsamuraidavid]

OMG! Incineroar named Endeavor?!! That's so clever

[@saramazzella7817]

Chimchar is my favorite just because it was the very first starter i chose the day i was gifted pokemon diamond (my first game)! Loved it ever since.

[@artemisdanube4941]

I like Litten b/c of the cool fire and dark moves, but Charmander is a classic too.

[@ikamoro]

Ilove the scorbunny line

[@NuzlockeJoe]

I have gained a new appreciation for them this run, for sure

[@rahulrajeev1919]

Doing this challenge on ultra sun and moon would be awesome

[@NuzlockeJoe]

After I’ve finished my set here, I might go into other games. But I don’t know how to hack anything above gen 3 :(

[@rahulrajeev1919]

@@NuzlockeJoe 😀

[@PapaSmurfJuju]

Torchic Will always be my favorite Scorybunny was amazing for Sword & Shield it’s behind Charmander & Cyndaquil

[@TheAnimeGuy02]

Torchic evo. Path is my fav

[@christianpena7748]

I’d vote for Water starters next 😅

[@misterhoundoomer]

As someone who raises rabbits I can confirm that they are fantastic diggers!

[@NuzlockeJoe]

I know, right!

[@Wynntersenk6017]

My fav fire starter is Fennekin, but I tend to choose my starters based on my fav looks: charmander, chikorita, torchic, piplup, snivy, fennekin, popplio, scorbunny, and sprigatito are my choices.

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Psychic and fire are among my favorite types, so naturally I love fennekin. Especially when he can learn moves like shockwave and grass know.

[@jamesworkshop9181]

always liked the torchic line but scorbunny was so awesome and cute

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Yeah, my appreciation for scorbunny went up big time during this run

[@chrisbang6165]

Clever twist to the nuzlocke format.

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Thanks!

[@daftzeta3671]

Tepig, he kinda has the same move pool depth of Nidoking. Have one with Heat Crash, Fire Blast, Wild Charge, and Solar Beam. It covers its own weaknesses.

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Heat crash is pretty great for him. And wild charge is a good idea too

[@tylerbartlett28]

The game not giving you dig was a good thing. Magnitude hits pokemon underground and doubles it's power when doing so

[@NuzlockeJoe]

That’s true, but the only one of flannery’s Pokémon who has magnitude is numel. So after taking her out, the rest could have been taken out with dig, if they could learn it that is.

[@sarahziegler2865]

My favorite is Charmander obviously :) but seriously, I have loved how cute Charmander is since I was little. I would trade my duplicate cards to anyone for their Charmander cards and I still have a box of about 1500 Charmander cards in my attic..... I may have been weird lol

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Dang… that’s a lot of charmanders. Maybe even too many

[@Birb_TF2]

bro has charmanders locked up in his attic💀

[@dog8654]

You should do this again but with grass or water type starters

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Already started it! If all goes well, it should come out in about a month. It’ll be grass btw

[@DonDivineDiva]

Gardevoir= God of War… makes sense w that black hole power

[@miguelmolano6611]

What black hole power?

[@DonDivineDiva]

@@miguelmolano6611 pokedex

[@miguelmolano6611]

@@DonDivineDiva huh?

[@DonDivineDiva]

@@miguelmolano6611 google

[@miguelmolano6611]

@@DonDivineDiva right, and you expect me to understand your monoword comments.

[@papasalvo]

For the record rabbits literally dig burrows and give birth to their babies inside of them

[@rhodrijohn7411]

Charmander was my first ever pokemon way back in red and blue, Litten, torchic (speed boost) and scorbunny (libero) are also in my top 5

[@NuzlockeJoe]

I agree with everything you just said lol

[@DarkAceRavenFTW]

Me: *Knows Endeavor from Boku No Hero Academia* DAMMIT!!! Todoroki Shoto came so close to being free of his father!

[@mitchellcreed9790]

Torchic for sure.

[@auramaster7649]

So does this Rom Hack include the physical/special split too?

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Yeah it does. Some people put a lot of work into this thing

[@JsDs1020]

I like the starter only content. Too bad its only a couple types.

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Yeah for sure. But I have some plans that may, or may not come to fruition. We’ll see.

[@winsky1989]

I’ve never used a fire starter but I do love Litten’s design

[@NuzlockeJoe]

How have you never used a fire starter? You’re missing out

[@winsky1989]

@@NuzlockeJoe I had always used the water starters up to Gen 9 when I picked Grass. If I had played Alola I would have used Litten

[@yamiryushi]

Natsu - FIRE DRAGON slayer, literally raised by a dragon. Also Natsu - cyndaquil? Seriously, da fuq? If that ain't charmander nickname I don't know what is! xD

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Yeah, but I wanted charmander to be agumon!

[@TobiTheKoala]

My favorite starter is froakie, but if fire then its litten

[@animechannel1958]

My favorite is torchic bc it a Chicken and it evolution is cool

[@alexohkay]

Charmander, because it was the first pokémon I ever used,and fire signs innit

[@Princesslucario8742]

My favorite Fire starter is the Fennekin because it's Of it's Secondary evolve form because I think they're hot in Battle 😎.

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Well, to each their own I guess.

[@ayanokoji2443]

What game is this please I need the name of this

[@harshvyas3398]

I also want to play this game, what is name of this ROM, or can you provide link to this?

[@NuzlockeJoe]

It’s something I made, piggybacking off the link in the pinned comment

[@ziion2670]

charmander, i grew up watching ash vs blaine in the anime charizard was just a fkn gangsta when he finally listened

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Yeah! I totally remember that charizard v magmas fight!

[@bluefox492]

i like squirtle HAHA YOU THOUGHT I WAS GONNA SAY CHARMANDER

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Man, you’re the second squirtle fan to claim that he’s the best. What’s with you people?

[@bluefox492]

@@NuzlockeJoe we are intulectuals

[@NuzlockeJoe]

@@bluefox492 yeah, because nothing says “intellectual” like the squirtle squad.

[@bluefox492]

@@NuzlockeJoe ok cut me some slack i was tired and too lazy to spell check

[@ramirezpaulrussellh.4425]

funny how u named chimchar ace knowing he went down with a punch

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Yeah, the point was to symbolize ace with his fire punches

[@tdhhellian7509]

My favorite starter was immediately Cyndaquil, and only Torchic came close to overtaking him. It's declined since Monferno. Delphox could have been better designed and Incineroar should never have been bipedal. I fully expected a really cool Tiger on all fours. That would have been the one that swayed me from my Volcano shrew.

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Yeah, I can see that. I’m not a huge inceneroar fan, but keeping him on four legs might have made me like him more

[@chefgrizz6284]

Could this be done with regional rodents and birds too? Birds would be super sick. Corv and Talonflame

[@NuzlockeJoe]

So my plan was to do a Pika Clone run next time I play this ROM, but I admit I didnt no consider a regional bird run. That would doe solid, and awesome!

[@chefgrizz6284]

@@NuzlockeJoe the possibilities are endless!!! 10/10

[@jonjon6515]

What version you playing I'm trying to play

[@NuzlockeJoe]

I put a link in the pinned comment. It’s called pokemerald expansion

[@roleandplayavigyanchowdhur2948]

Charmander is my favourite. M first game was fire red and charmander was my starter. I always try to get a charmander in my team whenever I play a fan game or rom hack.

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Yep, charmander is the best!

[@devonbrock6772]

Charizard is one of my favorites. Always has been since I've been playing since Gen 1. Also, I love this sort of setup for videos. Being as Grass is typically harder to do a playthrough with due to it's typing, I would like to see another like this with the grass starters. My guess is that Venusaur along with Rillaboom will be your most useful team members. Sceptile and Torterra are good as well.

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Well, I actually just finished a grass starters run about a week ago. But I’m not sure when I’ll end up publishing it, because I have several other videos that need to come out first

[@michal.blaszczak1998]

What is mod you use in Emerald to get Zuko f.e.?

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Check out the link in the description and pinned comment

[@michal.blaszczak1998]

@@NuzlockeJoe oh thanks! Btw.. thanks to you I will spend few hundred hours in pokemon again...

[@laxusstrauss5945]

My fav is chimchar by a large margin

[@frnzilla]

Don't be shy bro. Drop the link to the modded Emerald. 😂🤲🏾

[@xSerori]

How do you get to play this? What do I need to have or play on

[@NuzlockeJoe]

This is called Poke emerald expansion. Look at the pinned comment for a video about how to download the stuff you need to get it.

[@xSerori]

@@NuzlockeJoe I appreciate that sir. Only KZbinr to really respond and seems to care lmao. Have a great day

[@Sanjorivera]

Do a flying type nuzlocke and your starter should be starly because i love staraptor

[@NuzlockeJoe]

My first video was a flying nuzlocke, but in kanto. Staraptor is probably my favorite normal/flying bird though.

[@ImNoName_]

What did you use to randomize it?

[@NuzlockeJoe]

So in the pinned comment I have a link to the videos where I leaned to to compile this version of emerald. Then I just edited the wild encounters to get fire starters

[@ToddallanceCanon]

My favorite fire starter is Delphox cause why not 😊

[@noahjones2556]

Can someone explain why earthquake didnt hit zuko in the tate and liza fight?

[@NuzlockeJoe]

I have no idea. There are a few glitches in this Rom, which is understandable since it’s basically a complete overhaul of emerald, things can happen. If I knew earthquake wasn’t going to hit him, I probably wouldn’t have lead with Zuko tbh.

[@jacksonlee2726]

Bro snuck in a wingull

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Yep! Had to fly around somehow, and my agumon was a special attacker

[@brandonstewart4032]

My favorite Pokemon is charmander🌟❗ but just the tv shows💡✌

[@mariamoreno2710]

Mine is cyndaquil and typhlosion is my favorite pokemon

[@miguelmolano6611]

How can they do this? All starters in a single game and he decides when he captures them in the wild?! How?! And deciding they show up with their hidden ability?!. My favorite fire starter is Torchic, it's cute and I like Blaziken so much and, Mega Blaziken got some superhero vibes. And it beated Charizad hahaha!

[@NuzlockeJoe]

It’s a Rom hack a ton of people worked on. The link to get started is in the pinned comment. And description I think. It takes a bit to get started, but then you can do almost whatever you want.

[@MakingBaconPancake]

Charmanders my favourite, no reason why just my first. But my second favourite is swampedt and then torterra.

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Basically the same with me. He’s been my favorite for decades, since red version.

[@MakingBaconPancake]

@@NuzlockeJoe charizard y is also my fav just love the changes they did to him, tho I can understand the love for charizard X

[@DanielMachado2299]

My favorite starter is scorbunny I am so proud of him

[@ghostlyspriggan6437]

Please do a grass nuzlocke next

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Already working on it!

[@sarahsiddique5347]

Chimarm

[@wolfmomma447]

Favorite and only one worth getting is chimchar

[@saelysdelvalle1724]

Chimchar

[@Shrimpy_SpecialFlavor]

my favorite fire type is scorbunny and cyndaquill there both so cute eeek

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Scorbunny is pretty great. I wish cyndaquil had a bit more gameplay though

[@Shrimpy_SpecialFlavor]

@@NuzlockeJoe true its kind of forgotten too

[@briananderson4015]

My favorite starter is Torchic.

[@arthur0847]

Where do you download this Pokémon?

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Team Aqua’s hideout is where I learnt how to get it. You do need to download a number of things, unfortunately, but here are the videos that walk you through it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p2GrkGVogJ6Zb7M kzbin.info/www/bejne/i3fJaHt9a52Ff80

[@loriharris909]

Charmander is so cute

[@anirban105]

Well, I mean the earth is literally made of sediments and tectonic plate. Have any of you ever thought what's underneath the water body? If Groudon can lift up a big ass platform through the hard ass meteor in Sootoplis, shatter the ground, tectonic plates and erupt goddamn lava, literally terra form the earth, he can surely keep himself in the race with Kyogre. This is another example of perception of the eye that fools people.

[@Thewindyfan]

Is there a link to this modded Emerald? o3o

[@NuzlockeJoe]

You can look at the pinned comment

[@arnavmaharajan2502]

My Olson cermander

[@harryhanslobos5534]

My favorite fire pokemon is Fenikin

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Yeah, I really like Delphox. Being psychic, and learning moves like shockwave and grass knot is just awesome?

[@kathylozano288]

Hey how do I get this modded version

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Check out the pinned comment. It’s a bit of a precess though

[@brylejameszabala9794]

Where do i download this rom hack?

[@NuzlockeJoe]

I linked two videos in the pinned comment showing how to get things like this.

[@toasties611]

My favourite fire starter and favourite in general is scorbunny

[@NuzlockeJoe]

I have gained a new appreciation for him in this run

[@rajeanmcdonald]

scorbunny is my fav

[@NuzlockeJoe]

He certainly carried this run!

[@Xenonvoid02]

What's the name of this ROM Hack and how can I get it.

[@NuzlockeJoe]

I included a few video links in the description

[@charizardthegod5292]

Scorbunny

[@imfaithovrfear2383]

My favorite fire starter is Blaziken

[@fireclaw206]

My favorite Pokemon is torchic

[@aidanmctiernan7439]

What's the rom hack called ?

[@NuzlockeJoe]

I linked a KZbin video discussing it in the pinned comment

[@1musamune]

Bold of you to assume my fave Fire Starter is Charmander....it's actually Chimchar

[@NuzlockeJoe]

I’ve grown to like chimchar more over the years, but being smack dap in the middle of the fire fighting starter craze has hurt his rep IMO.

[@1musamune]

@@NuzlockeJoe too true gen 4 had great starters all around

[@tayanjananankhuni928]

My favourite fire starter is charmander he was very first Pokémon so yh

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Same. Old school nostalgia here for sure

[@juliobro]

How do i get this ROM??

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Check out the pinned comment to get started

[@malcolmkeith9021]

Which rom hack is this?

[@NuzlockeJoe]

That is from GitHub, it’s called poke emerald expansion. I linked a few videos talking about it

[@BananaWorm]

Scorbunny is my favorite fire starter

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Then I bet you loved this video! He more than pulled his weight here