Pokémon Emerald Hardcore Nuzlocke - Playing As A Team Magma/Aqua Grunt! (No items, no overleveling)

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Normal Nuzlocke Ruleset:
1. Fainting = Death
2. Can only catch Pokémon used by Team Aqua or Team Magma (includes Pokemon used in Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire).
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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[@sublier6982]

Hi

[@hoocas4617]

Bought those before they were shit. The audio quality is very poor. Kinda disappointed you take a sponsorship from a poor quality company

[@TheJwing4]

BRING BACK SQUARESPACE !!!

[@joaomarcos7041]

Hey, FlygonHG, I was wondering: do you really train your pokemon in order to build ev values or do you just use some vitamins? It's for my research

[@Devil_of_Paradis]

Day 4 of asking flygonhg to share his rare candy code

[@Frenchaboo]

Roleplaying as the forbidden out of wedlock lovechild of Archie and Maxie is exactly the content I subscribed for.

[@Airy_host_of_ONE]

Yes

[@kitekinley5118]

It might sound dumb, but as an adopted child, this hits HARD. It ironically showcased the exact emotions I went through, I desperately wanted to find out who my birth parents were for the longest time under the impression we did not know. Only to find out it was solely a tactic used for my parents to protect me. Flygon, I've loved your videos and nuzlockes for years now, but this one will now always hold a special place in my heart. Thank you, Flygon.

[@baszko6152]

I never care for my bio parents. Still got hit like a truck

[@elNatoo]

Matti: How big should I make Wailord on the overlay? Also Matti: Yes

[@shanemiller1182]

The wailord got a really good laugh out of me

[@AlexM-fv8lp]

Man seeing the size of the wailord was hilarious!

[@lipika2841]

Oh no, Claydol is being squished by 🐳, somebody help it.

[@niclasbohme5747]

And I love that every single time xD

[@finally_dorian]

I was reading comments and missed the capture of wailmer and the evolution to Wailord. The scream I screamt.

[@atsukana1704]

Critics say that “Can team Aqua and Team Magma Grunts beat Pokemon Emerald?” Is “heart wrenching”, “inspirational”, and “an experience we wont soon forget” Come and see the youtube video of the year nominee as we join FlygonHG on his quest to find his parents and maybe, himself.

[@DracoMetorHD]

I thought Maxie and Archie were the parents at first due to the background picture while he talked about the parents and was like "yeah checks out"

[@Heratic_]

Same honestly

[@Keydicken]

Tbh they hate each other almost too much, very homoerotic

[@leocernohous8430]

Archie is a trans masc icon, he transitioned a year after Mattie was born

[@Snow_Skitter]

OLD MAN YAOI LETS GOOOOOOO

[@DracoMetorHD]

Ftm Archie or Maxie both valid and based Ftm stands for Female to Mastermind (we need more waaaaaterrrrrrrr) btw Trans masc nation lets gooooooooo!!!

[@marcoarnaud3964]

I really love how Flygon can turn a simple "magma/Aqua team" challenge into a true novel A tier writing

[@supreme_king_obama1158]

I think you misspelled S there m8. Otherwise S tier comment

[@jjmcclure1998]

Taylor would be so proud of the story telling ❤

[@mosstits]

Nuzlockes initially started out as people making stories out of their playthroughs, and tbh I wish there are more of these

[@Ross516]

What do you mean the ending wasnt him finding out both Maxie AND Archie were both his dads and his return bringing them back together after putting him up for adoption led to their divorce

[@snowblossom4961]

Clearly them seeing that he didn’t need them and was a better person than either of them showed them they need to become better people in the aftermath of what they’ve done starting the beginnings of a reconciliation of their relationship

[@unhappyninetales]

Cried

[@jaidenbeloved]

It’d be cool so see a S/V “food-themed” Nuzlocke with eligible encounters like the Applin line, Fidough, Alcremie, Tatsugiri, Polteageist, Sinischa, Tsareena line, and Tropius

[@kmbehrens14]

That’d be rad.

[@daveclayt85]

Any Pokémon is food if you're hungry enough 🤷‍♂

[@weepashbp2270]

Also arboliva, garganacl and scovillain!

[@duncanjala]

Slopoke..

[@lipika2841]

It'd be incredibly fitting given the game it's. He'll feed his mons sandwiches, even the ones that contain Klawf's claws.

[@missionkittyvideo]

always love these story-based nuzlockes...the part with the parental realization had me tearing up 🥺

[@lipika2841]

It's crazy how he's able to put stakes in these silly little adventures on constant. Respect to his thought provoking storytelling.

[@luketalbot2643]

This was honestly a really wholesome story in the end, and I love that who the birth parents were really doesn't matter in the end. I am worried about what's happening in the Stone household though, although maybe it's just that Nosey has a very bushy moustache now

[@eveclass1716]

There was definitely a moment where I thought the big twist was going to be that he was nosey all along and he would realize that Devon stone isn’t as great of father as he had thought

[@TheAntlionGuard]

Carvanha never learning a water type move by level up certainly is… something to behold

[@naomiseadragon2676]

Kudos to Courtney the mightyena. Probably one of the strongest first route dark types around!

[@owenaspinall2046]

I don't know, I think it has some pretty strong competition. From... Purrloin (and maybe alolan Rattata, alolan meowth, galarian zigzagoon)

[@ashmonke6588]

@@owenaspinall2046 Purrloin/ Liepard isn't a contender it's frail and can't use it's speed all that well because it doesn't hit hard

[@amberwelch393]

I agree that purrloin is bad (even if I get one with a plus attack nature, it still sucks), but liepard is pretty good

[@owenaspinall2046]

@@ashmonke6588 It was supposed to be sarcastic, but I guess that didn't translate well. Maybe I should've used /s

[@darkxarth]

In case you ever worry that your script is too silly or melodramatic, your line about traveling with 6 Pokémon and making memories with friends was enough to convince me to pick up my all-star run of Pokémon Crystal again. Thanks!

[@Ouwesnuifduif1]

The wailord being 10x bigger than your other pokemon in the team screen is hella funny. Had me laughing out loud

[@San-lh8us]

yeah me too XD

[@Chefvonbreezy]

Wailord being comically large on the overlay is everything

[@pokemonadventuresanimewhen3023]

It is already funny that Blaise, of all the team members, died to a Slugma, and it became even funnier that the first two deaths happened to be Adventures-exclusive admins lmao

[@Bobothefish13]

This one is up there with Spheal Team 6. Its amazing how you can adapt the same games narratives in so many ways to keep it engaging over and over

[@SaerasChuu]

28:09 Wattson??? 29:45 Juan??? The identity of the champion keeps changing... is this some sort of meta commentary about how overshadowed by others Wallace is in his position as champion? His lack of distinct traits between him and his mentor? Or is this lack of identity a shadow of ourselves, the player, who went on this journey to find our dad only to realize that our family was just fine the way it was, and our search for our 'real dad' was doomed to fail because our real family was the people we grew alongside, much like the team we built along the way? A Nuzlocke like poetry.

[@ultimapower6950]

Oh don’t you know, the champion’s Wally.

[@HowToTrainYourDuncan]

Dude, we all know your Nuzlocking skills, but I think it’s your storytelling that’s the real hero here. Narration on point. Love these sorts of vids.

[@Dani-hu1iw]

The short, omnious letters are getting so real dude the TENSION!!! Did Nosey evolve in his time in Sinnoh? Discover smth about his mom??? LIKE IM SO INVESTED IN THESE LETTERS BRO!!! THEY MAKE GEN THREE RUNS EASILY MY FAVE!!

[@Altamyr]

I love size-accurate Wailord on the team roster.

[@potatoqueen5248]

I love the implication that while studying abroad in Sinnoh, Nosey evolved in to Proboby. This lore is insane.

[@osrsweims]

"stealing an elderly mans emotional support bird". bro i laughed harder than i should of.

[@NightGlamdring]

1 minute in and I'm already invested, this storytelling is just the best Dr. HG

[@onjiponj]

Can I tell you something? I ignored this channel for a better part of 2 years because I was burnt out on Pokemon after SwSh, BDSP. But maybe a week and a half ago, I decided to watch one of your videos. Now I have watched almost every single one of your videos and started my own Hardcore Nuzlocke in Pokemon White with all the same rules. For the first time in years, I had fun playing Pokemon but I don’t think it would have been possible without these engaging commentary videos. So a sincere apologies from me and thank you as well for lighting up that fire again!

[@kaitosama3766]

I am also do hardcore nuzlocke in white you have a tip for me?

[@onjiponj]

@@kaitosama3766 For sure. I just finished mine today. Tip 1: Pre plan every battle, even if it is not a major one. I lost countless pokemon to random battles. Try to walk when you’re around trainers so avoid them if need be so that you don’t get into a tough battling situation, especially since the battle style has to be placed on Set not Switch. Tip 2: I don’t consider this cheating either as FlygonHG might not either but I gave myself countless number of berries with AR and used them appropriately. I did the same with BP so that I wouldnt have to sit there and grind the Battle Subway. Tip 3: Definitely have PK Hex to check your Pokemon's IVs and EVs to then use Damage calculators to see how they will turn out. If you know a Scald wont kill and you have to switch appropriately, it helps. Tip 4: This is very important!! Make sure you maximize your encounters. I was lucky enough to find a Boldore in an early route and then I strategically, used encounter mapping to get a woobat that then helped me get an Axew in Mistralton cave. That Haxorus ran through the E4 and Ghetsis. If I did not do the encounter routing well, I would have wiped in the E4 especially since I lost two of my best mons immediately to crits and weird AI (Marshall's pokemon used Stone Edge against my Excadrill when I switched to Chandelure and Conkeldurr used a stone edge and crit my Amoonguss). Tip 5: EV train your pokemon. This step is very important because if you don’t, there is a definite chance you will end up with wrong EVs and cost your battle as well. I suggest EV training with wild mons to maximize your EVs while not hitting the level cap at each gym leader or major battles. Tip 6: Work with your Pokemon's moves and natures. Sandstorm may sound dumb because you want to maximize your damage but I taught my Excadrill Sandstorm, safely used it which helped me out speed Grimsley's pokemon and sweep with Soft Sand Earthquake. Same goes for when you’re battling say Shauntal and you bring a water type. Its good to have a variety of moves, but teaching rain dance can help a lot, especially against her Chandelure's fire blasts. Or if you have a swift swim pokemon, you can give it a Choice spec/band etc and then setup rain with another mon and switch in safely to deal stab + boosted water type moves.

[@fropsy6110]

Oh, dude, this is such a cool concept for a run! I love the story intertwined!

[@playerblu3694]

I like these story driven nuzlockes way more than the generic ones keep it up but not to much burnout is a channel killer

[@ItsJenkoYT]

FlygonHG referring Maxie (the Numel) as a cow instead of a camel during the Wattson fight had me wheezing

[@fatwhiteduke7417]

I'm going to die when we finally get a Nosey playthrough and we get to see him confront his absent brother!

[@Flynnisthename]

Call that Nosey Emerald

[@bananarama03]

the commitment to the bit is always the best part of these videos

[@FIFAmusicMAN]

1. Truly the most moving stone letter of all time 🥲. An absolute masterpiece 2. Such a unique concept! Great creativity as usual Dr. HG!

[@andrewwelch5302]

I don't normally comment, but the storytelling, battle style, narrative, and that epic final battle felt straight out of the show. I felt a genuine character and attachment to freaking 64 bit sprites. Phenomenal run, and my favourite of all your runs so far, fitting that it should be on my all time favourite Pokemon game.

[@TomAmit42]

02:18 I reckon the mascots for Teams Aqua & Magma were chosen solely based on their Typings. Team Magma's volcanic theme is associated with 2 Type [Fire & Ground], while Team Aqua's water theme is associated with only 1 Type [Water], so the Dark Type complements the fact that it's an Evil Team (who's also somewhat more sinister than Team Aqua).

[@doppleganger9602]

The Flygonverse is getting better every movie, which is more than I can say about other studios right now

[@itachiwlw5004]

I really thought the reveal was gonna be that Archie and Maxie were the parents and I was like yeah so true.

[@elmago2808]

You make these nuzlockes so interesting with your stories. This is a great one!

[@tylerbartlett28]

I love how you had two ground, two dark, and two poison types at one point. Fun while it lasted. And the giant wailord was great

[@Zephyr77]

Missed opportunity to write in the script that Steven "Doesn't know how lucky he has it... I hope he doesn't take that for granite."

[@lauxo36]

Your story driven nuzlockes are seriously the highlight of the channel, they make you stand separately from other nuzlocke channels, I love it

[@tommysnell8944]

I would LOVE to see a Soullocke in this style, maybe even in Platinum, with one person playing as a Team Galactic member and the other playing as a rival Team Rocket member (only using TR-appropriate Pokémon). This was a lot of fun!

[@CapuchinMonkey1]

This sent me back to my days of reading nuzlocke comics on deviantart. The protag always had some dark backstory they had to overcome and I loved seeing it here, depicted in game! You always have such a knack for story-telling and it was so much fun to watch you be so creative with challenges. Really a step above!

[@SupahTrunks7]

Same! Those comics were what made me aware of nuzlockes and I read So Many of them long before I ever did a nuzlocke of my own.

[@Bearvas]

3:58 I NEED a complete episode dedicated to every single correspondence between Mr. Stone and Steven. Please!! Do it for christmas! If not this year, maybe next year. ❤😏

[@tristanswain8025]

I second this.

[@tsifirakiehl4250]

I third this.

[@anthony94bear]

Thematic Flygon videos are probably my favorite thing to watch on KZbin. Always a solid story with some very well executed cinematic twists.

[@nateisley4836]

29:20 “oh okay he’s just going to use thunderbolt or something and finish it off- WAIT WHA”😂😂😂

[@PedroHenrique-mk5zi]

The video is emotional and all, but goddamn, Carvanha/Sharpedo was GOAted and carried the run.

[@treehugger0241]

As an adopted child myself, I won't deny that this one had me in tears. Also I know it was unplanned, but I found it poetic that the survivors were the two starters, and the one Pokemon both teams share that evolves through friendship.

[@samuelhenry1329]

You do NOT have to go so hard on these, i come here for funny nuzlockes not to be crushed by the feelings of a novelist who had the bright idea to end of one of their characters. But aside from that, a great video as always Mr. Dr. OneballHG

[@kayleighlehrman9566]

Love the sight gag of Wailord taking up so much of the layout lol

[@vinsmoke9723]

Flygon is the first person to blend the storytelling of the old school nuzlocke comics with the technicality of the hardcore nuzlocke challenge run. Dude will go down as a true legend of the nuzlocke community

[@nishant9289]

The Wailord Vs Wailord duel is the best thing to come out of this channel! I honestly want to actually see how they were fighting with those water spouts in the battlefield.

[@mrwiggy8812]

This run is up there with Spheal Team Six as your best written video. Loved it.

[@trashpanda2825]

Content creation is your BLESSING!! A heart wrenching story that I personally connected with on such a deep level, that had me crying. Constant but conservative humor, both visually and verbally. Plot twists, expectation subversion, the Wailord gag, everything about this video and your content in general is PEAK

[@reddragonpress]

The phrase "bird hostage" had me dying laughing🤣

[@Egoo02]

This man is just writing author insert fanfiction and I'm here for it. It's like the Pokemon version of Dante's Divine Comedy

[@riley7036]

This one is really next level with the storytelling and animations. I did laugh out loud when the heartfelt speech about Tabitha immediately cut to her exploding.

[@tahpramen9181]

Yknow, I didn't think I'd see the most accurate depiction of what it feels like to be adopted since birth in all of media today, but I'm really glad I did! Thanks, Mr. HG!

[@ari_sunshineVT]

There are so many things I love about this video. The storytelling. The art. The fact that wailord was massive on the overlay. An absolute masterpiece. Thanks flygon for always giving us the best content that we could ever ask for!

[@VASM160689]

I come for the challenge nuzlockes, stay for the heart-wrenching feels. I'm not crying, it's the onion I cut at the same time...

[@TalkativeAquarius]

I think I realized why I love Flygon's videos, he brings back the story element of the nuzlockes that other youtubers don't have, the purpose of the nuzlocke is to form connections with your pokemon, that's why the nicknaming rule exists, to feel sad by their deaths. That magic has been lost through countless challenge runs but Flygon makes us care for these pokemon and brings emotions through his writing.

[@klukoo7025]

What separates you from other nuzlocke challenge youtubers is your amazing storytelling and the incredible amount of emotion you manage to get into each video. Its genuinely astonishing. Also day 2 of requesting pokemon BW2 hard-core nuzlocke with no STAB moves allowed

[@logariuswheels5244]

I love the ideas you're able to come up with for challenges

[@jabberstock1375]

If I had a nickel for everytime explosion/self-destruct was used for "emotional effect" in the champion fight...

[@VrikoLaka]

The story was heartwarming! And, seeing Mightyena AND Claydol doing WORK is a treat 💜

[@solanceDarkMOW]

I'm all in on the gripping developments in the Daddy Stone saga. Best running gag ever

[@witchlightsands]

I loved this? I love your story based nuzlockes the most of all, since the initial nuzlocke was a story based comic. I especially loved how instead of the journey culminating in finding your birth parents, you abandoned that line, accepted the family you had and the friends you’d made, and became champion for them.

[@TungstenArm]

I was really hoping that the couple in the postgame that fled teams Aqua and Magma that give you a Sharpedo and Camerupt in ORAS would be the parents 😅

[@subzer0girl313]

I'm pleasantly surprised that you know about Blaise and Amber. I love the Ruby and Sapphire manga so the mention of them made me happy. Great storytelling as always!

[@OdinGSM]

The speech about found family hit me waaaay too fucking hard, it hit super close to home. I had to pause afterwards and make sure I wasn’t crying. On top of an incredible run with amazing quality editing, your storytelling has really gone onto another level. Cheers, FlygonHG. You really are one of the greatest on the platform.

[@legendarykelso]

20:55 the "one look at me and burst into tears" bit was hilarious lmao

[@Raw_alfred]

Damn I want a full animated series based on this story this is amazing

[@imcoral]

nuzlocke skills aside your biggest talent is your writing skills, please continue to make narrative focused videos like this, they're incredibly good

[@Ki113r210]

wailords giant sprite suddenly popping up and covering half the sidebar sent me into unexpected hysterics

[@palyername]

it's a pokemon video. it was not supposed to make me cry. also I usually listen to these in the background while I do something else but happened to look over and see the giant Wailord on the team section and it made me laugh. thank you for your creativity and dedication

[@psidesign8664]

Unironically the best story thats pokemon related ive ever seen

[@TheMrDisastrous]

Great work, FlygonPHD! Love the story and the accurate depiction of Wailord.

[@dr0g_Oakblood]

19:17 - just noticed the absolute unit of that Wailord sprite lmao

[@BellyThatProductions]

I look forward to the ongoing saga of Nosey and Daddy Stone every Hoenn Nuzlocke

[@Kurrian333]

Flygon: He's willing to do anything for us *sniffsniff* HG: Sooooo, I'm gona need you to take a BIG one for the team

[@reunamohr7257]

Yessss I loved this!!! The storytelling is always so bomb in these! I also really loved the grunt team idea! Hoping you continue the grunt team nuzlockes with future games too! Keep it up man you're killing it!

[@jaxonburchell8727]

everything after 20:54 is just nuts. Dr Flygon had me crying into my chicken tenders with that monologue

[@RenatoG1848]

What an emotional roller coaster and that plot twist has better writing than most Netflix shows.

[@RuinedStepking]

28:05 that's a weird looking Wattson 😂 29:44 that's also a weird looking Juan 😂 Also, great video. Keep up the great work.

[@a_delightful_nerd]

Flygon never misses with his storytelling. You're seriously a master at this style.

[@VirtuesOfSin]

Archie and Maxie being both god parents to regular grunts would be pretty funny. Lol

[@CompleteToast]

So if im understanding the lore, FlygonHG was an orphan, found his bio dad, learned that adopted parents can be cool, saved the world, became champ. Then he went off to work for the government. then Maxie and Archie tried to end the world again leading to him going off with the Spheal team six. Thats the most comprehensible thing i can come up with. Maybe next time the "lore run" wont be in Hoenn. Will definitely make the timeline less weird.

[@layachaz7318]

Babe wake up, Dr. One-ball HG posted a new video

[@jeremiahsmith7588]

New Stone Family Lore dropped babe, cmon get up!

[@liammcgrath7051]

Dr HG, you've done it again dammit. Another phenomenal video with a genuinely touching story. I actually choked up during the adopted parents monologue.

[@TherealAcz]

That claydoll going full on Vegeta at the end was 😢 the most epic way to end that 😅

[@PolishStitch]

As someone who was adopted as a baby, I agree with the statement that the only family who really matters are the ones who are there for you. Thank you for the tug at my heartstrings

[@TruBluLew23]

21:00 The tears man. THE TEARS!!! You can't make me feel these emotions OneBall HG!!!

[@sagenod440]

Almost to scale Wailord... Shame, we can only hope next time Wailord is on the team, it will be truly to scale.

[@zacharypoplawski1076]

YEAH! This is what I’m talking about! This is the kind of narrative nuzlocke I’ve been missing for so long! The Pokémon each feel like they matter more and the story beats get more time. I was particularly happy to see a story scene completely removed from the game’s story. I’m not sure how feasible it would be in your current format, but I would love to see a narrative run broken into multiple parts so more time can be spent building character for each of the teammates, though I imagine it would take a fair bit of commissioned art to pull it off. Either way, keep up the great work! I’m happy to see you continuing to develop your style!

[@vizzzyy190]

genuinely i love your videos for a lot of reasons. the storytelling is always great, but in this one? its PHENOMENAL. i was so invested

[@k.m.2629]

The commitment to the added story bit really pushes FlygonHG above and beyond other Nuzlockers. It kind of reminds me of the early-'10s era of comic Nuzlockes but with the added bonus of getting to see all of the strategic thinking and planning that goes into a successful run.

[@bryandauzat293]

Magma aqua grunt fusion That wailord on the team roster is genius

[@kyungsobs]

this is such incredible storytelling and i genuinely lost it when wailord was added to the team icons

[@albertvillarroya7168]

This is a masterpiece of nuzlock. the story telling is ridiculously good. Thank you FlygonHG for all the work you put up for us!

[@Spleen_tickler]

my first thought when he brought up his parents was archie and maxie

[@patonosequecosa]

Mine was Archie and Courtney

[@Not_gay_just_odd]

Me hearing A Year Ago's instrumental makes me cry cause it just reminds me how far I've come as a person. That and I love the song and NEFFEX in general. An excellent choice of music, Dr. HG.