Pokémon Emerald Nuzlocke but THE ENTIRE GAME IS BACKWARDS!

Experience Pokemon Emerald like never before. Start from the Hall of Fame and work your way back into the moving truck all while your Pokemon level down, forget moves, devolve, all while Pokemon and items disappear into the void left and right. Can I hardcore nuzlocke such a game and keep everything straight, or will the structure of this backwards version of Pokemon Emerald stop me in my tracks? Watch and find out!
Huge shoutouts to @Viperio_19 for making this video possible. The work and troubleshooting on this reached around the triple digits' worth of hours and I could not be happier with the end result.
Also, huge shoutouts to @NuzlockeJoe for the idea as they did a similar concept for Pokemon FireRed/LeafGreen, which you should check out!
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Rules of the challenge:
Normal Nuzlocke Ruleset:
1. Fainting = Death
2. Can only catch one Pokémon on each Route (Species Clause)
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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[@ChaoticMeatballTV]

Hey all, thank you SO much for watching this video. This one's pretty special considering this is the first-ever full on challenge hack commissioned for this channel and it cost over $1000 due to being around 100 hours' worth of work to completely rebuild Emerald's scripts to work in reverse, so it would mean a lot if you'd subscribe, like, drop a super thanks, or whatever you're comfortable with. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

[@lexwuzliving]

thank you for giving a rough cost total for this hack! everytime i see a rom/hack/custom mod like this, across games and youtube channels, i wonder how much it costs, and im glad that (hopefully and assumedly) you paid a modder a decent amount of money because i can tell this was not a small amount of work. happy hondadays & props for promoting a fellow creator & their hard work!

[@camclam3142]

Dropping a like and subscribe 😁 nice video

[@UnknownVir]

damn, $10 an hour is rough 😅

[@UnknownVir]

What's the resell/exclusivity clause?

[@ReceptiveRaptor]

​@UnknownVir to be fair, the $1000 and 100 numbers are both Ballpark amounts. "over $1000" and "around 100" so it could be 95 hours and 1100 for example, it's not much of a difference and I definitely agree that that's rough but I'd hope that the person who made it did it around other commitments at the least

[@KoolKyurem25]

The Party menu being on the backwards side from the normal spot is a clever touch

[@KudaKeileon]

Have you tried Fire Red Backwards? Similar concept, but the game actually scales properly and you go through Kanto like any other region, just backwards.

[@ivanbluecool]

Forward or backwards. Swampert will always be by your side

[@NuzlockeJoe]

So excited to see all the changes here! And thanks for the shoutout out!

[@angelcorralejo7576]

Just recently got very deeply back into my childhood love of Pokemon and doing my first ever nuzlocke in Fire Red! You video's have been super helpful and I love your content. Subscribed and looking forward to watching more :)

[@jans353]

This is genuinely impressive. Hats off to you! And genuinely wish you the best for the holidays :)

[@Patodeagua213]

36:44 SCOTT THE WOZ REFERENCE

[@Winningthewormoff]

yo, syncing the major battles with the music was sick, Happy Holidays, I'm glad I found your channel, you're a lot of fun to watch

[@EzDoesitYGO]

This is an incredible idea, loved watching!

[@StarInTheForest]

If in doubt for a Pokemon Emerald Nuzlocke, just use Swampert. Honestly, this is an extremely interesting hack as your brain has to constantly think about the order of events.

[@thomasxl200]

Just wanted to bring up that I'm coming back to watch this again and I downloaded the ROM myself! Such a cool concept and it deserves more exposure.

[@andrewboothe2216]

How do I download this rom

[@Pixilm8]

This looked super fun! would love to see it in other games. to do this in one run is insane!! GG's

[@Snoborder95]

I love how you do this, the best that that I have seen this done!

[@nightmare348]

Woo this is a trippy way to play the game!

[@Viperio_19]

That was a very fun video to watch, I'm glad you enjoyed the romhack!

[@deltagc9679]

Very interesting with the Wattson situation. If I had to guess why your run and Drxx’s was different was maybe because you had a pokemon with thunderbolt (even though pikachu learns it at 25 in gen 3, it may be accessibility that required you to do the side quest), but that’s just my theory

[@patrickadams9821]

More like because new mauville has the thunderstone and the only other way to get one is too trade a yellow shard at the divers house? That sounds like it makes sense

[@dietrichahlers6125]

Awesome video, reverse pokemon games look like so much fun.

[@Consolous]

All these challenges are getting insane, but so creative.

[@kingslimelolwhoops]

this was a really cool take on the game. i'd watch more like this if you're into them.

[@ThiagoGlady]

It would be really cool if the opponent's pokemon started with 0 HP and your job is using moves to get it to full HP before he switches

[@Vuallum]

The mudkip appearing at the end for the "what your pokedex looks like" is oerfect for a madkip throwback

[@osaehigiamusoe5409]

Will defo try this out awesome work

[@kallyphernelia]

Merry Christmas! What a great start to my Christmas day! 💕

[@billyfaulk6789]

Merry Christmas Chaotic!

[@carlyleburton9558]

Elon Musk as Wario is ironically just about the most accurate portrayal of Elon Musk.

[@jollykirby2138]

that'd be insulting wario, at least he's smart enough to solve puzzles meanwhile musk shoots himself in the foot 24/7 and wonders why he's losing money

[@Matildasunflower3536]

This should be called "noisreV dlaremE :nomekoP"

[@nightmara3386]

The hp bars should start at 0 and gain hp as the battle goes on to go with the reverse theme

[@johnlynch1353]

That would be ridiculously hard to do because it means the Pokémon starts fainted in the battle. Can’t go on long enough at HP would go over full. I guess you could set all your Pokémon’s hp to one and if it goes over full they faint

[@nightmara3386]

Yea thats kinda what i was thinking

[@WordOfTheDayIsYay]

no way im a HUGE viperio fan you should all subscribe to him and binge all of his videos and tell him that word sent you and maybe he'll let me have food and water again

[@ivanbluecool]

Like the calendar in a week. We are going back to square one. Merry Christmas

[@andrewarmstrong24]

Absolute mad lads fr

[@gwamhurt]

You prolly wont get 200k by 2024, but itll be damn soon after. Congrats chaotic meatball! You do good work! You deserve this milestone!

[@GOATexp]

What a fun concept!!

[@NuzlockeJoe]

And merry Christmas!

[@govyazhiydoshirak4629]

Imagine losing to rival1 at the end of the run

[@PKMNwww411_MkII]

Pikachu is the best electric-type in NFE, but you'll lose access to it after Norman.

[@KeViNMCMXXCIX]

This would be confusing to do i think, lol. But good job completing it!

[@ZorgoXorgon]

This was amazing.

[@patonosequecosa]

Dude i love this

[@Nobilinsaccato]

Merry Christmas 🎉🎉🎉

[@justin1439]

This was dope

[@gavinzhao6071]

This is what happens when Dialga had a stroke

[@tefdaddy8236]

very interesting playthrough I wonder what a BW2 would look like

[@pikachupower0025]

I wonder what a POC would be like within a spin-off game like Pokepark. Do they need to be at best or regular friend level, what would be the checks to continue on like regular or Area attractions, ect. PokePark 2 is easier with the gates and friend levels but for the original game, that is something how I wonder how it would go. And You should challenge Smallant or Pointcrow to a Map Randomizer after doing one.

[@jaycobgoodliffe8781]

21:02 I did just order stuff to make deep dish pizza coz of you saying that lol

[@leverica2249]

Bro is going to be walking backwards whenever he plays pokemon emerald

[@cancerousweeaboo2075]

swampert AND flygon? daring, aren't we?

[@Alex-mq6qi]

You can have Manectric before getting Surf tho as Electrike is available in the route north of Slateport City

[@jaimereupert4247]

I think I found yet another game to try. ❤

[@Pokert247]

will this be available as a patch to download at some point in the future?

[@venusaurgaming08]

me who fears numbers decreasing:

[@kailormon]

Merry Christmas everyone ❤

[@jaimereupert4247]

I'd love to see how Pokemon Challenges beat this. ❤

[@lucasbergwerff7909]

POV Dialga is drunk

[@Finnyan]

If you watch this video in reverse, it's just a normal nuzlocke! 😁

[@natelecarde962]

The Benjamin Button experience

[@newuser1101]

35:10 if it's good enough for you, then it's good enough for May. I'll see myself out

[@TannerThePuppyGamer]

So when is the franchiselocke video coming out

[@michaelasmitty]

This is so cute

[@Patodeagua213]

Where can we download and play this?

[@Ylurple]

do you have a vod for this? I wanna watch your actual reactions to this stuff in real time. the video was pretty confusing to me as to how all the mechanics of the game worked

[@MercuryParadoxUHC]

ChaoticMeatball merch when

[@nothingnowhere5092]

You the best mestball

[@Squirtle_Squad_Supremacy]

Yes

[@pockystar56]

Yes

[@TheGreatPretender3]

More boring Gen 2 slander. Otherwise fun video

[@shararm]

Holy shit

[@bartmaster30]

I was thinking, are the encounters you chose legit in a normal nuzlocke? trapinch and cacnea both only appear in the desert area right? that would mean they cant be in the same nuzlocke team anyways, cool video

[@turtersvongenbu]

Mirage tower encounter + Desert route

[@StopChangingUsernamesYouTube]

Imagine this, but the goal of each fight is to perfectly restore your opponent's HP without going over to return to the beginning of the fight. Let's not. That sounds dreadful.

[@latioshunter]

What a weird run, at least you ...won? Lost?

[@Peelster1]

Cool idea. My only complaint is that opponents should throw their party out in reverse order. Also, are ledges reversed?

[@hibbs925]

In reverse? Surely then the objective would be to lose? especially when it came to earning or un-earning gym badges? Sounds fun tho.

[@tesladrew2608]

Isnt pelliper the only pokemon with protect prior to norman?

[@baasparkopenings851]

0:52 you're right, the hoenn protagonists do enjoy dogwater pokemon games. they moved to hoenn after all.

[@DigiRangerScott]

MAMA’S BURBUR

[@oKnuTo]

did mons also lose EVs during the run ?

[@cryogenical_]

Interesting rom, but why is the level cap on the left so drastically different from the level you've got your mons at at a few spots?

[@ChaoticMeatballTV]

Well considering the leveling is down, the cap still remains the gym leader's ace, but since we're going backwards we're trying to level down to that cap in time for the leader, hence why those quality of life EXP candies are for in the bag.

[@tesladrew2608]

Ai Should have sent out pokemon backwards lol

[@QweaklyForgotten]

Why do I always hear talking about Hariyama's horrendous spe def but good defense? They are both base 60, all it has are huge HP and attack

[@Koalafications.]

My OCD is mildly trugger when he says Persim Berry but its using a Lum Berry. It means nothing as i loved the video but my OCD is peeved

[@ultimapower6950]

So this is the backwards world?

[@frezordeluxe3854]

Do Pokemon that explode loose exp?

[@eeveongaming9597]

...i thought the wario snl skit was hilarious

[@ultimapower6950]

!!!sniW hW maeT

[@BoomBlackops2]

I wanna play this

[@Viperio_19]

you can check out the release trailer on my channel for more info on how to play it

[@Zwigg0]

??laer yllautca siht si woH

[@Monkey-D-Conna]

What is your favourite pokemon

[@venomgaming7014]

So if you lose, you get money?

[@ardi_m10]

Only my wife forever

[@greninja07k]

Where to play

[@thecreativerobo4057]

On the GBA. 🗿

[@zachpro5475]

Can you nuzzlock Fnaf world please

[@ChaoticMeatballTV]

...why is this not the first request i've had for this lmao

[@zachpro5475]

@@ChaoticMeatballTV go try it it’s a very fun game you’ll like it

[@furiouscorgi6614]

​@@ChaoticMeatballTVAstralSpiff (mostly a FNAF streamer, has dome some other games) did a run at it and lost at the final boss, otherwise because the game has a variety of BS ways to fight, because as Spiff said, 'It's not like Pokemon- at the end of every fight, everyone will be fully healed. You can lose seven of eight team members every fight and be fine'

[@Snoborder95]

Don't forget to support this amazing creater and liking the video!

[@BoomBlackops2]

Yss

[@Kanbei11]

That was a really cool mod if a little trippy. It's amazing what the community can do with these games. Edit: i also noticed you lost money when you won, did that affect anything in your run?

[@ChaoticMeatballTV]

I didn't visit a single shop so no it didn't affect anything.

[@Pyxis10]

.sdiv noiger desrever gniees evol syawlA .oediv taerG