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Why has nobody took the Nuzlocke challenge to another level?
Let's be honest here. Pokemon is easy. Everybody knows this. We had some people come up with the Nuzlocke challenge forever ago and that satisfied people for a good while, but I think we need some new limitations that don't feel too 'forced' to go along with it and I've figured out just the thing.
First of all though before I say that idea, the problem with regular Nuzlockes is despite it severely limiting the number of Pokemon you can have, you STILL get enough of them for it to not really matter, too many times have I seen people using their 6 Pokemon teams to just be able to switch certain Pokemon in to die just because they don't actually give a fuck about said Pokemon and they need to do that to save the one they like to have another turn to heal or whatever.
Now here's the solution.
How about having an additional rule that limits the amount of Pokemon you can have in your party that is dependent on how many gym badges you have?
Often times you'll get to the first gym and have either a full party or near a full party. It just seems absurd when the first gym leader has been 2-3 Pokemon max. I think you should should initially have 2 Pokemon at any given point in your party. After you collect 2 badges, you can have 1 more. Then another 1 after the next 2 badges, and so on until you have your entire party available.
You can switch the Pokemon in your party with Pokemon in your PC, that's still fine, you're not locked into the first 2 you put in your party or anything, but at the start you can only have 2 pokemon in your party at a time.
I think this would do wonders for the Nuzlocke challenge while not having that overly forced feeling.
Hell, it'll even feel anime-esque in a way too.
