>>58353920>>58354597Appreciate it lads, went ahead and started White, fun fact, I only ever once played this game on release, making it 14 years since I have played BW1, as I usually go for BW2 to replay Unova.
Anyways I went ahead and started White with a Hardcore Nuzlocke, plus an extra challenge which I came up with and posted in the last thread. Basically, every mon except your starter has a 'lifespan level' that you have to kill them off when they hit it. It's crazy but I've never been so excited to play mons in years. More details on the ruleset are in picrel
>Start the game, I usually pick Oshawott but I go with Tepig and nickname him Hambo, he makes quick work of Cheren and Bianca and various cutscenes ensue.>Go off to Route 1, first encounter is thankfully Lillipup instead of Patrat, I catch Milady at Lv. 4, her Lifespan rolls to 36 so she may at least get to become a Stoutland one day.>Ghetsis gives his speech, we kill N's Purrloin which I forgot was Lv. 7 and should have grinded for, thankfully no crits and everyone lives.>Off to Route 2, we catch Vittorio at Lv. 5, rolls a Lifespan to Lv. 28, not bad, wish I could say the same about Purrloin as a Pokemon.>I realize BW early game is pain so I have a rough strategy for the leaders, basically lead Milady and get pressure, chip the Leader's monke and then send in my own to finish the job, should be doable>Anyways we beat Bianca easily, go to Striaton and collect some free EXP from Cheren as well, they don't make rivals like they used to>Go to the Dreamyard, collect my Grass Monke, aptly nicknamed Monke aaaand>LIFESPAN 11>YEP, I actually min rolled it, can't even make this shit up. As soon as this Pokemon levels up, it dies, so I must bring it to the first gym at Lv. 10. >Big chance I am fucked. I think most other games have enough of a failsafe for stuff like this, I would dare say lowrolling your Monke might be the single most consequential roll in any game for this challenge.>fuck it we ball 