Introductions!

Pokemon Storm Silver Nuzlocke Challenge!

Hello all, my name is Graham and this is the story of my Pokemon Storm Silver Version Nuzlocke Challenge! For those of you who do not know, Pokemon Storm Silver is a hack of Pokemon Soul Silver Version that incorporates a lot of really cool new additions to the game such as new obtainable Pokemon, new events in the story, and higher level Pokemon from Trainers and in the wild to increase difficulty.

If this is your first time seeing what a Nuzlocke Challenge is, click here for more information on Bulbapedia. The basic description of a Nuzlocke Challenge is "Pokemon on Hard mode." In this challenge, I will impose a set of rules on myself to make the game more difficult (and in my opinion, more fun).

Here are the rules I will be playing by (taken from Bulbapedia):

- Any Pokémon that faints is considered dead, and must be released (I will be putting them in a "Death" box in order to keep a capture record).
- The player may only catch the first Pokémon encountered in each area, and none else. If the first Pokémon encountered faints or flees, there are no second chances.
- The players must also nickname all of their Pokémon, for the sake of forming stronger emotional bonds.
- A black out/white out is considered to be "game over", even if there are Pokémon left in the PC.
- Dupe's Clause: If the first Pokemon encountered on a Route is a duplicate of a Pokemon that the player has already caught, the player has three chances to find a new Pokemon. If no new Pokemon is found, there is no capture for the route.
- Capture rules will not be enforced until the player has Poké Balls and can catch Pokémon.
- No catching/using legendary Pokémon.
- As another mercy rule, if the player runs into a Shiny Pokémon on the incredibly rare chance, the player may still catch it, regardless of whether or not it is the first encounter in the area. It also does not need to be released if it faints.

With these rules in mind, and with hopes that I will be able to kick butt on my first public Nuzlocke, I will dive right in to Pokemon Storm Silver Version!