In this Pokémon Emerald Hardcore Nuzlocke challenge, I’m taking on the game using only Bug-type Pokémon, with strict rules—no items and no overleveling! Can my team of Bug-types survive the toughest ...

Pokémon has long established itself as a family-friendly franchise. With its adorable creatures and its steady formula of turn-based combat, the games have long been accessible to a wide range of ages ...

The Nuzlocke challenge is a fan-favorite way to play through Pokémon games. The premise is simple: You can only catch the first Pokémon you encounter in each area, and if a Pokémon faints in battle, ...

It’s time to crawl through Alola with the ultimate challenge—only Bug-types allowed! In this Pokémon Ultra Moon Hardcore Nuzlocke, we face strict rules: no items in battle, no overleveling, and every ...

Drew Swanson is a Features Article Editor from the Pacific Northwest of the United States. He is a lifelong gamer with a passion for a variety of genres. A connoisseur of everything from JRPGs and ...

Rhenn is a Manila-based content writer with a love for all things geek and pop culture, and science and technology. He graduated BA Journalism degree as a Cum Laude, and has since then pursued making ...

The speedrunner SmallAnt has tackled the mother of all Pokemon challenge runs and lived to tell the tale. Even more impressively, he managed the feat on his first attempt. Pokemon Nuzlocke runs are ...

The third season of the creature-collecting RPG Temtem, called Clash of Tamers, is now live, and with it come three new "Challenge Modes," one of them being the ever-popular self-imposed 'Nuzlocke ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. The Pokemon Company has taken the unusual step of releasing an official statement about Nuzlocke runs, in response to reports that it removed creators ...

Mitchell Reid is a Canadian born writer hailing from Ontario. He graduated from Durham College's journalism program in 2022. There he work on projects to publish news at the Durham College chronicle, ...