Equipment Ellis and Krysta Yang, the 2 former hosts of Nintendo Minute who additionally beforehand labored for a few years at Nintendo PR, have given perception into The Pokemon Firm’s views on nuzlocke. Apparently, it’s one thing that’s regarded upon very negatively.
Ellis revealed throughout the newest episode of the Equipment & Krysta Podcast that for an episode of Nintendo Minute, an thought was pitched to strive a nuzlocke run. Sadly, the proposal was instantly shot down.
Ellis mentioned:
“Effectively, we’ve an ideal story to inform about this the place we thought that this might be a enjoyable thought for a Nintendo Minute video, so we pitched it to The Pokemon Firm and mentioned, ‘Hey, we wish to do a nuzlocke run, what do you assume?’ ‘Right here’s what we predict’ – bam! In order that they mentioned, ‘We think about this to be on the identical stage as utilizing hacking’ – ROM hacks.
Excuse me? That is simply the model of taking part in a sport that everyone can purchase – there’s no hacking, you’re simply taking part in the sport. That was really one of many extra like, ‘wait what?’ responses.”
Yang added that “there have been lots of creators that performed nuzlocke-style of Pokemon that received like erased from their creator program.”
Nuzlocke challenges have been round with the Pokemon sequence for a considerably very long time. These are self-imposed guidelines gamers placed on themselves to extend the problem of the video games. There isn’t a hacking or exterior altering of the code.