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GA Review

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Passed. 💽 LunaEclipse 💽 🌹 ⚧ (CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST) 12:01, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Nominator: Pokelego999 (talk · contribs) 02:37, 21 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: LunaEclipse (talk · contribs) 14:34, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Picking this up. I'll review this in the following days. 💽 LunaEclipse 💽 🌹 ⚧ (CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST) 14:34, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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  • The Nuzlocke challenge is a self-imposed fan-made gameplay formula. It is designed to make the Pokémon series videogames more difficult, with rules being imposed alongside the standard formula. Players using the Nuzlocke challenge will be unable to use their Pokémon again if they are knocked out in combat once and can only add the first Pokémon they encounter in a given area to their team. The Nuzlocke formula has proven popular with players due to its focus on building emotional attachments with the player's Pokémon, as well as for the added challenge it provides. It has proven popular with content creators online, attracting wide fan followings within the Pokémon fan community. → The Nuzlocke challenge is a self-imposed fan-made gameplay formula designed to make the video games of Pokémon series more difficult. Players using the Nuzlocke challenge will be unable to use their Pokémon again if they are knocked out in combat once and can only add the first Pokémon they encounter in a select area to their team. It has proven popular with players due to its focus on building emotional attachments with the player's Pokémon, as well as for the added challenge it provides. The Nuzlocke challenge is also popular with content creators online, attracting wide fan followings within the Pokémon fan community.
  • Detail the history and reception of the Nuzlocke challenge in the lede.

History and gameplay

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  • In the Pokémon series, players travel across a wide in-game world, capturing creatures called "Pokémon" and using them to battle other Pokémon in combat. Pokémon can use various attacks both offensively and defensively against other Pokémon. If a Pokémon takes enough damage, they will "faint" and be knocked out, rendering them unable to be used in combat. These Pokémon can be healed at "Pokémon Center" locations, or by using healing items. The primary goal is to become the strongest trainer in the region. → In the Pokémon series, players travel across an open in-game world, capturing the titular creatures and using them to battle each other in combat; they can use various attacks both offensively and defensively. If a Pokémon takes enough damage, they will "faint" and be knocked out, rendering them unable to be used in combat. These Pokémon can be healed at Pokémon Center locations, or by using healing items. The primary goal is to become the strongest trainer in the region.
  • Nuzlocke gameplay functions identically to regular Pokémon gameplay, with the only differences being that players can only catch the first Pokémon they encounter in a given area, and that when a Pokémon is defeated in battle, it is considered "dead" and cannot be used again, even if healed in-game. → The Nuzlocke challenge functions identically to regular gameplay, with the only differences being that players can only catch the first Pokémon they encounter in a given area, and that when it is defeated in battle, the Pokémon is considered "dead" and cannot be used again, even if healed in-game.
  • The original comic contained frequent homophobic, racist, and sexist commentary, though the gameplay formula largely separated itself from its comic origins as the formula's popularity spread. Woah, woah, woah, why are we citing such contentious claims to Valnet news sites? Aren't there other sources of higher quality that point this out?'
    • Unlike most Valnet sites, TheGamer's content is considered generally reliable for use. This hails from after the post August 2020 reliability cutoff listed at WP:VALNET, and there are no issues listed at TheGamer's section saying it is problematic for statements like this. The article's author is also not just a Valnet author, and has written for publications like GamesRadar+, NME, Rolling Stone, and Inverse in the past, so they do have a degree of credibility beyond Valnet. This source is the only one that really includes this content, since few sources focus on the original comic. Most only cover the actual playstyle, hence why I included this one, in order to make sure this article has as broad coverage as possible. I made sure this was cited to something generally reputable (A feature piece by a respected journalist on a generally reliable site). There's a big difference in quality level between this and the usual content farm slop other Valnet outlets like Screen Rant and DualShockers are known for. Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) 05:39, 28 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • A recurring Nuzleaf character, who was drawn to resemble Lost character John Locke, became the source of the formula's name, with the words "Nuzleaf" and "Locke" combined to coin the term "Nuzlocke". → A recurring character, who was drawn to resemble John Locke and Nuzleaf became the source of the challenge's name, with the words "Nuzleaf" and "Locke" combined to coin the term "Nuzlocke".
  • In a Destructoid interview, Franco also stated that the formula was made more difficult by additions to the games that make the gameplay formula easier. Additions included an affection level, which allowed Pokémon to survive hits that would otherwise KO them, and Pokémon spawning in the game's overworld instead of through random encounters, which limited the player's ability to randomly select which Pokémon they'd encounter. As a result of these changes, further additions to the ruleset were made to allow for the challenge's difficulty to remain.
  • Twitch streamer lateyourpie later created another variant of the rules, dubbed the "Ironmon Challenge", which kept the basic Nuzlocke formula, but made it so Pokémon locations, item locations, and the attacks Pokémon can use were all randomized. More difficult "kaizo" challenges make it so only one Pokémon can be used at a time. The challenge was devised to provide challenge to those already familiar with the Nuzlocke ruleset, and was stated in official documentation as "...not meant to be fair, and possibly not even fun". → Twitch streamer lateyourpie created another variant of the rules, dubbed the "Ironmon Challenge", which kept the basic Nuzlocke formula, but Pokémon locations, item locations, and Pokémon attacks were all randomized. It was devised to provide challenge to those already familiar with the Nuzlocke ruleset, and was stated in official documentation as "...not meant to be fair, and possibly not even fun". More difficult kaizo challenges limit to one Pokémon at a time.

Reception

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  • The limited rulesets make the defeat of a Pokémon more emotionally impactful to players than they would be otherwise, with the Nuzlocke challenge being stated by Vox to help reviving the feeling of emotional connection players felt with their Pokémon when they were younger. → The limited rulesets make the defeat of a Pokémon more emotionally impactful to players than they would be otherwise; according to Vox, the Nuzlocke challenge revived the feeling of emotional connection players felt with their Pokémon when they were younger.
  • The formula also encourages a stricter, more strategic version of gameplay, as the gameplay is substantially more difficult than it would be otherwise. → The ruleset also encourages a stricter, more strategic version of gameplay, as it is substantially more difficult than it would be otherwise.
  • It is especially popular among content creators, who have cited Nuzlockes as being beneficial for garnering viewership and a sense of community. Nuzlocke streams frequently garner hundreds of thousands of viewers. Many Nuzlocke streams have been held to raise money for charity. → It is especially popular among content creators, who have cited it as being beneficial for garnering viewership and a sense of community; live streams of creators playing with the Nuzlocke ruleset frequently garner hundreds of thousands of viewers, with a majority raising money for charity.
  • Following their departure from web-series Nintendo Minute, Kit Ellis and Krysta Yang, the series' former hosts, stated that they had planned to do an episode featuring them playing a Pokémon game with Nuzlocke rules, only to be rebuked by Nintendo. According to them, Nintendo did not allow them to do so due to considering it to be as on the same level as playing a ROM hack on the platform. Yang alleged that The Pokémon Company had previously removed content creators from their creator program due to them using Nuzlocke rules in playthroughs. → Following their departure from the web-series Nintendo Minute, Kit Ellis and Krysta Yang, the series' former hosts, stated they had planned to do an episode featuring them playing a Pokémon game with Nuzlocke rules, only to be rebuked by Nintendo; according to them, the company did not allow them to do so due to considering it to be as on the same level as playing a ROM hack on the platform. Yang alleged The Pokémon Company had previously removed content creators from their creator program due to them using Nuzlocke rules in playthroughs.
  • The statement was met with much backlash within the fandom, resulting in The Pokémon Company International making a statement, saying that “We do not have any issues with fans/creators playing the games with Nuzlocke rules.” → The statement was met with backlash within the fandom, resulting in The Pokémon Company International making a response, clarifying they have no issue with players using the ruleset.
  • Indie game Coromon, a game heavily inspired by Pokémon, included a game mode which allowed players to play the game using Nuzlocke rules. → Coromon, an indie game inspired by the Pokémon series, included a game mode which allowed players to play the game using Nuzlocke rules.

NPOV

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Pass.

Spotcheck

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@Pokelego999: please address the following comments.

[1]: checkY Reliable per WP:VOX. All statements are verifiable and correctly attributed.

[2]: checkY Reliable per WP:RSP#NME. 2a talks about releasing Pokémon after they "die", not healing them. 2c says nothing about bonding with one's Pokémon in the context of the Nuzlocke's popularity.

[3]: checkY Initially I was thinking of getting rid of this source as it's from Valnet, but your argument above is very solid. One of the labels used to describe Pokémon: Hard―Mode's bigotry in 3c is "misogynistic". Although misogyny is technically sexism, I recommend changing the word "sexist" to "misogynistic" to avoid violating WP:NOR. Everything else is a pass.

[4]: checkY Although situational, the Destructoid interview should be fine per WP:ABOUTSELF.

[5]: ☒N The entire paragraph you cited this source to is original research. There is no mention of the Ironmon Challenge or a kaizo ruleset.

[6]: checkY Wording is a bit off. The article says the gameplay formula is outdated, not lacking diversity.

[7]: checkY Reliable per WP:VG/S. Statement is verifiable.

[8]: checkY Reliable per WP:VG/S. Statement is verifiable.

[9]: checkY Reliable per WP:VG/S. Statement is verifiable.

[10]: checkY Reliable per WP:VG/S. Statement is verifiable.

[11]: checkY Reliable per WP:VG/S. Statement is verifiable.

[12]: checkY Reliable per WP:VG/S. Statement is verifiable.

[13]: checkY Author is from the University of Hawaii. Statement is verifiable.

Plagiarism

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Earwig says plagiarism is unlikely. Pass.

Stability

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No edit disputes in the last 14 days. Pass.

Broadness

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Article covers all aspects of the subject without veering off-topic.

@LunaEclipse: Addressed the above. Let me know on the two things above. Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) 05:39, 28 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@LunaEclipse addressed spotcheck issues. On Cite 5: Seems while making edits, I accidentally removed some info from the last paragraph, resulting in the citation meant for a later part of the paragraph being accidentally moved to where the actual citation for the relevant information was meant to be. The citations for that paragraph should be correct now. Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) 07:06, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Pokelego999, I have no further comments. This article is a ✓ Pass. — 💽 LunaEclipse 💽 🌹 ⚧ (CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST) 11:53, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
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