The History of Nuzlockes
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Published 2023-02-25
Nuzlocking is a pillar Pokemon community, but how did it begin? Where did it evolve? I'm here to break down the complete history of the Nuzlocke.
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Intro: 0:00
Before Nuzlockes: 1:57
The first Nuzlocke: 2:50
The early years: 5:38
The first recorded Nuzlockes: 7:35
Early Romhacks: 10:24
Nuzlocke Variants: 11:20
The birth of the Hardcore Nuzlocke: 14:27
Blue and Crystal Kaizo: 15:45
The Jaiden Video: 17:27
Jaidens impact: 21:07
Emerald Kaizo: 22:33
Hardcore Plus and an evolving Meta: 32:12
The Ludlocke: 34:31
Return to Dark Rising: 40:18
Radical Red: 41:25
The future: 42:43
All Comments (21)
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It’s an honor to be considered part of history in a game and community I love so much :’) Incredible video Wolfey!!!!
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I still remember coming home from school and checking every day if there was a new chapter of the Nuzlocke comic. Turns out I was onto something lol Also massive shoutout to ExcoessivelyAve who was the only other person doing Nuzlockes regularly on Twitch when I started. A huge part of my initial small community were people that had come over from collaborating with him and he's still a fantastic friend today. This video was a great walk down memory lane :)
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Really humbled to be included here. Shadylocke holds a special place in my heart, even more so now. ❤ I watched the whole video twice now, another banger, Wolfe!
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seeing all of these old thumbnails, especially of my own nuzlockes really took me back, it’s so cool to be a part of the nuzlocke history alongside so many of my friends and peers. sick video wolfe, keep it up 🙏
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Appreciate the shout out my friend 🙏 honored to part of history. This video was amazing, the editing and work put into this is next level
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Wolfey has become the unofficial Professor Oak of the game in real life. Extremely knowledgeable, fills a compendium of Poke-info, insanely skilled at the game. Beyond champion.
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I can't believe I just got exposed like that LMFAO 10:00 i'll never live this down
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slight correction: first hardcore nuzlocke was actually done by marriland back in 2013 in his platinum nuzlocke with the exact same rules as those used in modern hardcore nuzlockes. It definitely wasn't called that at the time though
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This was incredible. So glad to see how far nuzlocking has come. It truly is something special. Thanks for making this project possible <3
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Major props to Jan for ditching college to be a Pokémon master
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im a little disappointed no mention of marriland?? he made the wedlockes and his nuzlockes were unique, kinda like jaidens video but it wasn't animated it was done while playing, he added a memorial montage after each death and it was nuzlocking done with respect and friendships with his pokemon. definetly up there with patterrz and jaiden
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The Nuzlocke community has come so far since the early days of live Pokemon content, i'm honored that I could be a small part of history. People like Jan, Haydunn, Shady, Drew, and many others continue to inspire me. Can't wait to see where Nuzlockes go next!
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I love how even this video has jaiden in the thumbnail because any nuzlocke content has to have it
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I do feel amiss not bringing up Mariland in the history of the nuzloke he is not making much content today, but he made some of the most fun nuzlokes I've ever watched. It was what got me and many others into nuzloking. He was the inventor of the wedlocke which is a staple nuzloke variant today and was very popular during the 2010's. Anyway, I just want to bring him up as apart of the history, since, at least for me, he was very important.
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It sucks to see how little was actually represented for the pre-Jaiden era of nuzlocking. No Marriland, MunchingOrange, Hardyt3kyoyo. A lot of the early nuzlocking examples are mainly limited to Poketubers who are still relevant today while some of the other big names back then are left to be forgotten. Love all the detail for post-Jaiden era though. I assume xProuty being the first to beat EK deathless happened too late to appear.
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As somebody who read the original Pokemon hard mode on release, it's amazing to see how far it's come.
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It should be noted how important Marilland was in that first wave of Nuzlocke playthroughs on YouTube
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Correction: The first Nuzlocke comic, the Ruby Hard Mode, actually ended with a wipe to Steven. This lead directly into the more story driven Fire Red Nuzlocke, where things REALLY ramped up.
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Amazing video! Only thing that makes me a bit sad is the lack of mention of Mariland because he was the only person I remember doing nuzlock type content for a chunk of time there. He may not have been the best or the biggest, but he was really consistent for a huge chunk of time when there weren't as many others
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For people who can see this, I would personally recommend reading the original nuzlocke comic alongside the fire red comic made after it. As long as you go into it knowing there will be dated humor and are okay with that, it's a fun read to see where nuzlockes all started!
