It might sound dumb, but as an adopted child, this hits HARD. It ironically showcased the exact emotions I went through, I desperately wanted to find out who my birth parents were for the longest time under the impression we did not know. Only to find out it was solely a tactic used for my parents to protect me. Flygon, I've loved your videos and nuzlockes for years now, but this one will now always hold a special place in my heart. Thank you, Flygon.
What do you mean the ending wasnt him finding out both Maxie AND Archie were both his dads and his return bringing them back together after putting him up for adoption led to their divorce
Clearly them seeing that he didn’t need them and was a better person than either of them showed them they need to become better people in the aftermath of what they’ve done starting the beginnings of a reconciliation of their relationship
It’d be cool so see a S/V “food-themed” Nuzlocke with eligible encounters like the Applin line, Fidough, Alcremie, Tatsugiri, Polteageist, Sinischa, Tsareena line, and Tropius
In case you ever worry that your script is too silly or melodramatic, your line about traveling with 6 Pokémon and making memories with friends was enough to convince me to pick up my all-star run of Pokémon Crystal again. Thanks!
Critics say that “Can team Aqua and Team Magma Grunts beat Pokemon Emerald?” Is “heart wrenching”, “inspirational”, and “an experience we wont soon forget” Come and see the youtube video of the year nominee as we join FlygonHG on his quest to find his parents and maybe, himself.
This was honestly a really wholesome story in the end, and I love that who the birth parents were really doesn't matter in the end. I am worried about what's happening in the Stone household though, although maybe it's just that Nosey has a very bushy moustache now
There was definitely a moment where I thought the big twist was going to be that he was nosey all along and he would realize that Devon stone isn’t as great of father as he had thought
28:09 Wattson??? 29:45 Juan??? The identity of the champion keeps changing... is this some sort of meta commentary about how overshadowed by others Wallace is in his position as champion? His lack of distinct traits between him and his mentor? Or is this lack of identity a shadow of ourselves, the player, who went on this journey to find our dad only to realize that our family was just fine the way it was, and our search for our 'real dad' was doomed to fail because our real family was the people we grew alongside, much like the team we built along the way? A Nuzlocke like poetry.
It is already funny that Blaise, of all the team members, died to a Slugma, and it became even funnier that the first two deaths happened to be Adventures-exclusive admins lmao
The short, omnious letters are getting so real dude the TENSION!!! Did Nosey evolve in his time in Sinnoh? Discover smth about his mom??? LIKE IM SO INVESTED IN THESE LETTERS BRO!!! THEY MAKE GEN THREE RUNS EASILY MY FAVE!!
The commitment to the added story bit really pushes FlygonHG above and beyond other Nuzlockers. It kind of reminds me of the early-'10s era of comic Nuzlockes but with the added bonus of getting to see all of the strategic thinking and planning that goes into a successful run.
Can I tell you something? I ignored this channel for a better part of 2 years because I was burnt out on Pokemon after SwSh, BDSP. But maybe a week and a half ago, I decided to watch one of your videos. Now I have watched almost every single one of your videos and started my own Hardcore Nuzlocke in Pokemon White with all the same rules. For the first time in years, I had fun playing Pokemon but I don’t think it would have been possible without these engaging commentary videos. So a sincere apologies from me and thank you as well for lighting up that fire again!
@@kaitosama3766 For sure. I just finished mine today. Tip 1: Pre plan every battle, even if it is not a major one. I lost countless pokemon to random battles. Try to walk when you’re around trainers so avoid them if need be so that you don’t get into a tough battling situation, especially since the battle style has to be placed on Set not Switch. Tip 2: I don’t consider this cheating either as FlygonHG might not either but I gave myself countless number of berries with AR and used them appropriately. I did the same with BP so that I wouldnt have to sit there and grind the Battle Subway. Tip 3: Definitely have PK Hex to check your Pokemon's IVs and EVs to then use Damage calculators to see how they will turn out. If you know a Scald wont kill and you have to switch appropriately, it helps. Tip 4: This is very important!! Make sure you maximize your encounters. I was lucky enough to find a Boldore in an early route and then I strategically, used encounter mapping to get a woobat that then helped me get an Axew in Mistralton cave. That Haxorus ran through the E4 and Ghetsis. If I did not do the encounter routing well, I would have wiped in the E4 especially since I lost two of my best mons immediately to crits and weird AI (Marshall's pokemon used Stone Edge against my Excadrill when I switched to Chandelure and Conkeldurr used a stone edge and crit my Amoonguss). Tip 5: EV train your pokemon. This step is very important because if you don’t, there is a definite chance you will end up with wrong EVs and cost your battle as well. I suggest EV training with wild mons to maximize your EVs while not hitting the level cap at each gym leader or major battles. Tip 6: Work with your Pokemon's moves and natures. Sandstorm may sound dumb because you want to maximize your damage but I taught my Excadrill Sandstorm, safely used it which helped me out speed Grimsley's pokemon and sweep with Soft Sand Earthquake. Same goes for when you’re battling say Shauntal and you bring a water type. Its good to have a variety of moves, but teaching rain dance can help a lot, especially against her Chandelure's fire blasts. Or if you have a swift swim pokemon, you can give it a Choice spec/band etc and then setup rain with another mon and switch in safely to deal stab + boosted water type moves.
This sent me back to my days of reading nuzlocke comics on deviantart. The protag always had some dark backstory they had to overcome and I loved seeing it here, depicted in game! You always have such a knack for story-telling and it was so much fun to watch you be so creative with challenges. Really a step above!
I would LOVE to see a Soullocke in this style, maybe even in Platinum, with one person playing as a Team Galactic member and the other playing as a rival Team Rocket member (only using TR-appropriate Pokémon). This was a lot of fun!
I don't normally comment, but the storytelling, battle style, narrative, and that epic final battle felt straight out of the show. I felt a genuine character and attachment to freaking 64 bit sprites. Phenomenal run, and my favourite of all your runs so far, fitting that it should be on my all time favourite Pokemon game.
02:18 I reckon the mascots for Teams Aqua & Magma were chosen solely based on their Typings. Team Magma's volcanic theme is associated with 2 Type [Fire & Ground], while Team Aqua's water theme is associated with only 1 Type [Water], so the Dark Type complements the fact that it's an Evil Team (who's also somewhat more sinister than Team Aqua).
I think I realized why I love Flygon's videos, he brings back the story element of the nuzlockes that other youtubers don't have, the purpose of the nuzlocke is to form connections with your pokemon, that's why the nicknaming rule exists, to feel sad by their deaths. That magic has been lost through countless challenge runs but Flygon makes us care for these pokemon and brings emotions through his writing.
Thank you for your amazing stories. This is a beautiful story that is really resonant with a lot of people, being mad at your parents for not being perfect but realizing that they loved you and they did their best. A great lesson in an amazing story you tell
What separates you from other nuzlocke challenge youtubers is your amazing storytelling and the incredible amount of emotion you manage to get into each video. Its genuinely astonishing. Also day 2 of requesting pokemon BW2 hard-core nuzlocke with no STAB moves allowed
The challenge runs themselves are great. But the writing is truly something else. Some of the best content out there. But it's going to be really hard for any challenge to be better than Spheal Team Six. That, in my opinion, was the best one ever.
The speech about found family hit me waaaay too fucking hard, it hit super close to home. I had to pause afterwards and make sure I wasn’t crying. On top of an incredible run with amazing quality editing, your storytelling has really gone onto another level. Cheers, FlygonHG. You really are one of the greatest on the platform.
This one is really next level with the storytelling and animations. I did laugh out loud when the heartfelt speech about Tabitha immediately cut to her exploding.
Content creation is your BLESSING!! A heart wrenching story that I personally connected with on such a deep level, that had me crying. Constant but conservative humor, both visually and verbally. Plot twists, expectation subversion, the Wailord gag, everything about this video and your content in general is PEAK
The Wailord Vs Wailord duel is the best thing to come out of this channel! I honestly want to actually see how they were fighting with those water spouts in the battlefield.
I hate when flygonhg makes me cry with a fictional story he completely made up. good work as always, you're great storyteller and a great trainer as well.
As an adopted child myself, I won't deny that this one had me in tears. Also I know it was unplanned, but I found it poetic that the survivors were the two starters, and the one Pokemon both teams share that evolves through friendship.
You do NOT have to go so hard on these, i come here for funny nuzlockes not to be crushed by the feelings of a novelist who had the bright idea to end of one of their characters. But aside from that, a great video as always Mr. Dr. OneballHG
So if im understanding the lore, FlygonHG was an orphan, found his bio dad, learned that adopted parents can be cool, saved the world, became champ. Then he went off to work for the government. then Maxie and Archie tried to end the world again leading to him going off with the Spheal team six. Thats the most comprehensible thing i can come up with. Maybe next time the "lore run" wont be in Hoenn. Will definitely make the timeline less weird.
There are so many things I love about this video. The storytelling. The art. The fact that wailord was massive on the overlay. An absolute masterpiece. Thanks flygon for always giving us the best content that we could ever ask for!
"I bring in Tabitha, the shyest of our teammates, but their silence shouldn't be mistaked for indifference. If anything they care most of all" Oh that sounds a bit like me... I sure hope they get to surviv- Oh. Yep, it definitely checks out
YEAH! This is what I’m talking about! This is the kind of narrative nuzlocke I’ve been missing for so long! The Pokémon each feel like they matter more and the story beats get more time. I was particularly happy to see a story scene completely removed from the game’s story. I’m not sure how feasible it would be in your current format, but I would love to see a narrative run broken into multiple parts so more time can be spent building character for each of the teammates, though I imagine it would take a fair bit of commissioned art to pull it off. Either way, keep up the great work! I’m happy to see you continuing to develop your style!
it's a pokemon video. it was not supposed to make me cry. also I usually listen to these in the background while I do something else but happened to look over and see the giant Wailord on the team section and it made me laugh. thank you for your creativity and dedication
Yknow, I didn't think I'd see the most accurate depiction of what it feels like to be adopted since birth in all of media today, but I'm really glad I did! Thanks, Mr. HG!
I loved this? I love your story based nuzlockes the most of all, since the initial nuzlocke was a story based comic. I especially loved how instead of the journey culminating in finding your birth parents, you abandoned that line, accepted the family you had and the friends you’d made, and became champion for them.
Flygon is the first person to blend the storytelling of the old school nuzlocke comics with the technicality of the hardcore nuzlocke challenge run. Dude will go down as a true legend of the nuzlocke community
Your storytelling really has become top-notch. I wasn't expecting to cry during this video, but the revelation of the adopted parents being the "real" parents really got to me. (Sidenote: I was kind of expecting a reveal of either one of the leaders to be trans-masc, or that they both gave DNA to a test tube baby, so that they would both be the parents somehow)
Loved the story on this one and the pretty sweet ending. Congrats on the victory despite the early loss of Koffing and Grimer. Anyway, I'll once again recommend returning to no stab moves as a nuzlocke. After playing a couple ones, Platinum, B/W, Emerald and X/Y are all fun games to run for the challenge. X/Y I think is the most fun, though I think Emerald without the game corner TMs would be the hardest.
I'm pleasantly surprised that you know about Blaise and Amber. I love the Ruby and Sapphire manga so the mention of them made me happy. Great storytelling as always!
This was such a sweet story. I appreciate the hell out of your effort flygon. This elevated a simple nuzlocke into a wonderful tale that made me feel things. Well done.
Me hearing A Year Ago's instrumental makes me cry cause it just reminds me how far I've come as a person. That and I love the song and NEFFEX in general. An excellent choice of music, Dr. HG.
Great video as always! One idea I have for a nuzlocke is a blind/short-sighted nuzlocke. Essentially, the only moves that can be used by your Pokémon are ones that don’t have 100% accuracy as I feel that it could be a challenge due the RNG.
Fuck. The part about family really got me. Dad left when I was too young to comprehend and my stepdad showed up. I wish I had been as appreciative. He's the best Dad I could have asked for
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Hey, FlygonHG, I was wondering: do you really train your pokemon in order to build ev values or do you just use some vitamins? It's for my research
Day 4 of asking flygonhg to share his rare candy code
It might sound dumb, but as an adopted child, this hits HARD.
It ironically showcased the exact emotions I went through, I desperately wanted to find out who my birth parents were for the longest time under the impression we did not know. Only to find out it was solely a tactic used for my parents to protect me. Flygon, I've loved your videos and nuzlockes for years now, but this one will now always hold a special place in my heart.
Thank you, Flygon.
I never care for my bio parents. Still got hit like a truck
What do you mean the ending wasnt him finding out both Maxie AND Archie were both his dads and his return bringing them back together after putting him up for adoption led to their divorce
Clearly them seeing that he didn’t need them and was a better person than either of them showed them they need to become better people in the aftermath of what they’ve done starting the beginnings of a reconciliation of their relationship
Cried
It’d be cool so see a S/V “food-themed” Nuzlocke with eligible encounters like the Applin line, Fidough, Alcremie, Tatsugiri, Polteageist, Sinischa, Tsareena line, and Tropius
That’d be rad.
Any Pokémon is food if you're hungry enough 🤷♂
Also arboliva, garganacl and scovillain!
Slopoke..
It'd be incredibly fitting given the game it's. He'll feed his mons sandwiches, even the ones that contain Klawf's claws.
Roleplaying as the forbidden out of wedlock lovechild of Archie and Maxie is exactly the content I subscribed for.
Yes
Real
Matti: How big should I make Wailord on the overlay?
Also Matti: Yes
The wailord got a really good laugh out of me
Man seeing the size of the wailord was hilarious!
Oh no, Claydol is being squished by 🐳, somebody help it.
And I love that every single time xD
I was reading comments and missed the capture of wailmer and the evolution to Wailord.
The scream I screamt.
In case you ever worry that your script is too silly or melodramatic, your line about traveling with 6 Pokémon and making memories with friends was enough to convince me to pick up my all-star run of Pokémon Crystal again. Thanks!
always love these story-based nuzlockes...the part with the parental realization had me tearing up 🥺
It's crazy how he's able to put stakes in these silly little adventures on constant. Respect to his thought provoking storytelling.
Critics say that “Can team Aqua and Team Magma Grunts beat Pokemon Emerald?” Is “heart wrenching”, “inspirational”, and “an experience we wont soon forget”
Come and see the youtube video of the year nominee as we join FlygonHG on his quest to find his parents and maybe, himself.
This was honestly a really wholesome story in the end, and I love that who the birth parents were really doesn't matter in the end. I am worried about what's happening in the Stone household though, although maybe it's just that Nosey has a very bushy moustache now
There was definitely a moment where I thought the big twist was going to be that he was nosey all along and he would realize that Devon stone isn’t as great of father as he had thought
This one is up there with Spheal Team 6. Its amazing how you can adapt the same games narratives in so many ways to keep it engaging over and over
I really love how Flygon can turn a simple "magma/Aqua team" challenge into a true novel
A tier writing
I think you misspelled S there m8. Otherwise S tier comment
Taylor would be so proud of the story telling ❤
Nuzlockes initially started out as people making stories out of their playthroughs, and tbh I wish there are more of these
I thought Maxie and Archie were the parents at first due to the background picture while he talked about the parents and was like "yeah checks out"
Same honestly
Tbh they hate each other almost too much, very homoerotic
Archie is a trans masc icon, he transitioned a year after Mattie was born
OLD MAN YAOI LETS GOOOOOOO
Ftm Archie or Maxie both valid and based
Ftm stands for Female to Mastermind (we need more waaaaaterrrrrrrr) btw
Trans masc nation lets gooooooooo!!!
Kudos to Courtney the mightyena. Probably one of the strongest first route dark types around!
I don't know, I think it has some pretty strong competition. From... Purrloin (and maybe alolan Rattata, alolan meowth, galarian zigzagoon)
@@owenaspinall2046 Purrloin/ Liepard isn't a contender it's frail and can't use it's speed all that well because it doesn't hit hard
I agree that purrloin is bad (even if I get one with a plus attack nature, it still sucks), but liepard is pretty good
@@ashmonke6588 It was supposed to be sarcastic, but I guess that didn't translate well. Maybe I should've used /s
Carvanha never learning a water type move by level up certainly is… something to behold
Wailord being comically large on the overlay is everything
Dude, we all know your Nuzlocking skills, but I think it’s your storytelling that’s the real hero here. Narration on point. Love these sorts of vids.
The wailord being 10x bigger than your other pokemon in the team screen is hella funny. Had me laughing out loud
yeah me too XD
1 minute in and I'm already invested, this storytelling is just the best Dr. HG
28:09 Wattson??? 29:45 Juan??? The identity of the champion keeps changing... is this some sort of meta commentary about how overshadowed by others Wallace is in his position as champion? His lack of distinct traits between him and his mentor? Or is this lack of identity a shadow of ourselves, the player, who went on this journey to find our dad only to realize that our family was just fine the way it was, and our search for our 'real dad' was doomed to fail because our real family was the people we grew alongside, much like the team we built along the way?
A Nuzlocke like poetry.
Oh don’t you know, the champion’s Wally.
Missed opportunity to write in the script that Steven "Doesn't know how lucky he has it... I hope he doesn't take that for granite."
Dr j G nfjdhdhdhshhs😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
It is already funny that Blaise, of all the team members, died to a Slugma, and it became even funnier that the first two deaths happened to be Adventures-exclusive admins lmao
I love the implication that while studying abroad in Sinnoh, Nosey evolved in to Proboby. This lore is insane.
"stealing an elderly mans emotional support bird".
bro i laughed harder than i should of.
The short, omnious letters are getting so real dude the TENSION!!! Did Nosey evolve in his time in Sinnoh? Discover smth about his mom??? LIKE IM SO INVESTED IN THESE LETTERS BRO!!! THEY MAKE GEN THREE RUNS EASILY MY FAVE!!
The commitment to the added story bit really pushes FlygonHG above and beyond other Nuzlockers. It kind of reminds me of the early-'10s era of comic Nuzlockes but with the added bonus of getting to see all of the strategic thinking and planning that goes into a successful run.
Oh, dude, this is such a cool concept for a run! I love the story intertwined!
Can I tell you something? I ignored this channel for a better part of 2 years because I was burnt out on Pokemon after SwSh, BDSP. But maybe a week and a half ago, I decided to watch one of your videos. Now I have watched almost every single one of your videos and started my own Hardcore Nuzlocke in Pokemon White with all the same rules. For the first time in years, I had fun playing Pokemon but I don’t think it would have been possible without these engaging commentary videos. So a sincere apologies from me and thank you as well for lighting up that fire again!
I am also do hardcore nuzlocke in white you have a tip for me?
@@kaitosama3766 For sure.
I just finished mine today.
Tip 1: Pre plan every battle, even if it is not a major one. I lost countless pokemon to random battles. Try to walk when you’re around trainers so avoid them if need be so that you don’t get into a tough battling situation, especially since the battle style has to be placed on Set not Switch.
Tip 2: I don’t consider this cheating either as FlygonHG might not either but I gave myself countless number of berries with AR and used them appropriately. I did the same with BP so that I wouldnt have to sit there and grind the Battle Subway.
Tip 3: Definitely have PK Hex to check your Pokemon's IVs and EVs to then use Damage calculators to see how they will turn out. If you know a Scald wont kill and you have to switch appropriately, it helps.
Tip 4: This is very important!! Make sure you maximize your encounters. I was lucky enough to find a Boldore in an early route and then I strategically, used encounter mapping to get a woobat that then helped me get an Axew in Mistralton cave. That Haxorus ran through the E4 and Ghetsis. If I did not do the encounter routing well, I would have wiped in the E4 especially since I lost two of my best mons immediately to crits and weird AI (Marshall's pokemon used Stone Edge against my Excadrill when I switched to Chandelure and Conkeldurr used a stone edge and crit my Amoonguss).
Tip 5: EV train your pokemon. This step is very important because if you don’t, there is a definite chance you will end up with wrong EVs and cost your battle as well. I suggest EV training with wild mons to maximize your EVs while not hitting the level cap at each gym leader or major battles.
Tip 6: Work with your Pokemon's moves and natures. Sandstorm may sound dumb because you want to maximize your damage but I taught my Excadrill Sandstorm, safely used it which helped me out speed Grimsley's pokemon and sweep with Soft Sand Earthquake. Same goes for when you’re battling say Shauntal and you bring a water type. Its good to have a variety of moves, but teaching rain dance can help a lot, especially against her Chandelure's fire blasts. Or if you have a swift swim pokemon, you can give it a Choice spec/band etc and then setup rain with another mon and switch in safely to deal stab + boosted water type moves.
I love size-accurate Wailord on the team roster.
I'm going to die when we finally get a Nosey playthrough and we get to see him confront his absent brother!
Call that Nosey Emerald
@@Flynnisthename NOSEY EMERALD YES PLEASE
I like these story driven nuzlockes way more than the generic ones keep it up but not to much burnout is a channel killer
1. Truly the most moving stone letter of all time 🥲. An absolute masterpiece
2. Such a unique concept! Great creativity as usual Dr. HG!
the commitment to the bit is always the best part of these videos
I love how you had two ground, two dark, and two poison types at one point. Fun while it lasted. And the giant wailord was great
FlygonHG referring Maxie (the Numel) as a cow instead of a camel during the Wattson fight had me wheezing
This sent me back to my days of reading nuzlocke comics on deviantart. The protag always had some dark backstory they had to overcome and I loved seeing it here, depicted in game! You always have such a knack for story-telling and it was so much fun to watch you be so creative with challenges. Really a step above!
Same! Those comics were what made me aware of nuzlockes and I read So Many of them long before I ever did a nuzlocke of my own.
I would LOVE to see a Soullocke in this style, maybe even in Platinum, with one person playing as a Team Galactic member and the other playing as a rival Team Rocket member (only using TR-appropriate Pokémon). This was a lot of fun!
I don't normally comment, but the storytelling, battle style, narrative, and that epic final battle felt straight out of the show. I felt a genuine character and attachment to freaking 64 bit sprites. Phenomenal run, and my favourite of all your runs so far, fitting that it should be on my all time favourite Pokemon game.
02:18 I reckon the mascots for Teams Aqua & Magma were chosen solely based on their Typings.
Team Magma's volcanic theme is associated with 2 Type [Fire & Ground], while Team Aqua's water theme is associated with only 1 Type [Water], so the Dark Type complements the fact that it's an Evil Team (who's also somewhat more sinister than Team Aqua).
21:00 The tears man. THE TEARS!!! You can't make me feel these emotions OneBall HG!!!
19:27 Yikes. That’s one hell of a burn.
“We crush his team like a bedridden grape.”
I think I realized why I love Flygon's videos, he brings back the story element of the nuzlockes that other youtubers don't have, the purpose of the nuzlocke is to form connections with your pokemon, that's why the nicknaming rule exists, to feel sad by their deaths. That magic has been lost through countless challenge runs but Flygon makes us care for these pokemon and brings emotions through his writing.
You make these nuzlockes so interesting with your stories. This is a great one!
Thank you for your amazing stories. This is a beautiful story that is really resonant with a lot of people, being mad at your parents for not being perfect but realizing that they loved you and they did their best. A great lesson in an amazing story you tell
Bro this way you made a story out of our imagination is a true gift keep doing your nuzlocke like this, this was really creative
What separates you from other nuzlocke challenge youtubers is your amazing storytelling and the incredible amount of emotion you manage to get into each video. Its genuinely astonishing.
Also day 2 of requesting pokemon BW2 hard-core nuzlocke with no STAB moves allowed
The challenge runs themselves are great. But the writing is truly something else. Some of the best content out there. But it's going to be really hard for any challenge to be better than Spheal Team Six. That, in my opinion, was the best one ever.
Your story driven nuzlockes are seriously the highlight of the channel, they make you stand separately from other nuzlocke channels, I love it
I was so ready for the hardenshipping parents reveal but your story was honestly much sweeter so I can't even be mad
The speech about found family hit me waaaay too fucking hard, it hit super close to home. I had to pause afterwards and make sure I wasn’t crying. On top of an incredible run with amazing quality editing, your storytelling has really gone onto another level.
Cheers, FlygonHG. You really are one of the greatest on the platform.
wailords giant sprite suddenly popping up and covering half the sidebar sent me into unexpected hysterics
Thematic Flygon videos are probably my favorite thing to watch on UA-cam. Always a solid story with some very well executed cinematic twists.
I love your storytelling with these challenge runs. Just adds something extra special to an already top quality nuzlocke vid
This one is really next level with the storytelling and animations. I did laugh out loud when the heartfelt speech about Tabitha immediately cut to her exploding.
The Flygonverse is getting better every movie, which is more than I can say about other studios right now
Content creation is your BLESSING!! A heart wrenching story that I personally connected with on such a deep level, that had me crying. Constant but conservative humor, both visually and verbally. Plot twists, expectation subversion, the Wailord gag, everything about this video and your content in general is PEAK
Between this and Spheal Team Six, I love your ability to write complicated stories out of these silly challenges
The Wailord Vs Wailord duel is the best thing to come out of this channel!
I honestly want to actually see how they were fighting with those water spouts in the battlefield.
I hate when flygonhg makes me cry with a fictional story he completely made up. good work as always, you're great storyteller and a great trainer as well.
As an adopted child myself, I won't deny that this one had me in tears.
Also I know it was unplanned, but I found it poetic that the survivors were the two starters, and the one Pokemon both teams share that evolves through friendship.
I really thought the reveal was gonna be that Archie and Maxie were the parents and I was like yeah so true.
The video is emotional and all, but goddamn, Carvanha/Sharpedo was GOAted and carried the run.
You do NOT have to go so hard on these, i come here for funny nuzlockes not to be crushed by the feelings of a novelist who had the bright idea to end of one of their characters. But aside from that, a great video as always Mr. Dr. OneballHG
This run is up there with Spheal Team Six as your best written video. Loved it.
19:17 - just noticed the absolute unit of that Wailord sprite lmao
So if im understanding the lore, FlygonHG was an orphan, found his bio dad, learned that adopted parents can be cool, saved the world, became champ. Then he went off to work for the government. then Maxie and Archie tried to end the world again leading to him going off with the Spheal team six. Thats the most comprehensible thing i can come up with. Maybe next time the "lore run" wont be in Hoenn. Will definitely make the timeline less weird.
28:05 that's a weird looking Wattson 😂
29:44 that's also a weird looking Juan 😂
Also, great video. Keep up the great work.
There are so many things I love about this video. The storytelling. The art. The fact that wailord was massive on the overlay. An absolute masterpiece. Thanks flygon for always giving us the best content that we could ever ask for!
"I bring in Tabitha, the shyest of our teammates, but their silence shouldn't be mistaked for indifference. If anything they care most of all"
Oh that sounds a bit like me... I sure hope they get to surviv-
Oh. Yep, it definitely checks out
YEAH! This is what I’m talking about! This is the kind of narrative nuzlocke I’ve been missing for so long!
The Pokémon each feel like they matter more and the story beats get more time. I was particularly happy to see a story scene completely removed from the game’s story.
I’m not sure how feasible it would be in your current format, but I would love to see a narrative run broken into multiple parts so more time can be spent building character for each of the teammates, though I imagine it would take a fair bit of commissioned art to pull it off.
Either way, keep up the great work! I’m happy to see you continuing to develop your style!
it's a pokemon video. it was not supposed to make me cry. also I usually listen to these in the background while I do something else but happened to look over and see the giant Wailord on the team section and it made me laugh. thank you for your creativity and dedication
Yknow, I didn't think I'd see the most accurate depiction of what it feels like to be adopted since birth in all of media today, but I'm really glad I did! Thanks, Mr. HG!
I love the ideas you're able to come up with for challenges
The storytelling on this episode was top tier, incredible work!
I loved this? I love your story based nuzlockes the most of all, since the initial nuzlocke was a story based comic. I especially loved how instead of the journey culminating in finding your birth parents, you abandoned that line, accepted the family you had and the friends you’d made, and became champion for them.
Flygon is the first person to blend the storytelling of the old school nuzlocke comics with the technicality of the hardcore nuzlocke challenge run. Dude will go down as a true legend of the nuzlocke community
I'm all in on the gripping developments in the Daddy Stone saga.
Best running gag ever
Your storytelling really has become top-notch. I wasn't expecting to cry during this video, but the revelation of the adopted parents being the "real" parents really got to me.
(Sidenote: I was kind of expecting a reveal of either one of the leaders to be trans-masc, or that they both gave DNA to a test tube baby, so that they would both be the parents somehow)
Loved the story on this one and the pretty sweet ending. Congrats on the victory despite the early loss of Koffing and Grimer.
Anyway, I'll once again recommend returning to no stab moves as a nuzlocke. After playing a couple ones, Platinum, B/W, Emerald and X/Y are all fun games to run for the challenge. X/Y I think is the most fun, though I think Emerald without the game corner TMs would be the hardest.
This man is just writing author insert fanfiction and I'm here for it. It's like the Pokemon version of Dante's Divine Comedy
Love the sight gag of Wailord taking up so much of the layout lol
I'm pleasantly surprised that you know about Blaise and Amber. I love the Ruby and Sapphire manga so the mention of them made me happy.
Great storytelling as always!
Flygon never misses with his storytelling. You're seriously a master at this style.
This was such a sweet story. I appreciate the hell out of your effort flygon. This elevated a simple nuzlocke into a wonderful tale that made me feel things. Well done.
Unironically the best story thats pokemon related ive ever seen
Me hearing A Year Ago's instrumental makes me cry cause it just reminds me how far I've come as a person. That and I love the song and NEFFEX in general. An excellent choice of music, Dr. HG.
nuzlocke skills aside your biggest talent is your writing skills, please continue to make narrative focused videos like this, they're incredibly good
i love your scriptwriting for these flygon, its so fun
Love the art style at the beginning of the video!
The story was heartwarming!
And, seeing Mightyena AND Claydol doing WORK is a treat 💜
That claydoll going full on Vegeta at the end was 😢 the most epic way to end that 😅
29:20 “oh okay he’s just going to use thunderbolt or something and finish it off- WAIT WHA”😂😂😂
Flygon: He's willing to do anything for us *sniffsniff*
HG: Sooooo, I'm gona need you to take a BIG one for the team
What an emotional roller coaster and that plot twist has better writing than most Netflix shows.
Came for the nuzlockes and stayed for Dr. HG's incredible story telling. Keep up the great work! The narratives are awesome and heartwarming.
Great video as always!
One idea I have for a nuzlocke is a blind/short-sighted nuzlocke. Essentially, the only moves that can be used by your Pokémon are ones that don’t have 100% accuracy as I feel that it could be a challenge due the RNG.
Fuck. The part about family really got me. Dad left when I was too young to comprehend and my stepdad showed up. I wish I had been as appreciative. He's the best Dad I could have asked for
Archie and Maxie being both god parents to regular grunts would be pretty funny. Lol
Had to hold back from crying three times. Flygon and these story nuzlockes always get me.
20:55 the "one look at me and burst into tears" bit was hilarious lmao