Gotta say, Pekora might not be the best at playing Pokemon but she does the damn best at *roleplaying* it. She made a freaking epic out of it- raising the stakes with a permadeath run, agonizing over the tragedy of losing mons, giving a small pep talk & struggling with her ragtag group of mons at the Champion battle, the revival arc for the fallen at the end and THEN on the very next day, having the thumbnail be her reunited with the fallen mons. That shit's 10/10 storytelling
Honestly, every single playthrough I've seen from Holo has been so unique and fun in the way you describe. Ina had her team of food stuff with some epic moments, Kiara beating Cynthia via revive abuse of all things so fitting for her character, Calli and her chuuni nuzlocke rapper team, etc. And Ive seen a bit from JP and ID to see that all of them have unique things too. Its really interesting to see for a game which is pretty simple and straightforward
After watching Calli's Nuzlocke playthrough, I can see the distinct difference between chat offering you good advice (to Calli) and bad advice (to Pekora). Every death that Calli suffered was her own poor choices, Pekora however I can only imagine was intentionally misled.
In defense of Calli, half of her deaths were Ghost Malone X3, and she only finally lost Ghost Malone because she (and most of the chat) thought it still had Levitate. Most people don't know that they changed Gengar's ability in Gen 7, and Calli didn't get much time to find out since she had just evolved it
@@nathannguyen934 I certainly don't count the two first Ghost Malone deaths because they were intentionally replaced. But most of her deaths besides those were due to complacency, BF Doof's death being a great example, also she barely survived her fight with the final four and Cynthia, if NotoriousGIB hadn't cheated death twice using the power of friendship, she probably would have been completely out of Pokemon eligible to Knock out Cynthia's Garchomp in one hit. She very easily could have suffered a whole team wipe because of that mistake.
I don't think she, Pekora, was intentionally mislead, though I'm sure some tried. It's seems to look like she was counting on the Pokémon being able to take more damage than they could or not knowing the types of certain enemy Pokémon and then using the wrong types against it. Still it's nice to see Pekora so caring. :)
@@ton4323 Pretty sure she's not playing "true" Nuzlocke with the first-catch rule, or at least she doesn't adhere to it strictly from what I've seen. The term she uses in her stream title is closer to "hardcore mode" or "single-life".
@@Justic_ Well when I was looking up the term "人生縛り" I found a Japanese discussion where someone explained it's the same as "Mori-san's Nuzlocke Lite", which I somehow didn't realise at that time meant Calliope lol. But yea.
That final team was kinda stacked. Jirachi, Luxray, Golem, Houndoom, Roserade and Gyarados? Look at Pekora making a good team in her first Nuzlocke. Gamer energy. And only 8 lost is pretty great for a first Nuzlocke.
The typing is quite bad, actually. But her gyarados pulled off miracle and managed to survive. That one clutch is the difference between life and death since her other pokemon (luxray, houndoom, golem, jirachi) will probably defeated by gastrodon or one-shotted by Garchomp & Roselia got surprise death from Milotic ice beam. For real, thousands people definitely sweating profusely when gyarados almost dead.
@@altairlion Which is why, in my opinion, the friendship aspect of the recent games was a good addition, since really makes nuzlockes more interesting since it adds that possibility of clutch/miraculous moments that just add more “immersion” as you reap the care you put into raising your team.
@@cyberdragoon1432 Even so, that still won't stop the uneasiness for sceptical people like me. Going against Cynthia with that team is extremely bad for your heart, especially after watching Shion "almost" got obliterated by Cynthia's Garchomp.
Her final team pretty much only consisted of gyarados Jirachi barely did anything and died, luxray barely did anything, roserade got like one hit on spiritomb and died, golem and houndoom did some work but the one that did the most was the dragon dancing gyarados, which miraculously survived with the power of friendship Even for a beginner i dont think you should lose any pokemon before the league with how easy the games are, especially with how careful pekora was, checking the type chart against every pokemon. Most of her deaths purely was because she got overconfident.
@@cyberdragoon1432 I think that friendship mechanic is utter bullshit. It removes so much skill from a game where no skill is required to begin with and makes nuzlockes a joke.
@@1mikeap4 Yet I'm The Only One Who Wins In The End Beating All Gym Leaders Becoming The GOAT Mori Calliope: WTF Jonathan Seriously What The Fuck? How Is It That We Failed And You Succeeded Ash Ketchum: Probably Should've Had More Training Then
Man, I remember back in Nuzlocke heyday in 2014-2016 I often watched Nuzlocke death compilation from the likes of Shady, Luke, Nappy, etc. Never thought I watch Nuzlocke death compilation of a vtuber in 2021.
@@bradysloan5160 bit sad that things slowed down and they all wrecked by YT algorithm, not to mention the scandals. But some of them still going, Shady recently played nuzlocke again.
@@Justic_ yeah, I'm still subscribed to them and noticed they still doing Pokemon stuff. Tho I myself was burnt out of Pokemon since quite a while ago. But well, Pokemon community also suffer the same burnt out, and the Nappy scandal made it worse.
@@thejamesonthestreet I feel you there. I watched their Penta Op a while ago before realizing I would probably never see these "friends" act the same way again, such a huge shame and disappointment on Nappy's behalf
Never thought I'd see a Nappy mention in this comment section..... Man I haven't bothered with that group and Pokemon nuzlocke content after that fallout
I think the Hololive member's takes on pokemon are kind of just a breath of fresh air because literally everyone else I've seen was tryharding the game like hell (including myself lol) to prove the point that the game is easier than the original when the point of the game is to have fun. But damn they did my boi Cyrus dirty.
@@Hゼロ Because most of them hadn't played in a LONG time. To them it was all new experience. People who "tryhard" these games have been playing for a good while so they make ways to challenge themselves and have fun that way my guy.
@Binge Nah. Speedrunners are just folks who have fun playing that way or just wanna prove their skill or strats. Nothing wrong with that since its not like they are affecting anyone else on how to play the game
@Binge not really, there's nothing wrong with speedrunning, it can also be quite fun in itself, it's just a different way of playing the game and they often put more time into said game than the average player
If you're doing a nuzlocke and you see a wild pokemon who has the move "fissure"... whatever happens to your pokemon if you don't immediately run is all on you
Gastrodons are nuzlocke killers, right up there with ultra necrozma and Cynthia. Personal story but i was also doing a nuzlocke and a gastrodon mirror coated my budew and yea.
@@tanjunwei4541 friendship is hard to build up early game and its a nuzlocke so i wasnt able to use it when it died. Would have wanted a roserade for endgame tho
Could you imagine a Nuzlocke where it’s like. “Oh, once you beat the elite 4, all your Pokémon revive, except for the ones that die during the elite 4 battle.” And then to revive those Pokémon, you have to do the elite 4 rematch.
I don't think he'd even consider this a nuzlocke given it had no restrictions at all when it comes to catching pokemon tbh. Ollie is the only one in Hololive to actually play with a full nuzlocke ruleset, the rest are just playing with permadeath for fainted pokemon and nothing else.
I somehow feel glad that ponyta dead. If it not, maybe she won't use 30+ pokeball just to catch a houndoom since she already have a fire type pokemon on her party.
The curse of the thumbnail, their sacrifices weren't in vain, and we'll be seeing them once again now that Pekora finally finished the game. So we can finally say Welcome Back to all of them.
Gotta say, Pekora might not be the best at playing Pokemon but she does the damn best at *roleplaying* it.
She made a freaking epic out of it- raising the stakes with a permadeath run, agonizing over the tragedy of losing mons, giving a small pep talk & struggling with her ragtag group of mons at the Champion battle, the revival arc for the fallen at the end and THEN on the very next day, having the thumbnail be her reunited with the fallen mons. That shit's 10/10 storytelling
Honestly, every single playthrough I've seen from Holo has been so unique and fun in the way you describe.
Ina had her team of food stuff with some epic moments, Kiara beating Cynthia via revive abuse of all things so fitting for her character, Calli and her chuuni nuzlocke rapper team, etc.
And Ive seen a bit from JP and ID to see that all of them have unique things too.
Its really interesting to see for a game which is pretty simple and straightforward
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After watching Calli's Nuzlocke playthrough, I can see the distinct difference between chat offering you good advice (to Calli) and bad advice (to Pekora). Every death that Calli suffered was her own poor choices, Pekora however I can only imagine was intentionally misled.
In defense of Calli, half of her deaths were Ghost Malone X3, and she only finally lost Ghost Malone because she (and most of the chat) thought it still had Levitate.
Most people don't know that they changed Gengar's ability in Gen 7, and Calli didn't get much time to find out since she had just evolved it
@@nathannguyen934 I certainly don't count the two first Ghost Malone deaths because they were intentionally replaced. But most of her deaths besides those were due to complacency, BF Doof's death being a great example, also she barely survived her fight with the final four and Cynthia, if NotoriousGIB hadn't cheated death twice using the power of friendship, she probably would have been completely out of Pokemon eligible to Knock out Cynthia's Garchomp in one hit. She very easily could have suffered a whole team wipe because of that mistake.
I don't think she, Pekora, was intentionally mislead, though I'm sure some tried. It's seems to look like she was counting on the Pokémon being able to take more damage than they could or not knowing the types of certain enemy Pokémon and then using the wrong types against it. Still it's nice to see Pekora so caring. :)
Jirachi's death scream felt so real to me
Well since she can't change her pokemon, and have to defeat another elite 4 and cynthia, it will be bad if she only have 5 pokemon.
@@ton4323 Pretty sure she's not playing "true" Nuzlocke with the first-catch rule, or at least she doesn't adhere to it strictly from what I've seen. The term she uses in her stream title is closer to "hardcore mode" or "single-life".
@@Justic_ Well when I was looking up the term "人生縛り" I found a Japanese discussion where someone explained it's the same as "Mori-san's Nuzlocke Lite", which I somehow didn't realise at that time meant Calliope lol. But yea.
How did she get jirachi?
I have 1 as well but lazy to raise it
That final team was kinda stacked. Jirachi, Luxray, Golem, Houndoom, Roserade and Gyarados? Look at Pekora making a good team in her first Nuzlocke. Gamer energy. And only 8 lost is pretty great for a first Nuzlocke.
The typing is quite bad, actually.
But her gyarados pulled off miracle and managed to survive.
That one clutch is the difference between life and death since her other pokemon (luxray, houndoom, golem, jirachi) will probably defeated by gastrodon or one-shotted by Garchomp & Roselia got surprise death from Milotic ice beam.
For real, thousands people definitely sweating profusely when gyarados almost dead.
@@altairlion Which is why, in my opinion, the friendship aspect of the recent games was a good addition, since really makes nuzlockes more interesting since it adds that possibility of clutch/miraculous moments that just add more “immersion” as you reap the care you put into raising your team.
@@cyberdragoon1432 Even so, that still won't stop the uneasiness for sceptical people like me. Going against Cynthia with that team is extremely bad for your heart, especially after watching Shion "almost" got obliterated by Cynthia's Garchomp.
Her final team pretty much only consisted of gyarados
Jirachi barely did anything and died, luxray barely did anything, roserade got like one hit on spiritomb and died, golem and houndoom did some work but the one that did the most was the dragon dancing gyarados, which miraculously survived with the power of friendship
Even for a beginner i dont think you should lose any pokemon before the league with how easy the games are, especially with how careful pekora was, checking the type chart against every pokemon. Most of her deaths purely was because she got overconfident.
@@cyberdragoon1432 I think that friendship mechanic is utter bullshit. It removes so much skill from a game where no skill is required to begin with and makes nuzlockes a joke.
And then they all revived once the Champion was beaten and the Nuzlocke curse broken.
HAPPY END
Rika heals bef Champion battle
0:23 this is why @Purplecliffe is terrified of jaidens gastrodons
this brings back all my anxieties playing pokemon 20 years ago.....
Her starter died first, is fitting for Nuzlock run.
All 3 Hololive Nuzlocke players (Pekora, Calli, and Ollie) lost their starters fairly early on. Truly a fitting Nuzlocke experience.
@@1mikeap4 Yet I'm The Only One Who Wins In The End Beating All Gym Leaders Becoming The GOAT Mori Calliope: WTF Jonathan Seriously What The Fuck? How Is It That We Failed And You Succeeded Ash Ketchum: Probably Should've Had More Training Then
Man, I remember back in Nuzlocke heyday in 2014-2016 I often watched Nuzlocke death compilation from the likes of Shady, Luke, Nappy, etc.
Never thought I watch Nuzlocke death compilation of a vtuber in 2021.
@@bradysloan5160 bit sad that things slowed down and they all wrecked by YT algorithm, not to mention the scandals. But some of them still going, Shady recently played nuzlocke again.
@@Justic_ yeah, I'm still subscribed to them and noticed they still doing Pokemon stuff. Tho I myself was burnt out of Pokemon since quite a while ago. But well, Pokemon community also suffer the same burnt out, and the Nappy scandal made it worse.
@@thejamesonthestreet I feel you there. I watched their Penta Op a while ago before realizing I would probably never see these "friends" act the same way again, such a huge shame and disappointment on Nappy's behalf
Never thought I'd see a Nappy mention in this comment section..... Man I haven't bothered with that group and Pokemon nuzlocke content after that fallout
Pokemon: Dies
Pekora: Muder Monkey from Dark Deception, with a little bit of R2D2
It's super effective!
A critical hit!
Staravia fainted!
This makes me want them to play Darkest Dungeon even more so there can be permadeath compilations.
This might be the most wholesome thing i’ve watched in a long time
I think the Hololive member's takes on pokemon are kind of just a breath of fresh air because literally everyone else I've seen was tryharding the game like hell (including myself lol) to prove the point that the game is easier than the original when the point of the game is to have fun. But damn they did my boi Cyrus dirty.
wdym?
@@TopOfAllWorlds Basically, seeing people actually have fun in the game rather than tryharding it is something they haven't seen in a while.
@@Hゼロ Because most of them hadn't played in a LONG time. To them it was all new experience. People who "tryhard" these games have been playing for a good while so they make ways to challenge themselves and have fun that way my guy.
@Binge Nah. Speedrunners are just folks who have fun playing that way or just wanna prove their skill or strats. Nothing wrong with that since its not like they are affecting anyone else on how to play the game
@Binge not really, there's nothing wrong with speedrunning, it can also be quite fun in itself, it's just a different way of playing the game and they often put more time into said game than the average player
why did i tear up a bit when she brought all her dead mons back out
Meanwhile Fubuki: King Kazama go brrrrrrr
Now this is quality content
It's a One-Hit-KO!
If you're doing a nuzlocke and you see a wild pokemon who has the move "fissure"... whatever happens to your pokemon if you don't immediately run is all on you
Dang, a wild competitive munchalx
"they call her blood & guts Pekora..her guts..our blood" -nico
You're laughing at this rabbit scream of suffering.... Admit it
it's one way of paying for her warcrimes
I'm cringing while laughing
Why wouldn't I?
Genuinely music to my ears
Pekora really lucky when cynthia change to lucario
Pain Peko the Saga
The Colosseum in Rome saw less death than this
Her screams sounds like Victreebel.
That nudibranch is tough :v
JIRACHIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!!
This is hilarious
Okayu vs Subaru
Subaru vs Miko
Miko vs Suisei
Pekora is screwed if she were to face RED
Lvl 200 Pikachu :v
PAIN PEKO
Ancient Power - Rock
Grotle fainted!
Gastrodons are nuzlocke killers, right up there with ultra necrozma and Cynthia.
Personal story but i was also doing a nuzlocke and a gastrodon mirror coated my budew and yea.
Evolve it to Roserade
@@tanjunwei4541 friendship is hard to build up early game and its a nuzlocke so i wasnt able to use it when it died. Would have wanted a roserade for endgame tho
@@frossy8538 I raised Budew to 38 & it evolved to Roselia
@@tanjunwei4541 Yeah because you got its friendship up.
Nah the real nuzlocke killers are wobbufets. Those things are EVIL 😂
Gotta Love pekora
Ngl this makes me feel more sad for her.
Could you imagine a Nuzlocke where it’s like. “Oh, once you beat the elite 4, all your Pokémon revive, except for the ones that die during the elite 4 battle.”
And then to revive those Pokémon, you have to do the elite 4 rematch.
So, an elimination challenge ? Every pokemon that gets knocked out is banned from the pokemon league.
Now I wonder if pokemonchallenges will review Pekora nuzlocke hehehe
I don't think he'd even consider this a nuzlocke given it had no restrictions at all when it comes to catching pokemon tbh. Ollie is the only one in Hololive to actually play with a full nuzlocke ruleset, the rest are just playing with permadeath for fainted pokemon and nothing else.
@@HersonCiv Wasn't Calli playing with proper nuzlocke rules or something?
@@sammydray5919 ive only seen a few clips so im not sure but im pretty sure she just did permdeath but no only one pokemon for each area
Has there been other death montage on other girls like I know calli completed hers but I can find montage for her run.
I can't find anything of the sort either. I death montages of thing isn't too common here
Ngl, these tears are delicious.
I somehow feel glad that ponyta dead. If it not, maybe she won't use 30+ pokeball just to catch a houndoom since she already have a fire type pokemon on her party.
Gastrodon used Fissure. It doesn't affect Infernape
Fissure doesn't affect higher level mons i think
Correct me if I’m wrong, but aren’t you supposed to release killed Pokémon in a Nuzlocke?
That is one way, another is permanently storing them in the PC
Doesn't really matter if you just never use them again
I've always kept a "Graveyard" box in my PC for them. It's nice to look back on once you're done to see everyone you've lost
@@holomas I temp store in PC & take out when need evolution
@@tanjunwei4541 ???
Gastrodon used Fissure. It doesn't affect Staraptor(immune to ground)
But Ancientpower though.
@@CardSearcher911 my Staraptor level 98
@@tanjunwei4541 what does that have to do with anything
Meh!
The curse of the thumbnail, their sacrifices weren't in vain, and we'll be seeing them once again now that Pekora finally finished the game.
So we can finally say Welcome Back to all of them.