Launching in late May 2017, the Pokémon Gold Nuzlocke was the second Nuzlocke stream series in the “modern day” of the Marriland Twitch streams, occurring after the Pokémon Blue Nuzlocke.
It was played on the original Game Boy cartridge on a Game Boy Player accessory for the GameCube. It’s rather funny, too, because the games were to later be announced for the Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console.
About This Stream Series
When Was This Streamed?
May–August 2017
Series Status?
Complete
No further streams are planned.
Rules of the Challenge
Standard Nuzlocke Rules
- You can catch only the first Pokémon encountered or obtained in any route or area.
- Fainted Pokémon are considered “dead” and must be released (or permanently boxed).
- (Optional) Everything should be given a nickname to form a better attachment to it.
Additional Rules
In addition to the standard Nuzlocke rules, there were a few extra rules, clauses, and modifications. Here they are, copied from the description:
- Must play on SET the whole time.
- Can use a max of 3 items per battle (excluding Poké Ball varieties and Key Items; X Items are not allowed)
- A Level Limit is enforced and increases after every Badge (58 after becoming Champion, 75 for the true final battle); I must deposit Pokémon that exceed the limit.
- Dupes Clause IS active for the entire evolution line, with a limit of 5 triggers per route/area (after the 5th Dupe I run into in an area, I miss out on an encounter there).
- Gift Clause IS NOT active, so any gift Pokémon count as the encounter for that route/area.
- Trade evolutions are allowed, provided I have all prerequisite items.