- That's it, that's it, that's it!
Let's not.
(laughs)
If I do not catch him,
Billy is dead.
(upbeat music)
- Hey it's Ify,
and I'm doing the Nuzlocke
challenge in Pokemon Sword.
- I'm super excited but
also really nervous,
I've never done this before.
- The nuzlocke challenge is a fan made,
viral challenge that a lot of YouTubers,
and Twitch streamers have done.
- The first rule is "You may only catch
"the first Pokemon
encountered, in each area,
" and nothing else."
- Every Pokemon you
catch you have to name.
- If your Pokemon faints.
That's it, it's dead.
You're supposed to feel
attached to these Pokemon
and you only are gonna
have a couple of them,
so when one actually faints
it's gonna be devastating.
I'm saying it out loud,
and realizing that this is gonna be hard.
- I don't need it to
be the best team ever.
But I would want it to be the
happiest team ever you know?
We'll see how this goes.
- The stakes have never been
higher in a Pokemon game.
But I'm ready.
Let's do it.
- This is very.
Grand.
- This is a big event.
Oh, hair goal.
Look at that thing going.
Welcome to the wonderful world of Pokemon.
- Our beloved Galar region
is a wonderful place,
with thriving nature,
beautiful cities, and many Pokemon
with which we share our lives.
- As you know, our
society is able to thrive,
with Pokemon.
Imagine going to this stadium event
and a guy walks out,
and just tells you a bunch of stuff
you already know.
- Now turn your gaze to the Galar region's
greatest Pokemon trainer,
your undefeated champion.
It's time for Champion
Leon's exhibition match!
- Who's Leon?
Is that like Gary?
- Whoa.
Who is sick?
(rock music)
Whoa Charizard sighting!
- Truly, Blastoise and Venusaur
don't get enough respect.
It's always gassing up Charizard.
Oh Dynamax Charizard though.
Alright.
- That's the most terrifying thing,
imagine being in that stadium.
That is terrifying.
Cool intro.
- That's me.
Hello hello.
- Hop.
Mum?
I think we're in the U.K.
Hop!
Didn't expect to see you here today, dear.
Isn't this the big day?
- Yeah,
That's exactly why I came
running over to get Inga!
I guess Hop is my best friend?
- Never mind watching the match now!
I record all my brother's matches.
Oh that's your brother okay.
Come with me Ify!
He should be here any minute!
- Ooh Lee always brings
presents when he visits.
I love that.
I love a good souvenir.
- Oh check my swag.
Crep check.
- Hahaha!
Have a look at you Inga!
That old bag looks like
it could pull you over!
- You have already got a
sheep Pokemon it seems.
This one is herding itself on this fence.
- Hey you silly Wooloo.
I see what you're up to.
Don't go using tackle on the fencing!
Now you listen!
No going past that fence!
No!
Everyone knows there
are scary Pokemon living
in the Slumbering Weald!
- Now that that's taken care of.
How about it Inga?
Let's race!
Bet I can make it to my house first,
what with you lugging
about that big old bag!
It's not even that big.
- Oh wow.
This is like the equivalent
of when you had like a
basketball hoop in your backyard.
They have like a place to fight Pokemon.
- Is this hop's place?
I'm guessing it is?
- There you are at last Hop.
Oh, and you've brought along Ify.
Hello dear.
Yeah yeah yeah, but where's Lee?
Alright calm down.
He's probably only arrived
at the station in Wedgehurst.
- You've still never
met my big bro, right?
Okay, you can't miss out
on your chance to meet
the undefeated champion.
That's pretty cool, to be
able to meet the champion.
- They never make your
best friend wait for you,
it's always like, a
best friend leaves first
and then you have to catch up.
Hi Hop.
Who stands like that?
- Wild Pokemon come out of nowhere if you
walk through patches of tall grass.
I've got my Wooloo with me,
so I'm ready for battles
against wild Pokemon,
but not you, Zach.
You don't have (beep)
- Nah, you aint gonna tell me what to do.
Oh, guess you are.
- I guess we have no choice.
- Lets see this famous Leon.
Lets see what he has to offer.
- Cool man Leon.
(crowd cheering)
The crowd goes wild.
Imagine like Brad Pitt just being like,
and everyone's like.
- Hello, hello Wedgehurst.
Your champion, Leon is back.
I promise I'll keep
doing my best to deliver
the greatest battles for you all to watch.
- It's our unbeatable champion, Leon,
you and Charizard are the greatest!
Charizard is the greatest.
- Too true that Charizard
is blazingly strong
but other Pokemon can be strong as well,
that's what I'm saying.
That's why I want the
strongest of challengers
to fill the Gym Challenge
and come battle me.
- Lee!
(upbeat music)
Hop.
They have a good relationship.
So my number one fan in all the world
has come out of his way to pick me up.
Come on, Lee.
And you Zach.
Bet I can beat the both of you back home.
Hop is constantly trying to beat us home.
At this point I'm like
five minutes behind.
- Well everyone,
I can't.
I bid you farewell for
today but don't you fret
I'll always be around to
make sure everyone in Galar
can have a champion time.
- Right then, the greatest gift
from the greatest champion.
All right man, no one likes a cocky guy.
Its showtime everyone.
- Starting Pokemon.
- Grookey.
- Scorbunny.
- And the water type Pokemon Sobble.
They're so cute.
- All right line up everyone.
Oh this is so cute.
- This is a huge moment
in every Pokemon game.
- Grookey gang.
Woo, lets do it.
Sobble, cry baby, get out of here.
Scorbunny trying too hard,
but Grookey, he's chill, he's hanging out,
he knows what's up.
- I'm just gonna go with Sobble,
he's the tiniest and the
cutest, I must protect.
- I just cannot not pick this cute bunny.
Look at this guy,
look at how excited he
gets when I walk up to him.
- Would you like to
give Sobble a nickname?
I usually say no because I
don't want to be too attached
but this time I have to
which makes it harder,
why would you do that?
- Well I already know he's
gonna turn into a beefy boy,
gotta name him Beefie Boye.
No, I just named him,
No!
I meant to hit space and
then I just didn't name him.
- I'm gonna call Sobble Mochi
because he's really cute and tiny.
- This is gonna be the
hardest part of the game.
I'm gonna keep everyone alive
and it's just gonna be
picking their names.
We're going with Billy the Bunny.
- You're gonna go with Grookey, isn't he?
No, Scorbunny?
Wait that's so unusual,
don't they usually go for
like the other element?
- If that's what you wanna
pick my dude then go for it.
We're gonna be rivals.
Aw, poor Sobble.
He's like "I guess I'll
just go in that pond."
- Oh Leon's gonna take Sobble.
Ah, so that's some end
of game stuff there.
- So now they're doing the whole like
"We're all gonna be rivals
and train each other."
and so we're gonna destroy Hop every time
because he went with the person
who's weak to my Pokemon.
- What do you say?
Willing and ready to take
Hop on in the first ever
Pokemon battle of your life?
Wow, when they put it like this.
- Yeah I'm willing to take on hop.
- All right, time to destroy
Hop for the first time,
lets do it.
- Go Mochi, did you see that?
Uh, a Pokemon battle it is then,
I've got two partners with me.
- Let's fight.
I like Billy's energy,
he looks like he's ready
to tackle or growl.
Oh my gosh, the stakes are high.
- Yeah smack him, smack
him with your stick.
Oops, and you're too weak,
I'm about to hit you in the face again.
- We just need to get
through this, come on.
Mochi.
Mochi used pound.
Wait that's so ironic, Mochi used pound.
It's like usually you pound Mochi.
- Hyah.
Got him.
Okay, this just has to be an easy fight.
- Yeah and I leveled up.
And Branch Poke, oh.
Bout to poke the mess outta you.
- All right lets water gun this.
Fight, fight, fight, water gun.
Go, go, go.
Oh, oh wow that was super effective.
- Less than pepperoni's.
Yes I know about type advantage,
I'm not a newb you dork.
- We can totally do this, come on.
Mochi used water gun, all right.
- First dub, first of many.
Oh, level seven.
- You beat my two Pokemon with your one?
You and that Sobble are too much.
- Zach you've got real promise.
In fact I've got a favor to ask you,
Be a real rival to Hop, would you?
Push him and make the
both of you stronger.
All right.
- You've seen me battle now Lee so come on
you've gotta let me take
on the Pokemon Gyms.
- If that's really what you want to do,
you two have a whole lot you
need to learn about Pokemon.
Especially your friend Zach, who just won.
I guess I do need a Pokedex.
- You'd probably better go tell your mum
that we're heading out though.
- The gates open and the
Wooloo that was there
has disappeared.
Oh it went through the gate.
- It was tackling the
fence pretty hard earlier,
you don't think it actually
broke through there, do you?
Yeah it did.
- But it's off limits,
nobody's supposed to go in there.
Let's do it.
- This is not route one.
- That fogs coming in thick,
if we don't find this Pokemon
we're gonna be in real trouble.
- Oh no, there's a lot of,
No, no, no!
My first Pokemon, oh no.
- This is it.
This is my new partner for life.
Wait, wait wait wait wait.
Okay, no Pokeballs.
I am not required to catch
this Pokemon because I can't.
- Okay it's level two I should be okay.
- Now that more is at stake,
need Beefie Boye to be be a high level.
- I think we should level up Billy a bit.
Just like, not too much.
Oh, sorry, bye.
- Come on Mochi, use your water gun.
He beat him.
- Ooh it's getting spooky.
- Is that a Pokemon crying out?
Aw, I hope it's not that Wooloo.
- Oh my god the sound.
Come on Inga, that Wooloo
might be in real trouble
- I mean, the Wooloo didn't listen,
we told Wooloo "Hey,
stop hitting that thing."
- This is mad,
I can't even see my own
hand in front of my face.
- Music stopped, so you
know it's about to get real.
(Inga gasps)
- Oh it's the legendary
Pokemon, from this game.
- Ooh we gotta get outta here.
- Wait, I'm not supposed to battle,
no, you're kidding, come on, come on!
- I'm not fighting this guy!
There's no way they're
gonna wipe out Billy.
But if they do and it's part of the story,
the rules are the rules.
We're gonna risk it for the biscuit.
We're gonna shoot some ember at this guy.
Ineffective.
- The mysterious Pokemon's
gaze is fixed on you,
what?
The move had no effect on it?
- It's like he's not even there.
- Oh, same.
Okay we're just growling at each other.
I think Billy's gonna survive this.
- I'm not okay.
We're fighting a ghost.
- I can't see anything.
Yeah I can't see anything either.
Please don't kill Mochi.
- Whew.
Billy's alive and I am out like a light.
- Okay if I am passed out
that doesn't count, right?
Hop, Inga!
- Lee?
How'd you manage to find your way here?
You're pants with directions,
you always get lost.
- He was worried sick.
We're in a restricted area,
Leon probably knows how
to hold his own though.
- Wait, where's the Wooloo?
We're trying to rescue that Wooloo.
- Of course he got the Wooloo.
Wait but the legendary?
- Attacked by some mad Pokemon?
What are you talking about Hop?
It seemed loads stronger than
any Pokemon I've ever seen
it just had a sort of presence.
Our moves didn't even touch it.
- So the fearsome Pokemon they say
live in the Slumbering Weald.
Are they actually illusions or something?
- We'll find out someday,
until then lets get this going.
- Don't forget to tell your mum
we're off to Wedgehurst now,
she'll go spare if you
leave without a word,
even worse than Lee just did.
What if I had just gone home to my mom.
- Where my mum at?
Can I have bunny?
- Well now isn't Beefie
Boye just a sweetheart.
And yes, I heard the news from young Leon,
I'm glad someone bothered to tell me.
- Oh she did give me money.
31 thousand.
I hope my player
understands how lucky he is.
She gave me five pokeballs.
Big news because I think I'm
gonna go into route one now.
- Here we go, this is quite
the big step you know.
My first step toward
becoming the next champion.
Guess I'll probably
train up Scorbunny a bit
by having a battle against
Pokemon in the tall grass.
Get to the building with that purple roof,
that's the Pokemon research lab.
- So this is it, this is route one.
- Oh no, what is this?
Who is this?
- Route one, first Pokemon, let's go.
It always gotta start
with the flyer, Rookidee.
- This is it, okay.
We're going with Skwovet.
- Wait this is the Pokemon I
have to catch, the first one.
- The stakes really hit you here,
if I knock him out I can't
get a Pokemon in this area
so I'm gonna tackle it
because I think that's
less aggressive than ember.
Yeah okay, we can do this.
- I'm gonna use the Branch Poke
so it doesn't do too much
damage and then I can catch him.
Yeah, boom.
- Okay, that's it, that's it, that's it.
(laughs)
This is so much harder.
If I do not catch him and
he gets out of the Pokeball,
Billy is dead.
- Grab a ball.
Now how about you
take a nap?
Get in there.
Yep, yep, yep.
Your soul is mine.
- Yeah, Rookidee was caught.
- Please catch him.
Woo.
- Would you like to give
Rookidee a nickname?
Yes.
- This is gonna be Snarkee
because it looks like he's judging people.
- I don't think there's anything
you can call this Pokemon
other than cheeks, right?
- After much contemplation,
we will now be calling Rookidee Sir Bow.
- Little Charizard is still sitting here.
You just hanging out by yourself, huh?
- So cool.
You're my idol, you know that?
- All right, it told me to go to this,
oh there's my dude Leon.
- Well done you reached the goal
and managed to find the
Pokemon research lab.
- I've got to give it
to Professor Magnolia,
everything in here looks fascinating.
Bow wark.
- Oh my gosh,
if I don't get this one
we're quitting the game.
- What is it today?
We are looking for info on
another never before seen
superstrong Pokemon,
I wish you'd stop with
these outlandish requests.
Anyway, nice to meet you.
Name's Sonia, I'm the
professor's assistant.
- Oh looks like you've got a Rotom phone.
Hey there Rotom.
Excuse me, my phone floats?
- She's adding the Pokedex,
asking what I know about
Pokemon, the usual.
- Could you let Gran know
that you received the Pokedex?
She lives in the house
down along route two.
- Let's rest so I can get my PP up
which is your power points.
- Let's get some potions.
Oh wow, I have a lot of money.
- Yeah maybe you can change my nickname.
All right Beefie Boye is back.
Yeah it does fit that.
- All right, it's time to
head to our next Pokemon.
- I want to catch something different.
- Oh a Yamper.
Come here.
Did you see him come right towards me?
- That was good.
I don't know which one this is gonna be.
Oh it's the ugly bug, I hate it.
- Oh, yeah.
I don't know what that is.
Nickit.
- Level seven, oh my gosh, oh my gosh.
Lets quick attack.
- It's not that effective
which is exactly what I want to happen.
- There's no way you're gonna
one hit kill Mochi right?
Mochi don't do it.
Mochi.
Okay, all right.
- A scratch but hopefully
it doesn't kill him.
Okay.
- Quick attack one more
time and then catch.
Woo, okay.
- Do it.
Give me the Pokemon.
No.
(Inga screams)
Yeah.
- Here we go.
Your soul is mine.
- Yes.
Yes, yes, yes.
Yamper was caught,
that went so much better
than the first time.
- This might be this games Caterpea
and it might turn into
something beautiful.
Yeah imma name ya,
you look like an Alfred.
- I always wanted a dog called,
I know he's a fox.
I always wanted a puppy called Huchi.
Nickit, your name is Huchi.
This is gonna make me really
sad if have to release you.
- If we do more of these videos,
please comment below what I
should nickname my Pokemon
because I have no idea what to do.
I don't know what it is about Yamper,
but they look like a sweet Charlie.
Charlie has been added to your party.
- Oh no, you know what that is?
That's somebody who wants to battle.
- Let's heal Billy.
I'm trying to get into a
habit of healing my Pokemon.
- Huh, I'm about to beat these kids ass.
Let's go.
- Youngster Jake.
Youngster is like six right?
Because I think I'm not a day over ten.
- Oh that's a cute little Skwovet,
be a shame if I were
to poke it in the face.
- Yeah.
Oh, hit him with the ember
and he got a little burned.
- Tackle.
All right, we good.
Uh okay.
I feel like every time when my
bar isn't green I freak out.
- Oh shoot that's all you got?
Yeah you're sitting on the
side of the road, one Pokemon?
Get outta here chump.
- 360 for winning.
Kids shouldn't be handling
this amount of money.
- Do I go back and heal like crazy?
Please don't do this to me.
- All right what have we got here?
Look, there's the professor.
- So you've unraveled all the secrets of
the Dynamax phenomenon.
Oh goodness, no.
I'd of hoped that my granddaughter
take over my research boy.
Ooh, who's that little boy?
- My name is Magnolia,
welcome young trainers.
Now come, lets head indoors,
- You must already know
about Dynamaxing right Inga?
Not really.
- And now we're tryna get the endorsement
for the gym challenge.
- Lets see if the two of you can show me
such a brilliant battle that
I am left with no choice
but to endorse you.
- Whew.
I'll make sure both your
teams are in good shape
before the battle starts.
- I'm gonna have to ruin this kid again.
- All right Hop, let's go.
- Oh, ya boy with the keen
eye, I found a TM already.
Beefie Boye can't learn it?
Snarkee can.
- I feel like this is the first
big test of losing a Pokemon
because we're both low level
I didn't grind that much.
- Hop is so confident.
How do I become like you?
- We're starting with Wooloo.
I should have maybe
made line up adjustments
but this is fine.
Wooloo's only level six
so let's light all that wool on fire.
(upbeat music)
- Yeah, that did really well.
- Imma scratch ya with this stick .
Buyout.
Go to sleep.
- Oh we're going straight to Grookey.
This is the match up
I've been waiting for.
Ooh a level eight.
- Ooh I wanna see water pulse.
Ooh I like that.
Oh snap!
- Billy used ember.
Yeah he did.
Bye.
- Oh you gonna send out your Rookidee?
Lets each send out our Rookidee.
Oh dam, what was that?
Oops, it didn't know we
could learn payback huh?
That's because I had a TM ya sucker.
- Let's quick attack.
Boom, dead, KO.
- Oof, gutted that I lost
but I expect nothing less from my rival.
Yeah, imma beat you and then
imma beat you're brother.
- Well after seeing a match like that one,
I suppose I've got little
choice but to give you both
an endorsement as champion.
- So now this is our like farewells
and so on and so forth
and we've been endorsed,
I can fight in the gym.
- Whoa, what the?
Aw, cute, shooting star.
Oh wow, what are the odds?
- They're wishing stars?
- All right, I guess we can share.
- With one of these my
Pokemon can Dynamax,
they're gonna be massive, yes.
I'm excited to try that.
- There you go Hop, these are for you?
What's she giving us?
- Ooh, we got Dynamax bands.
A wishing star has been affixed to it.
Oh sweet.
All right so we can
officially do Dynamax I think.
- Come on Inga, I'll
beat you to the station.
All right.
- Man, we need to go to the train station
and I can't even,
oh he wants to, oh he's
so cute, oh no, I'm sorry.
- Ooh, oh the jukes, get on my level.
- Okay Hop, I'm right behind you.
- Professor Magnolia was
kind enough to let us know
that you two were setting out.
- Last little gift,
I love how they're not mad, they're just.
All kit you need, a set of camping gear.
Thanks mum.
- I'm certain to be the champion next.
No you're not Hop, you're owing two.
- We're off to the races.
- Dude these graphics are nice.
- Motostoke is surrounded
by a vast wild area.
- Oh wow, you do not
wanna be meeting him yet.
- Oh no, the train is halted
due to flock of Wooloo
on the tracks.
Wooloo is always getting in my way.
- Looks like we're off to
catch some more Pokemon.
- Sonia's here.
My gran gave me a roper earful.
- These young trainers setting on a,
what are you doing with your life?
Ouch, professor.
- So with that how about
I send you off with a
little treat from me?
Ooh a box.
- You can access your
Pokemon boxes on the road?
Oh man, okay.
- The wild area is waiting for you,
this is the start of your real adventure.
- Lets go.
The wild area is there for the taking.
- Oh my god this wild area
looks amazing, I cannot wait.
- Wow, it's gonna be hard
to pick only one Pokemon.
- You know what's ironic about
the Nuzlocke challenge though
you can't catch them all.
But that's okay, you
experience them all in a way.
- Now I feel like the game
really is about to open up
and we're gonna be
fighting actual trainers
and it's gonna get way harder.
- Typically in Pokemon
when you get to the gym
it is like a skill check
and you go through the first trainers,
if you can survive that
you might be able to handle the leader.
This time I'm gonna have to power level
probably in this wild area
and then after that approach the gym.
I'm here to not only survive
the Nuzlocke challenge
but also be the best
trainer while I'm doing it.
(upbeat music)
