Pokémon Playthrough Center

Ice Espeon

Ice Espeon

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Introduction​

Welcome to the Pokémon Playthrough Center (PPC), the thread that will serve as the central hub for all Pokémon playthroughs and challenges on Pokébeach. Here you can ask questions about any playthrough or challenge that may interest you, as well as registering to take part in one.

What is a Playthrough?​

A playthrough is any "run" through a game where you impose rules on yourself that dictate how you play the game. These rules can be almost anything, such as a rule where you are restricted on what type(s) you can use, how you obtain Pokémon in the challenge or what happens to a Pokémon if it faints. There are several varieties of basic challenges to choose from, to which you can add restrictions as you see fit. Each challenge has a post with its own rules and a Hall of Fame:


Playthrough Classification​

Playthroughs are divided into two types based on how they are written: story and gameplay. Playthroughs classified as story reside in the Writer's Café while gameplay playthroughs are based in the VG News & General Discussion forum. For a playthrough to be classified as story it must:

  • Have at least 500 words per update.
  • Be told like a story. This means that updates cannot just state what levels your Pokémon gained/new moves learned/gym leaders beaten, but rather must be elaborate with story details that you have added yourself.
All stories must also follow all of the Writer's Café rules other than the required number of words per update. A fantastic example of a story playthrough is The Worst of the Worst - Teapot's LeafGreen Playthrough. All other playthroughs will be classified as gameplay.

Rules for Undertaking a Challenge​

When undertaking a challenge you must post in this thread with the following: the game you are playing; the challenge that you are going to do; the classification of the playthrough (story/gameplay) and the link to the thread where your challenge is located. When starting a Monotype/Solo challenge please also state what type/Pokémon (respectively) you will be using. For example:

Ice Espeon said:
I'm doing a Monotype challenge with Water in Pokémon Platinum with the gameplay classification.

[insert link here]
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Make sure to update regularly, but also make sure that you have enough new content to share in each post.

When you complete a challenge your name will go in the Hall of Fame for that challenge. If you manage to complete all six of the main challenges then you will be entered into the Grand Challenge Hall of Fame near the bottom of this post

If you are lucky enough to get a Shiny Pokémon on one of your playthroughs, be sure to tell us here so we can add you to the Hall of Shiny, where you and your shiny Pokémon will be kept until the end of time!

No one yet - be the first!
No one yet - be the first!

This thread can also be used for the general discussion of playthorughs - you can discuss the rules as well as offer hints and tips to others. You can also link to updates in your playthroughs here. Also don't be afraid to suggest new challenges - they may even be added to the roster!

Have fun!
 
Nuzlocke​

Nuzlocke challenges are fun challenges that really test your skills as a trainer and your ability to make judgements on what Pokémon to use in what situation. Although they can be intense sometimes they are very rewarding and lead to you forming some really strong bonds with Pokémon you never expected to be good.

Basic Rules:
  1. You may only catch the first Pokémon you encounter in any route or Area.
  2. If a Pokémon faints then it is considered dead and cannot be used again for the duration of the challenge. These Pokémon must either be released or placed in a 'Death Box'.
  3. All Pokémon must be nicknamed (not completely necessary but is strongly advised to give your Pokémon more personality).
Optional Rules:
  • Dupes Clause - you may not obtain a Pokémon if you have already obtained another member of its evolutionary family (e.g. you can't catch a Swellow if you have already obtained a Tailow, even if the Tailow is dead). (This rule helps to prevent you having a box full of Bidoof or other common Pokémon)
  • Healing/Item restrictions - this involves imposing restrictions on healing such as how many times you are allowed to heal a Pokémon in battle, being able to heal outside of battle or even restricting use of a Pokémon Center.

(There are many more besides those listed above!)

PhantomHaze - Black - Gameplay
ChesterTMWAC - Ash Grey - Gameplay
Omega Soul - Black - Gameplay

[url=http://www.pokebeach.com/forums/thread-pok%C3%A9mon-red-randomizer-nuzlocke-on-youtube]ChesterTMWAC - Red (Randomizer) - Gameplay

Difficulty: Medium
 
Wonderlocke​

A Wonderlocke is a variation on the classic Nuzlocke that has appeared in Generation VI. As the name implies, the key difference with a Wonderlocke is the use of the Wondertrade system. Instead of using the first Pokémon that you encounter in each area, you Wondertrade it away to someone somewhere else in the world, and use the Pokémon that they traded to you instead.

Basic Rules:
  1. You may only catch the first Pokémon you encounter in any route or Area. This Pokémon must then be traded away using the Wondertrade system.
  2. If a Pokémon faints then it is considered dead and cannot be used again for the duration of the challenge. These Pokémon must either be released or placed in a 'Death Box'.
  3. All Pokémon must be nicknamed (not completely necessary but is strongly advised to give your Pokémon more personality).
Optional Rules:
  • Dupes Clause - you may not obtain a Pokémon if you have already obtained another member of its evolutionary family (e.g. you can't catch a Swellow if you have already obtained a Tailow, even if the Tailow is dead). (This rule helps to prevent you having a box full of Bidoof or other common Pokémon)
  • Healing/Item restrictions - this involves imposing restrictions on healing such as how many times you are allowed to heal a Pokémon in battle, being able to heal outside of battle or even restricting use of a Pokémon Center.
  • Level restrictions (Strongly Recomended!!) - You must re-trade a Pokémon if it's level is above a certain threshold (usually the highest levelled Pokémon of the next Gym Leader) to prevent the game being too easy (it's not going to be that enjoyable if you get a level 59 Hydreigon obtained by someone in Victory Road in exchange for your Pidgey).
(There are many more besides those listed above!)

Cypher333 - Alpha Sapphire - Story
No one yet - be the first!

Difficulty: Medium
 
Wedlocke​

Another variation on the Nuzlocke is the Wedlocke. This variant is harder than the others listed above as it requires you to think much more about choices and their impacts on your team. In this variant Pokémon are paired according to their gender, hence the name Wedlocke.

Basic Rules:
  1. You may only catch the first Pokémon you encounter in any route or Area. Genderless Pokémon cannot be caught and do not count towards the first encounter rule. If you have an odd-numbered amount of Pokémon in your party then you only count Pokémon encounters if they lead to gender ratio of the party remaining 50:50 (e.g. you would ignore female enounters if you had 3 female Pokémon and 2 male).
  2. If a Pokémon faints then it is considered dead and cannot be used again for the duration of the challenge. These Pokémon must either be released or placed in a 'Death Box'.
  3. All Pokémon must be nicknamed (not completely necessary but is strongly advised to give your Pokémon more personality).
  4. Pokémon are paired according to gender, with male Pokémon being paired with female Pokémon. Once a pair has been created it cannot be destroyed unless one of the Pokémon in the pairing dies. When entering battle, only the lead pair may take part unless both Pokémon in the pair die (no switching between different pairs during the battle).
  5. Pokémon cannot be deposited into the PC.
Obviously its fine to alter the rules to allow for same gender pairings :).

Optional Rules:
  • Dupes Clause - you may not obtain a Pokémon if you have already obtained another member of its evolutionary family (e.g. you can't catch a Swellow if you have already obtained a Tailow, even if the Tailow is dead). (This rule helps to prevent you having a box full of Bidoof or other common Pokémon)
  • Healing/Item restrictions - this involves imposing restrictions on healing such as how many times you are allowed to heal a Pokémon in battle, being able to heal outside of battle or even restricting use of a Pokémon Center.
(There are many more besides those listed above!)

Keeper of Night - Colosseum - Story
No one yet - be the first!

Difficulty: Hard
 
Monotype​

A Monotype challenge is a fun, more relaxed challenge where you are only allowed to use Pokémon from a certain type. You are allowed to use Pokémon that are not of the chosen type as long as one of it's evolved or unevolved forms are (e.g. you could use Dragalge in a Water Monotype challenge, Surskit in a Flying Monotype etc.). When choosing a type make sure there are actually enough Pokémon of that type in the game and its fine to trade in order to make up the numbers (just don't go around doing a Steel Monotype in Pokémon Yellow :p).

One Approved - Emerald - Fire - Story
No one yet - be the first!

Difficulty: Easy
 
Scramble​

A Scramble challenge (aka a Choose My Team challenge) is one where the person undertaking the challenge has little to no control over their team, which instead is chosen by the users who read the challenge. This can cause some crazy teams to be created and can prove to be difficult if everyone gives a hard request. You can only leave one request for a Pokémon, for which you can choose things like its nickname, whether it has to have a certain move for the whole game, at what level it can evolve (or even if it can evolve at all) etc. Don't choose Pokémon that are just useless (Burmy, Magikarp, Combee etc.) unless the person doing the challenge says it's OK for you to do so. Only the first six Pokémon requested may be used (this is to stop you having too much choice - that would be too easy :p).

Omega Soul - Soul Silver - Gameplay
Ice Espeon - Yellow - Gameplay
No one yet - be the first!

Difficulty: Easy
 
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Solo​

A Solo challenge is one where for the entire duration of the challenge you can only use one Pokémon. This can really test your strategic play when you only have a handful of move types available.

Omega Soul - Platinum - Infernape - Gameplay
No one yet - be the first!

Difficulty: Easy
 
 
I'm doing a scrambleish thing. I'll post the link one it's moved to the writer's café and I have computer access.
 
I might resume my X Nuzlocke...I did get a Shiny Magikarp while fishing :p (It was my first encounter to be fair)

http://www.pokebeach.com/forums/thread-reggie-s-pok%C3%A9mon-x-nuzlocke-ch-18-up

Ok I haven't updated it since may, but I can turn it into a really funny story if anyone wants me too ;)
 
I'm just gonna let ya know that your links don't really work all they do is open a new page of this thread without taking me to the post I want to read about.

Edit: it may just be me, it seems to not work for many threads for me.
 
It works fine for me, so, yeah, I'm guess it's just you, or maybe some function of your browser not properly recognizing the #pid jump.
 
It should be fixed now (hopefully). :)

The problem seems to be that originally the thread was called the 'Pokémon Playthrough Centre' and when I changed it to 'Center' to match the official term of Pokémon Center I forgot to fix the links and as a result some browsers got confused. ^-^

Thanks for bringing it to my attention!
 
The link to my Scrambleish thing is: www.pokebeach.com/forums/thread-lugia123-s-black-scrambleish-thing
 
I'm doing a Scramble Challenge on Pokémon Yellow with the gameplay classification.

http://www.pokebeach.com/forums/thread-ice-espeon-s-yellow-scramble-suggestion-phase
 
White 2 Randomizer! (Not a nuzlocke, that went out the door once I lost my rival battle)

http://www.pokebeach.com/forums/thread-white-2-r3-reggie-s-randomizer-runthrough-ch-1-up?pid=2680358#pid2680358
 
I am playing a Gameplay Let's play of Pokemon Ash Grey!

Link to thread:
http://www.pokebeach.com/forums/thread-pokemon-ash-grey-on-youtube
 
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