Pokemon streamer dubbed "greatest nuzlocker in the world" after beating the series' most notorious game without losing a single Pokemon

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A Pokemon streamer has been dubbed "the greatest nuzlocker in the world" after completing a 'deathless' run of the series' most notorious fan game.

Pokemon Emerald Kaizo is a devilishly difficult spin on the third-gen classic. Beating it in a standard run is an achievement in itself, and as a result of its devilish complexity, it's become a favorite testing ground for top-tier nuzlockers - Pokemon players seeking an extra challenge who opt for a 'permadeath' version of the game. Emerald Kaizo whacks up level caps, grants gym leaders and other major antagonists extra Pokemon - including Legendaries - and introduces movesets, abilities, and items all designed to make every fight as difficult as possible.

All of that combines to make an Emerald Kaizo Nuzlocke one of the series' biggest challenges, that regularly takes even expert players hundreds of attempts to finish. But not content with that self-imposed difficulty, streamer Drew Prouty added an extra layer of complexity, dubbing a run a failure if he lost even a single Pokemon. As someone who's never had the patience to even complete a standard Nuzlocke, a deathless Nuzlocke seems horrifying, and a deathless Kaizo Nuzlocke is something I can barely comprehend.

In all, it took Prouty 402 attempts to finally get his win last year, and that final run has now been documented in a video by Nuzlocking YouTuber PokemonChallenges. What makes the eventual winning attempt even more wild is that Prouty didn't even get the starter Pokemon he wanted.

Given the sheer number of runs that Prouty attempted, he opted to use a save file that locked in his first ten encounters (Nuzlocke rules also dictate that you catch only the first Pokemon you discover in each new location), as long as