COUPLE'S CONSOLING CORONA QUARANTINE BLUE VERSION NUZLOCKE

[Couple's Consoling]

Hello! I'm David, my wife's Ali, and we're stuck inside our New York apartment during the outbreak of COVID 19. So, we decided to pass our time by playing a Nuzlocke! Ali has never played Pokemon Blue, and there's no game that's quite as homey to me, so that's what we're doing. This is part Nuzlocke, part log of what life is like right now. So in between pokemon battles, we'll be talking about how we're feeling, what's happened in the news, and then we're going to yell about 8 bit creatures and button pushing.

Our rules are pretty basic, with one little extra one for the quarantine!

1. We must nickname every pokemon so we get attached.
2. We can only catch one pokemon per named area.
3. If a pokemon faints, we can no longer use it.
4. If a pokemon gets poisoned, we may finish using it in the current battle, but then we must box it until we reach a Pokemon Center we have not yet been to. We must practice social distancing!

So, with that all being said, please enjoy our first episode, and our new intro!


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLp4pRhDEfw&t=2524s

 

[Couple's Consoling]

A few levels later, and we're ready to take on our rival, the douchiest of douchebags, Patient 0.... And then the Pewter City Gym! Wow, that was fast.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cdE3OzOvnU

 

[Couple's Consoling]

With Brock out of the way, it's time for us to work our way to Mt. Moon. Even if we are not equipped with legwear that is both comfy and easy to wear. Side note: NYC cases have tripled since we started filming four days ago. This project is making us keep track of the numbers, and there's a lot to be deeply concerned about.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrrrcNMzg4A

 

[Couple's Consoling]

Today, Ali is going to ATTEMPT to navigate Mt. Moon. Place your bets now how this is gonna go for us?


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7b3NQW1XRro&t=1810s

 

[Couple's Consoling]

With Mt. Moon conquered but our most powerful player in quarantine, we've gotta buff up our team a bit! That means a new catch, a new evolution, and a lot of grinding. And that grinding gives us a chance to go in depth on our corona quarantine log, what's up in the news, and how we're feeling right now. Not gonna lie, we get real this episode. We're nervous, man.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqLTLxN5yI8&t=994s

 

[Couple's Consoling]

With our team leveled up, it's time to see if they can handle the battles ahead on Nugget Bridge! But first, the Shut In is going to have to deal with a surprise visit from his rival - Patient 0.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WTBt4aLaYE&t=15s

 

[Couple's Consoling]

After finding Bill and discovering he obviously hasn't seen that movie "The Fly," it's time for us to fight for our second gym badge! How do you think it'll go?


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szj507dUFjk

 

[Couple's Consoling]

With Misty vanquished, it's time for us to deal with a breaking and entering case, which will hopefully put us on track to get poor Washington out of quarantine! Also, it's been a couple days since we posted, and you might be wondering why. Well, funny story...


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DB_aCEss0ZE&t=1290s

 

[Couple's Consoling]

So, today, we venture into what is obviously the epicenter of coronavirus for the Kanto region: the SS Anne. And for some reason, our character the Shut In wants to visit EVERY room? Oh, that’s got bad idea written all over it.


View: https://youtu.be/n-ucAJHgeRM

 

[Couple's Consoling]

Now that we've got the HM for cut, our options for catching new Pokemon has gone way up. So before we take on Lt. Surge, we figured we'd go find what we could catch! While hopefully not being forced to quarantine any staple team members!


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gF7yGH5m4jA

 

[Couple's Consoling]

With Shrewms leading the way, we're going up against Lt. Surge! Can we beat him, or are we tripping?


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAXhsnZ7X8I

 

[Couple's Consoling]

We're going to Rock Tunnel today, and there's nothing in there that would make this stressful or hard, right? ...Right?


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQUXjVpnlF8

 

[Couple's Consoling]

Having made it out of Rock Tunnel, we emerge into the dim light of Lavender town, and we must ask ourselves a single, solemn question: uh what do now?


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFHQRTpB6pA

 

[Couple's Consoling]

With our newly buffed team, we're taking on Team Rocket in their underground lair! This would be great, except they keep dropping cool stuff, and our pockets can only hold SO much!


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcspoHP209A

 

[Couple's Consoling]

Time for our 4th gym fight against Erika! How lucky for us that almost all the Pokemon in both this gym AND the next gym are poison type... There's going to be a lot of quarantining, isn't there?


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlmvnfEvj7U

 

[Couple's Consoling]

Time to take on Pokemon Tower in Lavender town! Oh look, more poison types... DELIGHFTUL. Also, side note: does anyone remember Medabots? Because that shit was WEIRD.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lShLCxwr1yE

 

[Couple's Consoling]

Today, we've gotta get past a Snorlax to get to Fuchsia City. Our options for catching Pokemon are about to blow up, we just have to get a few pieces to fall into place!


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imVUQ_GDK1I

 

[Couple's Consoling]

With both the good rod AND the SUPER rod in our possession, our ability to catch water types has gone WAY up. And since our first one was named Washington, we had some ideas for how to name all the others!


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXQWc23Pf9M

 

[Couple's Consoling]

Today we're checking out the Safari Zone, and man... there's some COOL stuff in here to work with. Come find out what we managed to get our hands on!


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZ3yneRFCLA

 

[Nicolas721]

I see you two are having a lot of fun with captures. Given the lack of deaths, have you thought on turning this a Pokedex completion challenge? For the postgame, obviously.