No. 274: Nuzleaf

The inspiration of Nuzlocke, Nuzleaf makes his appearance!

What is Nuzlocke, you ask? It's a self-imposed challenge way of playing Pokemon. The general rules are something along the lines of

1. If a Pokemon faints, then release it.
2. You must try to catch the first Pokemon you encounter in a area, and that is the one you can catch for that area.
3. Make a big frigging deal out of it online by streaming your run, making a webcomic about it, posting tweets about it, etc.
4. get emotionally attached to the little buggers like never before
5. get your shit wrecked when they "die"
6. ???
7. Profit!!

I don't do that because I look at my team and say, "why should death stop you from fighting?"


Anyway, Nuzleaf himself is like a sapling, which makes sense, evolving from Seedot's acorn. Nuzleaf has some sort of Zorro mask going on, as well as a long pointy nose. I like both of those things. One Piece has taught me the glory that is a long nose. Little balloon pants are neat, and the leaf on his head is a Grass-type cliche, but still effective in his design here.

But the thing that gets me is his nipples. Why? Why why why? Most humanoid Pokemon don't even have them, so why'd Nuzleaf, ostensibly some sort of tree creature, have to have them? Both the males and the females? WHY.

He's also got a Dark sub-type, which you should take note of. Giving a Dark sub-type to a Pokemon is a surefire way to make it twice as good.


Overall: 8/10