It’s Possible the Drama Revolving Around POKEMON Nuzlocke Games Is a Miscommunication — GeekTyrant

I want to be clear that I do not want to dismiss anyone’s story and it’s possible that everyone’s telling the truth. We don’t know when Kit & Krysta wanted to do the segment and so it’s possible the policy has changed. It’s also possible that there was merely a miscommunication with someone. As many have pointed out, many streamers use a ROM hack to do a randomized Nuzlocke challenge and it’s very possible that TPC had conflated the randomized version with a perfectly legitimate set of self-imposed rules. Another possibility is that TPC was just trying to save face when talking to Merrick and Sarumi. Maybe TPC just didn’t want to people to think that they officially endorsed Nuzlocke which might lead to rumors or hopes and dreams that one day it would be an official game mode or something.

I think that there’s enough information missing from the puzzle that we can’t come to a conclusion. It makes the most sense to me that TPC had conflated the legitimate version with the ROM hack, hence their harsh language. I could very well be wrong though. All the same, I think we all need to take a deep breath. If you like to play legitimate Nuzlockes, go for it. It’s not for everyone, and you don’t need TPC’s blessing to play it. Maybe someday I’ll actually give it a go myself.