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Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire (2002)

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Core rules
The Nuzlocke Challenge has only two rules that must be followed:

Any Pokémon that faints is considered dead, and must be released or put in the Pokémon Storage System permanently (or may be transferred to another game, as long as the Pokémon is never able to be used again during this run).
The player may only catch the first wild Pokémon encountered in each area, and none else. If the first wild Pokémon encountered faints or flees, there are no second chances. If the first encounter in the area is a double battle,
the player is free to choose which of the two wild Pokémon they would like to catch but may only catch one of them. This restriction does not apply to Pokémon able to be captured during static encounters, nor to Shiny Pokémon.

Other near-universally used rules include:

All pokemon in the wild are randomized, all pokemon's abilities are randomized and so are items in the field and TM's.
The player must nickname all of their Pokémon, for the sake of forming stronger emotional bonds.
The player may not voluntarily reset and reload the game whenever things go wrong. Being able to do so would render all of the other rules pointless.
A black out/white out is considered to be a "game over," even if there are usable Pokémon left in the PC, and the player must start over.
The core rules are not in effect until the player has gained their first Poké Balls and thus the ability to catch Pokémon.
For example, encounters starting from the PoochyenaRSORAS/ZigzagoonE that the player has to save Professor Birch from, up to when the player has the ability to catch Pokémon, are not counted.
Likewise, in the games where the rival battle is immediately after obtaining the starter Pokémon, the "any Pokémon that faint must be released" rule is often not enforced at that time.
Species/Dupes Clause: The "first wild Pokémon in each area" rule does not apply in an area until a species or evolution line is encountered that has not been caught yet.
For example, if the player's first encounter in an area is with a Caterpie and they already own a Caterpie, Metapod or Butterfree, it wouldn't count as their first encounter in that area.
This is to allow for increased variety in a player's Pokémon collection.
A limit may be set on how many times the player can apply the Species/Dupes Clause in an area.
If this many duplicate Pokémon are encountered in an area, the Species/Dupes Clause is no longer applied for that area and the player has to settle for the next Pokémon they encounter, regardless of its species.
Shiny Clause: Shiny Pokémon do not need to be released if they faint.
Each Gym Badge may act as a checkpoint. If the player gets a game over, they may start over from when they got their previous Gym Badge.

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