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Nuzlocke Info

General Philosophy

Drayano projects are extremely popular to Nuzlocke and have been for many years. There has been a growing demand for harder Drayano titles, however many just want to play casually.

  • Indeed, these older projects aren't specifically designed to be nuzlocked and have always been designed for regular play-throughs.

With this in mind, Redux attempts to cater to both Casual and Veteran players by expanding the in-built difficulty system in Black 2 and White 2.

  • Upon game start, the player is prompted to save the game after a chat with your mother and to talk to the Key Bearer. Once you've spoken to him, the game will save again.
  • This guarantees that the player correctly receives the difficulty keys.

Difficulty Options

With the difficulty keys, the player can choose between three different difficulty modes.

  • Whilst not so much an issue if playing on Easy or Normal mode, switching to lower difficulties for certain battles on challenge mode can break certain scripts.
  • Thus, to be completely safe, pick your preferred difficulty at the start of the game and stick with it.

Normal Mode

  • The standard difficulty of Dray's other work. For example, Normal mode is equivalent in difficulty to Renegade Platinum or BB2 and VW2.
  • Trainers shouldn't be impossible to beat and generally stick to single battles, but are definitely a much greater challenge than in Black 2 and White 2.
  • You can expect some of your Pokémon to faint in battle unless you bring some strategies of your own to the table.
  • Gym leaders start with fewer Pokémon, building up to a full team of six.

Easy Mode

  • A casual, laid back experience.
  • All trainer teams are shared with Normal Mode, but have reduced levels and a.i. difficulty.
  • Perfect for experiencing the new changes to Unova, without any of the difficulty heartache.

Challenge Mode

  • In the era of Radical Red, many in the community crave a more challenging Pokémon experience. However, many yearn for the Vanilla feel of such a challenge. This is where challenge mode comes in!
  • Gym leaders will all use full teams of six from the get-go.
  • Important trainers will use a mix of Single, Double and Triple battles against you. This keeps the player on their toes and forces them to consider different strategies between battles.
  • Redux features a selection of exclusive challenge mode encounters and battles, including Lance and a double battle with Lenora and her Husband!
  • Other regular trainers all have their levels dynamically scaled, depending on the number of badges earned, like in Vanilla. This scales upto a maximum of +7 levels, depending on the area.
  • Important trainers don't use items in battle, to help prevent player abuse of their predictability.
  • The player is healed before most important battles to prevent Guts/Poison Heal/Quick Feet etc abuse. This also helpfully reduces gym backtracking and helps keep the player on equal footing with the a.i.