The whole point of nuzlockes, in the beginning, was to tell stories. I remember reading the original nuzlocke webcomic years ago. The failed runs are as important as the victories. If every story ended in victory, what would be the point of telling them?

The letter to Steven: "Dear Steven, I'm at an all time low. The divorce papers came in and it looks like your step-mother and I will be officially separated in the eyes of the law by the time you get this letter. I know it's been a long time coming and I shouldn't be surprised. But a small part of me thought that we'd make it through this. A small part of me thought that she just needed to blow off some steam. That's why I paid for her flight to Sinnoh. So that she could explore other relationships and find that what we had was special. But I was wrong. What do these Probopass have that I don't? Is it really worth throwing away everything we had? Worth walking away from her son? I'm so alone. All I have for comfort is Nosey's hugs. But he socks at hugs. Because he's half Nosepass. It's like hugging a giant rock with flailing human limbs. Pretty creepy actually. I know you won't return home, and I respect that. But I'm your Dad. So, I'll keep sending child postmen to let you know that I love you. Love, Daddy Stone."

Grass types: Our time is now brethren!!!!

These personalized letters from Steven are getting more ridiculous every time. I love it. 7:55 for those who missed it.

Just realizing that normal types are godly in this challenge, they'd just have a ghost weakness and be able to hit everything else (including ghost) for either neutral or super effective damage.

Guess when Flygon tried catching Wurmple he didn’t crit around the play

But wait, this is the inverse challenge... Doesn't wiping mean that you actually won? Stupid jokes aside, congrats on the 200K Flygon! And thanks for the consistently good content, you bring a smile to my face every time you upload. In the last year you've become one of my favorite content creators, and I'm sure many other people here can say the same. Keep up the good work!

i really love how many unique challenges you've been doing in the past few months, which aren't just monolockes. they're really unique to watch!

Uncle Jimtendo should make a special version that has trick room permenantly active in every battle. Would be a cool nuzlocke i think!

the locke was really creative and also, the "in memorial" section at the end is something really cute I'd like to see more times good job, matti!!💙

i think losing in the inverse locke was kinda poetic, in normal nuzlockes you usually win, so it would make sense to lose in the inverse nuzlocke

Funny thing that in this specific challenge... Groudon actually was winning.

“As easy as taking babies from candies” got me

Bug types were finally gonna be good. But normal came in saying “allow me to introduce myself”

I always love the Hoenn runs because the Nosey letters are always so great

Might I recommend a Pokémon ultra moon nuzlocke with only Pokémon that change type when they evolve? As in a type gets swapped like Onix getting rid of its rock type for steel when evolving into Steelix Ultra moon is unique in that it has practically every Pokémon that changed type expect for the poster children of the gimmick: nincada and azuril. (And some Pokémon with regional forms that were added later) What’s also interesting about this is the encounter layout as only rowlet and Onix are found on Melemele island, with the remaining are spilt evenly between Akala and Poni island, and no encounters on Ula’Ula. Which means you have to get through Olivia’s trail up to the Lusamine fight with 7 available Pokémon at best before suddenly opening a bunch of new dragon type encounters. On the plus side, the Pokémon available aren’t the most commonly used Pokémon The Pokémon that change type are the following: Rowlet (swaps flying for ghost) Onix (found via island scan on Sunday) (swaps rock for steel) Eevee (swaps normal for another type) Surskit (swaps water for flying) Ralts (found via island scan on Tuesday) (swaps it’s fairy for fighting) (dawn stone isn’t until after necrozma) Fletchling (swaps normal for fire) Cubone (swaps ground for fire and ghost) Larvitar (swaps ground for dark) Scyther (swaps flying for steel) Exeggcute (swaps psychic for dragon) Dragalge (swapped water for dragon) (also ultra moon exclusive) Altaria (swapped normal for dragon) (only found in red portals in ultra space) Drapion (swapped bug for dark) (only found in green portals in ultra space)

Id like to point out that Daddy Stone is really just trying his best to be a good father. To Steven and Nosey

Days when flygon uploads makes me want to nuzlocke pokemon. Then I realise I'm ass at pokemon and decide to binge more nuzlockes ive watched 1000 times. Thanks flygon!!!

Loved it when Taborc morbed all over the guys. Also the talk you had at the end of the run was super heartwarming, like genuinely.

I see the title, and I’m already excited! Seeing a FlygonHG video always makes my day a little better.

“Taborc: the blind” Poor taborc getting the whole run blamed on it lol 😂

Fun fact my first ever full odds shiny was a claydol in sky pillar…….who self destructed when I was trying to catch it

I love these kinds of challenges- honestly, I think the challenge itself of bending your brain around swapped advantages and disadvantages makes it more satisfying to see when you goof (ex. sending laocrot in to take the solarbeam, which I wouldn’t have noticed otherwise bc it made sense normally) so I think even imperfect challenges are worth the watch!! Your sense for storytelling is superb either way and I always enjoy it immensely :)

See, I really liked the Inverse Battle mechanic from Gen 6 and seeing this Nuzlocke had me definitely interested from the get-go, as if all your other Nuzlockes didn't. Lliramuza may just be my favorite nickname ever. And Daddy Stone's letter is pretty depressing this time, at least we know Nosey can give hugs, creepy as they may be. Win, lose or draw, you really are like that train in that one Denzel Washington movie.

I actually like when the Nuzlockes don’t always result in a win, and that slideshow at the end for all the fallen team members was awesome. This was a cool run :)

Challenge made my head hurt with thinking in reverse. Really neat idea to see played out. Also, does failing an inverted challenge mean you actually succeeded?

It's so cool to hear the TS references. I never expect how it would come, but I'm always thrilled when it happens. Also, FlygonHG playthroughs are so amusing!

Genuinely my favourite channel and the humour and commentary in this video is exactly why! Also love how you didn't just reset after Roxanne, I really love seeing these kinds of challenges where major mistakes are embraced and accepted and seeing the delights of nuzlockes where people are unexpectedly forced to play the game differently with different Pokémon, especially in a topsy-turvy challenge like this one! Thanks for the video yet again, kind sir!

This reminds me of my Pokemon Y Steel type run(Which I HIGHLY RECOMMEND) when I got absolutely destroyed by the Inverse Battle House

taborc was the obvious MVP my favourite part was when he said "its Borcking time!". everyone cheered

this run was insane and also really makes you think about how many mons benefit from the inverse types

Love keeping the failures as seperate runs and not forcing yourself to complete them :) Makes it far more tense sometimes and this way you can add this specific challenge to your "To beat in the future." List and always return to them.

You are my favorite Nuzlocker. Your content is top tier, and I love how you've branched out in terms of unique challenges.

“Taborc morbs all over Juan’s team” I see what you did there. Amazing concept, hope they do one for a Gen 4 or Gen 5 game! And seeing Spinda and Tropius kick ass in a Nuzlocke is so cool to watch.

I love this. I wish Inverse Battles were brought back in recent generations, the different strategies that it comes with were always fascinating to see

I really enjoyed that you showed a run that went all the way to the end and didn’t win. Fantastic subversion.

Tsk, what is it with old men thinking younger women will come crawling back to them after getting to experience more of the world? Honestly, good on Nosepass! Her career is taking off; I hear she effortlessly curbstomped a Treecko recently. Let her flourish! Like, I feel bad for Nosey, sure, but it's time Devon pulled his pants up and finally learned to be a dad. 😤 Edit: "Speaking of people who are ashamed of me, it's time to fight my father." The daddy issues keep coming and they don't stop coming. 😢

I'd love to see this in later generations with the type chart changes + the introduction of fairy - that'd be super interesting!

What a great concept! I really like this change of pace and would love to see a retry. Though ofc only when you be down to give it another shot Dr Flygon. Last thing any of us want is to see you get burnt out to the point where you stop enjoying yourself:)

how about 'inverted' stats challenge? Swap: HP - Speed, Attack - Defense, Sp Attack - Sp Defense.

"super effective Rock Tomb" feels wrong when you're fighting Brawly

"Quad resist to water, excellent for this 7/10 region" *chef's kiss* amazing

I never get tired of hearing "my corgi puppy Poppy", it's like one of those things that are just fun to say/hear!

I really like this and these challenges, thank you. It does bother me a little bit that you weren’t able to fix the inaccurate type inversion, but I understand that more might be factored in for this than I am aware of. Regardless great video

That was awesome! Please do this again! The whipe was so suspenseful, I wasn't sure until the garydos whether you'd make it or not

Adnips loss hit me so hard, the ending didnt help but i liked the in memorial section a lot. GG Flygon!

I don't mind run failures being posted I actually prefer when theres a mix of successes and failures for nuzlocks being posted it makes it very enjoyable and keeps me excited for the next video to be posted. You hit the nail on the head of why it is important to post outcomes at the end of the video. Thank you for constantly making entertaining videos and having unique and interesting runs :D

when whismurs are born they see a silver thread that connects them to their gruesome and peculiar end and they follow it like soldiers marching to war.

Great video! Would love to see another one like this especially if the bug type was fixed regarding normal type weakness.

Gotta love how flipping the type chart doesn't stop Gyarados from Gyaradosing

your narration style and production value is great! as someone else mentioned the variation is a breath of fresh air, keep up the great work!

love the video! thanks for letting me make the thumbnail. u were lovely to work with!! -sasha/fluff

This is such an insane idea for a nuzlocke. Wonderful

I love that you're so humble and willing to own your mistakes. It's always nice to see in gaming vids, and makes these videos a lot more relatable and easy to learn from.

I honestly like this. So many Pokemon KZfaqr content is "Can I do this thing?" where the video is basically resetting or some sort of repetitive steps until it is beat. This video where you CAN lose is an actual "Can I beat it like this?" with a one and done

another cool challenge in this same vein would be switching physical and special stats, or defensive and offensive sats!

Great video! The losses make the wins feel like wins, instead of just inevitabilities. You do a fantastic job of always keeping us on our toes til the end.

This one was super creative, and easily one of your best narration works. So many moments caught me off guard.

I love repeatedly pressing the wrong button and re-watching the start of the ad instead of skipping it. Great video as always, Don't know how I missed it for a year.

I loved this video so much. Definitely one of my favorites. Trying to turn my instinctive type matchup knowledge around was TOUGH. And don't worry, you weren't the only one who struggled with Aney...htgim... No, that's not right ... And regarding burnout, I feel you. I don't know if this inverse challenge came before Blaze Black/Volt White 2 redux, but i really felt that you were getting frustrated with that series and challenge mode's unfairness. I guess that contributed to the burnout feeling. All this to say, I'm glad you chose what you chose with BW/VW2, and I'm glad you chose to do what you did in this video!

This was a really fun one, great concept and execution. Also really liked the in memoriam section at the end with all the cute superlatives. And the nosepass letters are always a joy

This was really interesting. I would definitely watch more of these

Love this one so much man! Thanks for sharing the times you don’t complete the run like you wanted to! Really makes for interesting content and makes me want to watch more!

I personally like the idea of not winning every challenge/taking some L s for surprise value, tough I only like it when like in this case it is certain weather the challenge was possible/impossible or at least pheasable/unpheasable (so in this case we know a win was spossible, therefore we don't need to see it to satisfy our curiosity)

Gotta love how in gen 3 kyogre was the clear winner but in the remakes Groudon was

I think this is the first time I've seen a failed Nuzlocke from you and it was a pleasant (unpleasant surprise for you, maybe) surprise! Your commentary ALWAYS keeps me on the edge of my seat with your numerous bait and switch lines which certainly makes your videos extremely fun and exciting to watch. I honestly couldn't guess how your battles would go because nothing is ever certain in your videos. More power to you!

That was really entertaining to watch. I can't believe how many times your opponent stopped on 1 HP. The inverted type chart really made me think of why you were making certain moves and I'm sure it was extremely tough for you, especially early game, to adjust.

There's just such a chaotic energy this time around

Love these unique challenges! Makes a classic emerald run super interesting to think about

"After having to explain to Archie why, no, using the red orb to try to control the blue Pokemon was not a good idea" Amazing I love it

As much as this was something you didn’t want to do again right away, i’d love to see you come back to this!! 💚 it was super interesting to make a whole playthrough based on inverse battles

It might be fun to determine the type chart at random and you have to deduce it as you go along

Loved this challenge :) I adore your creative approaches to the game regardless whether you win or not. Super nice to watch!

"Taborc just morbs all over his Pokémon" had me literally crying 😂😂😂

I really love your nuzlockes, they always put a smile on my face, you are very charismatic, and if you feel like not finish the challenge, it's KOK, I passed a very good time with your video. Keep going, you're doing great

long time fan, just commenting to say that I really like and support the decision not to tell us the outcome or give us clues to if the nuzlocke was 100% completed. Really makes the videos that much more exciting. Also, do whatever you need to do to avoid burnout. We all really appreciate the amount of content you come out with as it is and I think most of your fans prefer to watch your videos knowing that you were enjoying these challenges rather than really grinding out something that was very taxing for you behind the scenes. Thanks!

If I had a nickel for every time a magneton speed tied a dustox, I’d have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it happened twice.

The letter and ending were emotional omg haha. Another great video, man!!

This is crazy creative bro, keep up the wild awesome content!

I actually just finished my first-ever Nuzlocke challenge earlier today. I was totally inspired by you, and wanted to give it a shot. The way you ended your video was really poignant, and a good lesson for brand-new Nuzlockers: pobody's nerfect.

Great video! Would love to see this challenge in another game or just another try at this. Loved the ending :-)

Thank you for not trying twice I really enjoy the mix ups. Like don’t get me wrong nothing makes me happier then a 40 min flygon vid (lots of things but it’s a figure of speech)

Great challenge and well played. :) I hope you know, there isn't pressure to put out only videos where you win, or to go that extra mile to restart. Seeing a run where you lose is refreshing, especially given how hard fought it was.

It’s been so long since I’ve watched these videos. I love how you’ve grown. Loved the intro as well

The steel type: nervous sweating

Loved the video as always! You do you, man.

Inverse battles are an awesome, creative idea for nice locks that I would love to see Triton other generations as well. It can get a flight to many unexpected heroes that usually get overlooked

Yay! Something to keep me occupied since I couldn't go to the convention I wanted. Thanks Dr Flygon, this one looks really interesting!

Glad to see the return of Mr. Stone’s letter, gotta be one of the funniest jokes on the channel.

The quality content you continue to bring is truly like that train from that Denzel Washington movie

Great video my man, was enjoyable to watch and I liked the way you handled the end, along with sticking with the seemingly failed run. Since this is inverse locke I want to mention an interesting thing, there's a popular and difficult fan game called Pokemon Reborn, and with the latest big update it added settings to change aspects of the game. One of those is an inverse password. There are some other passwords too, one that sets all the opponent's pokemon to have 252 in every ev, and a password for each mono type. Some absolute masochistic mad lads have started and completed runs since then with the inverse and 252 in all evs password, as a *mono steel* type run. Nicknamed, the Tinverselocke.

despite the finale message of the video, i'd love to see again this inverted ruleset in another nuzlocke! great video!!

your videos single handled made me dig out my old game boy sp, and preform my first nuzlocke on fire red, thank you so much for sharing your entertaining persona and impressive knowledge of pokemon with the world! keep up the great content :)

Steel before: UNLIMITED POWER!!!!!! Steel after: I'm too weak.

At first I did not see the naming scheme because I thought you were seriously naming your treecko "Elit(e) Pecs" and it wouldn't be too far off considering the run (and my bias). Fun as always! Lovely to come online to find a new HG video!

I appreciate the upload of this nuzlocke to change things up. It's pretty humbling to show that things don't always work out, but that's ok. And I also support the self care and try8ng to avoid burn out. It seems like a lot of creators are starting experience it so do what you feel is right man.

Hey FlygonHG just wanted to let you know this is one of my favorite videos of yours, don't be afraid to lose one of your Nuzlocks. Makes there be bigger impact for the wins and the loses.

At this point I don't watch for the video, I watch for the daddy stone lore

I'd just like to mention the fact that you so effortlessly, yet properly, gender the pokemon you're talking about is amazing.

Super cool video! Great job, FlygonHG ☺️