Pokémon Nuzlocke Silver takes the classic Johto adventure and cranks up the stakes—if you’ve ever wanted to feel genuine panic when your Pidgey gets crit in the first gym, this is the way to play. Same world, same Pokémon, but with the Nuzlocke rules: first encounter per route only, and if something faints, it’s gone for good. No resets, no mercy.

I lost my starter before Falkner once. That’s the kind of brutal honesty this hack brings—suddenly that random Bellsprout you caught becomes your MVP, and every battle feels like life or death. The GBC’s chunky pixels somehow make every close call even more dramatic. Just pray you don’t run into a surprise Selfdestruct.

It’s still Silver at heart, just with way more emotional damage.