A Resurgence Insurgence Emergence: an Insurgence randomized nuzlocke

[uberle]

..... I think this is the right place for this, as it's a fangame

Think J-Awsome_One has a few play throughs here, so let's go

 

Hello
I am Uberle

In my attempt to stop lurking here I'm gonna share a run that I've been doing in Insurgence

Probably the first fan game I played 
I've been meaning to finish up my run of this, but never got to it
And still haven't
This is a fresh start right from the beginning of the game 
Because why not?

 

Also quick disclaimer

I've played through to the absolute end of this game once, but played the older version to the end three times

One was a nuzlocke as well, so I know what I'm getting myself into here

Really should finish that

Anyway nuzlocke rules in case you don't know

 

-1st encounter in each area
-Faint=dead
-Nickname everything
-Dupes and species clause applies 

 

All set?

Let's begin

Note: This update is very long, but that's just me getting all the intro stuff out of the way.

 

Update 1

Abscond 

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Been a while, old friend
Let's relive this adventure




Well this opening is new
Cool to see that



Oh right
Forgot about this flashback
There are a lot in this game
Just so you know






Every time I watch this I try to figure out why he walks back and forth on the stage thing
Oddly distracting 








Cults
These guys are more or less what you'd expect them to be once we get to them.




......
That's not that different from the normal evil teams
Magma and Aqua wanted to get rid of the sea and land, respectively.
Cyrus wanted to reset the entire universe
And Lysandre just wanted to kill everyone
These cults are basically the same as those guys, but are creepy worshipers.









(X)



(X)



(X)





I'm gonna ignore that title drop.




You guys sure you're not cultists?



And scene
Now onto the set up cutscene




Just randomized because I don't remember if the Nuzlocke thing on this registers species or not.
Also it just makes it easier.

Now I should mention how this game is randomized
It's universal
Which means every encounter is completely random
If you randomize a main series game, each Pokemon in an area is replaced with another
But for this that's not the case
Every time you get an encounter it's randomly chosen from all the Pokemon in the game
Which is all mons through gen 6 plus the deltas
Oh right
Deltas

You know how in TCG there were cards where the mons were different typings? 
That's the case here.
Insurgence's main attraction is its extensive collection of Deltas
Some are better than others, but they're all quite interesting in their own right
Some even have Megas
Also there are unique Megas in this game 
All the Johto starters have one plus a few other ones
But it'll be a while until we get to that




Oh voice in my head
'Ello
Would you mind explaining the Gengar in the back?






Yeah it's-



.......
Yes
I am 6bnfzfzf
Nice to meet you



Absolutely 
I may regret this later, but for now I'm rolling with it.



Sprite is the middle guy with purple hair.



Hmm
That's concerning






AWAKEN
Pillar Men theme intensifies



Darkrai cultists
Neat




I don't think that's how Dream Eater works.




She looks important.





.........
Persephone?
Greek goddess of Spring?
As the leader of the DARKRAI cult?
It's whole thing is nightmares.
What's she got to do with this?
I know technically Persephone is also the queen of the underworld, but that's due to pomegranate seeds magic. 
Doesn't fit.







Will there be chanting?
If not, you've all failed as cultists.






I'd rather you didn't
I'm rather fond of life, especially my own




Huh
Smart grunts
That's new






"Fun" is not a word I'd choose for that
And I use the word "fun" for a lot of things



.......
So am I gonna get any help?
My dreams are apparently being munched up by this Gengar like it's the Shadow Ball tm.




......
Mew
Random guy says he'll send "someone"
And he goes with the literal mother of all Pokemon?
.........
Sure
Why not?





Wait, why did Gengar open the door?
It's a ghost.



I like this feature where you can see exactly what the item is
It's useful
Also reminds me of the multiple times I've waded through many patches of grass only to find another ice heal








Well that's just a nice little bundle of plot armor right there.



........




.......
How did Mew get the outfit from the DNA?



Don't mind the legendary behind me
Just another grunt






Yeah, I don't know what you were expecting when you joined a cult, honestly.









I just want to point out that this literally translates to "I call power shades and"






Really?
Since when has that been Darkrai lore?







And yet we're seeing it now.






Imma guess because she's not crazy and sacrificing people in its name.





Rejected by your own god.
That must sting

I feel like all gods have two positions on being worshiped
Either they absolutely love it or they'd rather you do literally anything else.
Darkrai seems to be the later.





HR might be getting some complaints about this.



They gon die.






Ok, if you have to force your own god to stay with you, you might want to reconsider your life choices.






F



And that is my cue to leave.






Where do you hide this stuff?






You saw nothing.



YOU SAW NOTHING!




NOTHING




Who're you anyway?
You seem like Wally, but with silver hair.









You're awfully trusting of me.
.......
Oh my god he is Wally with silver hair.
I'm calling you Not-Wally






Nope
Still not regretting this name
How you people say it with a straight face, I don't know.








Ya done eff'd up Not-Wally











.........
Such overwhelming faith
Truly compelling



..............
Uh.....
Well that came out of nowhere
And now I'm just gonna skip ahead to the lab



Hey, it's Giovanni









How does she not see us enter?
I don't think Not-Wally is exactly stealthy



Case in point
















Sensing a "but" here



That doesn't really sound like something you just throw out to two random children you don't know.






Ye



Become cultured, Not-Wally





Except not anymore because it's random.








I've used Eevee already
I'd rather use one of the random starters.






And those are my options.
Fire gorilla who skips leg day
The True Lord and Savior
And Windows 10

Also leaving it off here for today. Thanks for checking this out. Future updates won't be as long. So until next time. Good night.

 

 

[Candy]

"Insurgence suxx" - Salt-water Taffy

but good luck~ and have le funsies

[Dreamy]

For what it's worth, Nuzlocke mode only enforces the permadeath of mons, so it's worth having on as it also gives some extra shop stuff (iirc nuzlocke balls are basically cheap great/ultra balls, esp. nice in randomizer) and you get a special badge/thing if you make it to the end with the mode still on (whiting out automatically disables the mode and lets you continue normally). Though, to re-enable it now you'd need to restart which would mean different starters etc. 

 

Speaking of starters, that Darm could be delta, so hope to see that. Eevee should also be randomized though.

 

(also regular game randomizers aren't just 1-to-1 replacements of mons in an area, they can pack the encounter tables much more heavily so you've usually got 15+ pokemon in every area, but still it's not completely random each encounter like this. that requires active randomization to be running as you play, so something like an AR code for a regular game)

[Angelkitsune]

Wow that title is a tongue twister

 

Yay another written run:D,I have only played half of Pokemon insugence before I get addicted to Solar light and Lunar Dark so I am excited to see you play through the whole game.BTW why did you name your character 6bnfzfzf? Did you accidentally pressed the buttons or something.

 

Also is that a motherfu*king JOJO reference

 

ALSO also i vote for Windows 10 as starter pokemon >:3c

[Lspaceship]

Hey, an Insurgence nuzlocke! For what it's worth, I thought it died about a year ago. Nice to see it's still up!

[ProjectIceman]

Good luck! I did a nuzlocke of this years ago. Got wrecked early by Focus Energy Machop and Hitmonlee -_-

 

Hope you don't encounter a trainer with a legendary or something lol

[uberle]

This....

This ended up being a lot more popular than I expected

Thanks everyone who checked this random thing of mine out

 

Just for a reference in the game I'm a little past the second gym

As I already have a few updates already done, I'll probably update this every few days, but doing this a day later because all these comments have given me motivation 

 

So replies

 

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@Candy "Funsies" would not be the word I'd choose to use, but I'm certainly gonna enjoy this.

 

@DreamblitzX Oh so that's how it works. Nuzlocke balls don't really interest me, so I'm good with regular randomization.

Eevee is randomized? Didn't know that, though I never tried it. Though it does make sense when I think about it

Yeah I checked, and sadly it's the regular kind. Probably would've gotten it if it was.

I mean there is a 1 to 1 feature in the randomizer. The thing I was just trying to get across was how the game randomized mons and how encounters weren't fixed in any way.

 

@Angelkitsune It's stupid, but I love it.

Ok, so in Insurgence if you tab out while playing, type something, and go back in sometimes a key gets stuck when you have to name something. This is also a thing for Reborn and most non-ROM hack fan games. 6bnfzfzf is what came up when it asked for the player name, and I just thought "It's stupid and I love it"

So far no regrets.

AWAKEN MY MASTERS

 

@Lspaceship Yeah, thus the "Resurgence" part of the run name. I've been meaning to do this and now have finally gotten around to doing so.

 

@ProjectIceman This game certainly loves its curveballs. 

Oh, as you'll see, random trainers having legends are the least of my worries.

 

Update 2

Selection

 

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So I first had this run on the Nuzlocke forums, so I chose my starter then.

I took a poll and Porygon 2 won

So that's who I'm going with

Ta da!



And then Not-Wally challenged me to a battle



.......
Hold on, lemme just



There we go




Well




Give me a couple updates.






........
Rare stone makes me think the Z-stone thing from Alola
But this game runs on Gen 6 mechanics, so that's not it.
........
Key Stone?





And as this is a nuzlocke, we skip over this



Oh right, we also have followers
Honestly what ultimately made me want to play this game
I absolutely LOVE followers



Should mention for anyone who wants to play this, that it's this guy who gives you your Pokeballs
Not the professor
This random store employee
And now the locke begins




.......
I'm not complaining
But I just want to say that I've had a Flygon in several runs.
And it's getting boring
I'll take it, but I'm probably gonna get rid of it should a better Ground type present itself.



Oh right
Should probably show stats




Oh cool.
I can see IVs
I don't personally care for them, but I like it when they're included.
(Red is raised, Blue is lowered)







Bye Bide




Wow
First Delta already
And it's of my favorite Sinnoh starter







Water Absorb is probably gonna prove very useful.



I kept running into wild mons
Many were Deltas
Give me a break.






Ok, they're facing away from us, how loud are these guys?
Also this seems to be the Magma and Aqua cults
These two, logically, should be mortal enemies not teaming up even if it is to kill the 2nd Augur.



(X)







Oddly topical.





Uncomfortably topical.





Yes yes, I heard
Let's fast forward, I have way too many screenshots.



...... Maybe a bit too far, but I think you can guess what I skipped.









I will never get tired of the "spinning around allows person to change disguises" thing
I love it too much

I apparently took this screenshot too early, but it should be obvious what they're saying.





Not-Wally, no.



.......
Fine



This world has superhero movies?
Is there an MCU, and if so what Pokemon does each of the Avengers have?
These are important questions that must be answered!




Yes
You mere grunts will be able to take on the strongest trainer in the region
I see no flaws.




......
This is a really bad way to do that, Not-Wally




......
Ok, as Damien is Not-Wally you guys are now Not-Aqua cult and Not-Magma cult






Switch




Learned some new tricks
Like a very useful STAB






Little too close, but good enough.













I doubt that, because his chant roughly translates to "bonds of death"
Soooo
(X)

And after that the 2nd Augur gives me and Not-Wally his blessing and we go out INTO THE NEW WORLD!

I summarized in one line what took a page of images for the game to say.





In case you're wondering



This is indeed the origin of that name.




Only Tackle and Charge so far





And boxed




It's insane the amount of stuff Insurgence has in it
Deltas, new Megas, Mega Deltas, followers, a speed up button
And now, grottos.




Note: Overworld doesn't match actual encounter




.........
Ok so apparently Windows' defenses are equal and I didn't notice the Attack buff and Tackle OHKO'd 
No big loss
I would only have it for 2 reasons
1. Dupes/Species
2. The meme



There's a trainer school here I need to look at for some reason.




And now I must go into a cave and find a girl named Nora
New encounter then.




Don't mind if I do



Hm
Don't like friendship evos
But I'll take it







Sure I'll add you for now



An adorable little pea




I believe I found Nora.







.......
"We brought these ancient Pokemon back to life!
Now let's send them back!"




.....
I'm going to guess all of it.
Also you looked in this direction earlier
I was literally right next to the Kabutops, how did you not notice me before?






Oh right
I have the literal mother of all Pokemon with me
I think this should clear things up
Instead of, you know
Me talking
Because who wants that?







"Not many people know about it, but I do because I'm relevant to the plot!"







I think they're referred to as "Pixies"








Was he by chance giant and purple?
Had a tendency to talk about balance?
Just asking will all this talk about half of something vanishing.












Huh
I like this change
I've seen many stories with the prophecy of "the chosen one" applying to other characters besides the main character and the other character always assumes it's them and the MC is just a waste of time.
So I like Nora not assuming it's her, but training just in case.





Also I don't think I have enough badges for it to listen to me.





And let's skip to that



Grinded up.







Force Palm hurt a bit



Razor Shell





Nope



I see your Physical Defense rise and instead go with newly learned Thunder Shock





Bulldoze works



Wasn't expecting the Delta
Psychic/Fairy btw



A tiny bit too close





........
Hm
Yeah don't think Masquerade is up for this



.........
FU-



..........
Well honestly Masquerade was here as fodder anyway



Razor Shell



.......
Wait this was a mistake



Goggles dodged a Razor Leaf thankfully
THE SACRED ANCIENT ART OF THROWING ROCKS!
flinch
YES!



MORE ROCKS!




Thunder Shock para helped
Also Charge was actually useful for once.

And that's Nora beaten.

 

So this was pointed out to me after I first posted this update on Nuzlocke forums, but for some reason none of these people had their mons randomized

Don't know what's up there

.......
I feel like Not-Wally being put down will be a common occurrence here




Yes






Can we get an F in chat for our boy Not-Wally?










You haven't really mastered subtlety, have you?








Ok, now the game's just being mean.




.......
Welp
That's all for now
Next time more encounters and maybe the gym
Until then, good night!

 

[Angelkitsune]

Rip Masquerade....tbh I really like Delta Roserade as I rekt everything with it.

Also I love Flygon but Delta Torterra is a great Ground type as well but the ancient art of throwing rocks man...

and why do I feel like Not-Wally will be the comic relief of this game hmm....

 

Nora is second best girl :3 

[ProjectIceman]

  On 5/23/2019 at 3:17 AM, uberle said:

@ProjectIceman This game certainly loves its curveballs. 

Oh, as you'll see, random trainers having legends are the least of my worries.

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@uberleYou know the funny thing is I had a Delta Charmander (Ghost/Dragon) when I faced them. So I was like, "BET! Easy EXP!"

...then it used Foresight XD

[uberle]

I like being able to update somewhat consistently 

Grinding takes a while, but at least it's just commenting on screenshots when updating

 

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@Angelkitsune Yeah, but fodder is necessary in this game given the legends.

Goggles is there mostly because Mega Flygon is amazing.

He's more the butt of every joke.

Who's the best one? 

 

@ProjectIceman Foresight

One of the early game moves that is only useful in early game

 

Update 3

Ruinous Encounter

 

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Well let's start things off with an encounter, shall we?







Adamant Stoutland?
Yes please.
On the team you go.




That looks concerning




How's grass growing in here?




 
Aaand boxed.



Huh
Interesting TM but ok.





Why do you have to corner it?
Just throw a Pokeball at it.





Why did you only show up now?
Where you just off screen waiting for a dramatic entrance?



Ok
There is never any reason to have that many 'a's in a row
Ever
Unless it's a scream or something
But as part of an actual word, no.





(X)





Hm
Nope




Take Down works
At least until friendship gets high enough



..... Wait no




Hm..



..........
Ok for whatever reason the Gallade spammed Quick Guard for some reason.



So that was easy



Grass/Poison
So....




Psybeam is fun




Not entirely wrong.
Altaria and Gallade are good
But the AI is crap.







I think you have other opposition.







Hold up




Wait
You heard rumors about this Lucario
But apparently the fact that it can MEGA EVOLVE wasn't part of them?
Then what were these rumors?




.......
I offer Nora as a sacrifice



Or not







I still don't get how these cults want to capture their GOD
When you worship something you don't think "let's put it in this little ball and have it do our bidding!"
This just makes them slightly more insane evil teams.




Blah blah blah, Kalos, blah blah blah, bond between trainer and Pokemon

Anyway moving on to Suntouched City



Encounter first.




Box



oooooo




He even has his little starfish on his overworld sprite.
I like it.



Now this city is interesting because



It has two layers
Though how they made this I have no idea



Now for something I personally enjoy
The Broadcast tower
Here you can do a bunch of missions that result in you getting rare Pokemon and a bunch of money
Eventually you get a shiny
It's fun

Let's get started



Wait, how did we get here?
Did we get air dropped?







KNEW IT!



........
Hm




And box



10 whole Pokeballs



Now this is a useful thing to know
Especially in randomized runs
In any town you can interact with a TV and eventually a Rotom spawns the same level as the highest in your party.
Except when you randomize the game the Rotom isn't a Rotom
It can be anything
So more encounters which is useful





I am now ready in case the Knights Who Say Ni show up.

That was Suntouched City



This is in Mida town



When I caught Shrubbery 




.......
Sure



And the Broadcasting side quest continues
I don't know what triggers the calls, it just happens
They can come almost instantly, or after a really long time
Either way, encounter time




LIES!




Anyway should get ready for the gym now



Think I'll go with this team



One last encounter
Doubt it'll cause any changes though-




Peter, you've been replaced.

Ok, so before I go into the gym, quick team recap






Goggles has learned the Ancient Art of Throwing Rocks
He is now one of the strongest on the team.






Toxic Spikes will be fun






Iron Head this early is amazing.
Also more throwing rocks.




In front of each gym there's this thing that has statistics on the gym
It's a fun feature for sure.



Leading with Shrubberry
I'll be doing that a lot in these battles



Meet Orion and his friend, a rock








You're a Dark Souls fan?







For the record, I said nothing




Let's see
Pokemon that forms out of a white rock
Who ever could it be?





I like how there's a little arena thing for battles
It's a nice touch






Got two Toxic Spikes up, and Sludge did the job just fine.



Razor Shell is very good this early on



THROW ROCKS!





Though neutral, Crunch works.







Woo!




Not a bad TM







Hello unique overworld sprite, who're you?





Yeah
Woman in a hat.
Rather rude.



Cults



And I'll be right behind you
Once I heal
Which'll be next time
So until then, good night.

 

[uberle]

Well almost forgot about this

Anyway next update is here

 

Rock of Truth

 

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Alright
Let's see what's going on here.




Gym leaders have shifts?
Since when?
Where are the hours posted?




Clearly the Darkrai cult is the only one with intelligent grunts






......
How'd he get it up here in the first place?
Is it not normally there?




Expel him?




That looks like a pretty solid illusion if so.





.......
Uh
.......
What?



Where'd you people come from?
Did Kyurem really carry all three of you?






How do you freeze those things?






(X)



Why'd you turn this way?
You being dramatic?








Disclaimer: I skipped some screenshots of Taen teasing Orion about the rock and that's why Orion moved.

Let's see
White rock
Kyruem
WHAT COULD IT POSSIBLY BE?






....... I think he just Force Pushed Orion.




Noise that occurs but as this is a screenshot you don't hear it










Reshiram
But I remember the Light Stone being a lot smaller








Blah, blah, blah he's here to rejoin them
Then Reshiram flys away just barely off screen, Taen is fooled into thinking it fled, goes away with Kyurem and then Reshiram somehow returns without being seen.



And Nora proves how useful she is in giving us a Ride Pokemon 



Wee





Originality ho!



This guy exists
Might do the trade if I get a Steel type I don't care for







We were together ten minutes ago.
But ok, what?






.......Yeah, sure fine



That thing's Water/Electric
Soooo
Razor Leaf
Also Toxic Spikes




Razor Shell didn't kill, but close enough



Iron Head!
Or miss and get Roared out




Ok then




Iron Head



Woo!









.........
>He seemed trustworthy
>Don't trust him not to blab
.........
He will get kidnapped
He will get kidnapped and it will be your fault.





LIKE WHAT!?




Rotom encounter





OK 
So to get out of this town, you need to Surf south
Little annoying to figure out though



Grotto!



Lil' Squirtle
What have you become now?



YES



YES



YEEEEEESSSSS

In case you couldn't tell I really like Hydriegon 



Route 4 encounter



Like how Vespiquen only has one "e" in "quen"




.......
I really hope I get a Delta Ralts at some point
I already love Ralts as is
But Delta Gardevoir carried me through my first playthrough of this



hm







.....
Crit something


Well I think that's enough for tonight
Next time will be the gym and...
Another thing
You'll see then
Until next time 
Bye