Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Time to officially join the Blueberry Academy! If you thought the main game was way too easy, this is where things spike tremendously. The BBE4 are no joke - not only is Doubles a much tougher format to set up in, but we finally have competitive items and even EV's coming into play! This however is merely the setup phase for that... hopefully we don't lose too many mons as we scrape through these challenges!
Rules of the run:
1) Hardcore Nuzlocke rules (permadeath, level cap, Set mode, no Terastalization/Battle Items)
2) Each time a Photo jingle happens (example - A Badge is obtained), 1 Surprise Trade may occur.
3) Surprise Trades continue until a non-hacked Breedable Pokémon is obtained, which becomes the Encounter.
4) Encounters are bred and EV Trained before coming into the game. This is to ensure obedience (EV training would happen by exploring the OW, so time is saved by just allowing it)
5) Any TM I can find in the overworld is fair game, including from DLC regions. (Blueberry can be entered early via losing to Lacey without interfering with the run, as it doesn't produce additional encounters).
Time to officially join the Blueberry Academy! If you thought the main game was way too easy, this is where things spike tremendously. The BBE4 are no joke - not only is Doubles a much tougher format to set up in, but we finally have competitive items and even EV's coming into play! This however is merely the setup phase for that... hopefully we don't lose too many mons as we scrape through these challenges!
Rules of the run:
1) Hardcore Nuzlocke rules (permadeath, level cap, Set mode, no Terastalization/Battle Items)
2) Each time a Photo jingle happens (example - A Badge is obtained), 1 Surprise Trade may occur.
3) Surprise Trades continue until a non-hacked Breedable Pokémon is obtained, which becomes the Encounter.
4) Encounters are bred and EV Trained before coming into the game. This is to ensure obedience (EV training would happen by exploring the OW, so time is saved by just allowing it)
5) Any TM I can find in the overworld is fair game, including from DLC regions. (Blueberry can be entered early via losing to Lacey without interfering with the run, as it doesn't produce additional encounters).
