A.K.A. Pokémon: hard mode.  At some time between September 2004
and March 29th 20101, some guy somewhere was bored with studying
for exams, so he decided to play Pokémon instead. He had played
through one Pokémon game or another enough times that he decided
to make things a little more interesting this time by giving
himself some rules:    1. Catch the first Pokémon that is
encountered in any new area, and only that Pokémon. If it is not
caught for any reason, continue on without catching any other
Pokémon in that area.   2. If a Pokémon faints, it is dead.
Release it.  He played through Ruby version with these rules,
made a short four-page comic of his adventure (starring Ruby!)
and posted it on a video game image board. Readers seemed to
like it so much that he started making more of them, and
Nuzlocke comics were born. The comic is into its second "season"
(although it updates quite rarely), and its website is here.
Some readers have also created fan comics, chronicling their own
experiences with the chall