Pokémon Challenge: A Man Beat Sun/Moon With Magikarp

Published: November 28, 2016 10:39 PM /

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Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon have been out for ten days already and aside from being Nintendo's most preordered game of all time as well as GameStop's most preordered game of the past five years, the bar has already been set high for challenge runs.

Nakano, a Japanese gamer who has been playing the game since release, beat the game with a single Pokémon as seen on his Twitter page. Not a legendary, not a starter, not even a Rattata. A fish. A fat, floppy fish.

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This one.

Yes, Nakano beat the entirety of the seventh generation Pokémon titles using only a Magikarp that only had one move, Flail. And yes, this does mean the Magikarp couldn't even use Z-Splash to boost its attack. Nakano doesn't specify which version he beat, but the fact remains that he did it!

Nakano used a few strategies, with the most interesting and elegant being explained by Rocket News 24 who translated the Twitter page. He would stock up on healing items, then keep healing his Magikarp until the enemy ran out of PP. The enemy would then struggle, which hurts itself as well as the player, until it eventually fainted. Yes, Nakano literally let his enemies beat themselves to death.

https://twitter.com/Nakano_Official/status/801349462899695616

How he dealt with Ghost-type enemies that he had to fight was to have have his Magikarp struggle against them, which hits any type of Pokémon. Other than that, the only move Yashoku (the Magikarp) had is Flail, which does more damage the lower her HP is.

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Artist's rendition. Via FluffyBlueCow

On Nakano's Twitter page, you can see the stats, moves and other proof of completion in Japanese. Quite impressive, to say the least. Your move now, Pokémon Sun and Moon players! Time to come up with an even more insane challenge!


Quick Take

I'm not surprised to see challenge runs for Pokémon games, but never so soon! The game hasn't even been out for two weeks! I'm floored that he did this challenge at such an early stage of the game's life. Not to mention, since this is the first major challenge, it only means things will get crazier. What do you think will come next?

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Connor Foss
| Staff Writer

Former TechRaptor Staff Writer, who also does translation work between English and Spanish. You can usually find me playing horror games or Zelda!