"Nuzlocke" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Nuzlockes [plural], lifestyle [slang]
Etymology: Blend of Nuzleaf + Locke. From the title of Nuzlocke Comics, which features a Pokémon, Nuzleaf, drawn to resemble John Locke from Lost as a recurring character. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|Nuzleaf|Locke}} Blend of Nuzleaf + Locke Head templates: {{en-noun}} Nuzlocke (plural Nuzlockes)
  1. (Pokémon) A self-imposed challenge where the player can only catch the first wild Pokémon encountered in each area, and any caught Pokémon that faints cannot be used again. Categories (topical): Pokémon, Video games
    Sense id: en-Nuzlocke-en-noun-F2uT-wgc Disambiguation of Video games: 51 49 Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, English links with redundant wikilinks, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English blends: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of English links with redundant wikilinks: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 51 49
  2. (by extension) A similarly challenging playthrough of any game other than Pokémon. Tags: broadly Categories (topical): Video games
    Sense id: en-Nuzlocke-en-noun-uxWqsHJR Disambiguation of Video games: 51 49 Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, English links with redundant wikilinks, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English blends: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of English links with redundant wikilinks: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 51 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: nuzlock
Hyponyms: ABC-Locke, Apocalocke, Avatar Nuzlocke, Chesslocke, Colorlocke, Draftlocke, Egglocke, Generationlocke, Giftlocke, Hardcore Nuzlocke, Leglocke, Masterlocke, Monolocke, Resetlocke, Rocketlocke, Sleeplocke, Soul Link, Starlocke, Sui-Locke, Tasklocke, Tradelocke, Tribelocke, Uniquelocke, Wedlocke, Wonderlocke, Zombielocke

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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