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The Challenge: Complete the game as a Nuzlocke challenge using only Fire type Pokémon. Pokémon games, especially newer ones, are notoriously easy. Since Game Freak seems to have no plans to change that, and since people love playing and replaying these games, fans have come up with a myriad of ways in which to boost the difficulty themselves. The most prolific of these self imposed challenge runs is the Nuzlocke challenge, which itself has such a fascinating history that I p

The Challenge: Complete a playthrough on Classic mode with unit classes chosen at random. Having played through three of the four story routes present in Fire Emblem: Three Houses, completing Verdant Wind, Azure Moon, and most recently Crimson Flower for my previous article, I decided it was only fitting to switch things up a bit as I tackled the fourth and final story route. Having been introduced to the series by 2012's Fire Emblem: Awakening, I had become accustomed to t