The Pokémon Company responds to ex-Nintendo hosts' Nuzlocke claim
The Pokémon Company has responded to a claim by the two former hosts of YouTube series Nintendo Minute, that the company would not let them feature a “Nuzlocke” run during an episode.
Nintendo Minute was a weekly series which ended in December 2021. The show was hosted by former PR managers for Nintendo of America Kit Ellis and Krysta Yang. Since Nintendo Minute ended, the pair both left Nintendo and went on to create their own podcast.
In episode 31 of Kit and Krysta Podcast, when responding to questions submitted through Patreon, Ellis and Yang recalled a time when they had brought up the idea of a Nuzlocke run to The Pokémon Company.
“We thought that this would be a fun idea for a Nintendo Minute video, so we pitched it to The Pokémon Company,” Ellis began, before punching his own fist, suggesting the idea did not go down well. Yang admitted the pair thought Nintendo was “gonna fire us” for making the suggestion.