soullinked.io

Closed alphaPokémon EmeraldPokémon FireRedFree

Randomized Nuzlockes, without the setup.

Every death counts.

Soullinked randomizes your game, enforces the rules, and keeps the records, all in your browser, so you can just play. Go solo, or soul-link with friends and see each other in your games.

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Route 104

Your catch Lv 14
Partner’s catch Lv 13

Linked: they live or die together

Route 116

Your catch Fainted
Partner’s catch Moved to DEAD

One fainted, so both are dead

What it does

Soullinked handles the busywork

No randomizer settings, no spreadsheets, no honor system. You play the game; Soullinked does the rest.

  • Randomized for you

    Each player gets their own randomized copy of the game, built right in the browser from a different seed. There’s no randomizer to install or learn.

  • Rules enforced as you play

    Soullinked tracks first encounters, faints, and links. Dead Pokémon move to a DEAD box in your PC by themselves, and anything it can’t stop, like a catch that breaks the rules, goes on the run’s record.

  • See your partners

    In a soul link, your partners show up in your game when they’re nearby, with alerts when a link forms, a partner’s Pokémon falls, or a route is lost.

  • A record of every run

    Every catch, death, and broken link lands on the run’s board: badges, lost routes, how long each link lived, and who broke it.

  • Leaderboards

    Solo and linked runs count toward the leaderboards for you and the people you play with.

  • Nothing to install

    Soullinked runs in your browser. Open a run, choose your game file, and play.

Two ways to play

Solo or soul link

Solo Nuzlocke

The classic challenge for one player. Catch only the first Pokémon you meet on each route, and treat a faint as a death. Soullinked keeps you honest and keeps score.

Soul link

Two or more friends, each in their own browser with their own randomized game. Pokémon caught on the same route are linked, and when one faints, its partners die too.

Read the full rules

Before you start

What to expect right now

  • Free, and invite-only for now

    Invite codes come from our Discord.

  • Pokémon Emerald and FireRed

    Emerald (USA/Europe) and FireRed (USA), played in a current desktop browser with a keyboard or a gamepad.

  • Your own copy of the game

    Dumped from a cartridge you own. It stays on your computer: Soullinked never uploads or provides game files.

  • Expect bugs

    The main pieces work, but nobody has played a full run start to finish yet.

Getting started

From invite to your first run

  1. Get an invite

    Soullinked is invite-only during the alpha. Ask for a code in our Discord.

  2. Create your account

    Pick a username, a password and a color, and enter your invite code.

  3. Start a run

    Host a run and share its code, join a friend’s, or play solo. When everyone is ready, the host launches it.

  4. Play

    Choose Play on the run’s page and pick your game file. Soullinked builds your game and starts it right there.

The full setup guide

Roadmap

Coming next

See the whole roadmap