Twitch Plays Pokémon ends, “new adventure” begins tomorrow morning
Twitch Plays Pokemon is a Pokemon Red mod that allowed Twitch viewers to control the game's main character Red by entering commands in the streaming platform's chat window. The event began on February 12 and reached 75,000 concurrent viewers after five days of play. There were plenty of doubts that players would even be able to cross the Safari Zone in the game, let alone view its ending credits, though the game's creator told Joystiq that "even when played very poorly it is difficult to not make some progress in Pokemon."
The community that gathered around Twitch Plays Pokemon upheld a narrative that extended beyond Pokemon Red's initial scope and included the Twitter-trending Bird Jesus (Pidgeot) and the spiritual consultant and deity Lord Helix (Omanyte). Joystiq also talked with MIT associate professor T.L. Taylor about the event's place in network and game culture, who said it tapped into "something I think is very compelling. So I don't think we're going to see [crowd-play] go away as a genre."
Considering how entertaining this has been, we certainly hope not.
Update: As it turns out, the Twitch Plays Pokemon stream now features a countdown timer ticking away roughly 26 hours and 25 minutes as of this writing that notes, "A new adventure will begin." That pegs the start of what seems to be the next version of Twitch Plays Pokemon at 7:00 a.m. EST Sunday morning.
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Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2014/03/01/twitch-slays-pokemon-ends/
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TravitorPosted:
-DynamicCalyx I don't like Pokemon, seems a little childish to me.
That's what i thought it was ... But then i saw adults playing o.0
it is a game aimed for the age spam of 3-14, but whats wrong for adults playing it? you see a 18+ game and all you see is kids. see my point?
SkeletonsPosted:
MultitaskVITYop I did not think Pokemon was this popular.
lmao seriously? -.- it was once the most sold franchise in history.
LOL Pokemon used to be popular but its not as popular now.
Pokemon was extremely popular. But my love for the new generations have diminished. The old ones were amazing though.
MultitaskPosted:
VITYop I did not think Pokemon was this popular.
lmao seriously? -.- it was once the most sold franchise in history.
LOL Pokemon used to be popular but its not as popular now.
TravitorPosted:
Valor I've been watching this since last night, made it past the second gym!
no kidding. that's intense. it's amazing how many people are so desperate about it lol
TravitorPosted:
Yop I did not think Pokemon was this popular.
lmao seriously? -.- it was once the most sold franchise in history.
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