Twitch Plays Pokemon started off simple enough. An emulator of Pokemon Red that can be controlled by each person in the chat seemed amusing enough, right? Well, millions of users and countless memes later, and all of a sudden, the initial run became a phenomenon of its own. Part of the appeal was to see if the game could be completed with so many people issuing commands… Especially when many of those were purposely trying to sabotage it. By some miracle, Red zigzagged his way to the Elite Four and finally beat the champion after 16 days. And it was all thanks to these guys!
Lord Helix led his followers to victory, and the story ended on a happy note. But what stories await us in the second season?
Yep, after completing the first game, Twitch STILL wants to play Pokemon with Pokemon Crystal. While I feel that any story crafted out of the new game will feel a lot more forced than the hilariously awesome tale that grew of the first game, it’ll be interesting to see what the users come up with, especially since we’ve been graced with the resurrection of Bird Jesus.
Jumping in on the fun is as easy as hopping in over at Twitch’s page for the game. If you want to get caught up on the amazing story about the war between the gods of anarchy and democracy, an All Terrain Venomoth that grew into a dragon slayer, and a Rattata named Jay Leno, you can relive the tale at this nifty summary page. Until then, let’s head over to the new page and see what kind of chaos we can create!