Twitter plays the Game Boy classic Pokémon Red inside a programmer's avatar is arguably one of the wildest social media experiments so far this year.
Since the adventure began just weeks ago, Twitter has successful acquired four badges - with the latest one being the Rainbow Badge from Celadon City's Grass-type Gym leader, Erika.
So, what's the latest progress update? According to the Discord channel, the Silph Scope was been retrieved from Team Rocket's hideout, Blue was defeated at Lavender Town's Pokémon Tower and Snorlax has been caught. The trainer is now en route to Fuchsia City.
The party at this point in time is comprised of a Level 30 Kadabra, a Level 31 Graveler, a Level 34 Wartortle, a Level 34 Jolteon, a Level 31 Fearow and a Level 30 Snorlax.
Can you believe social media is actually making progress in Pokémon Red? Have you played a part? Leave a comment below.
[source twitter.com, via twitter.com]
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‘NEWS: Super Mario 3D World is still coming out 12/02/21’
@MajorasLapdog Source?
@MajorasLapdog Huge, if true!
@Yanina okay I made it up there’s just such a drought right now, I wanted to give gamers something to look forward to and a way in which to escape the gloom.
I won’t lie and say something like my dad works for Nintendo, though my uncle did once. Okay, it was an internship and he attended for one day before being kicked out of the office for calling Super Mario 64 ‘good for it’s time but ultimately underwhelming when measured against today’s standards’. He did catch a glimpse of the Switch Pro though and, to quote him, it will be ‘alright’.
I was thinking of saying this last week but didn't: I don't think this is something that needs weekly updates.
@MajorasLapdog lol Being an American, I read that December 2nd, 2021, and was deeply confused for a moment.
While Twitter plays Pokemon, Twitch Plays Pokemon is almost finished 100%ing Final Fantasy VII.
@Ralizah Well that makes a lot more sense. I was also very confused. Still am.
Is it a Kadabra or Alakazam? If the later, how did it evolve?
@Ralizah Same here, I had to take another look before figuring it out.
@Bobb it's a Kadabra.
@Bobb A Kadabra named Alakazam, I believe. That, or it’s a typo in the image above.
@Lony85 @Markiemania95 That was fast! Thank you
I had forgotten what Kadabra and Alakazam looked like in Red/Blue and I thought I saw a second spoon in hand
I quite like these updates to be honest. Not sure what the uproar is about.
Broke: Twitch plays Pokémon.
Woke: Twitter plays Pokémon.
Wow. This is old news.
I won’t respect this until they catch missingno
I appreciate these updates. Thank you for the nice article.
This is very bizarre and cool to see. Who would have thought this would be possible twenty years ago?
I was a bit concerned that everyone was gonna finish the Twitter game quicker than I could complete Black by myself. However, I’ve got seven badges now (and I’ve been playing like 12 other games as well).
I demand one article for every single step taken in this game!
How? Like actually how?
@Zonark how the turntables
https://twitter.com/screenshakes/status/1358144162273624064/photo/1
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