Twitter Users Rally For Young Cancer Patient Who Dreams Of Playing Pokémon Scarlet And Violet

Come on GameFreak and Nintendo... make this happen.

I remember Nintendo doing something similar with Breath of the wild, such a nice thing for them to do, life is so precious and very easy to take for granted.

This is very bittersweet. It's sweet, because this kid is likely gonna get a lot of support and care and gifts and love that will make a difficult time easier. But it's sad because, well, you know ☹

I'm heartbroken for the little boy and his family. I pray his dream comes true.

I have mixed feelings about stuff like this. They can’t upend their whole timetable for one person no matter how pitiable, and making a demo isn’t a button press. And it is unfair to pressure a company (but more specifically the trickle down to the workers) for one person. But if they don’t do something they are vilified and I don’t think that is fair or right. Hopefully there is a middle ground solution.

@CharlieGirl,

It's heartbreaking, but little things like this can mean so much, I hope they manage to sort something out for him.

When you are commenting on an article like this it sure does put things into perspective, people moaning about textures, the dex... etc etc... but in the real world people just want to enjoy the game.

Nintendo and other companies have made some dreams come true in the past, so I hope they can do something here as well. It's certainly not as easy as just 'giving' him the game, but I hope they can give him something.

@johnvboy
I'm sure the complainers didn't even see from kid's point of view when looking at Pokemon games. 😉

Btw, did we have ever heard same case like this before?
I remembered an article about a kid about to die due to incurable sickness and really want to play upcoming game before he passed away.
Like, suddenly I felt deja vu. 😧

@Anti-Matter

Chris Taylor. Super Smash Brothers Ultimate, 2018. Though he was 21 at the time.

Might have been other instances of this as well.

Pls don't associate gamer opinion drama with this young cancer patient. Both sides.

Nintendo can be so weird sometimes and paranoid about leaks that I'm shocked to hear Nintendo is not only allowing this, but has actually done this sort of thing multiple times before. That's awesome.

Come on Pokémon company let’s make this little boys dream come true so sad to hear news like this.

If theres a way to make him experience some sort of augmented reality of his favorite pokemon that would be sweet.

I can completely understand if it's not possible, but it would be nice for the kid.

-just don't make them sign a million NDAs and then provide a buggy development version.

@Anti-Matter,

They should, as it's the younger gamers that the franchise is aimed at, but back on topic fingers and toes crossed they make this a reality, dreams are so important at times like these.

Not to force my beliefs on anyone, and I understand if the mods delete this comment. But situations like this are one of the reasons I could never be an atheist. Faith makes such tragedies much more palatable. I believe with every fiber in my being this child has an eternity of unbridled happiness in Heaven to look forward to. Nonetheless, it is still devastating for his family, and I pray for their comfort and that the boy's remaining days will be peaceful.

"For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy of the glory which shall be revealed in us." (Romans 8:18)

His life is far from over--it's only just begun.

And it's not too late for a miracle; just the other day I was reading an article about how every patient who was taking some experimental new drug for their cancer went into full remission. I don't know if it is effective in treating this boy's type of cancer, or if his is too far along for it to work. But with God, all things are possible.

I think we have a good little community here, and it's easy to take that for granted. Sure, this is the internet, and sometimes the discourse still gets toxic in these comment sections. But in recent years, I've seen much more positivity than negativity here on Nintendo Life. It's easy to forget that there are real people behind the usernames. Just like this kid, your lives are meaningful and important, but there is no guarantee how much time any of us has left on this earthly plain. So while there is still breath in us, before it is too late, I just wanna express how much I value this community. I've genuinely communicated with so many nice folks on this website. I don't know who needs to hear it, but I mean it from the bottom of my heart when I say that I love you guys and I value every member here. ❤

Very Kind of Nintendo/Pokemon Company to give something for Him. Here's hoping that they'll give him his wish to try out the game as well.

i'm hoping that he will get better soon and fully recovered from cancer.

So that means the game is done, what you see is what you get, and the time until release is to manufacture more copies of the game and build further hype.

IF the unfortunate victim of Cancer manages to get it from them.

Really cool that, despite probably not being able to get the game in the kid's hands, they're still making something happen for him. I 100% agree with Twitter being "a source of pain and consternation" but moments like these are what social media should be for: lifting each other up instead of tearing each other down.

This stuff makes me so emotional my gosh...

I think there’s a million other things that I’d rather do than play another Pokemon game that desperately.
But if that’s their dream, then I wish them the best of luck with it and hope that they get to enjoy the rest of their days as best they can.

(please understand what I mean in my comment, before getting angry)

I get a heavy deja-vu feeling over here, like this already happened not so long ago with a Pokémon game.

Story wise almost a copy paste, but now with a different Pokémon game.

It is great they try to achieve this, but I feel like this has happened before though.

@Not_Soos : You're certainly not alone in your beliefs and sentiments.

Not a single teardrop or rending of the heart of a bereaved person will be without recompense, and the only virtue for which the reward is without limit is patience.

It may sound like a cliché that the good die young, but by God, they do.

@Not_Soos it's nice to be a child, isn't it?

It would be cool if this kid's wish came true. Nintendo have done stuff like this before, for example with Smash Ultimate. I'm aware this is on TPC's table though.

@Not_Soos "But situations like this are one of the reasons I could never be an atheist."

And for me it's the total opposite: situations like this one makes me more convinced in my atheism. But also more convinced in the good of humanity.

Totally agree on the community part of your post though. Most of the people here seems to be nice.

@HenHiro Not ridiculous at all but thanks for the hostile remark and the armchair development assessment. No part of your comment makes logical, business or development sense. Have a nice day.

It's pretty sad the USA still gate keeps real cancer cures. There have been over a handful of breakthrus over my lifetime, yet they still don't have anything publically avaible. It's honestly terrible. I feel for the boy. Usas medical greed is ridiculous and disgusting.

With so much negative news related to children recently, it’s nice to see such a wholesome piece.

@Not_Soos,

Still quite a lot of negatives, but as you say some comment sections are getting more positive conclusions, obviously the more political themed articles produce clear sides and divisions, but not much change there.

Like the fact you have faith as I am sure it is a great comfort with things like this, and of course as one encounters similar hurdles in their own personal life. I personally have never found a compelling reason to believe in such things, too many evil people go on with their lives unaffected, while young people like this have done nothing, it's just never made sense to me there is this divine force watching over all this.

@Rayquaza2510,

Well of course this has happened before, video game fans will get terminally ill the same as anyone else, not sure of your point though, are you suggesting their should be quotas on the amount of people helped by these video game companies.

Or are you saying Nintendo life should just report on one of these stories and not bother with the rest.

Not to discount the effort being put in here, but I really hope I get to see a time where we don't need stories like this anymore. If we keep working at it, I'm sure we'll eventually be able to fix any medical issue as easily as we repair or replace a broken part in a machine. Things like growing replacement organs, medical nanobots, and genetic engineering are starting to offer a chance at tackling these issues on the most basic level, but given the costs and what an ethical minefield medical research is, I have no idea when those technologies might actually be refined enough for common use.

@Silly_G Y'know, I had a thought randomly come to me a while back when I was taking a shower, and I thought it was pretty profound. The answer to the question, "Why must the good die young?" It is because this world does not deserve them.

Game Freak / Nintendo need to set this up as a recurring program. They’re just gonna keep on encountering this same situation every new game.

@SuperCharr Hey, I'm glad!

@Anachronism Given how many billions have been donated to cancer research to no avail, I had genuinely reached the point where I thought finding a cure for cancer was an impossibility. But I just read an article a day or two ago about how every patient in a study being treated for some type of cancer (I think may have been melanoma, but I can't remember) using some kind of new experimental drug went into full remission and are now cancer-free. We might actually be progressing to that point, to my complete shock.

Poor kid. It’s another reminder that we shouldn’t take life for granted and that we should try to live to the fullest.

Nintendo fulfilled a dream like this for a Smash player in the past. Hopefully they can do something similar for this brave young man. I pray all the blessings, love and comfort available to this young man and his family. My heart goes out to you.❤❤❤

@Not_Soos Regardless of the external cause, all cancer can be traced back to the breakdown of DNA making cells malfunction and grow out of control. If we could naturally produce more of the material that holds DNA together like some animals do, and supplement our immune systems with nanomachines or engineered microorganisms, it's possible we could not only cure cancer, but stop it from ever developing. Though expecting that kind of thing soon might be like someone watching the moon landing and hoping to see the first man on Mars.

Its sad i have known people die of cancer family member and friend. Its true Nintendo and others have done this before, but I'd like to know if they wanted to or pressure of bad press is why they do it.

I wonder if i and anyone else can ask for early access as there are no guarantees that any of us will be around by the time the game releases.

Im not a fan of this practice of jumping on to twitter to pressure companies, contact the company directly and see what happens im sure they aren't totaly souless and will do something.

That makes me want to cry just reading of this. Seems quite doable.

@Anachronism I’d rather hope that we prevent these thing from occurring and look at their cause than try to fix it after.

I’m some respects this is already happening with documentaries like Whatthehealth, and understanding the impacts of stress and diet on the body and mind

@asmi8803 I mean, that might apply to some health problems, but a bad diet and stress won't give a kid cancer. To completely prevent it, you'd need to fundamentally change how the human body works.

Too bad its still so far out that there's probably not much in a near final state yet, too bad the poor kid doesn't like Xenoblade seeing as thats so close.

@Piyo I find this comment really disrespectful.
How can you judge a dying kid for how he wants to spend his last months?

@Piyo I'm sure the kid has concerns other than playing Pokemon, but it's pretty normal for people to get attached to things. You'll often hear about someone wanting to visit a certain place or listen to their favorite song before they die, and there's a reason why even death row prisoners are often allowed to pick their last meal. Obviously, the other people in our lives are extremely important, but the experiences we've had and the emotions they inspire in us are equally important.

I think this is one of those times we do this just to restore our faith in humanity.

@Anachronism maybe it’s one or a combination of the other ingredients in “food”which are actually chemicals. Most food is heavily processed and laced with all kinds of things that are not good. Only nature provides food. Anything added or manufactured is not real food. Who knows what this does to the body which is made entirely from what you eat

I hope they make this happen.

Make. This. Happen.

@asmi8803 I'm not sure if it'll do any good, but I've still got to try to tell you that's not how that works. It's true that processed foods are generally not very good for you, but they're a lot more likely to give you heart disease than cancer, and that still takes decades. Plus, a lot of "natural" foods like fresh produce can end up covered in pesticides, fungal spores, and all other kinds of nasty things you really don't want to put in your body, so you're arguably safer eating a happy meal that's been scrutinized down to the smallest detail by the FDA than a package of strawberries from your local farmer's market. Either way, nothing short of eating industrial waste or sleeping with a nuclear fuel rod instead of a teddy bear is going to give a kid cancer. The vast majority of childhood cases are caused by genetic disorders that they were born with and never had a chance of preventing, which is why genetic engineering is so vital to medical progress.

My heart. I hope the doc is wrong and he gets to play it when it comes out.

Thoughts and prayers to he and his family. Sincerely hope he gets to play the game.

awwww its so sad and sweet, i hope he does get to play it and that his family is praying for him

Get that kid some mono clonal antibodies. He might have a better chance at living through them. Theres a huge study RN suggesting that these antibodies could completely reverse cancer.

I think even if only testing or Demo that should suffice for the kid one time chance to have something fun memories of. As to comments of giving him drugs to fight cancer I suspect they already going down that route but the most likely know that is short term there is no cancer cure right now and to suggest they give him that is something one should refrain from making medical claims they aren't trained for.

@Not_Soos amen brother, such a good comment.

Prayers to he and his family to get through this.
@PARK1755 @Not_Soos Hey thanks both for these comments, indeed our real life is not here in this world (Jn 18:36, 1Pt 2:11, Plps 3:20), the children who leave us are safe and at rest (Lk 18:16, Mt 18:4, 19:14); God bless in Jesus name!