In celebration of the latest Pokémon Scarlet and Violet Trading Card Game expansion, Surging Sparks, The Pokémon Company has set a new Guinness World Record with a mammoth 24-hour livestream.
With the assistance of 30 Pokémon content creators, the stream is now officially the longest unboxing livestream to date (previously held by Lucasfilm's 18-hour Star Wars: The Force Awakens unboxing stream from 2015).
During this attempt, the hosts opened over 1,500 booster packs, revealing at least 20,000 cards, and unwrapped a whole host of official Pokémon Center products including plushies, Poké Ball tins and calendars.
And if you're wondering what happens to all of those cards, thousands of them are currently being collated into binders before being donated to charities (including Barnardo's, in the UK) ahead of the holidays.
You can watch the full 24 hours of pack-opening goodness in the record-setting stream on Twitch — you know, if you have a full day to spare. Congratulations to all those involved!
What do you make of this 24-hour unboxing livestream? Let us know in the comments.
[source twitch.tv]
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Nice donating to charity might get some kid something they enjoy rest of Thier life's. We all need hobbies and interests and something to look back on child hood to remember the goodtimes when not having good times in are life's.for me Pokémon an escape when iam stressed with life watch a episode or two plays the video games.
I don't think watching the unboxing 22K Pokemon cards for 24 hours is interesting to watch for me.
My eyes!
I prefer the video of unboxing certain video games with less than 5 minutes.
@Bluesaxo just yesterday an open TV channel here in Mexico aired the first 2 episodes of the overall Pokémon anime. I felt warm, fuzzy vibes from when I was a kid watching the anime for the first time not knowing the games.
After the second episode ended, the electricity went off in my neighborhood.
Funny enough, the electricity had also gone when that second episode aired for the first time back in 1998. So it checks out that I got the same experience as when I was a kid.
Love to hear that those cards will be donated to charities!
Just got into buying vintage cards along with modern, so this was nice. Vintage cards are getting pricey every year.
Saw an old homeless guy with Pokémon cards the other day. I guess all kinds of people are into them nowadays
@NinChocolate possibly robbed a man child for them.
Could be a member of team Rocket.
I'd love to see the ESG strategy for Guinness. Seems like every business has some degree of focus on the environment... meanwhile Guinness give certificates for a near endless opening of plastic wrappers. Great stuff 👏
Well at least it went to charity. But I absolutely despise the people who stream themselves just opening packs of cards.
I'd like to open 22k packs for fun
@HammerGalladeBro oh no. Rarely have electric black out in uk. Did when lived at home but was countryside. Was candles and coats indoors. I was in high school 1997. So never saw it but did watch first season the the Pokémon TV app that app no long exists as Pokémon company don't support it now was on Google. Shame have buy it on dvd. Was really good. It always reminds me of the Ian blyton book the famous 5 if u read them about 5 kids that go on adventures. Bit like ash adventures with Pokémon .but they got a dog. Worth a read TV show to. Prob don't hold up today. Their Pokémon graphics novels if you read I got a couple really good.
Was kind of hoping it was just one person opening non stop for a day straight. Would be amusing to see the exhaustion of someone seeing their 836th Ditto of the day with numb fingers and sleep deprived thoughts.
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