Twitch Plays Pokemon is a "social experiment" live streaming channel on Twitch . It began on 12 February 2014 by an anonymous Australian programmer, and the game Pokemon Red. The stream went viral, and it got one million unique views in Pokemon Red. After 16 days, 7 hours, 50 minutes, and 19 seconds, the viewers beat the champion, Blue.
Generations
TPP has so far been incarnated cour times playing four different Pokémon games. The incarnation of TPP so far corresponds with the generation of the Pokémon game played, with the exception being FireRed, one of two generation 3 games played.
- Generation 1 - Pokémon Red, beaten after 16d 7h 45m
- Generation 2 - Pokémon Crystal, beaten after 13d 2h 2m
- Generation 3 - Pokémon Emerald, beaten after 20d, 21h, 56m
- Generation 3.5 - Pokémon FireRed , beaten after 15d, 2h, 2m
- Generation 4 - Pokémon Platinum , not yet started.
- Generation 4.5 - Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver, confirmed for after Platinum.