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 six times playing six different Pokémon games, with two of them being randomized versions of rereleases of prior Pokemon 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, and HeartGold, one of two generation 4 games played. The stream is now currently on its seventh game.
- 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 , beaten after 17d 12h 09m
- Generation 4.5 - Pokemon HeartGold , beaten after 18d 20h 33m
- Generation 5 - Pokemon Black