For those of you that haven't been following it lately, Twitch Plays Pokémon, the stream that lets thousands of people come together and control a single game of Pokemon, was holding a throwback game of Red—the
game that started it all. To make things interesting, the creator of
the stream modified the game a bit, adding more challenge, as well as
all 151 Pokémon to the game (thus allowing players to capture them all
without having to trade). They also added an extra surprise that nobody
could have guessed.
Yesterday, Twitch caught all 151 Pokemon—an
fantastic feat that made it seem as if there was nothing left to do.
But today, Twitch found a new challenge: after defeating the Elite Four
and the Champion, Professor Oak himself challenged players to a final
battle.
As hardcore Pokémon fans know, Professor Oak was originally in the Pokemon Red and Blue games, but the developers, Game Freak, decided to cut him out.
The data remained in the games, however—that's how people know that the
Professor owned a Tauros, an Exeggutor, an Arcanine, and a Gyarados. It
was the sort of epic show-down that made me wish it hadn't been cut
from the game in the first place—what better way to end things than to
defeat the man who sent you on your journey in the first place?
Most people will never get to experience a battle like that. But Twitch Plays Pokémon
did, because they were playing a modified game that included him. Hell,
Oak even gave TPP a small speech right before the battle:
I've watched you from the beginning of your journey. And I must say, it is truly astonishing how you've managed to discover and tame every single POKéMON! Now that you are a POKéMON MASTER, you must prove to me that you are deserving of that title. Please, do not hold back on this one.Let us begin!
He
appeared to have many of the same Pokémon that the originally-cut
Professor did, such as Tauros, Exeggutor, and Arcanine. What made things
particularly nail-biting was that Professor Oak appeared right after
the Champion battle, and players didn't have the ability to heal
in-between those battles. Making things worse, every single Pokémon that
Professor Oak owned was level 100. He's no cakewalk. Twitch Plays
Pokemon was stuck battling Oak all night, trying over and over again,
until this morning—when they finally beat the old man.
God damn.
The final
team consisted of Slowbro, Venemoth, Cloyster, Dragonite, Zapdos, and
Victreebel. The playtime came to be about 40 days total, completely
overshadowing how long previous TPP runs took.
You can watch the battle, along with chat, here—courtesy of CrazyBlue Review:
Right now,
the stream displays a number of mini-games, and they promise that
they'll be back to regular programming soon enough. But after everything
that's happened so far, what else is there left to do?
Thanks for the tip, @tashasghost.
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