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Twitter users come together to play Pokemon Red through an avatar
The internet has a fascination with playing Pokemon Red in the weirdest ways possible, which has led to all sorts of interesting gameplay situations. It all started with Twitch Plays Pokemon, where fans came together in Twitch chat to control movements of the game through their comments. Now the same thing is happening, but through Twitter.
Gameloft Montreal programmer Constantin Liétard has created a Twitter account that allows followers to play Pokemon Red together. The avatar on Liétard's Twitter account is a screenshot from a live game of Pokemon Red. The avatar picture updates every 15 seconds based on the replies to a very specific tweet. Followers can reply to this special tweet with their button commands, and every 15 seconds, the Twitter account will scan for the most popular input and then make the appropriate move. The Twitter account's avatar updates once again to show followers what move was made, and then the process begins again.
Sure, it's an extremely slow and frustrating way to play Pokemon Red, but that's part of the fun! If you want to get in on the action, you can do so here.