twitch plays pokemon

According to Polygon, Twitch Plays Pokemon is set to return in the near future with a brand new viewer controlled stream. The live channel will return to coincide with the release of Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, beginning with a stream of the demo for the games tomorrow. After running for several days it will be replaced with a Pokemon Stadium 2 before returning to the new releases when the they officially launch in North America. Twitch Plays Pokemon first began on 12 February as something of a social experiment. The concept for the Twitch stream involved players who were viewing the live game choosing what the in-game character would do by inputting commands into the chat. Progress in Pokemon Red was slow due to the fact that every input would be implemented in the game, leaving the protagonist having great difficulty in navigating sections needing precise controls, getting stuck in sections and even releasing high level Pokemon by accident. Eventually the creator of the stream introduced changes to