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Now you can play Pokémon Red … from a Twitter avatar!

January 11, 2021
Now you can play Pokémon Red ... from a Twitter avatar!
Written by: Chris Watson
January 11, 2021
Updated on January 11, 2021
Lead Game DeveloperChris Watson
Chris Watson is a gaming expert and writer. He has loved video games since childhood and has been writing about them for over 15 years. Chris has worked for major gaming magazines where he reviewed new games and wrote strategy guides. He started his own gaming website to share insider tips and in-depth commentary about his favorite games. When he's not gaming or writing, Chris enjoys travel and hiking. His passion is helping other gamers master new games.
Expertises: Game Development, Unity and Unreal Engine, C# and C++ Programming, Interactive Storytelling, Esports and Streaming

All Twitter can pass the 1996 Red Pokémon through a user’s avatar that is updated every 15 seconds with the most voted order.

Let Game Freak make way. Seeing is believing. This 2021 starts stomping with things as surprising off the screen (Filomena) as on it. Because Constatin Liétard, a programmer at Gameloft Montreal, has invented one of those things that we didn’t know we needed, but now we can’t live without. Liétard has made it possible for us to play Pokémon Red … from a Twitter avatar!

How does Pokémon Red work on Twitter?

Specifically, it is Liétard’s own avatar, which acts as the screen and is updated every few seconds with the movement chosen by the majority of tweeters. To participate in this community adventure, it is enough to respond to the message that the programmer has posted on his Twitter profile (@screenshakes). But of course, you have to respond by saying one of the six buttons that the Game Boy had, or it is the same, the six orders that could be given in Pokémon Red in 1996. That is: Up, Down, Left, Right, A , B, Start and Select. The option that is repeated the most in the answers is automatically sent to the game and after a few seconds, Liétard’s profile is updated with a new and pixelated 400×400 image in which the character of his avatar moves and acts accordingly.

It will not be easy, as there are many people joking and putting a random command, but if we see Twitter passing Pokémon Red, we will have seen everything. At the moment there is even a Discord channel created by the author so that the most devout people can agree and coordinate to move forward. Liétard has the deference to save our progress every night, so we will see how long it takes for users of the social network to get all eight medals and win the Pokémon League. Ash Ketchum’s journey started on January 8, 2021, will it end before the end of the year?

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Chris Watson is a gaming expert and writer. He has loved video games since childhood and has been writing about them for over 15 years. Chris has worked for major gaming magazines where he reviewed new games and wrote strategy guides. He started his own gaming website to share insider tips and in-depth commentary about his favorite games. When he's not gaming or writing, Chris enjoys travel and hiking. His passion is helping other gamers master new games.
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