Every 15 seconds, a script pulls the most popular commands from the thread and applies them to the game. The results of the commands are screenshotted and uploaded as Liétard’s 400x400 Twitter avatar. As I write this, players are fiddling about in the game menu.

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Screenshot: Nintendo / Constantin Liétard

From what I’ve seen so far, the game is going pretty well. The Twitter chorus picked Squirtle as their starter, which is a damn fine choice.

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The game thread is massive, and it’s only going to get bigger as more and more people spam inputs in the replies. It’ll be interesting to see if they can make it to the Elite Four before the social media platform explodes.