I’ll take some fresh Gen 1 evolutions, please
This is my kinda ridiculous. Starting October 4 at 6:00am Pacific, The Pokémon Company will host a 24-hour-long live stream forPokémon SwordandShieldnot unlike those cute animal live cams you can find online. The so-calledPokémon Live Camerawill run its gradual course onYouTubeandTwitch.
The basic idea is that folks can casually hop in at any time to monitor a camera feed of Glimwood Tangle–a “strange” forest found in the Galar region–for a chance to spot roaming Pokémon. “Viewers may even notice things that surprise them,” The Pokémon Company teased in a press release.
Despite the carefully-worded attempt at tempering expectations, I bet people are going to strap in for the whole 24 hours and come away disappointed. I also feel like the stream chat will getrowdy.
We’ll find out soon enough. Either way, I plan on popping in. The thought of watching Pokémon in their natural habitat sure does make me pine for a newPokémon Snap. Gosh that would be pleasant.
So far, five hours into the stream, things have been moving slowly. Glacially, even.
Given the premise, that’s to be expected. I figured the pacing would be drawn out. But I wasn’t expecting the infrequent Pokémon that do show up to appear for such short spans of time.
It really can be blink-and-you’ll-miss-it. One bathroom break later, you’re left wondering what the fuss is about.Whose tail was that? I like this fleeting approach in certain cases– the series has always excelled at fueling fans’ speculation– but I wish it was used a bit more deliberately, to greater effect.
Update: The stream was really just building to this moment: Galarian Ponyta.
