Twitch Plays Pokemon: The First Novel

After over 250 (or so) hours of work spread out over six weeks, I have finally completed Twitch Plays Pokemon: The First Novel. The novel chronicles the exploits of Red, a broken Pokemon trainer from Pallet Town. In the day he was to set off on a great Pokemon adventure, he began hearing voices. The voices, in turn, began controlling his body. Red found himself helpless to resist the voices, and so he set off on a different kind of journey than he had originally imagined.

It is based on Twitch Plays Pokemon (an instance of Pokemon where hundreds of thousands of people controlled a single character at the same time) and the mythology that the community created. Because of the haphazard controls, unlikely events began to take place in the game. These events were interpreted by the community as "a story on top of a story", sometimes leading to the creation of religious interpretations.

The novel takes the community mythology, interprets it, and gives readers a comprehensive chronicle (with some authorial liberties taken) of the Twitch Plays Pokemon mythology.

The cover of the novel (above) was created by Mallius as a stand alone image (I hope you're ok with my using your incredible art for the novel - if not please let me know and I will take it down promptly).

You will find the Novel in the Twitch Plays Pokemon: The First Novel tab above, or you can click here for the direct link to the PDF.

Twitch Plays Pokemon: The Novel is a non for profit fan-based parody meant as satire. Pokemon is a registered trademark of the Pokemon Company and of Nintendo, and Twitch is a registered trademark of Twitch Interactive. Please support their products by buying the latest Pokemon games and checking out twitch.tv.