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Massive Twitch Pokemon Marathon featuring 16 movies and 19 TV seasons starts next week, ends in 2019

Twitch and Pokemon are evolving stream marathons to their inevitable next level.

August 23, 2018 9:00 AM

Twitch has been home to some amazing live stream marathons. Bob Ross and his Joy of Painting series captured the hearts and minds of the Twitch community nearly three years ago, and Twitch has never looked back. Today, Twitch and The Pokemon Company International have announced the longest live stream marathon to date. This Pokemon: The Series extravaganza will feature 16 movies and 19 TV seasons featuring 932 episodes. The marathon will be split into several different marathons starting August 27 and ending some time in 2019.

Twitch wasn't done with the awesome sauce, as they have also announced a new extension product that will feature an interactive overlay to allow stream viewers to virtually collect Pokemon badges. The Twitch Presents: Pokemon Badge Collector extension will encourage viewers to collect badges as they appear.

Twitch Presents: Pokemon Badge Collector

“The Twitch community has a passion for Pokémon based on the warm embrace the series received when we celebrated the brand’s 20th anniversary, as well as the cultural milestone that was set when over a hundred thousand Twitch members played Pokémon together,” said Jane Weedon, Director of Business Development at Twitch. “To continue to support this beloved property, our upcoming Pokémon: The Series viewing event--which is in partnership with The Pokémon Company International--marks our most ambitious block of animated programming to date in terms of duration and content. Making it even more special, an overlay created using our exclusive Extensions product will let viewers collect Pokémon when they appear on-screen for the ultimate interactive viewing experience."

“With an extensive and growing library, Pokémon animation provides a breadth of engaging content for the community as they learn more about Pokémon,” said J.C. Smith, Senior Director of Consumer Marketing, The Pokémon Company International. “We look forward to offering fans an opportunity to experience their favorite Pokémon TV shows and movies in a uniquely interactive way on Twitch.”

The following are the featured Pokemon series and movies with dates and times listed at the Twitch Presents live stream channel.

TV Seasons

Pokémon: Indigo League
Pokémon: Adventures on the Orange Islands
Pokémon: The Johto Journeys
Pokémon: Johto League Champions
Pokémon: Master Quest
Pokémon: Advanced
Pokémon: Advanced Challenge
Pokémon: Advanced Battle
Pokémon: Battle Frontier
Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl
Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl Battle Dimensions
Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl Galactic Battles
Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl Sinnoh League Victors
Pokémon: Black & White
Pokémon: Black & White Rival Destinies
Pokémon: Black & White Adventures in Unova and Beyond
Pokémon the Series: XY
Pokémon the Series: XY Kalos Quest
Pokémon the Series: XYZ

Movies

Pokémon: The First Movie
Pokémon: The Movie 2000
Pokémon 3: The Movie
Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew
Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea
Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai
Pokémon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior
Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life
Pokémon—Zoroark: Master of Illusions
Pokémon the Movie: Black—Victini and Reshiram and Pokémon the Movie: White—Victini and Zekrom
Pokémon The Movie: Kyurem vs. The Sword of Justice
Pokémon The Movie: Genesect and the Legend Awakened
Pokémon the Movie: Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction
Pokémon the Movie: Hoopa and the Clash of Ages
Pokémon the Movie: Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel

The fun kicks off with season one Pokemon: Indigo League on August 27 at 10:00 AM PDT. All content will be viewable on the TwitchPresents channel and dubbed on its companion channels in French, German, Spanish, Italian, and Brazilian Portuguese. This is an exciting new content partnership between Twitch and Pokemon and it will be interesting to see how the Pokemon Badge Collector extension will be implemented.

Asif Khan

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Asif Khan is the CEO, EIC, and majority shareholder of Shacknews. He began his career in video game journalism as a freelancer in 2001 for Tendobox.com. Asif is a CPA and was formerly an investment adviser representative. After much success in his own personal investments, he retired from his day job in financial services and is currently focused on new private investments. His favorite PC game of all time is Duke Nukem 3D, and he is an unapologetic fan of most things Nintendo. Asif first frequented the Shack when it was sCary's Shugashack to find all things Quake. When he is not immersed in investments or gaming he is a purveyor of fine electronic music. Asif also has an irrational love of Cleveland sports.

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