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* CameraScrew: Lumiose City and some other places with moving camera angles makes maneuvering difficult to do, especially doors.

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* CameraScrew: [[invoked]] Lumiose City and some other places with moving camera angles makes maneuvering difficult to do, especially doors.
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* DifficultySpike: The game was a lot easier than the previous games and the Mob mostly swept through it. And than they reached the Elite Four and proceeded to get their asses kicked ''hard''.

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''WebVideo/TwitchPlaysPokemon'' (''TPP'') is a series of social experiments that started in February 2014 in which commands representing buttons on an original UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS (up, down, left, right, A, B, X, Y, L, R, start) and touchscreen coordinates are entered into a chat on Twitch, and then translated into a game of ''Pokémon'' via an IRC bot. In short, thousands of people are fighting over a controller. Throughout its life, ''Twitch Plays Pokémon'' has spawned hilarious characters, memorable moments, a World Record, and even a few religions.

''Twitch Plays Pokémon X'', the ninth run of the series, is the first not run by the mysterious "Streamer," instead by the user Twitch_Plays_3DS using an actual Nintendo [=3DS=] system and ''[[VideoGame/PokemonXAndY Pokemon X]]'' cartridge on the [=TwitchPlaysPokemon=] channel. Set in the Kalos region, the run is sure to feature plenty of adventure, battles, fashion, and Wi-Fi shenanigans.

The run began on July 27, 2014 and was completed on August 1, with three days of postgame content afterward.

See also [[http://twitchplayspokemon.org/x/ here]] for the archived progress of the game, [[http://thatswhatyouget.github.io/tpp-progress/run-status.html?run=X here]] for the archived status of the run, or [[http://www.reddit.com/live/t9cxtjfhj8w3 here]] for live updates, which have been archived [[https://archive.tppleague.me/s01-09-x.html here]]. There is also a recap page, found [[Recap/TwitchPlaysPokemonX here]].

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!!Tropes found in ''Twitch Plays Pokémon X'' include:
* AntiFrustrationFeatures: Many are introduced as part of the game itself. But one is the disabling of the Wonder Trade feature, which could be used to Wonder Trade the Mob's Pokemon at random. It is, however, still possible to trade with people who pop up on the passerby list.
** Later on it was revealed that Twitch_plays_3ds had also blocked ''normal releases'', which caused a lot more controversy.
* ArtEvolution: It's the first Pokemon Game to be in fully modeled 3D.
* AscendedFanboy: Several TPP fans have traded Pokemon with the stream.
* AudienceParticipation: When Wi-Fi was on, players around the world were looking for d in order to trade Pokemon, challenge him in a battle, or give him O-Powers.
* BookEnds: The game starts with d waking up, checking the mirror, and talking to his mother. During the last minutes of the run, he does the same things in reverse order.
* ButThouMust: Due to poor team management, the Mob was forced to go to the PC and make room for or get a Surf user.
* CameraScrew: Lumiose City and some other places with moving camera angles makes maneuvering difficult to do, especially doors.
* CheeseEatingSurrenderMonkeys: ''Pokémon X'' takes place in the Kalos region, which is based on real-world France. As such, it's only fitting that the Mob has a habit of unintentionally forfeiting a good percentage of the Wi-Fi battles they play.
* CrapsaccharineWorld: Lumiose City. No one is denying that it's a beautiful city with lots of justification to its title as the City of Lights, and it ''is'' a pretty trendy place to be. But some interpret that it puts ''too'' much emphasis on the trendiness of the citizens, and d was constantly rejected by many of the shop owners because he was either too poorly dressed or he didn't have enough to purchase something.
* CurbStompBattle: ''Every online battle.'' Well, at least at the beginning.
* {{Determinator}}: You thought the lack of a 3DS emulator was enough to keep TPP from finishing all the main series games? You thought wrong.
* DifficultySpike: The game was a lot easier than the previous games and the Mob mostly swept through it. And than they reached the Elite Four and proceeded to get their asses kicked ''hard''.
* DiscOneNuke: O-Powers enabled D to defeat '''[[WakeUpCallBoss Viola]]''' on his first try.
* EverybodyLives: Second run with no releases, though there was a lot of trading away Pokémon but general consensus is that doesn't count as them being dead.
* HistoryRepeats: Just like Hijinks the Machop, Chespin was swiftly boxed and forgotten about--though it ''did'' get to evolve, at least.
* InterfaceScrew: Sometimes the [=HUD=] will fail to capture a screenshot of the Pokemon's status, resulting in showing other things on the bottom screen, like the item inventory.
* NotAllowedToGrowUp: Averted [[WebVideo/TwitchPlaysPokemonBlack2 once again]], this time by simply disabling B inputs during the evolution screen.
* RevolvingDoorBand: At first it looked like anyone would be subject to be replaced at any time, not because of the PC, but because of trades with real people who can find Lil' d. This allowed d to have 2 Omanyte and a Shiny Beldum before the first badge. At one point it almost gave him a hacked Diancie or other Pokemon already at Level 100. However, Wi-Fi was then turned off until the post-game, preventing any further trades, though normal PC shenanigans have done just fine to spice things up.
* ShaggyDogStory: d tried to evolve Pikachu with the Thunder Stone he found, but gave it to his other Pokemon instead. Pikachu was deposited soon after, making the whole thing pointless. And then he tossed the Thunder Stone on Day 5.
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