After watching Grayson the betta fish spend 18 days doing little other than raising the level of his Charmander (Now a Charmeleon. How time flies.) in Fish Plays Pokemon, the more thrill-seeking members of the fish video game spectator community have found a much more high-octane game to watch, as two goldfish are currently duking it out in Super Street Fighter II Turbo.
18 Days Later, That Fish Is Still Playing Pokemon
The concept hasn't changed much from the original gamer fish. A fish tank is divided up into nine sections each associated with a button press. Now, however, the camera follows two fish and uses color recognition to give their button inputs to two different controllers. Aquarius, the hot-headed fish with gold scales and a heart to match, has control over Player 1. Robert the Bruce, the stoic fish with a coat of black, has taken Player 2. And the result is, in its own way, actually rather thrilling.
The program that makes this Twitch stream possible allows for simultaneous button presses if a fish straddles the line between two zones, meaning the fish actually can use moves like jump kicks and sweeps. The match time is set to unlimited, so a match never ends in an indecisive draw. According to the stream description, the controls are treated differently when the battle ends and the fish are placed back on the selection menu, making the entire experience go by surprisingly quickly. On their first day, Aqua and Robert managed to get through 99 battles, and yesterday they racked up an impressive 154.
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The competitive nature of the game ends up complementing the randomness that the fish provide much better than an RPG like Pokemon. Watching the stream carries the same kind of excitement that watching a roulette ball spin around the table commands. Of course, factions have already developed around which fish is the better fighter. If you're interested in actual stats, however, the owner is updating this Imgur album at the end of each day.
To get the full effect, though, there's no substitute for clicking on and watching a few rounds yourself.
