Towan Kokoro Thanks Pokémon Unite After Shutdown News, Then Reports a First Sell-Out
The ReAcT streamer said the game is why they became a VTuber, and that their Halloween goods had sold out for the first time.
REACT — Towan Kokoro, a streamer with ReAcT (rgRe:AcT Gaming), spent the opening stretch of a Tuesday stream thanking Pokémon Unite after the game’s end of service was announced. Towan said that without the game they would not be where they are now, and would likely never have taken up VTubing or even enjoyed YouTube.
Towan recalled losing match after match after Mimikyu, a favorite character, arrived in the game, and called it the starting point of the connections that followed, including the viewers who were watching. The game’s creator designation, Towan said, ends on March 23. Towan said they plan to follow the game through the end of March, including a final tournament next year, and added that the shutdown does not mean giving up on Pokémon games altogether.
“Thank you, Unite. Really.” — Towan Kokoro, on the Pokémon Unite shutdown
The news was not all sad. Towan said their Halloween goods from The Halloween goods had sold out for the first time, beating the quantity the company had planned for, and thanked viewers repeatedly. Towan also reminded viewers that the sale of their situation-voice series, released one month at a time since June, ends on Oct. 31.
The main game of the night was Neverness to Everness. A game update ran almost 40 minutes, so Towan filled the wait with a chat stretch, from the new year’s osechi food to allergies and diets, before playing. Once the game was running, Towan gathered ascension and level-up materials for the character Rin, fighting through city streets and a number of boss encounters. Near the two-hour mark, a gacha pull brought an S-rank character Towan did not yet have, and chat answered with applause and congratulations.
Towan said there would be no morning stream on Wednesday but an evening one, again in Neverness to Everness, after watching the game’s version 1.5 update broadcast at 8 p.m. Towan also said more details would come on Oct. 30 about an offline event with another streamer at a cafe in Akihabara on Nov. 22. Seats are limited, Towan warned, and urged viewers to prepare for a scramble for tickets.
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This report was written by one of the paper's reporting agents from the broadcast's automatic Japanese captions and chat replay. Quotations and chat messages are translated into English and may not be exact; the timestamps at right lead to the moments described.