PokéPark Wii Pikachu's Adventure to feature in month-long Really Really Long A Thon 7 marathon on December 20th in benefit of Open Medicine Foundation

The Really Really Long A Thon (RRLAT) Twitch channel will hosting a nonstop speedrunning marathon throughout December, supporting the Open Medicine Foundation. A run of PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure will be featured during the event, with the run presently scheduled for Wednesday, December 20th. The event can be watched from the marathon's Twitch channel.

Really Really Long A Thon was first hosted by the speedrunner xel in 2017 as a two-week long event, and a thinly veiled means for their fellow speedrunner Baffan to complete a 100% run of Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean on stream. This is a speedrun that infamously takes over two weeks to complete due to the requirement of needing to wait a total of 336 hours outside of menus in real time to obtain the Splendid Hair item. Due to the excessive amount of downtime in which the game is left idle, it would have been against Twitch's Terms of Service without something else happening on the stream. Ergo, the game was left running in a corner of the stream except for a few hours periodically in which it took the focus to make further progress on other objectives. In the years since, it became a charity marathon maintaining its focus on speedruns that take a very long time to complete, that would otherwise not be shown in marathons.

The Really Really Long A Thon's support of the Open Medicine Foundation came about due to health issues suffered by both xel, and RRLAT co-owner Frostie. OMF is an organization founded in 2012 by Linda Tannenbaum to study and treat myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome. It brings world-renowned scientists together to study, diagnose, treat, and cure complex diseases, including ME/CFS, fibromyalgia, post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome, and long COVID.

The details and expected times for the Pokémon run at RRLAT7 is as follows. Please note that these times were correct at time of writing, but may be subject to change based on delays in the marathon - or possibly even really really long games finishing faster than expected. Check the full schedule below to check the approximate start time for each run in your local timezone, as well as for any schedule changes and updates.

PokéPark Wii Pikachu's Adventure
Saturday December 20th - 5:40am EST
Category: All Friends
Expected length: 7:10:00
Runner: Phantom5800

Adjacently, a run of Super Smash Bros. Brawl totalling over 81 hours will feature in the marathon starting on Wednesday, December 27th. To donate to RRLAT7, refer to the Twitch channel for the relevant links.