June 1st is International Children's Day.

However, it seems that Japanese people don't celebrate Children's Day on this day, which is quite awkward.

Zhao Ye didn't know much about Japanese culture and thought that Japanese people also celebrated Children's Day on June 1st.

Actually, no. There are three traditional Japanese Children's Days: Girls' Day on March 3, Boys' Day on May 5, and San-Go-Shina Day on November 15.

It doesn't matter which day it is, as long as Pokémon is a hit in Japan, the "Qiongqi 1 Home Game Console" will sell like hotcakes.

On the morning of June 1st, the mall placed the "Qiongqi 1 Home Game Console" on the counter and put up a Pokémon promotional cover in the most conspicuous place.

"The Pokémon game is now available, allowing you to experience the joy of being a Pokémon trainer!"

"Pikachu! Master, please choose me as your closest companion!"

"Team Rocket, the strongest in the universe, since you've asked so sincerely..."

Seeing the explosive popularity of Pokémon, major retailers have been actively promoting it, as if they have smelled the money and are all full of motivation.

Offline, Wujiang Group hired ground promotion staff to distribute flyers at the gates of various universities, focusing their promotion on "Qiongqi 1 Home Game Console" and "Pokémon".

Online, it's newspaper and television advertising.

On that very day, the pre-produced advertising video by Wujiang Group was broadcast on Japan's three major television stations.

Using characters from Pokémon for advertising is novel and interesting, attracting a lot of attention.

After watching the advertisement, the children all shouted that they wanted to buy the "Qiongqi 1 Home Game Console" so they could play the Pokémon game and become Pokémon trainers.

The basic gameplay of Pokémon can be summarized as "collecting, raising, trading, and battling".

During this period, Pokémon was unique among pet collection and raising games.

This kind of pet-raising game sounds very interesting, not to mention that this game also has the added benefit of being an animated series.

Soon, a considerable number of children, brought by their parents, arrived at the manufacturer to purchase the "Qiongqi 1 Home Game Console." At this point, the salesperson would typically recommend not only Pokémon but also other games.

Along with the "Qiongqi 1 Home Game Console," 20 games were also released.

The "Hot-Blooded" series includes: "Hot-Blooded Baseball", "Hot-Blooded Ice Hockey", "Hot-Blooded Tennis", "Hot-Blooded Soccer", "Hot-Blooded Basketball", "Hot-Blooded Volleyball", "Hot-Blooded Fencing", "Hot-Blooded Fighting", "Hot-Blooded Racing", "Hot-Blooded Mahjong", and "Hot-Blooded Story".

In addition, there are Dragon Quest, The Legend of Zelda, Final Fantasy, Contra, Red Fortress, Salamander, Pokémon, Calabash Brothers, and Tetris!

There are so many games to choose from, enough to keep players entertained for a long time.

Inside an electronics chain store in Akihabara, store manager Watanabe personally introduces "Calabash Brothers" to everyone.

"The game type of Calabash Brothers is similar to Super Mario, but Calabash Brothers has seven brothers, corresponding to seven colors and seven superpowers. The game character can obtain the corresponding superpower by getting the gourd of the color.

For example, the eldest brother, a red gourd, was born a strongman with immense strength;

Second Brother, in his orange gourd form, possesses the ability to see a thousand miles and hear all directions; no secret of the monsters can be kept from him.

The third brother, a yellow gourd, possesses a copper head and iron arms, a steel body, and is invulnerable to swords and spears.

The Fourth Brother, a green gourd, is the mortal descendant of the Fire God of Heaven. He possesses the ability to breathe and absorb fire, but he cannot touch alcohol, or he will lose his abilities.

The fifth child is a green gourd with the ability to absorb and release water.

Sixth Brother, a blue gourd, possesses the abilities of invisibility and penetration, appearing and disappearing without a trace.

The seventh brother, with a purple gourd: He doesn't possess great abilities, but he has a magic gourd that can absorb magic, weapons, and demons.

"Super Mario is about a plumber rescuing a princess, while Calabash Brothers is about the Calabash Brothers rescuing their grandfather. But the latter has more varied gameplay and is more fun than Super Mario!" The shop owner strongly recommended it because he had played Calabash Brothers and was immediately hooked. He thought to himself, if even he liked playing Calabash Brothers so much, then others must be even more so.

"In addition, have you noticed that the graphics of Calabash Brothers are much more exquisite than those of Super Mario? After seeing the graphics of Calabash Brothers and then seeing the graphics of Super Mario, Super Mario always feels like it is poorly made, which makes people instantly lose the desire to play the game."

As the saying goes, "There's no harm in comparison!"

The shop owner, Watanabe, specially placed an FC (Famicom) machine next to him for comparing game graphics.

The onlookers nodded in agreement, suddenly realizing that Super Mario wasn't so appealing anymore.

Watanabe then demonstrated several games, including Pokémon, Dragon Quest, and Hot-Blooded Soccer, which made the children watching very envious.

"Mommy, I want this!"

"Grandpa, I want this!"

"Waaaah, if you don't buy it, I won't eat!"

"I'm going to buy it, I'm going to buy it, or I'll cry!"

"..."

When children throw tantrums and act spoiled, some parents have no choice but to open their wallets and buy a "Qiongqi 1 home game console," and then spend more money to buy a few game cartridges.

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