Chapter 445 Obsessed

Just when Wang Qi felt bored.

The first battle of the game began...

It was equivalent to the initial teaching. Before the protagonist walked out of the village after the team entrance examination, there would be a battle to teach the player how to fight with Pokémon.

But the battle was not real-time, but a very ordinary turn-based battle.

Wang Qi didn't pay much attention to it at first.

But he soon discovered that the turn-based system of this game was not like the online game of Linmu Studio, where the characters could move around freely.

He controlled the character to walk forward, and then observed the opponent's Pokémon for a while.

It was a Pokémon that looked like an egg and had a bright yellow body. It had five thorns on its head, and most of its body was covered with eggshells, with some red and blue triangular ring patterns on it.

The name of the Pokémon was Togepi.

When Wang Qi controlled the character to walk over.

The Pokémon named Togepi seemed to realize that the battle distance was too far.

It suddenly took a short, round step and trotted to a place not far from Wang Qi's initial Pokémon, Owlmoth. It stopped suddenly and then swayed gently from side to side in a cute way...

"...Can this thing be picked up and run?"

Wang Qi saw this scene and had no intention of trying to control his Pokémon to fight. Instead, he studied whether he could steal the opponent's Pokémon...

because he wanted it so badly...

and it turned out that it was not possible.

He could only click the moves with pain and then get rid of the opponent.

After experiencing the battle.

Wang Qi felt that although the battle mode was turn-based, it felt that Pokémon was so cute when attacking and when being attacked.

Wang Qi unknowingly ignited a desire to play.

Then.

After the battle was over.

The NPC who fought against Wang Qi explained to Wang Qi another way to play the Pokémon game, which was to fight with Pokémon!

Wang Qi could cultivate them. After the Pokémon leveled up, they could learn more moves and become stronger and stronger.

Cultivation.

Level.

Wang Qi thought of the cute Pokémon and suddenly wanted to play more.

But he was not sure yet.

What would happen in the next game.

Plan to wait and see.

He scratched his head and, according to the game's instructions, went to the place where he needed to go for the team entrance exam.

When he came to the outside of the village.

Wang Qi's heart, which had just cooled down, finally warmed up again... Mainly because although this game cannot allow players to do whatever they want in the open world like "The Legend of Zelda", or give players a stunning overlooking perspective from the beginning.

After all, the subject matter is different.

But the scenery of the open map of this game is still in the same vein as "The Legend of Zelda".

Although the precision is lacking, a large amount of real-time light is matched with layered distant and near scenes, and the painting style is fresh and clean, which is very pleasing to the eye.

In fact, when Lin Yao played Arceus, she was always speechless about GAME FREAK, the producer of the Pokémon series!

The picture is really too bad... GAME FREAK's technical ability is really too poor.

She even thought that Nintendo should take back the Pokémon IP and do it themselves.

But after paying a little attention, she found that this was impossible, at least in the short term.

The relationship between GAME FREAK and Nintendo has never been subordinate. Although the Pokémon games have always been published by Nintendo, the producer GAME FREAK has always been an independent company.

Although Nintendo actually controls the development license of the entire Pokémon IP, it can theoretically take it back from GAME FREAK. However, The Pokemon Company, the Pokémon brand copyright company, has Nintendo as the major shareholder, but the other shareholder is GAME FREAK.

And Nintendo will not want to take it back. After all, no matter how bad GAME FREAK is... every new game is very profitable.

GAME FREAK's senior management has been committed to getting rid of the inherent impression of "Nintendo's subsidiary" in the eyes of the outside world. The senior management even said "I hope everyone can remember that it was GF that made the Pokémon game"...

But the effect is minimal, and there are too many commercial interests and the already formed huge Pokémon industry chain behind the two companies.

The two companies are really deeply bound.

It is estimated that it will be difficult for fans to want Nintendo to make Pokémon games themselves.

After all, Nintendo's own development staff is stretched to the limit, and it is difficult to provide technical support to GAME FREAK. There are even rumors that GAME FREAK refuses Nintendo's technical support, let alone doing it themselves.

In fact, GAME FREAK also wants to change and has made progress.

But now the Pokémon game is "annual goods", and GAME FREAK itself is not good.

It seems that the progress is not obvious... They are particularly bad, just like relying on their past.

The first-party games released by Nintendo are indeed trustworthy, but sometimes, it really depends on the producer...

Of course.

In this world.

Lin Yao can't be as bad as GAME FREAK. Although the gameplay of Pokémon is more plain and simple compared to Zelda, the graphics are almost made according to the specifications of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.

Moreover, she did not make it according to the Monster Hunter-style open map of the original game, but a complete open world map. Players can go anywhere as long as they walk out.

It is precisely because of this.

Wang Qi's half-cooled heart will warm up again.

After all, there is the "Legend of Zelda" as a good example.

Standing in place, he admired the beautiful scenery in the game for a while.

Wang Qi began to follow the human body prompts and headed to the Obsidian Plains area where he needed to go for the main task "Team Entry Examination".

But he had just walked out of the village and had not taken two steps... In the grass not far away, a brown-colored Pokémon with large front teeth and a lot of curved hair on its body, like a mouse, emerged.

It didn't seem to notice Wang Qi, and ran around on the grassland in a naive manner.

It was almost instinctive.

The moment Wang Qi saw the Pokémon, he immediately put down his thumb on the joystick and stopped.

Then, he switched out of the Poké Ball in a somewhat clumsy manner.

At this time, the system prompt also came out, telling him how to capture and how to throw the Poké Ball without alarming the Pokémon...

Yes.

Lin Yao also modified some of the ancient task guidance systems in the previous part of the game to give players greater autonomy.

As for why it was not changed before.

It's very simple.

There is more than one Arceus in the Pokémon game.

In the game.

Wang Qi squatted down, and then, like playing an FPS game, he began to throw Poké Balls at the mouse-like Pokémon.

The first time, he missed.

But the mouse-like Pokémon seemed to be startled, ran to the side, and then stopped.

Wang Qi saw that the Poké Ball missed and the Pokémon ran away, and his heart was lifted.

He was afraid that the other party would run away.

Just like the beast in "The Legend of Zelda", it turned around and disappeared directly...

Now he would see if it disappeared.

Wang Qi immediately breathed a sigh of relief and moved forward.

The Poké Ball was thrown and hit the Pokémon's head accurately. A ray of light flashed, and the Poké Ball took the Pokémon in.

"Yes!"

Wang Qi saw this scene and waved his fist excitedly.

He didn't know why he was so excited.

He just felt that the moment he caught the Pokémon, it was very cool.

Wang Qi opened the menu and checked the newly obtained Pokémon.

The newly caught Pokémon was called Raccoon.

It was very cute.

But it feels a little bit off...

Wang Qi thought as he continued to rush to the mission location.

But as he walked,

he stopped again... because he saw another Pokémon that looked like a gray bird.

With the idea that there was no time to stop doing the mission, Wang Qi turned around and went to find Pokémon.

He just ran in one direction...

On the way,

he also encountered some collectible items, such as ores and fruits.

The system prompted him

that he could release Pokémon to destroy and obtain resources.

Wang Qi tried it and threw his initial Pokémon, Owlmoth, at the tree full of fruits.

Owlmoth broke away from the Poké Ball, then flapped its wings and attacked the tree.

With a tremor, the fruit fell down.

"Everything is really based on Pokémon..."

Wang Qi sighed, and he completely understood the selling point of this game.

The character he controlled was just a carrier, and the protagonists were Pokémon!

And he had just finished sighing.

A river not far away attracted his attention again.

Will there be Pokémon there too?

With this idea in mind,

Wang Qi controlled the character again and ran towards the river.

And the game did not disappoint him.

There was indeed a Pokémon by the river!

It was a creature with a beige belly, eyebrows and the tip of its tail. It had a float on its neck, just like wearing a swimming ring. It was very cute.

"It's cute."

Wang Qi was moved the moment he saw it. Although he said it was cute for the sake of face,

he actually had only one thought at the moment: this Pokémon was his!

He squatted carefully and slowly approached...

Then, Wang Qi ran and caught it all the way.

The boredom at the beginning was gradually forgotten...

Once again, he encountered a Pokémon named Swim Ring Weasel with a float on its neck, just like wearing a swimming ring.

Wang Qi suddenly thought of the game's battle gameplay. Instead of throwing a Poké Ball to catch it directly, he switched to a Poké Ball with Owlbit and threw it at the opponent.

The Poké Ball fell to the ground and Owlbit jumped out.

The Pokémon that was originally wandering around suddenly turned back.

Close-up.

It looked at the protagonist, with its short arms stretched back and its tail erected, just like the fierce protagonist, and howled.

Then.

Officially entering the battle.

"..."

Wang Qi couldn't hold it in for a moment... This is too cute!

Next.

The battle scene made him feel very surprised.

Just before leaving the village, he didn't feel anything in the battle with Togepi.

But the moves of the swimming ring weasel... are so cool!

[Swimming ring weasel uses lightning flash! ]

Along with this prompt,

it was seen that the swimming ring weasel turned sideways, then instantly disappeared from the original place, appeared in front of the wood wood owl, and gave it a tail.

The wood wood owl was hit and immediately took a step back...

The performance of the battle had the feeling of that kind of animation, whether it was the special effects of the hit or the technique of expressing teleportation, they were very similar.

After beating the swimming ring weasel to half health, it was Wang Qi's turn. The system prompted him to try to throw a Poké Ball to subdue the opponent.

Wang Qi immediately switched out the Poké Ball and threw it at the opponent.

The Poké Ball fell and immediately took the swimming ring weasel into it. It bounced on the ground for a while, and fireworks bloomed in the air. Success!

"It feels a bit interesting... Interesting!"

Wang Qi glanced at the instructions of the task, and then looked at the distance not far away. He felt that the task could wait for a while...

Because he suddenly saw a new Pokémon...

...

In fact, it's not just Wang Qi.

Whether it is overseas or domestic players, the first feeling about the performance and plot of the game is ordinary at the beginning.

But as long as you walk out of the town.

These players, without exception,

quickly fell in love with it... They began to run around to catch Pokémon.

Because for players, the feeling of catching pets is really fascinating.

Players continue to discover new Pokémon... They are fascinated by their different skills and cute appearance.

As long as players are interested in Pokémon,

then the gameplay will no longer be ordinary...

Because different Pokémon not only have different appearances, but also different skills, and there are mechanisms such as restraint and evolution.

In other words,

it is not a matter of one day or one night to cultivate a strong enough Pokémon.

Don't think that the gameplay of cultivating pets is boring and not attractive enough to players.

In fact, this kind of cultivation gameplay is very lethal to players!

For example, the most familiar online games for domestic players, turn-based online games, the pet system has always been one of the most important systems.

And most of the pets in online games also involve cultivation elements...

Although most online games require krypton gold to cultivate pets.

But this also indirectly proves that players are very accepting of this kind of gameplay.

Of course.

At present, players probably have only a limited understanding of the complex evolution, skills, attribute restraint and other mechanisms of Pokémon in the game.

Most players are still at the stage of wanting to catch their favorite Pokémon.

But this also means that the following game content is enough for players to slowly explore.

In simple terms, it is easy to get started, but difficult to master!

The game allows players to invest time and then leave an impression on the IP...

Of course.

Although the game has complex evolution and attribute restraint mechanisms, it does not mean that casual players cannot find fun in this game.

Many girls will not study the complex mechanisms, but it does not prevent them from being attracted by various Pokémon after walking out of the village, and then running around, wanting to catch more beautiful and rare Pokémon.

Then when they have nothing to do, throw all the Pokémon out and play with them.

In fact.

After playing "Pokémon Legends: Arceus", many female players feel that this is the most friendly game for female players by Linmu Studio!

In fact, this is also the biggest advantage of "Pokémon Legends: Arceus", of course, it can also be said to be a disadvantage.

Compared with the orthodox works, "Pokémon Legends: Arceus" has changed the traditional dark mines and monsters in the series, making the rhythm lighter, and has greatly simplified the cultivation system...

This makes the game very easy to get started.

Of course, the flavor of traditional Pokémon games is not so strong.

But this is also the reason why Lin Yao chose Arceus as the starting point of Pokémon, because here, "Pokémon" is a new IP, a new IP without any bonus, and directly restoring the most original Pokémon game is really risky...

Moreover, although "Pokémon Legends: Arceus" simplifies a lot of things, it is undoubtedly fun!

...

That night.

"Go! Eevee!"

Wang Qi shouted.

Anyway, he lives alone, so he is not afraid of shame...

As for his idea that the game is ordinary... It has long disappeared.

To be honest.

The initial game experience is indeed ordinary, and it feels very ordinary.

But when he encounters Pokémon in the wild, it really feels that everything is different!

The entire open world has a rich variety of Pokémon, and their personalities and appearances are very diverse.

And these Pokémon are really not dull at all. When they encounter players, they will even react accordingly. The timid Thorntail will drag its body and slowly escape, and the adventurous Geodude will take the initiative to challenge the player. Psyduck

will even stand on the shore and laugh at Wang Qi when he falls into the water...

It's like these Pokémon are living beings, not NPCs waiting to be captured by the protagonist.

This feeling is really great!

And when you catch the Pokémon you like... It's really cool!

And Pokémon are not only cute.

Their skills are also very cool, and Wang Qi did some research and found that there is a set of seemingly complex evolution and restraint mechanisms between Pokémon.

Although he hasn't fully understood it yet.

But he really gets more and more addicted to it!

He originally thought that this game was very ordinary, but after seeing Pokémon in the wild for the first time, he fell in love with it.

The completely open map plus the collection elements.

He was completely immersed in the process of capturing and cultivating Pokémon and couldn't extricate himself.

Oh, there is also a list of materials for obtaining different props, and the gameplay of going around the world to find materials

is also very good.

Although this game is not as close to perfect as "The Legend of Zelda",

Wang Qi really experienced a completely different fun in this game that is different from other works of Linmu Studios!

And there are actually quite a few players who have the same idea as him...

...

The first day that "Pokémon Legends: Arceus" was unlocked.

There are actually quite a few related topics on the forum.

But at the beginning, most of the posts said that the game was ordinary...

It was not until three hours later that some praising posts came out.

And the first to speak for this game were female players.

Pokémon games are suitable for all ages, whether middle-aged or children, as long as they are players who like pets, they can find fun in this game.

And for girls, Pokémon games are simply a killer...

This game is really too easy to get started! For female players.

There are no complicated mechanisms of other games, no bitter and vengeful plots.

The gameplay of the game is to collect cute pets!

Is there a better game than this?

And then.

As more and more tough guys walk out of the village and come to the open world outside, they see all kinds of Pokémon, and get a little exposure to the various gameplay mechanisms of Pokémon games hidden under the cute appearance of Pokémon... They also come out to speak for the game!

"I suspect I've been possessed by Lin Yao! Really, I actually jumped up with excitement when I caught a rare Pokémon while playing this game..."

"Fun, wow, this is really the most girl-friendly game from Linmu Studio, Pokémon is so cute."

"I have to say, I really thought the game was average at first, but as I played it more, I was left with admiration. This feeling is similar to running to the bamboo forest to catch rhinoceros beetles when I was a child, it's really great. Linmu Studio! It really never disappoints!"

"And this game is not only cute! I don't know if you noticed that the Pokémon evolution system is actually very interesting!"

"Extra Pokémon can be put into the pasture. Lin Yao really knows how to do it. Not only catch them, but also let us raise them, right?"

"The purest fun of the game... I'm convinced, Linmu Studio."

"You can really always trust Linmu Studio! I'm more and more looking forward to the finale of "Dark Soul"!"

"..."

On the same day.

As the number of posts praising the game on the forum gradually increased, the sales of "Pokémon Legends: Arceus" began to rise again.

And it will soon exceed two million.

Domestic sales are part of the total, but overseas sales actually account for a higher proportion.

Because overseas players... like this game more.

Many colleagues who were looking forward to Lin Yao's new game were stunned.

No way...

It's not that they didn't buy the game to play, and they also knew that those cute Pokémon were really attractive.

But it's going to sell two million copies, isn't it a bit outrageous?

In fact,

many colleagues really want to launch it themselves.

They can really launch this kind of game!

After all, now that two million players have bought the game, it means that there are at least two million players in this market... and it can also be sold overseas.

Follow the trend! Make similar games! This has become the idea of ​​many colleagues.

Of course.

Whether it will succeed or not is hard to say...

...

The next day.

Linmu Studio.

Lin Yao received the detailed sales data of "Pokémon Legends: Arceus" and immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Although the Pokémon here are not as glorious as in the previous life, it seems that there is no way to sell tens of millions of copies.

But considering the current installed capacity of the console, this is really a good start.

A good start in the first half of the year!

Next, Linmu Studio also has "ARMS" and "Dark Soul"...

Of course, the significance of the good results of the first generation of Pokémon games is not only about money, but also means that the Pokémon IP has started smoothly.

As long as it starts, it will have the opportunity to become a long-term cash cow if it is well operated in the future.

Moreover, in the era of mobile Internet, the Pokémon IP combined with augmented reality AR technology... seems to be quite profitable.

However.

It is too early to think about these things now. There is still a long way to go for the IP to truly form a big influence...

"Thank you for your hard work."

Lin Yao stopped her divergent thoughts and handed the report back to Mu Wanqing.

"You are."

Mu Wanqing shook her head gently.

This time, all the Pokémon were designed by Lin Yao, and none of them were outsourced. This is also the main reason for the rapid progress of the game.

It's really hard.

Lin Yao said seriously: "The hard work now is for the future to lie on the gold mountain and make money. It's worth it, worth it..."

It's really a gold mountain.

If Pokémon can rise.

"..."

Mu Wanqing looked at the serious girl and didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

She shook her head gently, then changed the subject and talked about another thing: "I heard from some colleagues in the industry that it seems that some companies want to imitate and launch similar games after seeing the current performance of Pokémon. Will this have an impact?"

(End of this chapter)