Chapter 462 Electronic Yang

Wei After considering it, Lin Yao finally decided to put aside the idea of ​​VR for the time being and focus on the operation of the switch console.

She found the relevant person in charge and began to discuss the order of game release in the second half of the year.

After a brief discussion with the person in charge.

Finally.

Lin Yao determined the strategy of announcing and releasing the switch console games first.

As for why this was done.

On the one hand, there are four works in the current PC product department, two of which are made by the first-party studio, and the progress is relatively slow, while the production progress of the console department is much faster.

On the other hand, the console sales have now exceeded 20 million, which means that the installed capacity has exceeded 20 million, and the huge number of new players will inevitably bring more diverse game needs.

The Vaporwave game platform has a unique advantage in this regard. Even if there are game types that Linmu Studio does not have, there are other developers who develop corresponding game types, and players have more choices.

But the switch is different. Currently, due to the limitations of form and performance, the most capable ones are still the first-party games of Linmu Studio.

At this time, the diverse game needs brought by the huge number of new players can only be met by Linmu Studio.

Of course, Lin Yao does not have the courage to say that he can satisfy all players.

But after the release of the Switch, the main game styles are very distinct, and most players should already know what the Switch can bring to them.

Most players are probably satisfied.

The first game to take the lead in the second half of the year is Kirby.

The main features are "cute", "childlike" and "simple"!

Well, this sounds very similar to "Super Mario Odyssey", but in fact the difference is really big.

The Mario IP is too special. After more than 30 years, it still has a huge influence. Almost every orthodox sequel can bring new experiences to players, and almost every time, it can be a great success.

In the history of games in Lin Yao's previous life, such evergreens are really very rare.

In addition.

Mario is the top brand of Nintendo Hell and the most famous IP in the FC era after the Atari crash. Even if there is a ban on game consoles in China, many domestic players have played "Super Mario" through Subor.

This is the case in China, let alone other areas.

The feelings of Super Mario Odyssey plus its own high quality are really not enough for Kirby.

For example, Lin Yao herself actually had contact with many games when she was a child, but she had very little contact with consoles.

But even so, when she was playing Super Mario Odyssey City Country, she found musicians according to the task to prepare for the celebration, and then when the classic BGM of Super Mario sounded, she couldn't help but smile knowingly, and a happy mood arose spontaneously.

When the celebration began, Mario's ex-girlfriend Pauline's singing sounded, and the 2D Mario reappeared in the festive atmosphere under the cheers of all the citizens, her smile never stopped.

Even before that, she had to restart the sewer level seven or eight times because of her hand disability, and the joystick was left with sweat, but it did not prevent her from feeling happy and happy because of the feelings and games.

It was really an incredible experience...

This is also the reason why Lin Yao is not in a hurry to make Super Mario Odyssey, because that feeling is really difficult to reproduce, it is created by the player's memory and excellent game quality.

But Kirby, there is no such problem.

Although this series is also quite old, having been around for 30 years, it is not as famous as Mario, the flagship of Nintendo. Besides, most of the related games, except for the earlier ones, are of decent quality, but are not as famous as Kirby's emoticons...

until Kirby's Exploration and Discovery appeared.

This game, like Odyssey, focuses on the small garden. Of course, its scale is not as large as Odyssey, but its characteristics are also distinct enough.

It is fun! Family fun! Simple fun that everyone can experience!

What is this?

This is the soul of children!

It is perfect to let this game take the lead.

...

August 20.

The popularity of Linmu Studio's promotional video gradually subsided.

And at this time point.

The operating companies behind Game Player, Gibber Company and Dreamland, like Linmu Studio, released the second half of the game lineup that will be launched on Game Player on the Game Player platform in a high-profile manner...

And the form in which they announced the game lineup was also a mixed cut...

But compared with the form of comparing the first half and second half of the game lineup of Linmu Studio,

the promotional videos of these two game companies are more violent.

Burning! Blood boiling! Excitement! is the main theme.

Along with rap, various game scenes appear one by one.

Blast, gunfight, racing, sprinting, shooting, and even swearing.

This is another way of promotion, and the effect is actually very good.

After all, game players, especially single-player game players, are mainly men.

And these things are really easy to poke male players.

So soon.

The joint promotion of Giber Company and Dreamland achieved very good results.

The players' expectations had just calmed down, but they were pulled up by Dreamland and Giber Company.

Many players, while worrying about their wallets,

also began to sigh that this may be the year with the most luxurious game lineup in the history of games...

After all, the Switch was released at the beginning of the year, and a bunch of escort masterpieces were enough to leave a strong mark in the history of games. In the second half of the year, the platform dispute made the operators of Game Player and Vaporwave game platforms show their talents, crazy and release a bunch of new works, as if they were going to fight to the death at the end of the year.

This is really luxurious...

Of course.

Many players also felt the gunpowder smell.

The storm is coming!

In the next second half of the year! There will be a good show to watch!

Well.

Just when the players thought so.

Linmu Studio moved again.

But it has nothing to do with the Vaporwave game platform. They just sent a message saying that the installed capacity of Switch has officially exceeded 20 million!

And to celebrate this good news.

Linmu Studio released a promotional video, saying that in order to celebrate the installation capacity of its console exceeding 20 million, it will officially launch the first game of the console in the second half of the year!

Then.

Players saw the promotional video.

The feeling of the storm was instantly gone...

...

At the beginning of the promotional video.

The first thing that caught the eye was the iconic cartoon rendering style of the Switch's first-party masterpieces.

In a dilapidated shopping mall, moss and grass covered every corner.

Abandoned city, dilapidated environment, rusty neon signs. Plus the background is only monotonous white noise... If it weren't for the cartoon rendering style, I guess people would believe that this is "Dark Souls".

But.

These scenes only lasted less than ten seconds.

As the camera switched.

The sound of waves sounded, and on a beach, a pink, ball-like cute creature made a cute "hmm", climbed up from the sand, rubbed his eyes, and looked forward.

The perspective immediately switched.

Then the music sounded.

The relaxing music with a strong sense of "the adventure is about to begin", accompanied by a slowly zoomed-out camera, instantly changed the style of the painting.

Kirby began to run forward.

This cute pink creature not only ran with smoke, but also had a puffing sound effect...

running, jumping, and inhaling.

It can even suck a lot of air into its mouth to make itself float.

Every movement.

It seems to be full of cuteness.

Its attack methods are also very special. The attack method shown in the first promotional video is to suck in the enemy and then spit out the enemy to attack other enemies.

Whether it is a small puppy or a huge bull, it can eat it and then spit it out...

Later, after he sucked in some monsters with obvious attack methods, he would transform into the opponent's form.

For example, when he sucked in a monster wearing armor and holding a long sword, Kirby had a night cap on his head and a long sword in his hand.

When he gets the ability, it will also show it to the player, jumping high, raising the sword cutely, accompanied by the special effects of stars, highlighting a cuteness.

And it can absorb a lot of abilities.

Boomerang, hedgehog, fire, spit ice, swing hammer, shoot heart gun...

Different abilities appear one by one, each ability has different attack actions, different attack methods, Kirby will also change different forms according to different abilities.

The only thing in common is... very cute.

At the end of the promotion, Kirby even stuffed a car into his mouth.

It can't eat, but it fills its mouth, turns itself into a car, and runs rampant...

The whole trailer has only one keyword - cute.

Kirby looks cute, the game scenes are cute, the props are cute, and the abilities are cute.

The whole trailer seems to completely highlight how cute Kirby is. It seems that

the whole game is just for cuteness.

Difficulty?

It looks like it is difficult...

The plot of deep hatred? Come on, people have written cuteness on their faces.

Relaxed and happy.

This is the experience that the whole trailer brings to players.

After watching the trailer, the players' faces instantly became strange.

The keyword that Game player just released is burning! Blood is boiling! The excited trailer was almost forgotten by the players in an instant...

Players' minds are now full of Kirby's dance when he rescued Wado Rudy, and its very happy "Hi"!

And "Kirby of the Stars" is the first first-party masterpiece on the console after "Dark Souls".

Players who have been suffering madly in "Dark Souls" during this period have really complicated feelings when they see this trailer.

On the forum,

many players couldn't hold back any longer...

"Linmu Studio! Be serious! It's a platform war! It's fine if you announced a console game, but you act cute in the entire trailer! Is that appropriate!?"

"It's over, my mind is full of Kirby's 'Hi Hi Hi'! You're crazy! I can't even remember the trailer that Game player just released... Hmm, there seems to be shooting? There's racing?"

"Lin Yao has changed back... Dark Souls players have mixed feelings, killing people, and destroying their hearts? Or do you pity the players?"

"Really cute! The female player said she'll pre-order now! Stop being cute, save some for the game."

"So happy... But the tough guy is considering it, I feel that this game is cute, but it doesn't seem to be suitable for us..."

"Dark Souls players said they would never buy it! I have turned into the shape of Dark Souls now. This game is not suitable for us."

"Lin Yao is targeting female players and younger players this time!"

"I almost forgot that Linmu Studio now not only has the Vaporwave game platform, but now the first game has been announced for the Switch. I wonder how many games are left for the Vaporwave game platform..."

"..."

The trailer of "Kirby" played its due role.

Although some "Dark Souls" players, because of their complicated emotions, like a roller coaster, made a harsh statement that they would never buy the game.

But it's not a big problem.

As I said before, a good game may not be suitable for everyone.

Lin Yao's goal in making "Kirby" is to make as many players as possible happy. If players don't feel happy in this game, then don't buy it. This is just the first game, and there will be more choices later.

Anyway, the trailer is out.

The main feature of the game is cuteness, you can choose whatever you want.

But... Having said that, the situation is still a little beyond Lin Yao's expectations.

The trailer of "Kirby" was released for three days.

The discussion on the topic is still hot...

and the screenshots of various Kirbys in the promotional video have become popular emoticons...

and this trend

was not started in China, but overseas.

Facts have proved that

the old 'King of Cuteness' is still quite capable...

Soon, Lin Yao was brainwashed by the emoticon package of 'Be careful, I'll hit you to death with my cute racing' when she was watching the forum.

Yes.

The screenshot of Kirby stuffing his mouth with the whole car and then racing has become the most popular emoticon package on the domestic forum...

"...Really a stupid player!"

Lin Yao was a little amused.

At the same time

, the emoticon package also brought some other influences.

That is, the promotional video painstakingly produced by Gibber and Dreamland, full of burning, blood-pumping, and excitement elements, was popular for two days, and suddenly withered...

The emoticon package of "Kirby's Star" defeated them...

Two days.

Just two days!

The promotional video of Linmu Studio was popular for half a month!

The reason why the promotional videos of Gibber and Dreamland withered was not because Linmu Studio launched a PC game, but because of a... console exclusive game!

Gibber.

Frank's face became distorted when he saw the change in the wind.

Lin Yao could not have thought of this.

Of course, he could not have thought of it either.

After spending so much money on publicity and promotion, the two mortal enemy companies also cooperated for the first time, but in the end they were no match for a pink ball-like creature!

Fuck!

Frank's mentality collapsed.

On the same day.

It was rumored that Frank's office was frequently heard to make sounds of things being thrown.

...

Soon, time came to the beginning of September.

The store page of "Kirby" was launched and pre-orders were opened.

On the same day, there were about 30,000 pre-orders in China.

A week later, the number of pre-orders in China exceeded 100,000, far ahead of all the games of the same period...

Facts have proved that

although many players said they would not buy the game, there are also many interested players.

Especially during this period, "Kirby" released a new promotional video, and the emoticon package has more materials.

Many players just saw the emoticons on the forum and couldn't help but place an order...

Linmu Studio, it seems to be successful again...

and seeing this situation, many people really can't stand it.

"Dark Soul", which focuses on adults, darkness, and depression, succeeded.

OK.

Now the main focus is cute, pure cuteness, as if the whole game exists for cuteness, and it seems to be successful.

Isn't it too outrageous?

Many peers in the industry are very puzzled. Is the player loyalty of Linmu Studio so high?

They even maliciously speculate that even if Linmu Studio makes a pile of shit, it will be very popular...

And in the confusion of peers and the noise of players.

"Kirby"... ushered in the release date.

In the end.

The pre-sale sales of the game are fixed at 700,000 sets.

This is the pre-sale sales of the digital version and the physical cartridge.

Compared with Linmu Studio's previous works, there is indeed some gap.

This is related to the single platform of Switch. After all, there are indeed more PC users, and now Switch has only more than 20 million installed units.

On the other hand, many players were waiting to see what was going on.

After all, Kirby was cute, but his cuteness was so prominent that the gameplay seemed too simple.

This made some players hesitate.

But no matter what,

the game was successfully released...

...

"I suspect Lin Yao did it on purpose!"

On the day of the release.

Uncle Lin Wang Ang sat on the sofa at home, holding the switch in his hand, looking at the huge advertisement of "Kirby" on the homepage of the switch store. He

was in a dilemma.

He is now an old man...

so after seeing the promotional video of "Kirby", his mood was really complicated.

How to say it.

Just... I am quite resistant to this game.

After all, he has become accustomed to the difficulty of Dark Souls. Suddenly, he saw a game that looked very casual and simple, as if it was just for cuteness. He subconsciously felt that it was not fun!

And logically speaking, since he was resistant, he would not buy it.

But.

At the beginning, Wang Ang also thought that "Dark Souls" was a rubbish game...

so... he wanted to try it again. After all, in his mind, Linmu Studio was still very trustworthy!

"Forget it, give it a try..."

After hesitating and struggling for a long time.

In the end, Wang Ang couldn't help but buy the game out of his trust in Linmu Studio.

However.

As soon as he clicked the payment button and saw the game appear on the homepage, Wang Ang regretted it a little.

Because he didn't have a strong urge to play it.

Even though the game has started downloading, and the speed is very fast, and he can play it right away, he still feels nothing in his heart...

This is really terrible.

In fact, this situation has been going on for a while...

Ever since he played "Dark Souls", it has started... He even suspected that he was ruined by Dark Souls and had become addicted to Yang Wei.

He didn't know what to do, so he could only keep playing the game "Dark Souls".

This time, he bought "Kirby" with the idea of ​​seeing if it could "cure the disease".

But now it seems that it can't.

"Oh... Forget it, I've already bought it."

Wang Ang looked at the game that started downloading. Although he began to regret that he shouldn't be so arbitrary, he still comforted himself in the end.

After comforting himself, he turned around and opened "Dark Souls".

Time passed slowly.

Ten minutes later.

Ding Dong.

With a brisk sound effect, the prompt that the game download was completed popped up.

Wang Ang pressed the desktop key and jumped back to the desktop. Then he watched the pink Kirby game download. After hesitating for a moment, although he was still calm, he still turned off Dark Souls and opened the new game out of trust in Lin Mu Studio.

I've already bought it... I might as well play it.

If I can't play it well, I can go to the forum to review it... I can save the reputation of Uncle Lin's ID.

While thinking, Wang Ang calmly clicked on the game.

The game officially started.

The loading screen appeared.

First of all, the game is a performance, a very old-fashioned and childish performance, a fairy-tale country, disaster strikes... The passage to the other world is opened, Wado Rudy is captured, and the pink Kirby is also sucked into the other world...

The game is really cute.

Even the performance is full of cuteness...

Wang Ang shook his head gently, and just after sighing that Lin Yao's girlish heart broke out again...

The game started.

The screen went black.

Then it lit up.

Accompanied by the sound of waves.

It was exactly the same as in the promotional video.

On a beach... Kirby made a cute "hmm" sound, climbed up from the sand, rubbed his eyes, and looked forward.

The perspective switched immediately.

Wang Ang tried to control Kirby's actions. At first, there was no tutorial, so he pressed randomly.

Running, jumping, inhaling the storm, inhaling and floating.

Wang Ang watched Kirby suck a stone into his mouth and then spit it out, smiling gently.

Then, he continued to control Kirby to move forward, familiarizing himself with the operation according to the tutorial that just appeared, while observing Kirby.

I have to say, Kirby... is really cute.

The promotional video is cute enough.

But when you really play it, it really feels that every move of it is cute.

While Wang Ang was thinking, he controlled Kirby to walk through the pre-level set up specifically for teaching, walked through the long path, and then...

the picture suddenly became clear.

The camera slowly pulled up.

An abandoned city covered with grass and green plants appeared on the screen.

Then, music sounded.

The relaxing music with a strong sense of "the adventure is about to begin"

instantly made people feel relaxed, happy, and cute!

Wang Ang smiled again. Curious, he controlled Kirby to move forward. Soon, the first monster appeared.

It was a humanoid creature wearing armor and holding a long sword.

Inhale!

Almost subconsciously,

Wang Ang pressed Kirby's inhale button.

Instantly,

the monster was sucked into Kirby, and then Kirby transformed, with a green nightcap on his head and a long sword in his hand.

Wang Ang pressed the attack button. Swish, swish

, swish!

The attack feels pretty good... but that's not the point.

The point is that Kirby's attack is really cute...

Wang Ang smiled again.

The game was just as he expected, not difficult at all, very simple.

But Wang Ang's mood slowly changed, and he suddenly became curious about the next experience of the game.

This change was subtle, and he didn't even notice it.

Wang Ang swung his knife to kill all the monsters in the current scene, and then swung his knife for a while, still wanting to continue to control Kirby upwards.

The second monster appeared, a monster that could throw bombs.

At this time.

The game reminded him that pressing Y could discard the ability.

Wang Ang did so, and then he used a storm suction on the new monster.

Sure enough.

The moment the monster was sucked in, Kirby transformed again.

The weapon also turned into a bomb.

And... Kirby's ability seemed to be stronger than the original version. Wang Ang pressed the attack button frantically, and Kirby threw bombs frantically, much faster than the monsters.

"Hahahaha."

Wang Ang laughed for the first time when he saw Kirby throwing bombs frantically.

He didn't know why. He

just thought it was a bit fun.

He threw bombs crazily along the way, and then came to the entrance of a store.

He controlled Kirby to walk in.

Another performance.

The car in the promotional video came out.

Several puppies saw Kirby coming in and immediately pounced on him, and Kirby sucked it in again.

But this time he sucked too hard.

He also sucked the car not far away into his mouth.

The huge car filled up the small car.

Then.

The performance ended.

The game reminded Wang Ang how to operate the car.

Wang Ang tried it.

"Hahahahaha..."

I don't know why.

He laughed out loud again.

It's just... funny.

The pink creature directly wrapped the whole car, and Kirby's two feet could be seen at the back.

And the handling of the car is also very good...

"Rush, right!"

Press the Y key.

Seeing the flame special effect appear on the head of the car, it accelerated all the way.

Wang Ang's state is completely different from when he first opened the game.

He controlled the Kirby car to rush on the map with interest, and the whole person was relaxed on the sofa.

Then.

Slowly.

He took off his shoes and put his legs on the coffee table.

Half an hour later.

"Haha."

Wang Ang relaxed on the sofa, laughing and holding the switch, very happy.

An hour later.

"Hi hi hi!"

Wang Ang sat on the toilet, watching Kirby's dance, and laughed without any shame.

Another hour later.

In front of the computer.

Wang Ang picked up the controller, looked at the bigger screen, relaxed and leaned back in the chair, controlling Kirby, exploring every corner of the map!

Another hour later.

Wang Ang lay on the sofa again, still laughing happily.

Until.

The doorbell rang.

The takeaway arrived.

Wang Ang woke up from his dream, put down the console, went to open the door to get the takeaway.

He came back with the takeaway.

Wang Ang finally stopped thinking about "Kirby" and looked at the time.

Then, he was stunned and finally reacted. He

was not interested in the game at first, and he had no emotion when he opened the game. Unknowingly... he had been playing "Kirby" for almost four hours.

The whole game process was so relaxing and enjoyable that he even forgot about time...

and his electronic Yang Wei... seemed to have recovered.

"..."

Wang Ang was silent for a moment, put down the takeaway in his hand, picked up the switch again, and then woke up the screen. Looking at the pink Kirby on the screen, he said with a bit of a smile:

"Fuck! You can torture players with Dark Souls and let them find fun in the crazy suffering! But Kirby Star gives players the simplest and easiest fun, and can also heal the electronic Yang Wei, right!? You guys are really amazing! Linmu Studio!!"

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