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Just when Wang Qi felt bored.

The first battle of the game begins...

It is equivalent to the initial teaching. Before the protagonist enters the team for the exam and leaves the village, there will be a battle to tell the player how to fight with Pokémon.

But the battle is not real-time, but a very common turn-based battle.

Wang Qi didn't pay much attention at first.

But he soon discovered that the turn-based game is not like Linmu Studio's online games, where the characters can move around at will.

He manipulated the character to walk forward, and then observed the opponent's Pokémon a little bit.

It is a Pokémon that looks like an egg, with a bright yellow body. There are five thorns on the top of its head. Most of its body is covered by eggshells. There are some red and blue triangular rings on it. pattern.

The Pokémon's name is Pokemon.

When Wang Qi controlled the character to walk over.

A Pokémon named Picopi seems to realize that the battle is too far away.

It suddenly took short, round feet, trotted to Wang Qi's original Pokémon Mu Muxiao, stopped suddenly, and then swayed cutely and gently from side to side...

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

Seeing this scene, Wang Qi didn't intend to try to control his Pokémon to fight at all. Instead, he studied whether he could steal the opponent's Pokémon...

Because he really wants to...

And it turns out, it doesn't work.

He could only reluctantly click on the moves, and then dealt with the opponent.

And after experiencing the battle.

Wang Qi feels that although the battle mode is turn-based, he feels that Pokémon are so cute when they attack, and they are also cute when they are attacked.

Unknowingly, Wang Qi ignited a desire to continue playing.

Then.

After the battle.

The NPC who was fighting explained to Wang Qi another way to play the Pokémon game, that is to fight with Pokémon!

Wang Qi can cultivate them. After the Pokémon is upgraded, it can learn more moves and become stronger and stronger.

nurture.

grade.

Wang Qi thought of the cute Pokémon, and suddenly, the desire to continue playing became more.

But he's not sure yet.

What will happen next in the game.

Going to take another look.

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

And came outside the village.

Wang Qi's heart had been chilled for a while, but it finally warmed up again... The main reason is that although this game cannot be like "The Legend of Zelda", it allows players to do whatever they want in the open world, or gives players an amazing viewing angle from the beginning.

After all, the themes are different.

But the scenery of the game's open map is still in the same line as "The Legend of Zelda".

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

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

The graphics are really bad... GAME FREAK's technical skills are really bad.

She even once felt that Nintendo should take back the Pokémon IP and do it by itself.

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

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

Although Nintendo actually controls the development authorization of the entire Pokémon IP, it can theoretically be taken back from GAME FREAK, but The Pokemon Company, the Pokémon brand copyright company, has Nintendo as its major shareholder, but GAME FREAK as the other shareholder.

And Nintendo will not want to take it back, after all, no matter how bad GAME FREAK is... every time a new game is released, it makes money.

GAME FREAK executives have been working hard to get rid of their inherent impression of "Nintendo subsidiary" in the eyes of the outside world, and even said, "I hope everyone can remember that GF made the Pokémon game"...

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

These two companies are really deeply bound.

Fans want Nintendo to make Pokémon games themselves, and it is estimated that it will be difficult to achieve.

After all, Nintendo's own development staff is stretched, it is difficult to provide technical support for GAME FREAK, and even because of this, there are rumors that GAME FREAK refuses Nintendo's technical support, let alone do it by itself.

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

But now that the Pokémon game has become a new year’s product, GAME FREAK has become a favorite again.

It seems that the progress is very insignificant...they are particularly bad, as if they are living on their laurels.

First-party games from Nintendo can be trusted, but sometimes, it really depends on who made them...

certainly.

in this world.

It is impossible for Lin Yao to be as bad as GAME FREAK. Although the gameplay of Pokémon is relatively simple and unpretentious compared with Zelda, the screen is almost made according to the specifications of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.

Moreover, she did not follow the original monster hunter-style open map, but a complete open world map. Players can go anywhere as long as they go out.

It is precisely because of this.

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

After all, there is "Legend of Zelda" jewels in front.

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

Wang Qi began to go to the Obsidian Plain area where he needed to go for the main task "Team Entrance Examination" according to the prompts from the human body.

But he just walked out of the village, within two steps... In the grass not far away, a Pokémon with a brown body, big front teeth, and a lot of curved hair on his body popped out like a mouse.

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

Almost instinctively.

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

Then, somewhat awkwardly, he switched out the Poké Ball.

At this time, the system prompt also came out, telling him how to catch it, how to throw the Pokémon ball without alarming the Pokémon...

Yes.

Lin Yao also changed the somewhat ancient task guidance system at the front of the game to give players more autonomy.

As for why it hasn't been changed before.

very simple.

Pokémon games, more than one Arceus.

in the game.

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

The first time, it missed.

But the mouse-like Pokémon seemed startled, ran sideways, and then stopped again.

Wang Qi's heart ached when he saw that the Pokemon missed the Pokéball and ran away.

I am afraid that the other party will run away.

Just like the beast in "The Legend of Zelda", it disappears immediately after turning around...

This will see nothing go away.

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

The poke ball shot and hit the Pokémon's head accurately, a ray of light flashed, and the poke ball took the Pokémon in.

"yes!"

Seeing this scene, Wang Qi waved his fist vigorously and excitedly.

He didn't know why he was so excited.

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

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

The newly caught Pokémon is named Big Tooth.

Quite cute.

But it feels a little bit...

Wang Qi continued to rush to the mission location while thinking about it.

But walk and walk.

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

Based on the idea of ​​when the task cannot be done, Wang Qi turned his head and went to find the Pokémon.

He just ran all the way in one direction...

en route.

He also encountered some collectible items, what ore, fruit.

And the system prompts him.

Pokémon can be released to destroy resources.

Wang Qi gave it a try, and threw his initial Pokémon, Mu Muxiao, at the tree full of fruits.

Mu Muxiao broke away from the elf ball, then flapped its wings and attacked the trees.

With a tremor, the fruit fell down.

"It really is all based on Pokémon..."

Wang Qi sighed, and he fully understood the buying point of this game.

The character he controls is just a carrier, and the protagonists are Pokémon!

And he just sighed.

A river not far away caught his attention again.

Will there be Pokémon there too?

In line with this idea.

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

And the game didn't let him down.

Sure enough, there are Pokémon by the river!

It was a beige creature with a beige belly, eyebrows, and the tip of its tail. It had a floating pouch around its neck, as if wearing a swimming ring. It was very cute.

"It's cute."

The moment Wang Qi saw it, his heart was moved. Although it was out of face, he said it was cute.

But in fact, he has just one thought now, this Pokémon is his own!

He squatted down cautiously and slowly approached...

Next, Wang Qi ran and grabbed all the way like this.

The initial sense of boredom is gradually forgotten...

Once again, I encountered a Pokémon with a floating pouch around its neck, like wearing a swimming ring, named Swimming Ring Itachi.

Wang Qi suddenly thought of the battle method of the game, instead of throwing the poke ball directly to catch it, he switched out the poke ball containing Mu Muxiao and threw it at the opponent.

The elf ball landed, and Mu Muxiao jumped out.

And the Pokémon that was wandering around suddenly turned around.

close-up.

It looked at the protagonist, with its short arms stretched back and its tail raised up, like a fierce protagonist, it let out a howl.

then.

officially entered the battle.

"..."

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

next.

The battle scene surprised him even more.

Before leaving the village, he hadn't felt much about the battle with Bokby.

But the moves of Swimming Ring Itachi... are so handsome!

[Swimming Ring Itachi uses electric light to flash! 】

Come out with such a prompt.

Swimming Ring Weasel turned sideways, then disappeared instantly, appeared in front of Mu Muxiao, and gave it a tail.

Mu Muxiao was hit and immediately took a step back...

The performance of the battle has that kind of animation feeling, whether it is the special effects of hitting or the way of expressing teleportation, it is very similar.

After hitting the swimming ring Itachi to half blood, it was Wang Qi's turn, and the system prompted him to try throwing a poke ball to subdue the opponent.

Wang Qi immediately switched out the elf ball, and then threw it towards the opponent.

When the poke ball fell, it immediately put the swimming ring Itachi in it, bounced on the ground, and the fireworks exploded in the air. It was a success!

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

Wang Qi glanced at the instructions of the mission, and then glanced not far away, thinking that the mission can wait for a while...

Because he suddenly saw a new Pokémon...

...

In fact, it's not just Wang Qi.

Whether it is an overseas or domestic player, the first impression of the game's performance and plot direction is that it is ordinary.

But just get out of town.

These players are without exception.

It all fell quickly...they started running around hunting Pokémon.

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

Players are constantly discovering new Pokémon... fascinated by their different abilities and cute appearance.

And as long as the player is interested in Pokémon.

Then, the gameplay will no longer be ordinary...

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

That is to say.

It is by no means a matter of overnight to cultivate a sufficiently powerful Pokémon.

Don't feel that the gameplay of cultivating pets is boring, and that it is not attractive enough for players.

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

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

Most of the pets in online games also involve cultivation elements...

Although most pets in online games... need krypton gold.

But this also proves that players who develop this kind of gameplay are very acceptable.

certainly.

Now players probably don’t know much about the complex evolution, skills, attribute restraint and other mechanisms of Pokémon in the game.

Most players are still stuck in the stage of trying to catch their favorite Pokémon.

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

To put it simply, it is easy to start, but difficult to master!

The game allows the player to invest time, and then impress them with the IP...

certainly.

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

Many girls don't know how to study the complicated mechanisms, but it doesn't prevent them. After leaving the village, they are attracted by various Pokémon, and then run around, trying to catch more beautiful and rare Pokémon.

Then when you have nothing to do, throw out all the Pokémon and tease them to play if you have nothing to do.

In fact.

Many female players, after playing "Pokémon Legend: Arceus", feel that this is the most friendly game for female players in Linmu Studio!

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

Compared with the orthodox works, "Pokémon Legend: Arceus" has changed the series' traditional dark thunder and encounter monsters, made the rhythm lighter, and greatly simplified the cultivation system...

This makes the game very easy to pick up.

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

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

Moreover, although "Pokémon Legend: Arceus" simplifies many things, there is no doubt that it is fun!

...

that night.

"Come on! Ibrahimovic!"

Wang Qi roared.

Anyway, living alone, he is not afraid of shame...

As for his idea that the game was mediocre... that's long gone.

Tell the truth.

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

But when he meets Pokémon in the wild, it really feels like everything is different!

In the entire open world, there are many types of Pokémon, and their personalities and appearances are very diverse.

And these Pokémon are really not sluggish at all. When they encounter players, they will even react accordingly. Will actively challenge players.

Koda Duck would even stand on the shore and laugh at Wang Qi when he fell into the water...

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

This feeling is really great!

And when you catch your favorite Pokémon...it's really cool!

And Pokémon aren't just cute.

Their skills are also very handsome, and Wang Qi did a little research and found that there is a seemingly complicated evolution mechanism and restraint mechanism among Pokémon.

Although he hasn't fully figured it out yet.

But he really gets better and better!

He originally thought this game was very ordinary, but after seeing the Pokémon in the wild for the first time, he immediately fell into the trap.

Fully open map plus collection elements.

He is completely immersed in the process of capturing and cultivating Pokémon and cannot extricate himself.

Oh, and there is also a list of materials for different props, and a way to go around the world to find materials.

Also very good.

Although this game is not as close to perfection as "The Legend of Zelda".

But in this game, Wang Qi really experienced a completely different fun from other works of Linmu Studios... completely different!

And there are not a few players who have the same idea as him...

...

The first day of "Pokémon Legend: Arceus" unlocked.

There are actually a lot of related topics on the forum.

But in the beginning, most of the posts said that the game was average...

It wasn't until three hours later that some complimenting posts came out.

And the first to come out to speak for this game is the female player.

Pokémon-type games are suitable for all ages. Whether you are a middle-aged person or a child, as long as you are a player who likes pets, you can find fun in this game.

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

Getting started with this game is really easy! For female players.

There is no complex mechanism of other games, no plot of bitterness and hatred.

The gameplay of the game turned out to be to collect cute pets!

Is there a better game than this?

And next.

As more and more hunks come out of the village and come to the open world outside, see all kinds of Pokémon, and get a little touch with the various gameplay mechanisms of Pokémon games hidden under the cute appearance of Pokémon... Also come out for The game has spoken!

"I suspect that I have fallen for Lin Yao's evil! Really, I am so excited that I caught a rare Pokémon while playing this game..."

"It's fun, woo woo woo, it's really the most girl-friendly game in Linmu Studio, Pokémon are really cute."

"I have to say, I really thought the game was very ordinary at the beginning, but as I played it gradually, I only admired it. This feeling is similar to running to the bamboo forest to catch the unicorn fairy when I was a child. It's really great. Linmu Studio ! Really never disappoints!"

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

"A lot of Pokémon can be put into the pasture. Lin Yao really understands, not only to catch, but also to be raised by us, right?"

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

"You can always trust Linmu Studio! Now I am looking forward to the finale of "Dark Soul"!"

"..."

that day.

Sales of "Pokémon Legend: Arceus" began to climb again due to the gradual increase in praise posts on the forum.

And it will soon exceed two million.

Domestic sales are part of it, and the proportion of overseas sales is actually higher.

Because overseas players... like this game more.

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

no...

It's not that they haven't bought games to play, and they also know that those cute Pokémon are indeed attractive.

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

even.

Many colleagues really want to go on their own.

They play this kind of game, it really works!

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

follow suit! Make a similar game! It has become the idea of ​​many colleagues.

certainly.

Whether it will be successful or not is hard to say...

...

the next day.

Forest studio.

Lin Yao immediately breathed a sigh of relief after receiving the detailed sales data of "Pokémon Legend: Arceus".

Although, the Pokémon here are not as brilliant as in the previous life, so don't even think about selling tens of millions.

But considering the current installed base of consoles, this is really a good start.

A good start to the first half of the year!

And next, Linmu Studio also has "ARMS" and "Dark Soul"...

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

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

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

but.

It’s still early to think about these things, and there is still a long way to go for IP to really form a big influence...

"Thanks for your hard work."

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

"You are."

Mu Wanqing shook her head lightly.

This time, the Pokémon were all 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 work.

Lin Yao said solemnly: "The hard work now is to make money lying on the golden mountain in the future, it is worth it, it is worth it..."

It is really Jinshan.

If Pokémon can wake up.

"..."

Mu Wanqing looked at the serious girl, a little dumbfounded.

She shook her head slightly, 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 achievements of Pokémon. Will this make a difference?"