Is it not a galgame?

If we say that pokeni in 2001 was a dormant and forbearing first half, just for the sake of hungry marketing.

Then the pokeni in 2002 hit hard.

Especially when the shadow of 1211 has not been dispelled and the world is still in the panic of the economic crisis, pokeni's combination punches are one after another.

Fully utilize the lipstick effect to the extreme.

As soon as 2002 started, Pokémon Twins' Rainbow Kingdom launched a fierce attack, harvesting the New Year's money from countless players.

Immediately afterwards, "Insect Master 2" was also launched on the Dandelion game platform.

This game, famous all over the world for its "Slow" and "Healing", has once again demonstrated its unique charm.

There are obviously no fierce battles or ups and downs in the plot. The game is more about collecting clues, catching insects, and solving puzzles...

However, it is such an open world game. You can wander back and forth in the world of people and insects, unravel the bonds between various insects and people, and people, and then experience and feel each different story. Come story game.

But it can give people the most real and soul-touching feeling.

In Mushishi 1, players will be moved by the companionship of their grandmother across time in the Green Seat.

You will be moved by the fact that in Threads from the End, the male protagonist finally wakes up and remembers his wife.

Among the visitors from the sea, Daozi gradually faded away in Bai Yu's arms... and was moved by the difficult choice he made between the past he couldn't let go and the future full of hope.

All these give players the illusion that [the world of the insect master is real].

So after experiencing the baptism of Mushi Master, these players will naturally be able to gain the same touch and shock in "Mushi Master 2".

Further understanding of Mushi Master’s worldview:
Humans and insects are just a part of nature. Different creatures have their own ways of survival. Even if those strange insects have different appearances and functions, they may even cause problems when they interact with humans. Strange events.

But be it insects or humans, they all strive to survive and move forward in accordance with the laws of nature.

The idea of ​​"Heaven and Earth are unkind and regard all things as stupid dogs" is even more expressed in the Insect Master.

This unkindness does not mean being unkind or cruel, but the opposite -

Treat everything fairly.

In a fair and natural environment, there seems to be a touch of coldness.

However, this bit of coldness has become warm because of people's hearts.

Insect Master 2 continues this theme, allowing players to be moved while still being saved. When they realize that all things are equal and the sky is indifferent, they can still feel the bond between people, and they can still feel the bond between people in this way. environment to be healed.

Maybe this is the power of the insect master.

Players, as [Yingu], experienced various aspects of life in the world of insect masters, learned about a complicated world of insects and humans, and were still moved to tears in the end.

There is no other game like this in the world.

……

So Mushishi, released in February, quickly exceeded 2 million sales in the first week.

This number is still rising.

At the same time, it also attracted a wave of new users to the Dandelion gaming platform.

This is actually quite natural:
When you have enough types of games, you will naturally reach more and more people. The reason why players didn't come in before is not necessarily because they really don't like games, but maybe there just isn't enough to make them transfer. A platforming game.

Or maybe, I haven’t encountered such a Destiny-exclusive game yet.

So in this world, there will always be a group of players who exist for slow games and games like Mushi Master.

This group of players was naturally attracted.

Just like a slow variety show, no one expected it to have such a large audience before it was made.

What pokeni has to do is nothing more than what Qing Zhiyuan envisioned——

Uncover enough possibilities, and then let P Club's game tentacles continue to extend until it takes care of every different kind of game players.

It is certainly impossible for one game to satisfy all people, but as long as there are enough types of games, a large enough quantity, and rich enough themes, there will always be one that can reach the invisible corners of players.

Just like light, pouring in slowly, making the world brighter.

……

At the same time, Makoto Shinkai's new movie "Voice of the Stars" was also released in February.

It caused a huge response when it was released.

The main reason is that the pictures are so beautiful, and after Qing Zhiyuan's transformation, coupled with pokeni's technical support, Shinkai Makoto's animation has made a qualitative leap in terms of plot, narrative structure and special effects performance.

It is much fuller than the "Voice of the Stars" in the previous life.

In Voice of the Stars:
Nagamine Mikako and her classmate Terao Noboru are lovers. Every time after school, Mikako always rides Noboru's bicycle home and talks about their future on the road.

Later, Mikako was selected as the pilot of the humanoid fighter "Stalker" and set out to pursue the Tarsians with the super-large mothership "Lysiteia" as the flagship.

The 14-year-old Mikako embarked on a space journey. After receiving intense and short training on Mars, she went into the battle against Tarsian.

In addition to intense battles, using text messages to express feelings to Asheng has become a required course for Mikako.

But as the pursuit distance increased, the time required to send the email also became longer and longer, and both of them fell into lonely waiting.

Fortunately, the current Makoto Shinkai is not the Makoto Shinkai in his previous life, and he does not make animations entirely for the pursuit of pictures. The years of experience at P Agency have allowed him to concentrate more on polishing the story.

Therefore, this time "Voice of the Stars" is not as empty and poor as the 24-minute movie in the previous life, and it is not just about pictures.

The continuous enrichment of details, coupled with many delicate expressions and interesting plot developments, make this work more perfect.

The one-and-a-half-hour duration left the audience with endless aftertaste. While they were shocked by the vastness of the galaxy, they were also moved by the love between the two.

After the fierce battle in the Oort Nebula, the Earth Army ignored its own technological disadvantages and moved a large area of ​​time and space to the Sirius Alpha and Beta galaxies 8.6 light-years away from the earth to pursue the remaining Tarsian troops who had retreated.

On the beautiful grasslands of Sirius, the main force of Tarsian appeared over the planet and besieged the Earth army. Mikako abandoned all emotional baggage and went into battle.

Regardless of the fact that her plane was already scarred, she braved the crazy interception of the enemy's small fighter jets, tried her best to engage in a close battle with the opponent's warship, and finally severely damaged the opponent's mothership.

The fragmented and powerless stalker disappeared into the universe. Mikako smiled tearfully at Sheng in the distance: "Sheng, I'm here."

Eight years later, the battle situation of the Space Expeditionary Force spread to the earth: other fighters and warships caught in the melee were all destroyed, and no one survived. The only "surviving" Lysitheia also disappeared when it escaped pursuit because of exhaustion of energy.

On this day, Asheng, who had joined the Earth Army and was about to go to the battlefield, also received a text message from Mikako eight years ago.

He looked up at the blue sky and responded to his invisible lover: "Mikako, I am here."

……

A touch of touching sadness, a love that spans time and space, and a gorgeous galaxy are all displayed in front of the audience.

Every frame of "Voice of the Stars" is so beautiful that it can be used as a high-definition desktop wallpaper.

It's so beautiful that it doesn't even look like animation anymore.

This time it not only continues the aesthetic style of "Your Name", but even goes a step further, presenting the entire magnificent sea of ​​​​stars in a shocking manner.

The air combat part is also very intense and exciting, very delicate, with ruthless artillery fire, and the strong light that penetrates the screen is exciting...

These are all done to the extreme.

Many people even think that this is almost the Star Wars in the second dimension, right?

Beautiful, magnificent, vast sea of ​​stars...

These are the main labels of Voice of the Stars. The love between the male and female protagonists is also very touching and yearning.

Even across mountains and seas, across time and space, they are closely connected by each other's hearts.

Then issued the most affectionate call.

The audience cried after watching the last scene.

……

After the release of "Voice of the Stars", due to the influence and foreshadowing of the previous film "Your Name", the box office performance this time was quite good, exceeding 6 million yen in the first week.

And this number is still rising.

Many people predict that the final landing point will be around 30 billion yen. In the history of neon animated films, it is definitely not a particularly good result, but it is definitely not bad.

Although it does not have the terrifying box office of breaking through 200 billion yen like "Your Name", it is enough for the world to remember the name [Makoto Shinkai].

Shortly after the movie was released, many media were discussing "Maybe Shinkai Makoto can become Hayao Miyazaki's successor"

Mr. Miyazaki's attitude towards this is not very clear.

Considering that the film was produced and distributed by Moon River, he could only praise it for a job well done and worthy of recognition.

He turned around and called Qing Zhiyuan.

"Yuehe's movie this time is good, but you are still far from surpassing me. You can't just stick to the expression of love.

The Voice of a Star has such a majestic background and an amazingly broad setting, but the final focus is on love. Isn’t it too petty? "

"Eh?"

Qing Zhiyuan said, how innocent I am to be scolded like this.

"I understand, your opinion is quite good. Next time I will remind Xin Haicheng to think more about it when making it.

Think deeply and set your mind high. "

"Yep!
The field of vision can be broader, and the intention can be higher.

You have been involved in an interstellar war and have flown into space. Can't your horizons be higher?

This is nothing like you, Qingsang. "

I……

Qing Zhiyuan said it was difficult to speak.

"It's really not me, Miyazaki-senpai," Qing Zhiyuan explained with a wry smile. "This time it was indeed made by Shinkai Makoto himself. The most I can do is provide some opinions and reference."

Although there seems to be nothing wrong with using Star Wars to express the pure love between men and women, spanning time and space, and caring for each other.

However, Qing Zhiyuan agrees with Miyazaki Hayao's statement.

You have risen to the destiny of all mankind, but in the end you went to fall in love, which is somewhat overkill.

Qing Zhiyuan said that we will definitely create more amazing works in the future.

Hayao Miyazaki didn't believe it was Makoto Shinkai's work until the end, but he seemed very satisfied to hear Qing Zhiyuan's answer.

"Come on, the future of Neon's animation depends on you."

Ah this...

"Senior, do you think too highly of me? How virtuous and capable am I?"

"Come on, I'm very optimistic about you."

After saying that, the other party hung up the phone.

Qing Zhiyuan looked down at his phone, somewhat dumbfounded.

However, after putting down the phone, Qing Zhiyuan was surprised to find that a cold sweat broke out on his back.

Oops, it seems that Xin Haicheng still has a long way to go.

After thinking about it, I wonder if it was during the time when he was working at Pokeni that he was exposed to too many galgames that made him dependent on relationships.

Thinking also has inertia.

If I had known earlier, I should have transferred Xin Haicheng to the Demon Hunter project team.

……

"Voice of the Star" can be regarded as a small punch in the combo.

In stark contrast:
In just over 2 weeks, "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" was released worldwide.

It soon achieved an incredible result of US$1.6 million, and headed towards US$3 million, US$5 million, or even US$10 billion.

The release of this wave of Harry Potter movies has once again made Moon River famous.

Aunt Rowling's books have actually exceeded 10 billion copies worldwide as early as last year. They are especially widely circulated among middle school students. Almost every child in the Omi region has a copy.

Primary and middle school students here in China have not escaped either. "Harry Potter" is definitely one of the most popular youth books at the moment.

Based on such a huge base, the live-action movie almost invited the whole crew from the previous life to shoot, and almost restored all the details in Harry Potter.

The leading actor Daniel Radcliffe directly brought Harry Potter to life. According to the audience, this is——

This is exactly how I imagined Harry to be.

Basically Harry Potter himself.

Emma Watson has successfully attracted a large number of fans by playing Hermione. Little Emma is beautiful and smart, and has been loved by countless audiences.

Under such circumstances, Bu Da Bang really saw a ghost.

……

As soon as Moon River's Harry Potter movie came out, pokeni said that the corresponding game would be released around May this year.

Harry Potter book and movie fans rejoiced and said it was impossible.

"Pokeni and Yuehe really understand us very well."

"Wow, the thought of being able to experience magic in the wizarding world of Harry Potter, flying in the sky on a broomstick, playing Quidditch, and defeating Voldemort...

My whole body was excited. "

"Please put it on the shelves as soon as possible, I can't wait!"

……

Before the Harry Potter game was released, pokeni mainly promoted another game called "Violet Evergarden".

""Violet Evergarden"? What is this?"

"Isn't it a farming simulation game?"

"Not to mention it's possible, but the name sounds similar."

……

...(End of chapter)