Horrible! Actually playing this kind of game!

Chapter 130 34. Combination Boxing

Kimura's image is really too tempting.

Although he is pretending to be cute, he is very natural, and he definitely does not give off any effeminate feeling. Even when you see his face, you are easily attracted by his eyes.

He patted the Pikachu doll and said "I want it", and it didn't make people feel uncomfortable. On the contrary, you can read the desire and temptation in it, which will make the girl's heart burst.

Qing Zhiyuan had already learned this in his previous life. This guy was like this when he was doing lipstick ads.

It would be difficult for any other actor to handle it so well.

If you are not careful, it is easy to fall into the misunderstanding of being "too girly" or "too serious". It is difficult to give people comfortable expressions appropriately like Kimura Takuya.

A big man, a little girl, an idol, holding a big stuffed toy. This advertisement, which resembles a little girl but has masculine charm, immediately became popular in neon as soon as it was aired.

It has become a wonder in the advertising industry.

Of course, this weird idea is meant as a compliment. Before this, advertisers didn’t seem to take this contrast into consideration.

After all, whether it’s plush toys or cute product themes, sweet girls are usually chosen for shooting. Game products often look for famous players, such as "Celebrity Takahashi’s MapleStory" "The advertising spokesperson is [Takahashi Toshiyuki] who is very good at playing games.

Many of Rentiantian's advertisements feature popular celebrities or celebrities from variety shows.

Advertising people today are still stuck in some inherent thinking.

Although Kimura's advertisement this time is not as classic as lipstick, it can be regarded as opening up a new idea.

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The cartoon warmed up and successfully promoted the IP, making the audience familiar with and fall in love with Pokémon. Then Kimura's advertisements were played and corresponding posters were posted, making Pokémon's popularity continue to increase.

Then Pokeni announced that it would release a Pokémon game in August, creating a sense of anticipation.

This is called a combination punch.

After a set of punch combinations, it couldn't be any hotter.

Nowadays, many children are clamoring to receive Sega GP as a gift. Of course, the most important thing is to have a Pokémon cassette.

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Although the animation is broadcast on Neon and the main base is also Neon, Pokeni has made preparations early and has already translated the Pokémon game into English.

After all, Sega's plate is on Omi.

Animation first, Qing Zhiyuan invited Kyoto Animation's Pokémon manager Masaharu Kigami and president Hideaki Yata to discuss the English version of Pokémon.

"Then you have to find a TV station in the United States to broadcast it. The distribution review there is actually quite strict and strange." Hideaki Hatta said, "But we can find someone to do dubbing production first."

What Hatta Hideaki said is true.

And in a place like the United States, you must have relevant licenses for everything you do.

Not to mention all these troubles, you also have to pay a large amount of money. At that time, Tom Collinski, the general manager of Sega's American branch operations, spent a long time explaining the license system to the president Hayao Nakayama, which made even the company extremely embarrassed. Mao’s neon people are incredible.

At that time, I guess I can only entrust it to Kyoto Animation and let them figure out how to deal with it themselves.

As a result, I don’t know when Omi’s cartoon will be released and on which TV station it will be broadcast.

"But there are some contents that you may need to pay attention to." Qing Zhiyuan said.

"Huh?" Hideaki Hatta and Masuji Kigami raised their heads at the same time.

"In future cartoon design, the English version needs to avoid some unnecessary troubles."

In the previous life, in "Pokémon: Unseal", the design of Pokémon Mizu had a black face.

The relevant plot once caused similar controversy. Later, the official changed the color of Miss Lip to dark purple. There is no picture of the character of Miss Lip on the US version of "Pokémon" website.

In the 64th episode of "Pokemon: Sun and Moon", Ash disguised himself as a throwing monkey in the second half of the plot and painted his face the same black as the throwing monkey.

This behavior is considered to touch on the "black face" problem in American culture, that is, non-black actors or characters deliberately blacken their faces. This is considered an act of discrimination against black people and is suspected of racial discrimination. Therefore, the United States The English dubbed version aired in China will skip episode 64.

There are actually many similar questions.

Anyway, it’s annoying. These must be modified according to the specific national conditions of different countries.

"Okay, President Qing, we will pay attention." Masuji Kigami recorded it in his notebook.

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On August 1, 1992, Sega's new handheld GP went on sale.

Because of the excellent preview at the Chicago Consumer Show in June, many people have endless expectations for this game console.

After the game console was released, sales quickly exceeded 600,000 copies worldwide.

Except for Sega's own "Sonic the Hedgehog", many of the games that can be played on GP are English versions, such as:

The Addams Family.

batman

Alien series

tennis

There are relatively few local games in Neon, only sumo wrestling competitions, Pac-Man, match-3 games...

There are not many large-scale RPG games.

Basically, they are a collection of small games produced by Sega and Sony themselves.

Many game companies, such as Konami and Capcom, are waiting and watching.

And companies like Square are still in the honeymoon period with Rentian Paradise, clinging to the lap of their big brother.

But this is normal. If Ren Tiantang hadn't been stabbed in the back in his previous life, Square Enix might not necessarily have fallen into Sony's arms.

Koei Corporation, which has a slightly better relationship with Sega, is currently looking for ways to develop games, but its main focus is still on TVgames.

Overall, there are nearly 100 games playable on Sega's new handheld console. However, the quantity and quality of these games do not seem to be able to satisfy the appetite of current players, and the market is far from being developed.

Under such circumstances, in addition to Sonic the Hedgehog, players seem to be looking forward to a great work that will appear on the Sega GP and become the symbol of the new handheld console.

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On August 21, 1992, Pokémon was officially released.

After work in the evening, Furukawa Hirose went to the game store as usual.

As soon as I walked into the store, I saw a meaningful smile on the corner of the store manager's mouth. He pushed up his glasses and said with a smile, "Pokeni has a new game."

"Hey? Really? Is it a new work?" Furukawa Hirose asked eagerly.

"Of course." The store manager nodded, "It seems that you have been very busy at work recently. P Club's game advertisements are everywhere, but you didn't even notice it."

"Yes." Furukawa Haoze nodded sheepishly, his cheeks turning crimson.

The company has been working too much overtime recently and has to make various reports. What's even more disgusting is that some things are clearly the responsibility of other departments, but they are all thrown to their department.

I don’t know what the minister was thinking. He was so busy that he took on all these tasks.

If you don’t work overtime, you’re really in trouble.

"So what's the name of pokeni's new game?" Furukawa Hirosawa asked curiously, and then walked to the shelf on his own.

"Well, over there, on the middle shelf of the second row from the left." The store manager gave instructions, "It's called Pokémon."

In fact, Furukawa Hirose can see it without any guidance from the store manager.

Because this time the Pokémon's position is very conspicuous, and it is placed on the display stand in the middle along with Sega's new handheld GP.

"Huh? Is it actually a handheld game?" Furukawa Haoze was a little surprised.

But he quickly remembered that there seemed to be a lot of Pokémon advertisements recently, and you could often see some elementary school students imitating Pokémon trainers...

Furukawa Haoze picked up the game box and looked at it.

Although the cassette box for handheld games is made about the same size as an ordinary cassette box, the size of the cassette inside is much smaller, so it can be said that the box is empty.

The cover shows a fire-breathing dragon with its mouth open and flames blazing.

There is a red sign around it that says [THE POCKET MONSTER TRAINER]

In the upper left corner is the pokeni logo, and below is the Sega GP exclusive label.

A game for all ages?

Furukawa Haoze muttered in confusion.

It's not that he has any aversion to games for all ages, it's mainly that he's used to pokeni's 16+ mark.

Most of P Club's games are 16+, except for "Famous Academy", which was a blockbuster in the middle.

Seeing this, a wave of not-so-good memories emerged in Furukawa Hirose's mind.

I had a similar feeling when I bought Pocket Academy.

As long as pokeni starts to use the crooked thinking of all ages, there will be no good results.

Is Pokémon also a blockbuster?

Should I buy it or not?

Furukawa Haoze couldn't help but frown.

At first glance, you can tell that this game was made by that bastard Qing Zhiyuan. Although Diablo is quite successful, there is no guarantee that the producer Qing Zhiyuan will do anything wrong.

Among the two producers of P Company, only Mr. Chunqiu Furuhara’s works have always been very stable.

Other Furukawa Haoze did not dare to try it easily.

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"Store manager, why are there two different versions of Pokémon?"

Furukawa Hirose noticed the Pokémon boxes on the shelf. One was fiery red and the other was green.

The fiery red one has Charizard on the cover, and the green one has Bulbasaur on the cover.

"Ah, this," the store manager recalled for a moment, then took out his notebook from the drawer and searched for it.

Although he is the store manager, he does not have that much time to play games, but the manufacturer's requirements and introductions are all recorded on his side.

Obviously pokeni already knew that customers would ask such questions, so when the cassette was delivered, they thoughtfully provided an introduction brochure.

"Although both games are Pokémon, the red one is called Pokémon FireRed, and the green one is called Pokémon LeafGreen."

The store manager explained with a smile, "The game process is basically the same, but the corresponding Pokémon are not exactly the same."

The difference between Pokemon Red and Green is that there are version-limited Pokemon. Fire Red and Leaf Green each have some exclusive Pokemon, but other content is exactly the same.

Fire red version exclusive elves: Arbor snake, Arbor monster, walking grass, smelly flower, attack form Deoxys...etc.

Exclusive elves of the leaf green version: Pangolin, Pangolin, Six-Tails, Nine-Tails, Morning Flower, Silly Flower, Defensive Form Deoxys...

"Huh?" After listening to the store manager's explanation, Furukawa Haoze became even more confused.

"Why is it done like this? To get players to buy both versions?"

but……

In this way, the game process is completely the same, so why should I repeat the experience?

Is it just to collect different Pokémon?

Can't figure it out.

But Furukawa Haoze instinctively smelled the smell of money.

Is pokeni really not afraid of offending the players by doing this? It stinks of money.

Unexpectedly, this once handsome guy also began to deteriorate.

Thinking of this, Furukawa Haoze couldn't help feeling a little disgusted.

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"It seems because the game has battle and exchange functions." The store manager adjusted his glasses and explained according to the introduction manual, "The two versions of Pokémon have different production probabilities, and they also have their own exclusive Pokémon, so players The Pokémon they collect will make a difference.

In this way, children can use their own unique Pokémon to battle against other players.

At the same time, you can also exchange Pokémon to fully enjoy the fun of the game. "

After that, the store manager added:

"That's what the manual says."

"ha?!"

This explanation directly shocked Furukawa Hirose.

Battle? !

In this era when there are no games with online battles, when you hear this word for the first time, you will be a little confused.

Furukawa Hirose really couldn't rely on his own brain to imagine what the battle would be like.

However, this concept really surprised him.

What kind of weirdos are the producers of pokeni?

Can you actually figure out how to play and exchange through different handheld consoles and cartridges?

What kind of genius could come up with this?

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Furukawa Haoze raised his head, closed his eyes, and imagined the battle scene.

No, no.

unimaginable.

He shook his head.

After hesitating for a long time, Furukawa Haoze decided not to buy it.

Let's wait and see for a while.

The main reason is that I feel that this game is too young and doesn't look like pokeni at all.

To be precise, it was not the style of Furuhara Chunqiu that he liked.

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At the same time, at the home of elementary school student Noboru Sugita.

"Happy birthday!"

The parents shouted together.

Sugita Noboru was immersed in happiness, then made a wish and blew out the candles.

"Xiao Sheng, what kind of birthday gift do you want?" Mother asked with a mysterious smile.

"Um……"

I want a Pokémon game.

But if this is the case, it won’t work if you say it.

Sugita Noboru shook his head, "I won't tell you guys."

His father smiled gently beside him, then took out a gift box from behind and put it in front of him.

"Take a look, it may not be what you like."

After taking it apart, I found that it was actually a Sega GP, and there was a brand new cassette -

"Pokémon: Fire Red"!

"Wow! Long live! Long live dad!"

Sugita shouted in a raised voice.

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