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Chapter 132 Does 36pokeni know magic? !

Chapter 132 36. Can pokeni know magic? !

Qing Zhiyuan is really not in a hurry at all.

Now this result is almost within his expectation. When the previous Pokémon was launched, the results were not very good.

Although so much has been laid in this life, just like making soup, it requires time and a fermentation process.

The cartoon has just aired for 3 episodes. Although it has a certain degree of popularity, it has not achieved a particularly large influence.

Kimura's advertisements have a certain appeal, but Kimura is not yet a popular national idol.

There is another very important point -

The sales volume of Pokémon also depends on the sales volume of Sega GP to some extent. Before Pokémon became popular, Sega’s new handheld console only had 600,000 copies so far, so it was impossible to reach 600,000 copies. Can we achieve great success on this platform?

Therefore, Qing Zhiyuan said that he was very calm. After a while, with more fermentation, Pokémon's performance will naturally improve.

This is the world’s number one IP!

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There is another point that Qing Zhiyuan failed to analyze——

Elementary school students have limited purchasing power, and office workers who have the purchasing power have not yet been attracted by Pokémon.

Therefore, this constitutes a buying vacuum period.

After a while, primary school students will beg their parents to buy them handheld consoles and Pokémon, and then office workers who can afford to buy will gradually fall into the trap due to the influence of the people around them...

That's when the game really took off.

Now it's like the fire has been lit, and it's waiting to start a prairie fire.

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"Huh? How could this happen?" Hiroyuki Hattori sat in the office, puzzled.

More than a week after its release, Pokémon failed to sell even 20,000 copies. You must know that other games of Paradox have almost sold 70,000 to 100,000 copies during this period.

Hattori Hiroyuki held his chest, feeling the pain.

Qing Zhiyuan, this bastard...

I clearly threw the game cartridge into the trash can, but the Pokémon still couldn't get up?

Why.

Sure enough, pokeni is always good at other types of games. Once it develops games for all ages, there will be no good results.

The same goes for prestigious academies, and now the same goes for Pokémon.

but……

He glanced at the new Sega handheld console placed on the table.

Could it be because you didn't throw away the game console?

…

At the same time, Sega's Nakayama Hayao didn't look very happy either.

The reason why he felt uncomfortable was not because of Pokémon, because Sega didn't pin its hopes for the release of the handheld console on Pokémon at the beginning. When the cooperation was discussed, Nakayama Hayao didn't care much about what Pokeni was going to develop.

Everyone is in the same boat and developing their own games on the new handheld platform, that's all.

Sega does it, Pokeni does it, Sony does it too.

It’s just to see who can come up with a product that can bring out the performance of handheld consoles and successfully become popular.

For Sega, no matter who it is, as long as there is such a game, they can promote it.

But so far, it doesn't seem to have happened.

What makes Hayao Nakayama uncomfortable is that the sales growth rate of Sega GP is not as good as he imagined.

It stands to reason that color-screen handheld computers are definitely the trend of the times. Even if Rentiantian is a stubborn person and always says that color-screen technology is not mature enough and that color-screen handheld computers have not yet become mainstream, they are not afraid of the impact of color-screen handheld computers at all.

But Nakayama Hayabusa is very clear about his ambition. At this time, Rentian Tiantang is just as anxious as an ant on a hot pot. He is trying every possible means to make GAMEBOY a color-screen game console. Maybe it is already under development.

Sega's new handheld console completely beats Rentian in terms of performance, and the price is the same as GB. However, the only disadvantage is that there are too few games and a lack of masterpieces.

Now it can sell more than 600,000 copies, and it is still growing, mainly due to Sega's own "Sonic the Hedgehog"

"Damn Konami! Damn Namco!" Hayao Nakayama was extremely angry, "These guys talk nice, but in the end, no one takes any action!"

…

I see that Pokémon sales are not very good.

The editor-in-chief of Famiton finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Because this time Famiton still only gave Pokémon a low score of 29 points.

This magazine is really a model of perseverance and unyielding. In the previous life, even when facing a master like Rentian, Famiton didn't give Pokémon much face. It scored 28 points, one level lower than now. point.

Famiton’s bi-weekly review said:

[Pokemon is a game that was developed on a handheld console, so the graphics can only be described as unsatisfactory.

After all, it is restricted by hardware equipment and there is no way to express such exquisite effects.

The playability of the game itself can only be said to be average. The battles are turn-based, but the strategic depth and coordination are far inferior to other turn-based RPG games.

The plot also seems a bit weak. The protagonist works as a trainer, defeats various opponents, and then wins the championship. The goal is clear and simple. There is a lack of ups and downs in the plot and story. Even the bond between people and pets is far from being achieved. The cartoons are so infectious.

Generally speaking, neither the protagonist nor the plot has many highlights in terms of setting.

The villains and other rivals are more capable of shaping than the protagonists.

A plot like this is almost equivalent to nothing.

Compared to other RPGs or turn-based games, it pales in comparison.

However, the game has its own features and highlights.

In terms of features, training your own Pokémon is a great pleasure. Cultivating the Pokémon step by step, especially when the Pokémon evolves into a more powerful pet, the sense of accomplishment is truly indescribable. .

Moreover, Pokémon has created a fairly extensive ecological network. Different Pokémon live in different environments, and Pokémon with different personalities have different behaviors and habits.

Even in the text description, you can feel the care and attention of the production team.

With more than 150 Pokémon, it takes a lot of time just to design, not to mention filling in these pets so that their images and habits can be realistic and cute, which is quite difficult.

There are two different versions of Pokémon Fire Red and Pokémon Leaf Green, each with their own exclusive Pokémon. Players can battle online or exchange Pokémon.

This is a pioneering work in the history of gaming.

What a rich and bold imagination it takes to develop such a system in a handheld console.

It is precisely because of the battles and exchanges that Pokémon interacts with players and successfully establishes connections between players. From this point of view, Pokémon has a very prominent highlight.

Taken together, it can be considered a barely passing game. 】

Comments from other editors probably have similar views.

The general meaning is that Pokémon has its own originality, and it has done quite well in Pokémon design, world structure, and interaction between players.

However, the shortcomings are also very obvious. Although you can change Pokémon in each battle, it is still a 1v1 battle. Such a turn-based game does have to be less strategic to a certain extent.

Compared with the current mainstream Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy, there are fewer strategic dimensions that can be used.

In fact, the innovation of the combat gameplay is insufficient. Even with the blessing of Pokémon development elements, it is not enough to surprise the editors.

In addition, the plot is very thin, just play the game through Pokémon and win the championship all the way...

Until now, Famitsu's editors haven't quite figured it out. Pokeni's previous games have proven that they have very powerful script writers, but why is the plot on Pokémon so simple and incomprehensible? Ups and downs.

Relatively speaking, the performance in TV animation is simply not very good.

It is for these reasons that the editors of Famiton failed to give Pokémon a particularly high score.

7778.

The total score adds up to 29 points, which is considered a passing score. It is a pity that it did not become a palace-level game, but the editors said they have tried their best.

When Hongichi Hamura, the editor-in-chief at the time, saw this rating, he broke into a cold sweat.

The main reason is that P Club is completely different from other game manufacturers. It is difficult to measure this game developer with conventional rules, such as the number of reverse engineers last time, and the Mermaid Heart last time...

Famitsu cannot give high scores at all, but the sales of these games are inexplicably good.

pokeni is a monster in the gaming industry, and there's no telling what strange things will happen.

If it happens again that Famiton gives low scores, but the game is loved by players and sells amazingly, Hamamura may not be able to hold on.

If this continues, he and the four editors responsible for grading will lose their jobs.

If we can't make fair scores from the players' perspective and select games that match their favorites, then Famiton's reputation will definitely decline.

Fortunately, this time it seemed to be tight.

The sales performance of Pokémon cannot be said to be bad, but it is definitely not good.

"It seems that the players' eyes are sharp." Hamamura said, "Such a game is quite unique, but it fails to sell particularly well, which also explains the problem."

At least this time, we stand with the players.

"Looking at it this way, it's obvious that Goletou has taken advantage of pokeni." Editor Hiroshi Kato put the latest issue of "Goletou" on Hamura's table and said jokingly.

Hamura opened it and took a look.

Sure enough, Goletong's magazine had extensive coverage of Pokémon, published many photos of the game, and also gave the game a high rating.

Although there are some negative reviews, they are definitely not as honest, strict and straightforward as Famiton.

Generally speaking, Goletong praises Pokémon far more than criticizes it, and even made some detailed strategies in the magazine.

Although he was not very satisfied with Kato's rash assertion, Hamamura had to think about the same question at this moment——

Did Guo Letong take money from pokeni?

It feels like this magazine has a special liking for pokeni. Every time a new game from P Club has not been released or is about to be released, Goletong can always follow up and report it as soon as possible, and even find exclusive information that other magazines do not have. news.

"Well... don't say such things in the future, Kato." Hamura glared seriously, "Just be ourselves."

Facts speak louder than words.

Pokémon sales are the best proof.

No matter how good the Guo Letong is, if the players don’t like it, they just don’t like it.

…

But gradually, as time continued to pass, Hamura realized that something seemed not right.

Because pokeni's "Pokémon" game is particularly weird.

Although the sales in the first week are not very good, as long as Pokémon is broadcast every week, the sales of the game will jump up to a higher level.

In the second week, Pokémon game sales had reached 30,000 copies.

This can be considered a strong player in ordinary games.

In the third week, Pokémon sales exceeded 100,000 copies.

In the fourth week, it was 200,000 copies.

"Oh my god!!"

The editorial department of Famiton was about to explode.

The editors who were previously responsible for scoring looked incredulous.

"What...what happened?" After Kato got the latest data, his fingers couldn't stop trembling.

Before, everyone thought that the Pokémon game was just average, and its performance in turn-based games was not very eye-catching. How come it has been completely overturned in just one month?

Not only Kato was dumbfounded, but everyone else was also extremely confused.

"Does pokeni know magic?"

"I heard that because of the good sales of Pokémon, Sega's game consoles have also been boosted."

The key is--

Such a sales trend is simply unheard of for Hamamura.

Because games are called the ninth art and have some similarities with film and television.

Generally speaking, the proportion of new games released in the first month is very high, and the future trend can be roughly judged from the sales volume in the initial week.

It's a bit like showing a movie in a movie theater. Many viewers are the first to watch it in the first month, and then the attendance will gradually decrease as time goes on.

Although there is a long tail effect, coupled with future activities and other activities, long-term game sales can increase, but the increase is unlikely to be particularly exaggerated.

Unless it's something like Rentendo's Super Mario.

It stands to reason that "Pokémon" is a game that has already decided its life or death in the first week, but I didn't expect that its stamina would be so strong that it would amaze everyone.

He couldn't help but think of what his colleagues said just now——

Is pokeni magic? !

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When I went home at the weekend, I found my little daughter, who was in first grade, lying on the floor watching the "Pokémon" cartoon.

When Hamamun came back, he was very happy and handed him slippers and tea and water.

At times like this, Hamura knew that this guy must be asking for something.

Who would have thought that when he asked casually, his daughter leaned on his shoulder and begged, "Dad, don't you rate games? Then you must be very familiar with the people who make the games?"

"Well...it doesn't really count." Hamura said with a smile.

"Dad, can you buy me a Pokémon?" My daughter pointed to the cartoon playing on the TV and said, "Several of my classmates have Pokémon, and I want to play with them."

"ha?"

Hamura looked confused.

What kind of magical game is Pokémon? !

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I can only update here today.

Only 15,000 words have been updated.

I don’t know where the time went this day.

It’s like chatting with others in a group or something, time flies by

Have a meal, watch TV, and watch videos in the evening.

Be sure to cheer up and update well tomorrow

We can't be so lazy anymore!