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Inside the conference room, Wang Jian looked at the group of planning staff and Bai Li Ao below, and asked, "Does everyone know that the new game we're developing is a handheld game?"

Everyone looked at Wang Jian and nodded, with a hint of excitement in their eyes.

After so much effort to develop a handheld game, this game must be extraordinary!

Moreover, it's an acquisition of the legendary Subor handheld, which is a legend of an era.

To facilitate the explanation, Wang Jian created a PPT and projected it.

On the screen were projected the words: Pokémon FireRed/LeafGreen.

Some planning staff were already quickly thinking. Pokémon? A raising game, raising monsters? Seems interesting.

Some were puzzled by the FireRed/LeafGreen suffix. Pokémon is fine, but why divide it into FireRed and LeafGreen? The name is a bit strange.

Wang Jian explained, "Let me first introduce what Pokémon is.

In modern society, humans and Pokémon coexist. Humans live in harmony with them, and there are many occupations related to Pokémon, such as breeders and trainers. Pokémon can usually be shrunk and stored in a ball called a Poké Ball, carried by trainers or placed in their pockets, hence the name 'Pokémon'.

Besides Pokémon, they also have various names such as Pocket Monsters and Pokémon.

The game plot of 'Pokémon' is very simple.

In a nutshell, it's about challenging gyms, defeating bad guys, and dominating the region.

A slightly more detailed introduction: players play as a ten-year-old Pokémon trainer, aiming to become the regional champion.

When starting, the professor will give you an initial Pokémon, and then you start your journey from Pallet Town, challenging eight gym leaders in turn, and challenging the Elite Four and the champion at Indigo Plateau.

At the same time, players will encounter a group called Team Rocket who use Pokémon to do bad things, and players must stop them from doing bad things during the journey.

After completing the game, players can continue to collect Pokémon and exchange them with others, and cultivate the strongest Pokémon.

Any questions or opinions? Feel free to speak your mind."

Hearing such a simple plot, many of the planning staff showed surprise, and a few even showed disappointment.

The game's plot is a very traditional RPG plot.

If it was when RPG games were just emerging, this kind of orthodox plot would be very popular. The classic 'Great Sword Legend' is this kind of plot, and it even formed a long-lasting series.

But now, still doing this kind of orthodox plot, isn't this equating the game with mediocrity?

Immediately, a hairy planner raised his hairy arm and said in a deep voice, "Boss, is this plot a bit... too simple? We can make the plot more complicated.

A bespectacled planner pushed his glasses up, and a gleam flashed on the clean lenses. He smiled sinisterly, "How about setting the professor who sends the initial Pokémon to the protagonist as the mastermind behind the villain? When players reach the villain's lair and find that the professor is the big BOSS, the reaction must be wonderful!"

A skinny otaku planner wearing anime character clothes shook his head and said something shocking: "This design is also a bit old-fashioned! I think it's better to change the point that Pokémon are human partners to Pokémon are human slaves, being exploited miserably!

And the protagonist, as a trainer, after seeing the various miserable conditions of Pokémon, has a desire to change the status of Pokémon. To achieve this goal, he embarks on the road to challenge the Pokémon League. Only by becoming the strongest can he change this situation!

While defeating opponents, while spreading his ideas, precisely because he regards Pokémon as partners, he can exert even stronger combat power than using Pokémon as slaves!

Finally, let Pokémon and humans live together peacefully. How about that?"

A fat otaku planner sneered, "Hehe, childish! I have an idea. The protagonist was rescued by a Pokémon when he was a child, so he developed a special feeling for Pokémon!

When the protagonist grows up and meets the original Pokémon again, he realizes that the original feeling was actually love.

And although Pokémon and humans have similarities, they have huge differences in various aspects, and falling in love is a taboo! An intolerable taboo!

People around him regard the protagonist as a monster, hostile and hateful, and although the Pokémon also likes him, it still leaves sadly for the sake of the protagonist!

How should the protagonist break this taboo? He finds the professor and asks him to develop a potion to turn into a Pokémon, and finally lives happily with the Pokémon! How about this idea? This is a rarely touched theme!

The skinny otaku looked at the fat otaku with an extremely contemptuous look: "Otakus are disgusting!"

Wang Jian didn't know whether to laugh or cry. These staff members really have ideas, and the discussion has broken through the sky! They have completely changed 'Pokémon'!

Although he wanted to laugh and even wanted to bang on the table, in order to maintain the majesty of the boss, he still maintained an indifferent appearance on the surface, quietly watching them discuss.

Bai Li Ao hugged his arms and watched these staff members arguing fiercely, and sighed in his heart with regret.

Among the group of people, besides him, no one understood the boss's true meaning!

The focus of 'Pokémon' is obviously Pokémon!

The plot is not the focus of the game at all, it's just a tool to advance the game. Rather, if you want to highlight Pokémon, you shouldn't engage in those fancy plots.

Orthodoxy is the way to go!

Bai Li Ao's eyes glanced quietly at Wang Jian, and he saw him with an ordinary expression of neither joy nor anger.

Alas, the boss must be very disappointed!

Then a sense of pride rose up.

Fortunately, I have followed the boss for so long, and finally made some progress. I can see the wisdom behind the boss's seemingly ordinary settings!

He cleared his throat: "I think the focus of 'Pokémon' should be on Pokémon! This is the core fun of the game!"

Bai Li Ao is a senior member of the production team. When he spoke, many of the planning staff calmed down and then showed a look of serious thought.

Wang Jian was a little surprised: "You really understand!"

Bai Li Ao got Wang Jian's affirmation and immediately became more confident, and said confidently: "I think the main fun of 'Pokémon' lies in the raising that is completely different from other games!

For example, in games like 'Little Dog Wangcai', feeding, bathing, and shoveling poop for the little dog is a kind of raising.

Also, the upgrading of warships and the purchase of various systems in 'Faster Than Light' actually belong to raising, but warships are inanimate objects, tools for combat, and do not have the companionship of pets.

In 'Pokémon', the pet is used as the main body of combat, not a pendant. You can enjoy the fun of combat while also enjoying the fun of raising!"

After Bai Li Ao finished speaking, he looked at Wang Jian, but saw that he still had an unwavering look.

Suddenly shocked in his heart.

Could it be that I didn't get to the key point?