266 A Good Opportunity for Mutual Benefit and Win-Win
Because of the gimmick of a war between Japan and the United States, people who were originally not interested will become interested, which even caused short-term social repercussions in Japan.
People spontaneously organized various small support groups in online and offline communities to organize games together, and there were even decent commentators to explain the content of the games themselves to those who did not understand these games.
Huh? So this is a fight using various fighting techniques through the TV? What about our karate? Is it our kendo? Is it our judo and sumo?
Does it really exist? That’s interesting. Is this a game? It turns out that games can also be close to reality. I always thought it was just a fantasy entertainment played by children.
In order to show its professionalism, TV Tokyo also produced a special interview program on martial arts.
Various connections were used to invite the directors of seven martial arts schools from different sects in the local area of Japan. All of them are quite famous figures in the field of Japanese martial arts and appear to be very authoritative.
They gathered together to conduct a very detailed discussion on the authenticity of fighting movements in Street Fighter, which is also a hot topic that many people are paying close attention to at the moment.
Not just playing games, but also playing real. In short, I want to balance everything.
In order to build momentum, TV Tokyo also specially previewed the program for a week and squeezed out a most popular time period to broadcast it.
The results of the playback are very gratifying.
Among these seven martial arts gyms, there are members of the martial arts advisory group invited by Zhu Yuxing.
In the past, they were not very fond of video games. They thought they were fake and the fighting actions shown in video games were not real. People who played the games would not have any improvement in martial arts.
However, as Street Fighter has become more and more famous in recent times, they were surprised to find that more and more students began to learn martial arts through Street Fighter and wanted to try it out in a real martial arts gym.
As a result, the income of several of their martial arts gyms began to rise steadily.
The economic environment was originally not very prosperous, and activities such as martial arts, which were becoming more and more entertainment-oriented, were gradually left out. There was also widespread talk that martial arts was no longer needed in modern society.
But because of Street Fighter, everything took a turn for the better.
Then several martial arts gym directors on the advisory group also really paid attention to video games, and game consoles began to appear in their martial arts gyms, so that students who were tired from training could still experience the fun of fighting through game consoles.
Generated additional income.
Then there is this interview program. Several martial arts gym directors are very happy that they can be interviewed. They have long wanted to appeal to the outside world.
It’s just that there were almost no channels before, and they didn’t have much spare money at that time, let alone spend money to promote themselves.
But now they can organize a group to go to TV stations to promote for free, so naturally they don't want to miss this rare opportunity.
A martial arts gym director said sincerely in front of the camera: "First of all, what I want to say is that Street Fighter is a really good game. It really embodies the charm of fighting. From my professional experience
From a perspective, there is almost no fault to be found in this game, and the company that produced this game really put their heart and soul into it.”
Another martial arts gym director immediately agreed. He is a member of the action advisory group of Youxing Electronic Entertainment. The two parties already have a cooperative relationship, so they will naturally praise it even more.
"Dear viewers, I sincerely recommend you to experience it. This is a game worth playing. Moreover, I am a member of this company's action advisory group. We will personally check it, and we can be sure that the content that players will play is
The truest."
There is a live audience in the talk show, and most of them are of course puppets to help enhance the atmosphere, but some are real viewers, and they all let out a burst of admiration.
Youxing Electronic Entertainment is indeed a very responsible company. They are willing to carefully produce products for the sake of professionalism and will not fool players casually.
However, some people have raised some questions. For example, characters such as Long in Street Fighter can also use ultimate moves. This is obviously unrealistic.
The martial arts director on the stage immediately explained: "We have raised doubts about this before, but the president of this company gave us an explanation, and we think it makes sense."
"According to the president's description, first of all, this is a game, and the game naturally has some fantasy elements, which is understandable. Secondly, the performance in the game is more like some kind of visualization, like hitting a shock wave with bare hands.
This behavior is of course unrealistic, but you can imagine it as a concrete manifestation of the potential energy of a martial arts master when he attacks."
"Powerful martial arts masters can make sounds that break through the air, but people can often only hear the sounds that break through the air, but it is difficult to see them. In order to bring more obvious visual effects to people, those shock waves appear.
special effects.”
Of course, this statement was just a boast, but the audience seemed to buy it.
In fact, they don't particularly care about this kind of problem. Movies and TV dramas still try to exaggerate various special effects and performances. This Street Fighter is not a big river drama that requires historical research. What is 100% real in it?
It's really not necessary.
The question just now was just to silence those who like to find faults.
Halfway through the interview program, it will naturally lead to the next war between the United States and Japan.
"First of all, I am very optimistic about our players. They are not only outstanding in games, but in real life, they are also students of our respective martial arts schools. I believe they can win."
"For example, take the student Hisahito Kumazawa. He now has the third level of karate and is very powerful. He is also one of my favorite players. I hope that in addition to shining in video games, he will also be a real player in the future.
He can also perform brilliantly in real-life fighting competitions."
In the remaining time, the directors of several martial arts gyms will naturally start to promote their own martial arts gyms one by one, hoping that more people will come to their martial arts gyms to study and earn more tuition fees.
As for Youxing Electronic Entertainment, the biggest contributor, they did not forget to help with promotion. The cooperation between the two parties was very healthy and mutually beneficial. Naturally, the directors of several martial arts schools were willing to reciprocate.
In the end, when the show ended, the statistical ratings exceeded 30%, which suddenly aroused the enthusiasm for martial arts among the people, and later even surpassed e-sports itself. However, the public is still paying attention to the developments in the United States.