The movie version of Final Fantasy 7 is finally released as scheduled.
This animated film with an investment of hundreds of millions of dollars has not been released in traditional mainstream theaters.
However, not all cinemas are showing it.
For example, in Japan, there are still a few regional movies released.
After all, the influence of Youxing Electronic Entertainment in the United States is limited.
But it's different in Japan.
Japan's Yuxing Electronic Entertainment is endorsed by the government.
As long as they are not fools, no one will offend a company favored by the government for this kind of thing.
Even though Surui Electronics has a very large influence, it cannot cover such a wide range.
Moreover, Detroit Film Group originally only had a great influence in the United States, but not so much in Japan.
Therefore, Japan has become the only region where the movie version of Final Fantasy 7 is shown, but there are not many cinemas showing it, and it is only limited to big cities such as Tokyo and Osaka.
And there was almost no publicity for this one, it was just a few screenings.
Since mainstream theaters cannot log in, the influence must be limited, so there is no need to focus on publicity in this area. Instead, the focus will be shifted to the provision of online videos, as well as the production of physical version of movie cassettes and discs.
Now based on the number of pre-orders, the global pre-orders for the cassette version of the movie have reached 100,000, while the disc version is hovering around 200,000.
It is very gratifying to achieve such results in pre-sale, and the subsequent official release will definitely be higher than the pre-sale volume.
It seems that my judgment is correct. Players are very impressed by Final Fantasy 7, and its influence is very far-reaching. This series is still worthy of continued exploration.
The failure of Monster Hunter is somewhat foreseeable, because players in this world generally have not yet developed their tolerance for difficult games.
Even Monster Hunter can't handle it, so if there were another Souls-based game, it would probably be a hit to death.
But it doesn’t matter. Players can also be cultivated slowly. Monster Hunter can make a good start by letting players adapt to such a difficult game. As for how much it sells, it is actually secondary.
Now he cares more about the Final Fantasy 7 movie version.
The original Advent Children movie version of Final Fantasy 7 is already very good, but in fact it is still somewhat obscure in some places. This is a movie that is more fan-oriented, and outsiders may only be attracted by the cool special effects.
Therefore, Zhu Youxing also added some settings in the movie so that ordinary people can quickly understand the outline of the entire plot. Of course, the original plot line will definitely not be modified. This is the core point. Zhu Youxing does not want to use it.
His own thoughts destroy an original work, and his more mentality is to share the beautiful things of his past life with the people of this world.
As a result, the length of the movie has been increased from the original two hours to nearly two and a half hours.
This is quite long for a traditional theater movie.
If we really put the focus of publicity on traditional theaters initially, I am afraid that we still need to make certain concessions in terms of duration, but there is no need to consider these in the online video field, and there is no problem with a duration of three hours.
The release time of Final Fantasy 7 is at 00:00 US time on September 15th, which happens to be just after noon in Japan, and it is also the time when there are the most people.
This day is Saturday, and people who have already known about the release of Final Fantasy 7 movie version have been waiting in front of their computers early.
Many of them had registered for subscriptions to video websites in advance. When the time came, the interface of Final Fantasy 7 suddenly went black, and then, a string of text slowly emerged.
To those who once loved this world
People who spend happy time with their companions in this world
This moment is the time for your reunion--
For players, this sentence is very touching.
When Final Fantasy 7 was released, it was sold out to a large number of people, and it caused a very strong social effect for a long time.
During that period, it was even called the Final Fantasy Moment, and sociologists called it the Final Fantasy Effect, a metaphor for people who went crazy for a game.
Because of Final Fantasy, the Japanese government almost promulgated a new law, that is, when a video game is released, it must be reported to the Metropolitan Police Department in the jurisdiction in advance, and the Metropolitan Police Department will dispatch police officers to maintain public order.
However, there are very few games as influential as Final Fantasy. If every game released were reported in this way, then the police would not have to do anything.
Nowadays, an average of more than ten new games are produced every day, and the police officers are simply overwhelmed.
The sentence on the screen just now represents the players' mental journey when they played Final Fantasy 7.
You control the protagonist and his companions to adventure on this continent, and experience various thrilling, bizarre, and touching stories.
And at this moment, when the movie is officially played, it is truly a reunion for players who have played this game before.
Old friends who had not seen each other for several years were reunited because of this game, reliving the beauty of this story and watching this movie together.
The text ends and the screen gradually lights up, which seems to be a cloud in the sky.
Not far away, the halo of the sun was illuminating the clouds, and the music slowly unfolded. The melody was so familiar.
The audio module of Final Fantasy 7 on the GS1 game console was not particularly good, so the music was still a little muddy.
But now this melody is very ethereal, which makes people feel relaxed after hearing it, especially for experienced players.
The camera slowly descended from the clouds and came to a desolate Gobi Desert.
This Gobi Desert is so real.
In the previous publicity, everyone already knew that this was a special effect produced using a full CG computer, without any real scenes.
This is very stunning.
The previous trailers focused more on the battle scenes, but the main stage scenes were not shown too much. Until now, the whole world is shown again, and the feeling is completely different.
"Wow, this Gobi Desert, this mountain, this tree, this...Red Thirteen!"
The camera switched, and a wolf-like creature began to run wildly, followed by two wolf cubs who should be its cubs.
Players shouted its name without hesitation.
Red Thirteen is a very popular wolf-shaped character in the plot of Final Fantasy 7.
It was an experimental product made by the villain Hojo, and eventually escaped and became a member of the protagonist group.
Following the running of Red Thirteen, it brought its cubs to a cliff. In the distance of the camera was the familiar city, the Shinra city Midgar. However, the once extremely glorious and majestic city has now become