It is equivalent to the initial tutorial. Before the protagonist takes the team entrance exam and leaves the village, there will be a battle to tell the player how to fight with Pokémon.
But the battle is not real-time, but a very ordinary turn-based battle.
Wang Qi didn't pay much attention to it at first.
But he soon discovered that the turn-based game was unlike Linmu Studio's online games where characters could move around at will.
He controlled the character to move forward, and then took a brief look at the opponent's Pokémon.
It was a Pokémon that looked like an egg, with a mainly bright yellow body. There were five spines on the top of its head, and most of its body was wrapped in eggshells, with some red and blue triangular rings on it.
pattern.
The Pokémon's name is Togepi.
When Wang Qi controls the character to walk over.
The Pokémon named Togepi seems to realize that the battle distance is too far.
It suddenly took off its short, round feet and trotted not far from Wang Qi's original Pokémon, Mumu Xiaoxiao. It stopped suddenly, and then swayed cutely from side to side...
"...Can I pick this thing up and run away?"
When Wang Qi saw this scene, he had no intention of trying to control his Pokémon to fight. Instead, he studied whether he could steal the opponent's Pokémon...
Because he wants it so much...
But the facts prove that it doesn't work.
He could only endure the pain and click on the move, and then eliminated the opponent.
And after experiencing the battle.
Wang Qi feels that although the battle mode is turn-based, the Pokémon are so cute when they attack, and they are also quite cute when they are attacked.
Wang Qi unknowingly ignited a desire to continue playing.
Then.
After the battle.
The NPC who was fighting explained to Wang Qi another way to play the Pokémon game, which is to use Pokémon to fight!
Wang Qi can cultivate them. After the Pokémon increases its level, it can learn more moves and become stronger and stronger.
ddxs
Nurture.
grade.
Wang Qi thought of the cute Pokémon, and suddenly he had more desire to play.
But he's not sure yet.
What will happen in the next game?
Plan to wait and see again.
He scratched his head and followed the game's instructions to where he needed to go for the team entrance exam.
And came outside the village.
Wang Qi's heart, which had just cooled down, finally warmed up again... The main reason is that although this game cannot be like "The Legend of Zelda", allowing players to do whatever they want in the open world, or giving players a stunning perspective from the beginning.
After all, the themes are different.
But the scenery of the game's open map is still in the same vein as "The Legend of Zelda".
Although the fineness is lacking, the large amount of real-time light combined with the layered distant and near shots makes the painting style fresh and clean, which is very pleasing to the eye.
In fact, when Lin Yao played Arceus, she was speechless about GAMEFREAK, the producer of the Pokémon series!
The graphics are really bad...GAMEFREAK's technical skills are really bad.
She even once felt that Nintendo should take back the Pokémon IP and do it themselves.
But after paying a little more attention, she discovered that this was simply impossible, at least not in the short term.
The relationship between GAMEFREAK and Nintendo has never been subordinate. Although Pokémon games have always been published by Nintendo, the producer GAMEFREAK has always been an independent company.
Although Nintendo actually controls the development license for the entire Pokémon IP and can theoretically take it back from GAMEFREAK, the majority shareholder of ThePokemonpany, a Pokémon brand copyright company, is Nintendo, but the other shareholder is GAMEFREAK.
And Nintendo won't want to take it back, after all, no matter how bad GAMEFREAK is... it makes money every time a new game is launched.
GAMEFREAK executives have been working hard to get rid of the inherent impression of themselves as a "Nintendo subsidiary" in the eyes of the outside world. The executives even said, "I hope everyone can remember that GF made the Pokémon game"...
But the effect was minimal, and the two companies involved too many commercial interests and a huge Pokémon industry chain.
These two companies are really deeply connected.
Fans want Nintendo to make its own Pokémon game, but it is probably difficult to achieve.
After all, Nintendo's own development manpower is stretched thin, and it is difficult to provide technical support for GAMEFREAK. There are even rumors that GAMEFREAK refuses technical support from Nintendo, let alone doing it on its own.
In fact, GAMEFREAK also wants to change and has made progress.
But now that Pokémon games have become “New Year’s goods”, GAMEFREAK has its own game.
It seems that there is very little progress... They are very bad, as if they are resting on their laurels.
The first-party games released by Nintendo are indeed worthy of trust, but sometimes, it really depends on the producer...
certainly.
in this world.
Lin Yao cannot be as bad as GAMEFREAK. Although the gameplay of Pokémon is relatively simple and unpretentious compared to Zelda, the graphics are almost made according to the specifications of The Legend of Zelda and Breath of the Wild.
Moreover, she does not follow the Monster Hunter-style open map of the original work, but a complete open world map. Players can go anywhere as long as they go out.
It is precisely because of this.
Only then did Wang Qi's half-chilled heart warm up again.
After all, there is "Legend of Zelda" in front of me.
I stood there and admired the beautiful scenery in the game for a while.
Wang Qi began to follow the body's prompts and head to the Obsidian Plain area where he needed to go for the main mission "Team Entry Exam".
But as soon as he walked out of the village, he didn't even take two steps... In the grass not far away, a Pokémon with a tan body, big front teeth, and a lot of curved hair on its body, like a mouse, appeared out of the grass.
It didn't seem to notice Wang Qi and was running around on the grassland in a naive manner.
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The moment Wang Qi saw the Pokémon, he immediately put down his thumb on the joystick and stopped.
Then, he awkwardly switched out the Poké Ball.
At this time, the system prompts also came out, telling him how to capture and throw the Poke Ball without disturbing the Pokémon...
Yes.
Lin Yao also changed the somewhat ancient mission guidance system at the front of the game to give players greater autonomy.
As for why it hasn’t been changed before.
Very simple.
Pokémon games, there is more than one Arceus.
in the game.
Wang Qi squatted down, and then started throwing Poké Balls at the mouse-like Pokémon like he was playing an FPS game.
The first time, I missed.
But the mouse-like Pokémon seemed to be frightened, ran away to the side, and then stopped again.
When Wang Qi saw the Poké Ball miss and the Pokémon run away, his heart skipped a beat.
I was afraid that the other party would run away.
Just like the beast in "The Legend of Zelda", it disappears immediately after turning around...
This will not disappear.
Wang Qi immediately breathed a sigh of relief and moved forward again.
The Poké Ball took action, accurately hitting the Pokémon's head. A flash of light flashed, and the Poké Ball took the Pokémon in.
"yes!"
When Wang Qi saw this scene, he waved his fist in excitement.
He didn't know why he was so excited.
He felt that the moment he caught the Pokémon, it was quite exciting.
Wang Qi opened the menu and checked the newly acquired Pokémon.
The newly caught Pokémon is named Big Tooth.
Quite cute.
But it still feels a bit uninteresting...
Wang Qi thought as he continued to rush to the mission location.
But keep walking.
He stopped again... because he saw another Pokémon that looked like a gray bird.
Based on the idea of when the task should not be done, Wang Qi turned around and went to find Pokémon.
He just ran in one direction...
en route.
He also encountered some collectible items, some ores, and fruits.
And the system prompted him.
Pokémon can be released to destroy and obtain resources.
Wang Qi gave it a try and threw his initial Pokémon, Mu Mu Xiao, at a tree full of fruits.
Mumu Owl detached itself from the elf ball, then flapped its wings and attacked the trees.
With a tremor, the fruit fell down.
"It's true that everything is based on Pokémon..."
Wang Qi sighed, finally understanding the point of buying this game.
The character he controls is just a carrier, and the protagonists are Pokémon!
And he had just finished sighing.
A river not far away caught his attention again.
Will there be Pokémon there too?
With this idea in mind.
Wang Qi controlled the character again and ran towards the river.
And the game did not disappoint him.
There are indeed Pokémon by the river!
It was a creature with a beige belly, eyebrows and the tip of its tail. It had a float around its neck, like a swimming ring. It was very cute.
"It's quite cute."
The moment Wang Qi saw it, his heart was moved. Although he said it was cute because of his face.
But in fact, he just had the idea that this Pokémon belongs to him!
He carefully squatted down and slowly approached...
Next, Wang Qi ran and grabbed all the way.
The initial feeling of boredom was gradually forgotten...
Once again, I encountered a Pokémon with a float around its neck, like a swimming ring, named Swimming Ring Weasel.
Wang Qi suddenly thought of the battle method of the game. Instead of throwing the elf ball directly to catch it, he switched out the elf ball containing Mu Mu Xiao and threw it towards the opponent.
The elf ball landed and Mu Mu Xiao jumped out.
But the Pokémon that was wandering around suddenly turned around.
Lens close-up.
It looked at the protagonist, put its short arms back, raised its tail, and howled like the vicious protagonist.
then.
Officially enter the battle.
"..."
Wang Qi couldn't hold back for a moment... This is so cute!
Next.
The battle scene even surprised him.
Just before leaving the village, he didn't feel much about the battle with Togepi.
But the moves of the swimming ring weasel... are so cool!
[The swimmer uses lightning flash!]
It comes with this prompt.
I saw the swimmer Weasel turned sideways, then disappeared instantly, appeared in front of Mumuxiao, and gave it a tail.
Mumu Xiao was hit and immediately took a step back...
The fighting performance has the feeling of animation, whether it is the special effects of hitting or the way of showing teleportation, they are all very similar.
After beating the Swimming Weasel to half health, it was Wang Qi's turn, and the system prompted him to try throwing a Poké Ball to subdue the opponent.
Wang Qi immediately switched out the elf ball and threw it towards the opponent.
When the elf ball fell, he immediately took the swimmer in and bounced on the ground. Fireworks bloomed in the air. It was a success!
"It feels a bit interesting...interesting!"
Wang Qi glanced at the instructions for the mission, and then looked not far away, feeling that the mission could wait for a while...
Because he suddenly saw a new Pokémon...
…
In fact, it's not just Wang Qi.
Regardless of whether they are overseas or domestic players, their first impression of the performance and plot direction of the game is that it is ordinary.
But just get out of town.
These players are without exception.
They all fell quickly... They started running around to catch Pokémon.
Because for players, this feeling of capturing pets is really fascinating.
Players are constantly discovering new Pokémon... and are fascinated by their different skills and cute appearance.
And as long as players are interested in Pokémon.
Then, the gameplay will no longer be ordinary...
Because different Pokémon not only have different appearances, but also have different skills, as well as mechanisms such as restraint and evolution.
That is to say.
Raising a powerful enough Pokémon is not something that happens overnight.
Don't feel that the gameplay of raising pets is boring or that it is not attractive enough to players.
In fact, this kind of development gameplay is very lethal to players!
For example, in online games that domestic players are most familiar with, turn-based online games, the pet system has always been one of the most important systems.
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Although raising pets in most online games... requires krypton gold.
But this also proves that players who have developed this kind of gameplay are very accepting of it.
certainly.
At present, players probably still have little understanding of the complex evolution, skills, attribute restraint and other mechanisms of Pokémon in the game.
Most players are still stuck in the stage of trying to catch their favorite Pokémon.
But this also means that the following game content is enough for players to explore slowly.
To put it simply, it is easy to get started but difficult to master!
Games allow players to invest time and then leave an impression on the IP...
certainly.
Although the game has complex evolution and attribute restraint mechanisms, this does not mean that light players cannot find fun in this game.
Many girls don't know how to study the complicated mechanisms, but that doesn't stop them. After leaving the village, they are attracted by various Pokémon, and then run around, trying to catch more beautiful and rare Pokémon.
Then when nothing happens, throw out all the Pokémon and entertain them.
In fact.
Many female players, after playing "Pokémon Legends: Arceus", feel that this is Linmu Studio's most friendly game to female players!
In fact, this is also the biggest advantage of "Pokémon Legend: Arceus". Of course, it can also be said to be a disadvantage.
Compared with the orthodox works, "Pokémon Legends: Arceus" has changed the series' traditional dark lightning encounters, making the rhythm brisker, and also greatly simplified the cultivation system...
This makes it very easy to get started with the game.
Of course, the flavor of traditional Pokémon games is not that strong anymore.
But this is also the reason why Lin Yao chose the game Arceus as the starting point for Pokémon, because here, "Pokémon" is a new IP, a new IP without any bonus, directly restoring the most authentic Pokémon.
Kemen game, the risk is really high...
Moreover, although "Pokémon Legend: Arceus" simplifies many things, there is no doubt that it is fun!
…
That night.
"Come on! Yin Bu!"
Wang Qi yelled.
Anyway, he is not afraid of shame if he lives alone...
As for his idea that the game is ordinary...it has long since disappeared.
Tell the truth.
The initial gaming experience was indeed average and felt very ordinary.
But when he meets Pokémon in the wild, everything really feels different!
The entire open world has a rich variety of Pokémon with very diverse personalities and appearances.
And these Pokémon are really not sluggish at all. When they encounter players, they will even react accordingly. The timid Spinytail will drag its body and escape slowly, and the adventurous Little Quanshi will
Will actively challenge players.
Kodak Duck would even stand on the shore and laugh at Wang Qi when he fell into the water...
It's as if these Pokémon are living beings, not NPCs waiting to be conquered by the protagonist.
This feeling is really great!
And when you catch your favorite Pokémon...it's so cool!
And Pokémon is more than just cute.
Their skills are also very cool, and Wang Qi did a little research and found that there is a set of seemingly complicated evolution mechanisms and restraint mechanisms between Pokémon.
Although he doesn't fully understand it yet.
But the more he played, the more he got into trouble!
He originally thought this game was very ordinary, but after seeing Pokémon in the wild for the first time, he immediately fell into it.
Completely open map plus collection elements.
He was completely immersed in the process of catching and cultivating Pokémon, unable to extricate himself.
Oh, there is also a method of obtaining material lists for different props and traveling around the world to find materials.
Very good too.
Although this game is not as close to perfect as "The Legend of Zelda".
But in this game, Wang Qizhen experienced a completely different kind of fun from other Linmu Studio works!
And there are actually quite a few players who have the same idea as him...
…
The first day of unlocking "Pokémon Legend: Arceus".
There are actually quite a few related topics on the forum.
But at the beginning, most posts said the game was mediocre...
It wasn't until three hours later that some complimentary posts came out.
The first to speak out for this game were female players.
Pokémon-type games are suitable for all ages. Whether middle-aged or children, players who like pets can find fun in this game.
For girls, Pokémon games are simply a killer...
This game is really easy to get started! For female players.
There are no complex mechanisms like other games, and there is no story of bitterness and hatred.
The gameplay is actually to collect cute pets!
Is there a better game than this?
And next.
As more and more macho men leave the village and come to the open world outside, they see all kinds of Pokémon and have a little exposure to the various gameplay mechanisms of Pokémon games hidden under the cute appearance of Pokémon... also come out.
Speak for the game!
"I suspect that I have been tricked by Lin Yao! Really, when I play this game, I will actually jump with excitement just because I caught a rare Pokémon..."
"It's fun, wow, wow. It's really Linmu Studio's most girl-friendly game. Pokémon is so cute."
"I have to say, I really thought the game was average at first, but as I continued to play, I just admired it. This feeling is similar to that of running to the bamboo forest to catch unicorns when I was a child. It's really great. Linmu Studio
!Truly never disappoints!”
"And this game is not only cute! I don’t know if you have noticed, but the evolution system of Pokémon is actually very interesting!"
"Lin Yao really understands how many Pokémon can be put into the pasture. Not only does he catch them, he also wants us to raise them, right?"
"The purest fun of the game...I'm convinced, Linmu Studio."
"You can always trust Linmu Studio! I am looking forward to the finale of "Dark Souls" more and more now!"
"..."
that day.
As the number of praising posts on the forum gradually increased, sales of "Pokémon Legends: Arceus" began to rise again.
And it will soon exceed two million.
Domestic sales are only part of the total, and overseas sales actually account for a higher proportion.
Because overseas players... prefer this game.
Many colleagues who were looking forward to Lin Yao's new game seeing the light of day were confused.
No...
It’s not like they didn’t buy the game to play, they also know that those cute Pokémon are really attractive.
But it’s going to sell two million copies. Isn’t that outrageous?
even.
Many colleagues really want to get married on their own.
They are really good at this kind of game!
After all, two million players have purchased the game now, which means that there are at least two million players in the market... and it can also be sold overseas.
Follow the trend! Make similar games! This has become the idea of many colleagues.
certainly.
Whether it will be successful or not is hard to say...
…
the next day.
Linmu Studio.
Lin Yao received the detailed sales data of "Pokémon Legend: Arceus" and immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
Although, the Pokémon here are not as brilliant as in the previous life, and it looks like they will sell tens of millions of copies.
But considering the current installed capacity of hosts, this is really a good start.
A good start to the first half of the year!
Next, Linmu Studio will also have "ARMS" and "Dark Soul"...
Of course, the significance of the good results of the first version of the Pokémon game is not just about money, it also means that the Pokémon IP has started smoothly.
As long as you get started, if you run it well in the future, you have the opportunity to become a long-term cash cow.
Moreover, in the era of mobile Internet, Pokémon IP combined with augmented reality AR technology... seems to be quite profitable.
but.
It’s still early to think about this now. There is still a long way to go before IP can truly have a big influence...
"Thanks for your hard work."
Lin Yao stopped her divergent thoughts and handed the report back to Mu Wanqing.
"You are."
Mu Wanqing shook her head gently.
This time the Pokémon were all designed by Lin Yao and not a single one was outsourced. This is also the main reason why the game is progressing so quickly.
It's really hard.
Lin Yao said seriously: "The hard work now is to make money on the golden mountain in the future. It's worth it, it's worth it..."
It’s really a golden mountain.
If the Pokémon could get up.
"..."
Mu Wanqing looked at the serious girl, dumbfounded.
She shook her head slightly, then changed the subject and talked about another thing: "I heard from some colleagues in the industry that some companies seem to want to imitate and launch similar games after seeing the current results of Pokémon. Will this have any impact?"