my animation era

Chapter 289 Innovation in Gameplay (Subscribe)
The arrangement of selling Pokémon file cards along with Pokémon dolls was not actually Gu Miao's first creation.

Precisely……

This kind of gameplay can even be pushed forward to the era of "simply noodle collection card".That's right, it's the routine of buying crispy noodles and getting a Water Margin character card.

It is a classic case!

It must work. After all, many people have an inexplicable collection addiction.If you don't stimulate it, you don't know how persistent they are for "full collection".

of course!

The most valuable peripheral derivative of the "Pokémon" series is definitely not a Pokémon encyclopedia, let alone a doll toy.

It has to be the "game body"!

In many people's minds, "Pokémon" or the original name "Pokémon" series is definitely the most famous animation work.

But in fact……

Games are way more popular than anime!
According to incomplete statistics, the cumulative sales of the "Pokémon" series of games have reached 20 million copies after 4 years of release.

4 million!

Although this sales statistics actually includes all the games that are "on sale" under the "Pokémon" IP.But as high as 4 million sales, it is still enough to disdain the entire game industry.

It may be said that many people still don't have any "clear" concept.

Then be more detailed.

Take the single game as an example. The sales volume of “Pokémon Crystal” and “Pokémon Emerald” is relatively large. The global sales volume is about 600-700 million copies.

The more classic and well-known "Sword and Shield" editions, "Red and Green" editions, and "Gold and Silver" editions all have global sales of more than 2000 million copies, and the highest may even exceed 3000 million copies.

What is this concept?
If you don't understand, you can look up the "civilized driving" and "why some people haven't bought it" racing game.

Is it enough to give him love 5?
But even for such a cool game, it took many years after it was "released" to push the sales to "[-] million" copies.

For other 3A masterpieces, if they can sell 10 million, they will be so happy that they can't find it. The whole company collectively opened champagne to celebrate.

Of course, this is more than unkind.

The Pokémon series of games, although expensive and well-produced, cannot be compared with 3A games.

But put it this way.

It seems that the total global sales volume of the Pokémon series is 4.4 million, and the single work has broken the score of 30 million. It seems... more gold content?
Anyway.

The "Pokémon" game is definitely more famous and valuable than the animation, there is no doubt about it.

Because of this understanding.

So after inspecting Feiyang Studio, Gu Miao turned a corner and came to Wanbao Games to ask them about the development progress of the second new game of "Pokémon".

The Pokémon series of games are divided into different "generations" according to the "release year".

Only when a new game introduces new Pokémon, characters, and gameplay at launch will a game be considered a new generation of the series.

The first game of the first generation of the main sequence, that is, the most classic game called "Pokémon Origin" is "Pokémon Red/Green".

In this space-time background, it is "Elf Trainer", the red and green version of "Pokémon" acquired by Wanbao Games.

If the next new game is launched in the order of the "first generation", it should be "Pokémon: Blue".

But unfortunately, within Wanbao Games, there is no "Pokémon Blue" planning plan, but directly across the "blue" to the "Pikachu" special edition.

"Pokémon: Pikachu" will be a new game specially produced and released by Wanbao Games to cater for the broadcast of "Pokémon" animation.

In terms of game content...

Gu Miao experienced it for a while, and felt that it was not much different from the original "red and green version", it was nothing more than some small details added and perfected.

But this is also understandable.

After all, it is also a game of the first generation, basically there is no major innovation, just tinkering with the old framework.

Of course, there are still small innovations.

For example, in this game, Gu Miao discovered the "Intimacy" system designed for "Pikachu", which is relatively crude at present.

This was a pleasant surprise.

The player, or the "intimacy" system between the protagonist of the game and Pokémon, did not expect to be born so early.

"The steps can be a little bigger! I don't think the current "Pokémon" game is particularly fun."

Gu Miao rubbed her chin and said thoughtfully, "If you want to attract more players, you must try new gameplay, launch new Pokémon, and a new game system."

"I have considered this point."

Kobayashi, the former president of Elven Games and now the president of Wanbao Games, explained: "But we don't have any ideas, and we haven't figured out yet where to start."

What is there to think about?

Gu Miao curled her lips and said, "Upgraded image quality, game day and night system, new Pokémon attributes, online battles, two-player mode, 3D rendering, VR/AR..."

Gan!
Isn't that nice to think about?Is it difficult to come up with a new gameplay and new system in a year when you can come up with so many ideas in one slap on the butt?

To be fair, it's not difficult!
If there is really no good idea, let's make a branch game of "Pokémon collateral".

Pokémon's main sequence game, it's hard to think about new gameplay and new system, and the side branch game...

For example, "Pokémon Arcade Fighting", "Pokémon Puzzle", "Pokémon Pinball", "Pokémon Tetris", don't you just need a hand?

This group of people is the Xun!

Gu Miao was too embarrassed to point them out, the imagination of making games is so bad, so what kind of games are there?Just find a piece of tofu and smash it to death.

"Yes!"

When Gu Miao said this, Xiao Lin suddenly realized: "I do have some limitations in thinking, I didn't expect there to be so many ways to play."

"Pokemon" is a hot IP!
Since it is a hot IP, what types of games are not allowed?Do you have to be limited to the old routine of "catching and cultivating pets with poke balls"?
The door to a new world is open!
Kobayashi, who has a big brain hole, has already appeared in his mind, the picture of Pikachu and Bulbasaur, incarnated as "King of Fighters" roaring "Gas-guzzling Root" on the arcade.

He even thought of the scene where hundreds of Pokémon took a plane and landed on an uninhabited island, collecting supplies and launching a battle royale...

As long as the mind does not slip, there are always more solutions than difficulties!
Xiao Lin, who was thinking clearly in an instant, apologized to Gu Miao, and immediately took people to the office for a meeting.

He has to hurry up and turn his ideas into practical game plans, and then make a finished product to see what players think about it.

"Uh……"

Gu Miao, who watched Xiao Lin excitedly gather people and make suggestions, felt a little inexplicably guilty at this moment.

He was just saying hello.

Kobayashi, you won't really come up with some "unbelievable" "Pokémon" game, right?No way?

(End of this chapter)