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Chapter 110 EPD1 Group

"Hey, have you heard that Wei Junjie is planning to make a new game?" In the classroom of Bingyue Academy, several boys gathered together and whispered.

"No, isn't Wei Junjie always working on new games?" A boy suddenly asked curiously.

"No, it's different this time!" Another person retorted immediately.

"Why are they different? Aren't they all Ren Xiaotang's new games?" Another person was even more curious.

"You're farting. When Zelda and Mario were released, there wasn't such a large-scale announcement!"

"These are two different things. Do you know what Wei Junjie's new game is this time?" Another person said mysteriously: "It's a brand new RPG game!"

"It is said that this new game will cause a sensation all over the world, and it will also add a global online mode, and the character seems to be revealed, it seems to be a bastard who can drink water!"

The man talked eloquently and seemed to understand the rules of the game.

When the other people heard this, they suddenly realized.

"What a bastard!" a friend on the side complained.

I don't know when, there were half a class more people around. People who were not interested in Wei Junjie's new game at first became very interested in his game.

In the past few days, whether on TikTok or Twitter, or at home and abroad, everyone is promoting this game, a kind of viral announcement.

There are many things in this world that are so magical. It is like a virus that lurks and only needs a fuse.

And this is the first step for Pokémon, exaggerated publicity. Don’t worry about what the final product will be like, so that players will be interested in this game first.

This will attract players to play this game. When players know about this game, the gameplay and creativity of these games will be familiar to players.

What kind of game is delayed three times, but players are still willing to wait for 8 years? What kind of game makes countless otakus full of fantasies about the future?

The answer is undoubtedly "Cyberpunk 2077"

Saying "Good morning, Night City", even netizens who have never played this game will know this sentence.

On the original release day of Cyberpunk 2077, people took time off from work and skipped classes at school. They spent money to pre-order and took the time to pre-load.

Painting cakes for eight years and paying it back in one day!
And why does this happen?

This is the first step a Pokémon takes.

publicity!

There is overwhelming publicity, and the pie is being drawn everywhere. The bigger the pie, the better. The media is touting it, and the players are believing it, and the pie is bigger than the pie of 2077.

There is no other way. The only way to make Pokémon popular now is because Pokémon was born in the wrong era. It is now 2017, not 1996.

Japanese RPGs are really not too popular. There are so many games like Persona, there are so many games like Final Fantasy, and there are so many games that can reach the pinnacle of turn-based systems.

Yes, the turn-based system has never been eliminated. During the game, you can experience a slight increase in character values, and learn various equipment and skills, which makes you feel that this is a very development system.

The turn-based system was a compromise due to insufficient technology at the time, but it unexpectedly became a treasure that has been preserved. No matter how it develops, the turn-based system will have its own unique charm.

In contrast, other types of games, such as real-time strategy and RPG, can respond directly to battles in a timely manner without waiting for too long.

The turn-based system must be supported by a good script. Generally speaking, a good script + an excellent combat system + excellent rendering techniques are basically a good game.The Brave and the Demon King are normal RPG games.

But this thing is not popular!
This game is even less popular than the ACT game. There are really not many players who like RPGs, don’t you believe it?
Take a look at the promotional video of p5r and the promotional video of an ACT game from the same period, and compare which one has the most views.

In a turn-based game, it is a bit impossible to experience the fun of spawning monsters and upgrading.

In this case, the battle process becomes more complicated.But other types of games don't need to be so troublesome. You only need to perform operations on a character.

Especially Pokémon, the plot of this stuff is not all about fighting in the gym, meeting villains on the road, challenging the four kings, and finally winning the championship.

The current news from GF is that Pokémon is an RPG game that is different from the ordinary, an RPG game that transcends the times. Players can make new friends through the game.

The Pokémon series of games has taken this gameplay to the extreme, attracting a large number of players through diverse Pokémon types, interesting storylines, and exquisite graphics.

Collect, develop, exchange, and add, this is the outline of the Pokémon game.

Leveling up, which was originally relatively boring, has become the main fun of the game, and the RPG that was originally played by one person has become a medium for people to communicate with each other.

Wei Junjie's current clear target for Pokémon is teenagers, or it can be said that only teenagers are the only ones.

For players, Pokemon is not just a game, but more like a world and an ecosystem.

When they were young, many children fantasized about being accompanied by Doraemon, a persistent and powerful person like Nobita, so much so that we hoped that this fairy tale would never end.

The intimacy setting, the Pokemon Fans Association that appears in every generation, and the clearance screen also emphasizes that Pokemon grow with you.

The Pokémon franchise has captured the psyche and needs of its audience, teenagers - loneliness and the desire for companionship.

Role play + development.

This is Pokémon.

So, Wei Junjie called Guo Shicheng from Huaguo, and led the team to support the development of GF, because Guo Shicheng himself provided Wang Hao with a lot of help on the road of developing Mario,

Therefore, Wei Junjie is confident in handing over the Pokémon to him, and Wei Junjie himself will participate in the production of "Pokémon Red and Green".

As for Wang Hao and Bai Weiran, one is working on the project team of Splatoon, and the other is working on the project team of Animal Crossing, and they don't have time to come to Neon.

In this way, a game department called EPD1 Group was established between GF and Ren Xiaotang.

The difference between this department and previous departments is that it is the development group (EPD1 group) of the existing Ren Xiaotang Planning and Production Headquarters, which mainly supports the production of some second-party games.

Mainly with third-party planning or internal production support.

For example, the follow-up Fire Emblem, Xenoblade Chronicles, etc., in the list of support for them and their predecessors, all PM games since Fire Red and Leaf Green appear.

And the current leader of the EPD1 team, Guo Shicheng, has been the producer of all future games since Emerald.

In this way, Ren Xiaotang's senior management and company boss Wei Junjie's main work is Zelda, and some other game guidance plus ideas and ideas.

The Mario production game team is Wang Hao, while Chen Guoxing is the team that develops and designs games for console functions, and Bai Weiran is the team responsible for Splatoon and so on.

(End of this chapter)