Pokemon, also known as Pokémon or Pokemon, Pokémon, Pokemon, Pokemon, Pokemon, Pokemon, Pokemon, ......Pokemon,

But it's all the same thing.

Pokémon is a series of games developed by Game Freak and Creatures Co., Ltd. and published by Rentendo.

The first work was a Game Boy role-playing game released in Japan in 1996.

The Pokémon series is the second best-selling video game series in the world, after the Super Mario series in Rentendo.

How influential are Pokémon?

In the 21st century, as long as you name Pokémon, from 6 years old to under 40 years old, there are almost no people who have not heard of it.

Although it is second only to Super Mario in terms of sales, it is not lost at all in terms of fame, and was even once known as the world's largest IP.

Pokémon from games to animations, to peripheral toys, and figurines...... Everything, everything.

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Pokémon can be said to be a turn-based role-playing game for pet battles in the development category.

The game mechanics themselves are not particularly complicated, but the advantage is that they satisfy the player's desire to collect and a variety of interesting and cute Pokémon pets, which make players fascinated.

Although Pokémon is very powerful, the process of becoming famous is very bumpy.

In the previous life, in 1995, Ren Heaven, the ruler of the game world, also fell into the abyss.

At that time, due to changes in the market, Rentendo was already preparing to withdraw from the handheld market, and wanted to move its goal to home consoles and develop a replacement for the GameBoy "VirtualBoy" (abbreviated as VB), which is considered to be the first prototype and attempt of VR headsets.

But unexpectedly, the VB idea was too advanced and completely failed, and the N64 two generations of home computers began to collapse, and the console field was encroached upon by Sony and Sega.

The failed Rentendo is like a man who is about to fall off a cliff and is crumbling, but then he sees a glimmer of hope, and that is "Pokémon".

At the beginning of Pokémon, the game was finally produced, but it was beaten to the ground because of the opponents "Final Fantasy" and "Dragon Quest", two of Japan's national RPGs.

Players didn't have much interest in Pokémon, and Famitun only gave a low score of 28.

But when Rentendo decided to believe in "Pokémon", of course, he also helped it "evolve".

Ren Tianda first serialized the "Pokémon Pippi" manga, and then advertised in major magazines, and Pokémon gradually became widely known.

Later, because of the animation and the accidental appearance of [Dream Cassettes], Pokémon became famous and became a world-class big IP.

[Dream Cassette], the legendary Pokémon NO.151 "Fantasy".

To put it simply, the capacity of the original cartridge at that time could not be stuffed so many pieces, so it was only cut to 150 left.

But the creators of the fantasy made their own claims, and secretly stuffed some cartridges after fixing bugs.

It is equivalent to making a [Collector's Edition], and in this Collector's Edition, there is a 151st Pokémon [Fantasy] that is not available in other editions

Unexpectedly, this unexpected move drove players crazy.

Nintendo also struck while the iron was hot, and launched a limited event where you could get a "Dream Cassette", and at that time there were only 20 prizes, but it attracted nearly 80,000 people to sign up, which can be said to be a shock to Nintendo.

So we stepped up the work, and a few months later, we launched a blue version that corrected many bugs, and sales rose again.

If the "Legend of Zelda" series changed the game world, then the one that changed Rentendo itself must be the "Pokémon" series.

It is precisely because of Pokémon that Ren Heaven was able to get out of trouble and become the overlord of the handheld again.

It can even be said that if there were no Pokémon, Rentendo would be equivalent to a broken leg.

Without Pokémon, Rentendo wouldn't even be able to survive 1995.

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In short, from the birth of Pokémon to fame, to becoming a world-class big IP, it was really a bumpy road in the middle, and there was some bit of luck in it.

The so-called time comes and earth are all working together, and the heroes are not free.

All kinds of coincidences, starting with the original author Tajiri Tomo, to Rentendo in trouble, using Pokémon as a hope, to the handheld, to the serendipity of fantasy cartridges, to manga and animation...... If any of these links go wrong, the Pokémon will not succeed.

Qing Zhiyuan didn't dare to guarantee that if he developed Pokémon by himself, he would really be as brilliant as in his previous life.

However, it's better than giving it to Renten.

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"Recruitment."

Qing Zhiyuan put the coffee cup in front of Xiao HR and patted her table.

"Huh?"

Akane Ayase first looked at the half-drunk coffee cup in front of her, her eyes were confused for only a second, and then instantly lit up.

"Okay president. You're finally remembering me. ”

The secretary's work has been done for a long time, and his body subconsciously wants to fill up his coffee.

But when she heard the word "recruitment", the HR soul in Akane Ayase's heart finally woke up.

There was even a little bit of emotion.

She quickly pulled the notebook out of the drawer, picked up the ballpoint pen, and prepared to go.

"President, what kind of talent are you hiring? What position and what are the specific requirements? ”

Before Qing Zhiyuan could answer, she frowned and asked, "But president, it's only been less than half a year since the last recruitment request, is it going to recruit new people?" ”

"Well, Pokeni is on the rise now." Qing Zhiyuan said lightly.

Gee.

It's really not easy, I had to die or live some time ago.

Now it's time for the upswing.

It's good to have self-confidence.

But is the president really not afraid of recruiting too many people, and then the company will die all at once?

But well......

As HR, Akane Ayase still hopes to have something to do.

"Do you have any requirements?"

Qing Zhiyuan stood in place, leaning against her desk, and tapped his fingers on the tabletop.

"Zoology and Zoology, Biology, Paleontology, Entomology...... College students who have graduated from these majors are fine. ”

Sizzle......

Akane Ayase's fingers trembled.

"That...... President, what do you want such a person to do? ”

"Planning Gang, our next new game, we want to be more insects and plant type protagonists."

Ah......h

"Okay, President."

Akane Ayase sighed silently.

Although it has long been seen that the president has a habit of [non-human], it is the first time that he has been so straightforward.

Before, she also had a somewhat humanoid appearance and packaging inside, and it was unheard of for Akane Ayase to make such a blatant and terrifying request.

Is the president finally out of character?

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