Kimura's image is too seductive.

Although it's pretending to be cute, it's very natural, and it definitely doesn't give people any feeling of a sissy, and even when you see his face, it's easy to be attracted by the other party's eyes.

He patted Pikachu's doll and said "I want it", and it didn't make people feel uncomfortable, on the contrary, you could read the longing and temptation in it, so that the girl's heart burst.

Qing Zhiyuan had already learned this in his previous life, and this guy was like this when he was doing lipstick advertising.

It's hard to control it so well with any other actor.

If you are not careful, it is easy to fall into the mistake of "too much sissy" or "too serious", and it is difficult to give people a comfortable expression like Takuya Kimura.

Big man, little fresh meat, idol, holding a big plush toy, such an advertisement similar to a little girl but with masculine charm, once it was broadcast, it immediately swept the entire neon.

It has become a wonder in the advertising industry.

Of course, this strange is a compliment, and before that, the advertisers didn't seem to take this contrast into account.

After all, it's good to be a plush toy.,The theme of cute products,Basically, it's all about looking for sweet girls to shoot.,Game products often find some famous players, For example, the advertising spokesperson of "Takahashi Celebrity's Adventure Island" is a particularly powerful player [Takahashi Toshiyuki]

Many of Ren Heaven's advertisements are looking for popular celebrities, or celebrities in variety shows.

Nowadays, advertising people are still stuck in some preconceived ideas.

Although Kimura's ad this time is not as classic as lipstick, it can be regarded as opening up a new idea.

……

The cartoon warmed up, successfully drove the IP, so that the audience was familiar with and loved Pokémon, and then played Kimura's advertisements and put up corresponding posters, so that the popularity of Pokémon continued to increase.

Then it was Pokeni who announced that the Pokémon game would be released in August, creating a sense of anticipation.

This is called a combination punch.

After a set of combination punches, it couldn't be hotter.

Nowadays, many children are clamoring to receive a Sega GP as a gift, and of course, the most important thing is to have a Pokémon cartridge.

……

Although the anime is broadcast in neon, and the main basic disc is also neon, Pokeni's side has been prepared early and has already made the Pokémon game into English culture.

After all, Sega's plate is in Omi.

Animation first, Sei Chi Yuan found Kyoto Animation's Pokémon head Kigami Masharu and president Hatta Hideaki to discuss the matter of Pokémon Ying culture.

"Then you have to find a TV station in the United States to broadcast it, and the distribution review over there is actually quite strict and weird." Hatta said, "But we can find someone to do the dubbing first." ”

Hatta Hideaki said this is true.

And in a place like the United States, everything must have a relevant license.

Tom Collinsky, the general manager of operations of Sega's U.S. branch, spent a long time explaining the permit system to President Hayakuo Nakayama, making even the neon man with a special turtle hair unbelievable.

At that time, I guess I will have to entrust it to Kyoto Animation, and let them figure it out on their own.

In this way, I don't know when the Omi cartoon will be available and what TV station it will be broadcast.

"But there are some things that you might want to be aware of." Qing Zhiyuan said.

"Huh?" Hideaki Hatta and Masaharu Kigami looked up in unison.

"In the future of animation design, the English version needs to avoid some unnecessary troubles."

In the previous life, in "Pokémon No Seal", the design of the Pokémon fan lip sister had a black face.

The related plot has caused similar controversy, and later the official color of Sister Lips was changed to dark purple, and the character of Sister Lips has no pictures on the American version of the Pokémon website.

In episode 64 of Pokémon: Sun and Moon, Ash disguises himself as a throwing monkey in the second half of the plot and paints his face as black as the throwing monkey.

This behavior is considered to touch on the "black face" problem in American culture, that is, non-black actors or characters deliberately blacken their faces, which is considered a discriminatory act against black people, and there is a suspicion of racial discrimination, so the English dubbed version broadcast in the United States will skip episode 64.

There are many more similar problems.

Anyway, it's annoying, and these have to be modified according to the specific national conditions of different countries.

"Okay, President Ao, we'll take care of it." Kigami Isaharu wrote it down in a notebook.

……

On August 1, 1992, Sega's new handheld GP went on sale.

Because of the excellent preview at the Chicago Consumer Show in June, many people are full of endless anticipation for this game console.

Soon after the console was released, it sold more than 600,000 copies worldwide.

Many of the games that can be played on GP today, with the exception of Sega's own Sonic the Hedgehog, are in English, such as:

The Addams Family.

Batman

Special-shaped series

tennis

There are relatively few local games on the neon side, only sumo wrestling, Pac-Man, and match-3 games......

There aren't many big RPG games yet.

It's basically a collection of small games made by Sega and Sony themselves.

Many game companies, such as Konami and Capcom...... It's all on the sidelines.

And a company like Square Enix is still in the honeymoon period with Ren Heaven, clinging to the thigh of the big brother.

However, this is also normal, if he hadn't been stabbed in the back by Ren Heaven in his previous life, Square Enix would not necessarily have thrown himself into Sony's arms.

Koei, which has a slightly better relationship with Sega, is now trying to find a way to develop a game, but the main focus is still on TVgame.

Overall, there are nearly 100 games to play on Sega's new console, but the number and quality of these games do not seem to satisfy the appetite of current players, and the market is far from being developed.

In such a situation, in addition to Sonic the Hedgehog, players seem to be expecting a great title that will appear on the Sega GP and become the symbol of the new handheld.

……

On August 21, 1992, Pokémon was officially released.

After getting off work in the evening, Hiroshi Furukawa went to the game store as usual.

As soon as I walked into the store, I saw a meaningful smile on the corner of the store manager's mouth, he pushed his glasses, and said with a smile, "Pokeni's game is new." ”

"Huh? Are you sure? Is it new? Furukawa asked eagerly.

"Of course." The store manager nodded, "It seems that you have been very busy at work recently, and the game advertisements of P Company are everywhere, and you are not even aware of it." ”

"Hmm." Furukawa nodded embarrassedly, his cheeks crimson.

Recently, the company has been working too much overtime, and it has to make all kinds of reports, and what is even more odious is that some things are within the responsibility of other departments, and the results are thrown into their departments.

I don't know what the minister thinks, he was so idle that he took over all these tasks.

This is really a ghost if you don't work overtime.

"So what's Pokeni's new game called?" Furukawa asked curiously, and then walked over to the shelf on his own.

"Well, over there, on the shelf in the middle of the second row from left." The store manager said, "It's called Pokémon." ”

In fact, you don't need any guidance from the store manager, Furukawa Ozer can see it.

Because this time the Pokémon is very prominent, it is placed on the display stand in the middle along with Sega's new handheld GP.

"Huh? Is it actually a handheld game? Furukawa was a little surprised.

However, he quickly remembered that there were really a lot of Pokémon commercials in recent times, and some elementary school students could often be seen imitating the trainers in Pokémon......

Hiroshi Furukawa picked up the game box and looked at it.

Although the cassette box of handheld games is about the same size as a normal cassette box, the cassette inside is much smaller, so it can be said that there is an empty box.

The cover depicts a fire-breathing dragon with a large mouth and flames.

A red sign around the circle that reads "THE POCKET MONSTER TRAINER"

In the upper left corner is the pokeni logo, and below is the Sega GP exclusive label.

All-age game, huh?

Furukawa Hirosawa muttered suspiciously.

It's not that he's disgusted with games for all ages, but it's mainly that he's used to Pokeni's 16+ logo.

Most of the games of P Club are 16+, except for the halfway street hit "Famous Academy".

Seeing this, a not-so-good memory came to Furukawa's mind.

When I bought Pocket Academy, I had a similar feeling.

As long as Pokeni starts to use his crooked brain for all ages, nothing good will come of it.

Isn't Pokémon also a street fight?

Should I buy it or not?

Hirosawa Furukawa couldn't help frowning.

At first glance, you can tell that this game was made by that bastard of Qing Zhiyuan, although Diablo is quite successful, but it is difficult to guarantee that Qing Zhiyuan, the producer, will have any moths.

Among the two producers of P Society, only the work of Mr. Tsubaki Furuhara has been very stable.

None of the other Furukawa Hirozer dared to try it lightly.

……

"Store manager, why are there two different versions of Pokémon?"

Furukawa Ozer noticed the Pokémon boxes on the shelves, one of which was fiery red and the other was green.

The fiery red one has Charizard on the cover, and the green one has a frog flower on it.

"Ah, this," the manager recalled, then flipped his notebook out of the drawer and searched for it.

Although he is the store manager, he doesn't have that much time to play games, but the manufacturer's requirements and introductions are recorded on his side.

Obviously, Pokeni knew that customers would ask such questions, so when the cassette was delivered, he thoughtfully gave him an introduction booklet.

"Although both games are Pokémon, the red one is called Pokémon Fire Red, and the green one is called Pokémon Leaf Green."

The store manager explained with a smile, "The game progression is basically the same, but the corresponding Pokémon are not exactly the same. ”

The difference between Pokemon Red and Green is that the version-only Pokemon are sprites, and the fiery red and chlorophyte have some exclusive sprites, and the rest of the content is exactly the same.

Fire Red Edition Exclusive Elves: Abel Snake, Abel Monster, Walking Grass, Stinky Flower, Attack Form Daiochisis...... Wait a minute

Chlorophyte Edition Exclusive Elves: Pangolin, Pangolin, Six-Tails, Nine-Tails, Trumpet Flower, Mouth Flower, Defensive Form Daiochis......

"Huh?" After listening to the manager's explanation, Hiroshi Furukawa was even more confused.

"Why is this happening? In order for players to buy both versions? ”

But......

In this way, the game progression is completely consistent, so why should I repeat the experience?

Is it just for different Pokémon collection?

I don't understand.

But Furukawa Hirosawa instinctively smelled money.

Pokeni does this, is he really not afraid of offending the players, and the strong smell of money is strong.

I didn't expect this once clear-eyed guy to start degenerating.

Thinking of this, Furukawa Hirosawa couldn't help but feel a little disgusted.

……

"It seems that the reason is that the game has a battle and exchange function." The store manager lifted his glasses and said according to the instruction manual, "The two versions of Pokémon have different production probabilities, and there are also their own exclusive Pokémon, so the Pokémon collected by players will be different."

This way, children can use their own unique Pokémon to play against other players.

At the same time, you can also exchange Pokémon to fully enjoy the game. ”

It's over, and the store manager added:

"That's what the manual says."

"Huh?!"

This explanation directly shocked Furukawa Hiroze.

War?!

In this era when there are no online games, the first time you hear this word, you will be a little confused.

Furukawa couldn't rely on his own brain to imagine what the battle would be like.

However, the concept really surprised him.

What are the producers of Pokeni?

Can you come up with different handhelds and cartridges to play and swap?

What kind of genius can come up with this?

……

Furukawa Hirosawa raised his head, closed his eyes, and imagined the battle scene for a moment.

No, no, no.

Unthinkable.

He shook his head.

After hesitating for a long time, Furukawa Ozer decided not to buy it.

Let's wait and see for a while.

The main reason is that I think this game is too young, and it doesn't look like Pokeni's style at all.

To be precise, it's not the style of Furuhara Tsubaki that he likes.

……

At the same time, the home of elementary school student Noboru Sugida.

"Happy Birthday!"

The parents shouted together.

Sugita soaked in happiness, then made a wish and blew out the candle.

"Xiaosheng, what kind of birthday present do you want?" Mother asked with a mysterious smile.

"Hmmm......"

I want a game of Pokémon.

But if you say such a thing, it will not work.

Sugita shook his head, "I won't tell you." ”

The father smiled softly beside him, then took out a gift box from behind him and placed it in front of him.

"Look at it, it's not necessarily what you want."

When I opened it, I found that it was really Sega GP, and there was a brand new cassette -

"Pokémon Fire Red"!

"Wow! Banzai! Long live Daddy! ”

Sugita shouted.

……

(End of chapter)