This year's Tokyo Game Show can be said to be a feast of 3D games.

None of this can be said to be due to the wisdom of the world, but at least the impact of Pokeni is huge, and the small engine emits a piercing roar that pushes the whole world of games forward.

Let everything be so vibrant but traceable.

On the morning of the first day of the press conference, Konami brought their new game "J-League Live Victory Eleven 97"

(Ps is called this name above.,Later, it was introduced to China.,Translated as "Pro Evolution Soccer", for the convenience of the narrative later,,It's directly called Pro Evolution Soccer in this work)

Since the 3D Pokémon World of P Society became popular, major game manufacturers have entered this field.

At the press conference, Konami producer Shingo Takatsuka was demonstrating the game.

In the current real world, the game modeling is still relatively rough, and the players are basically brick people, and it is difficult for you to see what these guys look like, at most the differences in hairstyles and physiques to make people identify who these players are.

"Wow, it's Pro Evolution Soccer."

Qing Zhiyuan sat in the audience and applauded and sighed.

Pro Evolution Soccer was the most played soccer game in his previous life, and the other one was a soccer manager in the simulation management category.

Last year, Konami produced "J-League Live Evolution Victory Eleven", which also marked the real birth of "Pro Evolution Soccer".

At that time, KONAMI's sports games were only popular with "DDR", and soccer games like "Pro Evolution Soccer" did not receive much attention from sports gamers at the time, regardless of KONAMI's own technical strength and lack of experience, as well as due to its limited functionality.

However, the release of Pro Evolution Soccer 1 laid the foundation for the future in two ways.

One of them is 3D modeling.

For the first time in this game, Konami introduced 3D de-modeling, making the whole game look closer to reality.

The second is the overall game framework, because football games pay attention to rhythm, and now the "FIFA" series produced by EA pays attention to a kind of refreshment, and the rhythm of the game is placed in a very secondary position.

KONAMI wisely chose a way to show real football to create such a soccer game, which laid the foundation for the success of the series.

Different from the Pro Evolution Soccer in the impression of Qing Zhiyuan in the future, in this version of Pro Evolution Soccer, almost all the players used are Neon local, as the name suggests, the J League, which is the football league held by Neon itself.

Without the batistuta that Qing Zhiyuan is familiar with, and there are no aliens like Da Luo, I always feel that something is missing.

However, in such an era, it is not easy for Konami to be able to run Pro Evolution Soccer and follow the rules of football perfectly, 3D.

There is no doubt that this game will open up a new market for Konami.

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After the Konami presentation, it was next for Capcom.

This time, Capcom also brought a new 3D game called "Lonely Journey"

The game takes place in an abandoned castle and has an eerie atmosphere, where players have to collect different clues, and NPCs are constantly dying, which adds to the terrifying atmosphere.

In this process, the player takes on the role of a detective who accidentally strays into the castle and not only escapes the castle, but also solves puzzles to find out the real murderer or the truth behind the scenes.

Seeing this, Qing Zhiyuan couldn't help but stand up and applaud Capcom warmly.

I didn't expect Capcom to continue to enter the 3D field without Shinji Mikami.

It's just that it's very different from Mikami's Resident Evil.

But this type of 3D game really doesn't exist on the market so far.

There is not only decryption to solve the case, but also a strong terrifying atmosphere, which will be interspersed with the death of NPCs, which will directly fill the fear value.

And, most importantly, the game is made in 3D, which raises the realism by several notches at once.

The light also only follows the character, and a small area, from time to time, a mouse running through the corner or a large bat that accidentally flies in, will make people startled.

The atmosphere of everyone watching the scene did not dare to come out, which is enough to show how good this game is.

Could it be the end of the timeline, although there is no Mikami, Capcom still embarked on a similar path.

It's remarkable.

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The games brought by Capcom and Konami are actually amazing enough, but the highlight of the whole morning's press conference is Square Enix.

This time Square Enix brings the game to the table is Final Fantasy 7

The in-game music plays.

Qing Zhiyuan felt that his DNA was moving.

Ye Qing returned.

RPG has been developing for some years since its birth.

Even in the same series, the earliest Final Fantasy has been around for almost 10 years since it was born in 1987.

However, only Qing Zhiyuan knew what role Final Fantasy 7 had in the entire history of RPGs.

The game was arguably the pinnacle of the FF franchise and successfully steered the entire Final Fantasy franchise down the path to 3D, and after that, the RPG sold a monstrous 10 million copies.

It was the success of Final Fantasy 7 that finally decided the winner, sending Sony's PS to the first place in the console war, thus ending Rentendo's hegemony in the console field.

In the game, many classic characters have been created.

For example, the beautiful and brave Tifa is definitely the eldest sister in the Final Fantasy series, and one of the most popular characters among players.

There's also the male protagonist Crow, the explosive blonde hair like a Saiyan, and the most charismatic villain, Sephiroth......

These characters, Qing Zhiyuan counted them all like a number of treasures.

Including Claude's blonde + greatsword, almost every character in the game has a clear personality logo.

Resistance leader Barrett's eye-catching Vulcan prosthetic leg.

The iconic character of the series, Sid, has become an old smoking gun,

The talking, quintessential Native American lion Crimson Thirteen,

Ninja girl Yuffie and her teammates such as Katesi riding a giant mogul are unforgettable.

As for the two heroines, Alice and Tifa, they each have two completely different femininities, and they have caused a long-term "main palace" debate among the player group for a long time in their previous lives.

In short, I was actually very excited to see "Final Fantasy 7" Qing Zhiyuan on the spot.

He has a deep affection for the characters in Final Fantasy 7.

Even in order to pay tribute to Sephiroth, Qing Zhiyuan also asked the team members to name the final villain Pokémon Pokémon Lucifer in "Pokémon 3D World", which also has a pinch of white long hair and wide wings.

It's really elegant, and it has the kind of villain charm that is both good and evil.

It not only has the meaning of Luo Angel Lucifer, but also a small tribute easter egg for Qing Zhiyuan himself.

……

This time, I saw the main art of Final Fantasy, the original artist Tetsuya Nomura, when introducing the corresponding characters.

Talking about Sephiroth's creative process,

The reporters below were stunned.

I don't know why I see this guy, there is always a sense of familiarity.

"Do you think Sephiroth sounds familiar? I think I've seen it before the press conference. ”

"Hey, I thought I was the only one with this delusion, but are you the same?"

"Is there a possibility that it feels familiar because the elements are relatively similar, and Final Fantasy 7 seems to be a reference to many Western myths and legends?"

"There are so many games I've created before, so it's not strange to meet similar characters, right?"

"No, no, it's not that Sephiroth resembles characters from other games, I mean...... Yes! ”

The reporter had a flash of inspiration in his mind, and he smashed his fists with both hands, "Don't you think Sephiroth is very similar to Luciferos in the Pokémon 3D world?" ”

"Huh? Are you crazy? The crowd raised doubts one after another.

"Pokémon aren't human at all, how can they be similar to Sephiroth?"

"Wait...... Not to mention, if you take a closer look, it seems to be really similar, with white hair, wings, and a black and white body...... Hahahaha, damn it! Once this association is unfolded, there is no stopping at all. ”

"It's over, it's over, I can't face the character of Sephiroth."

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Since Pokeni's "Pokémon 3D World" was released before it was released, except for Qing Zhiyuan, it is impossible for anyone else to think that their Lucifes is borrowing from Sephiroth.

However, Tetsu Nomura on the stage also smiled very calmly and said, "What about the role of Sephiroth." ”

"Actually, we borrowed pokeni's 3D Pokémon."

"Huh?!"

As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar below.

Even Qing Zhiyuan was stunned.

"Speaking of which, regarding the 3D production of Final Fantasy 7, in fact, our team members are particularly unconfident, especially the art creation team, in order to be able to achieve 3D characters, really racking their brains and thinking of various modeling performances."

"After the release of Pokémon 3D last year, we finally mustered up the courage to take the path of 3D, because 3D games are so attractive.

The character of Sephiroth is the earliest character to be born.

There wasn't even a main character Claude at the time, and I was blown away when I saw the final boss of the Pokémon 3D world, Lucifes.

That glance.

I can tell that this is what we want to be Sephiroth.

Based on this, we created this character. ”

Tetsuya Nomura is quite frank, and he doesn't seem to feel ashamed at all, which is also a kind of confidence of the original artist.

"Lucifes must have borrowed the image of Lucifer," Tetsuya Nomura looked at the audience.

It just so happened that the camera also followed, giving Qing Zhiyuan a big close-up.

The audience couldn't help but laugh.

The host hurriedly trotted and handed the microphone to Qing Zhiyuan.

"That's right, when we created Lucifeus, we were referring to Lucifer, so the name is similar." Qing Zhiyuan nodded.

"I hope you don't mind if we borrowed your Pokémon, President Ao." Tetsuya Nomura laughed.

"No, no," Qing Zhiyuan waved his hand, "I'm honored." And if you don't say it, Mr. Nomura, no one will see the connection between the two. ”

"Okay, so we don't have to change his image, right?"

The atmosphere of the scene was set off by the interaction between the two people, which was relaxed and pleasant.

In the game industry, borrowing is actually a harmless thing, and plagiarism is a violation of the law, but the line between the two is actually quite blurred, depending on how much you borrow.

The cross-species difference between people like Sephiroth and Luciferus and Pokémon is impossible to be told about.

Tetsuya Nomura said this, in fact, it was to save face for Qing Zhiyuan, and it was also equivalent to a wave of publicity for the game.

Win-win.

Qing Zhiyuan suddenly had a good impression.

After the host recycled the microphone, Tetsuya Nomura continued to introduce the content of the game:

"After Sephiroth settled down, we designed Claude with short black hair at first, which was just a stark contrast, but then I didn't think it was cool enough, so I gradually became what he is now......"

The introduction of Final Fantasy 7 is unique, and with the interaction of pokeni, it was immediately remembered by everyone present.

All kinds of flashes of flashes, even if there is no content from the game company behind the presentation, these reporters have probably already planned the topic of tomorrow's report.

[Shocked! Final Fantasy actually borrows Pokémon! 】

Qing Zhiyuan smiled a little bitterly.

Tetsuya Nomura was inspired by Lucifes in Pokémon and created Sephiroth,

As for Qing Zhiyuan, Lucifes was created by borrowing from Sephiroth.

Boy.

After doing it for a long time, it turns out that time is a ring, right?

……

In fact, the host regretted it a little, and even felt that he didn't need to take the microphone back from Qing Zhiyuan, because after Square Enix's speech, the next person who would start to promote his product was-

Qing Zhiyuan.

"Let's welcome, pokeni!"

There was thunderous applause below.

Countless reporters hurriedly turned their cameras on Qing Zhiyuan.

Although Pokeni is not as old as the previous companies in terms of qualifications, this company is very famous.

Especially in the past two years, P Club has been like a rocket, slowly rising.

Last year's Pokémon 3D directly accelerated the entire gaming era to 3D, and countless companies are turning around.

And last month, the announcement of "Princess Mononoke" in collaboration with Hayao Miyazaki made people realize the strength of this company.

A new form of 3+2D game has puzzled everyone to this day.

Therefore, as long as Pokeni participates in this Tokyo Game Show, it is destined to become the focus of attention.

A veritable protagonist.

Everyone is waiting for Qing Zhiyuan to reveal the secret and see what kind of manifestation this 3+2D will be in the end.

"I'm really looking forward to it."

"However, in the end, in order to maintain a sense of mystery, Qing Zhiyuan turned out not to talk about "Princess Mononoke" at all, right?"

"Haha, then you're blind. The reason I've been waiting here is to see what Princess Mononoke of P Society actually looks like. ”

"Don't worry, Qing Zhiyuan will not let go of this publicity opportunity."

"As long as Princess Mononoke is on the scene, it's going to be the focus today, for better or worse." One of the journalists said categorically.

"Hahaha, if it's good, it's going to blow to the sky, and if it's bad, it's going to hell, right?

The scene of the large-scale rollover is actually quite interesting. ”

Everyone is here with a fun-watching mentality, and they are not stakeholders anyway.

But what's most scared is that you don't come.

……

It was at this moment that the lights dimmed.

The spotlight shone on the stage with a beam of moonlight, and as the aperture slowly moved, a man in a black dress walked to the stage with steady and vigorous steps.

Everyone held their breath, but soon realized that something was wrong.

"Is this Qing Zhiyuan?" A reporter asked in a whisper.

"It doesn't feel like it, does it? I have the impression that Qing Zhiyuan should be a very handsome young man, right, on this stage, he is clearly an uncle. ”

"And there's no hair yet."

Yes, the middle-aged man who is now walking towards the stage has no hair at all, and his head is as smooth as a boiled egg.

He walked to the center of the stage, then slowly drew a baton, put his hand on his chest and bowed deeply.

"Wow, it's Jean Hisaishi!"

A voice shouted.

Someone finally recognized that this was not the president of Pokeni, Aoi Jiyuan, but an important guest performer specially invited by Aoi Chi Won, and he was also the music producer of "Princess Mononoke", Mr. Jean Hisaishi.

Hearing Hisaishi's name, the audience was boiling.

The audience stood up and burst into applause.

"Nani?! Why Jean Hisaishi?! ”

It's the same question in everyone's head.

How did Hisaishi get here, and where did Qing Zhiyuan go?

pokeni what is this going to do?

It's just horrible!!

"Mom, I've got goosebumps all over my body."

"yes, so do I."

……

Hisaishi turned around, and the curtain behind him was raised, and everyone exclaimed again-

Behind the scenes, a whole symphony orchestra sits neatly.

The Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, specially invited by Seichiwon, is now in the hands of Hisaishi.

He bowed his head confidently and calmly, exchanged glances with the first violinist, then raised his hands and slowly commanded.

The melodious violin sounded like the water of a small river.

It not only has the ancient charm and beauty of the East, but also takes into account the elegance and delicacy of the West.

The violinist's fingers glide gently over the strings, and every note is filled with emotion and power. The audience was so captivated by the beautiful music that they stopped what they were doing and listened attentively.

As soon as the music sounded, the hearts of countless people were violently shaken.

"This, this is the soundtrack of "The Witcher", "Red Moonlight"

"It's terrible, I didn't even expect to be able to listen to the symphony conducted by Jean Hisaishi at the Tokyo Game Show, and it's "The Witcher", and it's my favorite "Red Moonlight"!

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There are two more chapters in the evening

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