After the presentation of "The Witcher 2: The Devil's Egg", Hidetaka Miyazaki stepped off the stage and sat back in his place, his hands shaking.

It's terrifying, it's the first time I've stood on a stage like this, and there's a video after the Tokyo Game Show, which is like a global broadcast.

Shinji Mikami, who was next to him, patted him on the shoulder and gave Hidetaka Miyazaki a thumbs up.

"Well done, you will get used to it later."

"Thank you." Miyazaki's younger brother smiled sympathetically.

Shinji Mikami only felt a warm current surging in his heart, and he shivered involuntarily.

……

After the presentation of "The Witcher 2: Devil's Egg", Qing Zhiyuan smiled slightly, "Everyone still remembers the second piece that Hisaishi asked the master to play just now, right?" ”

"Pokémon !!"

There was a uniform voice in the audience.

"Okay, then, next."

Qing Zhiyuan raised his arm, pointed to the big screen, and said loudly, "Pokémon!" The dark side of the moon! ”

The lights dimmed again, and the big screen lit up.

4 small ones are running in the middle of the picture.

Ran through the grass, then turned into heavy snow, and then ran to the beach......

On the sea in the distance, the moonlight in the sky exudes strange colors.

"Wow, it's a Pokémon!"

The audience at the scene was immediately excited.

Since last year's Pokémon 3D World bestseller, the global sales have now exceeded 10 million copies, and at the end of last year, it was opened in the Omi region, and that popularity is called a high.

Because of the popularity of the Pokémon anime, viewers and reporters at the scene must know it even if they have not played this game.

You can even tell who is in it.

……

The original Pokémon was pulled into another world for a magical trip, and successfully helped the wizarding world defeat Lucifes and return to the Pokémon world where he is now.

And this time in the game, the Pokémon once again embarked on their own big adventure, going to the back of the moon.

A more expansive and mysterious stage slowly kicked off.

"Wow, that sounds interesting."

"It should be another fun game for the whole family, at least judging from the footage."

"What kind of secrets are hidden on the far side of the moon?"

I was looking forward to it.

"Have you noticed that Pokeni seems to really like the moon?"

A viewer discovered Huadian.

"Huh? That said, it seems to be true. The dark side of Pokémon Moon, and then in the previous "Marriage Proposal", Rei and Ken call each other Miss Moon and Mr. River, and the final ending scene is still on the beach, and there is also a moon. ”

"It's even more obvious to go to the moon.,I only released the game "To the Moon" last year.,This year the Pokémon really went to the moon.,It looks like the P company really has a soft spot for the moon.。

"It's not that Pokeni likes it, it's Qing Zhiyuan who likes it."

"It is said that 'Marriage Proposal' itself was developed by Seong Chi-won in order to propose to Miss Tsuda."

"Ah~ Wouldn't that be ...... like that?"

The audience covered their mouths in surprise, and all the little threads were connected in their heads.

"To the Moon", "Miss Moon and Mr. River", "The Dark Side of the Moon", ......

In this way, all games are actually not so simple things for players.

"Miss Moon is Miss Tsuda, and Mr. Ha is actually Qing Zhiyuan, right?"

"Ahh Indeed, it's quite possible. ”

"Ah, damn it! Is this how the bigwigs show their affection? ”

"Hahahaha, it's too sweet, I secretly express my love for Miss Tsuda through games, but if I think about it carefully, there are really such people who are willing to make games for me, and they also euphemistically integrate the relationship between us......

Ah~ Yes, I am also willing to marry Qing Zhiyuan. ”

"Tsk, my whole tooth is sore."

……

At the end of the film, in the shadow of the moon, a Pokémon with a pitch-black body and a crescent-shaped mark on its forehead walks out with graceful steps.

The posture is really beautiful.

This is the biggest gimmick in the dark side of the moon - Moon Eevee.

Moon Eevee's fur is black, his eyes are red, and the ring-like pattern on his body is dazzling gold. When the body is bathed in the fluctuations of the moon, the circle-like patterns will glow slightly, and then the magical power will be awakened.

As soon as a head was exposed, an exclamation immediately sounded below.

"What is this?"

"Is it Eevee? It feels a little bit like that. Or is it a new Pokémon? ”

"It's too cute, isn't it?"

"It would be great if there were such creatures in reality, and I would like to raise one."

"I want to raise it too."

……

The promotional video doesn't reveal too much information, and "Pokémon: The Dark Side of the Moon" is only an unfinished product now, and you can see some fragments of "The Dark Side of the Moon" at most, many scenes are gorgeous, but the amount of information is very small.

But that doesn't stop everyone from making it a particularly fun and excellent multiplayer masterpiece.

After the trailer was played, Sophage invited the producer, who is also the head of the entire Pokémon team, and the chief supervisor Lisa Asano, to the stage to demonstrate the actual content of the machine.

Although it is not yet a complete version, for this electronics exhibition, the team members are also riveting and temporarily put together a playable demo version.

Everything else is easy to say, and the president's face can't be lost.

I can't be told by others that P is too shabby like last year.

It stands to reason that "The Dark Side of the Pokémon Moon" will be released along with "Pokémon Sun Mythology".

A twin game should look like a twin game, so that the effect can be maximized.

……

After Asano Lisha took the stage, she invited Seong Chi Won to play the dark side of the moon with her, which was equivalent to showing the game's multiplayer effects to players and audiences.

As soon as the game started running, there was an exclamation from below.

After the development team gained experience, it is getting better and better, and the overall art quality of "Pokémon 3D World: The Dark Side of the Moon" that was exhibited this time has been improved, and the plush material is even better, and the look and feel is really skyrocketing.

The whole game has a very strong sense of 3D, and the game performance has become smoother.

Especially when Lisa Asano and Zhiyuan showed off the moon's unique gravity system together, the audience was stunned.

"Wow, there's gravity changing, that's interesting, isn't it?"

"I thought that the previous Pokémon 3D world was colorful enough, but I didn't expect that the moon effect this time would also be quite explosive."

"It's really interesting to be able to combine the game's features with the characteristics of the moon itself."

"I'm like playing this game now, and I don't know when it's going to be released. It's really anxious. ”

"Wait a minute, you see Square Enix's Final Fantasy 7, it is said that it will be the end of the year at the earliest, and I don't know when Pokeni's game will be released."

"When I see the advertisement of P Company, then the game will be almost on the shelves."

"I'm looking forward to it, I'm sure I'll get one and go home and play with my daughter."

……

After the Pokémon Moon Dark Side demonstration, the whole scene was quiet, and everyone was waiting for the next big event.

"Since it's all in the order in which Hisaishi asked the teacher to perform, then the next game should be Princess Mononoke, right?"

"Well, it should be."

"What if Pokeni suddenly jumps the ticket, and it is hard not to promote it if you maintain a sense of mystery?"

"Then I definitely can't bear it, no matter what I say today, I have to let P Society demonstrate, otherwise I will go up and splash blood directly for five steps!" This audience is actually a Chinese expert, and he even knows the word "five steps of blood spare".

Qing Zhiyuan smiled calmly, "Next, it is the last game we brought, and it will also be exhibited and tried at the game exhibition in the future, so you can look forward to it a little." ”

"Before I introduce the game, I have to say a few words."

"Thank you to Studio Ghibli, to Hayao Miyazaki, to Jean Hisaishi, and to Miichi Yonera, because it is because of talented and hard-working geniuses like them that such great works can be born."

Hearing this, the audience below has actually guessed seven, seven, eight, eight.

The scene immediately boiled.

"Princess Mononoke!"

"Princess Mononoke !!"

……

"When Hayao Miyazaki was able to hand over this work to Pokeni and to us, I was very excited to do it, but at the same time, the pressure on my shoulders was also very great.

We're not sure we're going to be able to do a game like this.

However, we will try to make this game well and do our best not to let Studio Ghibli, not let the hard work of Master Hayao Miyazaki go to waste.

Below, "Princess Mononoke", I hope you can like it! ”

After Qing Zhiyuan finished speaking, he automatically stepped aside.

The audience applauded thunderously.

The reason why many people are sitting here today is to wait for this moment, to be able to see for themselves what this so-called 3+2D game is really like.

And all of this is happening.

In the picture, the wind blows through the wheat waves, and in the large expanse of green, the male protagonist rides a deer with horns and walks slowly.

The background sound is the Princess Mononoke track played by Jean Hisaishi before.

A serious and sacred monologue rings in the middle of the game:

"Once upon a time, the country was covered by vast forests"

"In this land, there are gods who have existed since ancient times."

After the camera zooms in, the male protagonist is facing away from the audience, and it looks like he is playing from the perspective of the male protagonist.

However, the graphics are so beautiful, and the overall feeling is very animated, so that the audience can't tell whether this is a game recording or an animation.

"It's a movie, isn't it?"

"It's a movie clip, right?"

"Isn't it a spoiler? Did Studio Ghibli allow them to release the film content in advance like this? ”

"If you look closely, it doesn't look like a movie."

"Didn't you notice that the whole process is from the perspective of rear-ending, moving with the hero?"

"It seems like that's really the case."

The hero rides a long-horned deer known as Yakelu from the grassland to the forest to the top of the mountain......

As the camera progresses, everyone discovers this:

The part that Pokeni shows now is definitely not the content of the film, because the movie will not spend so much time to make a relatively continuous experience segment.

Then it can only be an animation made by Pokeni himself.

"It's amazing, I'm willing to give 9 points for this promotional performance. If the actual content of the game can do this level, it will be too explosive. ”

"What are you thinking, how can this effect be achieved in a game console?"

"yes, that's clearly ......"

The person who spoke opened his mouth, and he wanted to say that it looked like a 2D animation, but he had a 3D feeling for some reason.

But when the words came to his mouth, he choked up.

I don't know why, but I feel a strange illusion in my heart.

I always feel like something is not right.

……

The Princess Mononoke trailer is over.

Qing Zhiyuan took the microphone and looked at the audience below with a smile.

At this moment, this is the stage of Pokeni.

"The content you just saw was recorded and processed by us through in-game performance, so it doesn't look like there is much plot content."

How can there be plot content?

Isn't Miyazaki-senpai supposed to kill me?

It's good to have a publicity effect, but everyone has to buy tickets to go to the cinema to watch it.

"What?!"

As soon as Qing Zhiyuan's words came out, the pot immediately exploded below.

"How is this possible, it doesn't look like the effect of a game, does it?"

"yes, I think it's supposed to be an animated scene, right?"

"Can the game do it this way?"

"And how big does this game have to be?"

……

However, this is not the most surprising thing, the next actual demonstration on the scene is the real shock of everyone's jaws.

After Shinji Mikami was invited to the stage by Seongjiwon, he began the actual operation of Princess Mononoke.

Everyone stared at the big screen motionlessly, just to see what the specific game looked like.

After the game starts, Shinji Mikami controls the male protagonist Asshidaka to walk on the grass.

Everyone couldn't help but let out a burst of exclamation:

"Nani?! Is this really a game? ”

"It's a game, yes, but where is 3D? What I saw was only 2D. ”

"This kind of 2D effect alone is actually top-notch, and it almost perfectly shows Miyazaki's personal painting style."

"Look at this forest, and the grass on the ground, and the white clouds in the sky...... The whole performance is beautiful, it's Miyazaki, that's right. ”

"Wow, I really feel like I'm watching a movie."

"yes, that's really Miyazaki's style."

"But is this the legendary 3+2D? I'm not convinced. ”

While admiring the good picture effect, the audience questioned it, and always felt that such a game was not a pure 2D game, but the perspective was biased towards the personal perspective of the male protagonist.

But there is no 3D feeling.

So where does 3+2 begin?

Shinji Mikami smiled, then flicked the joystick.

As the camera turns, the surrounding scenes change as well, but they are all continuous, as if you are actually in the world of Princess Mononoke and spinning in circles.

This operation lifted everyone's heavenly spirit cover away.

"Nani?! What did I just see? ”

"Is it possible to rotate like this in a 2D scene?"

"It doesn't seem like it's okay, isn't 2D just a piece? If you turn it, the film becomes a very thin distortion effect. ”

"Then this is ......"

The crowd only thought it was incredible, because they discovered a terrible fact-

When Shinji Mikami rotates his perspective and interacts with the operation, it is a perfect 2D animation from any angle.

As soon as Mikami stops, you will feel like you are watching an animated movie by Hayao Miyazaki.

However, as we all know, 2D can't achieve such a continuous effect.

Then, there is only one possibility-

"Terrible, this is really a 3+2D performance effect!"

"yes, I was thinking about what 3+2 is, but now I finally understand."

"That's amazing, it's enough to make the game so far."

"Indeed, I can't imagine how terrible creativity it must be to make this performance, and at the same time how strong the technical skills must be.

Pokeni's production team is too strong, right? ”

……

Not only were the audience's jaws dropping in surprise, but the peers below were dumbfounded.

If it weren't for Shinji Mikami's ongoing demonstration, no one would have believed that all of this was true.

Seeing this, Masashi Miyamoto, the president of Square Enix, silently patted Ken Kutaragi's arm next to him.

"How? This can't be true, right? Why is it a 3D game, but it looks like an animated movie? ”

Kutara Kiken was also equally confused.

"I, I don't know."

"Didn't you develop the console?"

"It's right that we developed it, but the hardware support and the actual effect must be two different things, what we provide is just a tool, it's plasticine, but what shape is pinched into it, and what color it is, it's completely Pokeni's own business."

"Terrible."

Masashi Miyamoto rubbed his arms, only to feel a chill all over his body, and goosebumps all over his body.

Originally, at the Tokyo Game Show this time, Square Enix used Final Fantasy 7 to directly smash the door of the future 3DRPG, and Masashi Miyamoto himself was very proud.

However, when he saw "Princess Mononoke" brought by P Society at the scene, he had a feeling of being slapped in the face by a tsunami.

That kind of momentum, this kind of coercion, is simply terrifying.

Masashi Miyamoto silently estimated in his heart.

The soft power that Pokeni is showing today is at least 5 years ahead of them.

It's horrible, what kind of company is this?!

……

After a little more demonstration of the battle in the game, Shinji Mikami stopped at the right time.

If you continue to demonstrate, it will take up too much time.

It's best to get to the point, and the rest is up to the players and the audience.

"This is the result of the research we did to make this game, and the final animation rendering effect was created in order to make the experience and look and feel of the game close to the feeling of animation.

Of course, it's certainly impossible to get to the level of a movie, but maybe in another 5, 10 years, we'll be able to do it. ”

Qing Zhiyuan said proudly.

To put it bluntly, this game is still a 3D game after all.

The rendering technology used in this game is animation rendering, which can be regarded as Qing Zhiyuan's old business, and he was an animation rendering engine in his previous life.

It's really not a big deal to be able to do that now.

According to Qing Zhiyuan's idea, there is still a long way to go.

However, even such the tip of the iceberg is enough to shock the world.

The audience was stunned and stunned, and Masashi Miyamoto still hadn't been able to figure out how such a miraculous effect could be achieved.

……

At this point, all the games brought by Pokeni have been demonstrated.

The audience erupted in bursts of applause.

For a long time.

"Wow, it's really worth it to come to the Tokyo Game Show this year!"

……

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There is one more chapter in the evening

(End of chapter)