Influenced by the movie, the game "Princess Mononoke" was a big hit as soon as it came out.

As long as you don't pull your crotch in particular, don't make a moth, and have your own characteristics and fun, then you will definitely be able to eat the next wave of dividends.

What's more, the quality of Pokeni's games is really super high.

Naturally, the results are also improving rapidly.

Within its first week, Princess Mononoke had sold a staggering 400,000 copies, and the growth momentum hadn't slowed down at all.

In the second week, it directly rushed to 500,000.

Closely followed by ......

In its first month, Princess Mononoke sold an astonishing 2.1 million copies.

This sales volume once again made the world realize what a game called P Club is.

If nothing else, it is possible that "Princess Mononoke" can even exceed 5 million by the end of this year, or even 7 million.

……

The 500,000 copies that Dongrun pre-ordered from Pokeni were cleared quickly.

The manager of the sales department is already assessing how much of the potential market is still there, and is ready to get the goods from P again.

Inside the president's office.

"It's too much at stake," Secretary Fujiki exclaimed, "President, you are so powerful, it really takes a lot of courage to get 500,000 copies in advance." Once again, you made the right decision. ”

When everyone in the company heard Hattori Yuyuki promise Qing Zhiyuan to directly pre-order 500,000 copies of "Princess Mononoke", they generally thought he was crazy.

Although the company is rich and P has made a lot of popular games, it can't be played like this.

500,000 copies is not a small amount, and if there is any shortfall, it can lead to a loss.

To order 500,000 copies of the game, it means that "Princess Mononoke" must sell at least 2 million copies, after all, Pokeni can't only have Dongrun, a cooperative distributor.

Spread evenly, Dongrun can only digest a part of Princess Mononoke players.

But!

2,000,000 copies, that's a terrible number!

Whether the world can produce a game with 2 million copies in a year is still a question.

Not every game in Rentendo can sell this number.

However, it turned out that Hiroyuki Hattori was right and made a bold and correct decision.

Once again, the greatness of Hiroyuki Hattori was verified.

This secretary Fujiki admires the president from the bottom of his heart.

Even in her opinion, without the vicious eyes of the president, there would be no pokeni today.

When P Club was a little chicken, President Hattori took a fancy to it and would grow into a big phoenix in the future, so even when P Club was in the worst situation, President Hattori spared no effort to help them, believed in them, and ordered games from pokeni.

And now—

As it turned out, President Hattori was right.

President Hattori's eyes are really vicious and admirable.

So far, Secretary Fujiki has never met a second big man with such a discerning eye.

Hiroyuki Hattori smiled and said nothing, and Secretary Fujiki's praise was heart-warming and very useful.

It is in this way that he has not changed his secretary for so many years.

"Fujiki-san, what you said is really nice."

"President, what I say is from the bottom of my heart." Secretary Fujiki replied earnestly.

"I know." Hiroyuki Hattori nodded.

"Of course I know you're telling the truth, and I like that about you."

Other people are really fake, but Fujiki is the kind of person who is very loyal and dares to tell the truth, if you do something wrong, she will definitely correct it, and if you do well, she will not hesitate to praise her.

It was Fujiki's reality that made Hattori Hiroyuki very useful.

Because other people's compliments may be false, but Fujiki's compliments must be from the bottom of her heart, not to mention anything else, at least that's what she thinks in her heart.

And Fujiki's judgment has hardly been wrong, which is also affirmed by Hiroyuki Hattori.

"God." Secretary Fujiki exclaimed, "President, you are really a god. ”

Hiroyuki Hattori smiled slightly.

It doesn't matter if I'm a god or not.

The point is that the trash can is divine.

Seriously, he'd like to try it out, what would happen if he didn't throw the game of P Company in the trash.

……

After the game became a big hit, the official forum of Pokeni was also flooded by players.

The Princess Mononoke section is filled with all sorts of remarks.

But it can be broadly divided into two different types of players:

One is to watch the Princess Mononoke movie before playing the game.

One is to play the game directly without watching the movie.

Generally speaking, players who have not watched the movie and played the game directly have a higher evaluation of the game, and directly praised the game to the height of the altar:

"Ah, for a player like me who hasn't seen a movie, it's really a blessing to be able to play such a wonderful game.

"Princess Mononoke" is really amazing, and at the first glance of entering the game, I deeply felt Miyazaki's style.

But it's still a 3D, and it feels like you're living in a fairy tale world like Miyazaki. ”

And the story of the game is very powerful, and the game has hinted at everything from the very beginning:

Profit-seeking merchants led warriors from other lands to slaughter the wild beasts of the forest and plunder resources.

Then, the boar god, who had turned into a demon, ran to this place and taught them a hard lesson.

This is actually a microcosm of the whole game, and I played this point with an endless disgust for these marauding samurai and merchants.

And so it turned out.

Later in the game, people wage war for profit, and the side with weapons plunders civilian resources......

Destroying nature for its own benefit......

All this is full of disgust.

It wasn't until later, when I first met Princess Mononoke, that I was fascinated by her.

A girl full of wildness from nature. ”

"I also like Shan very much, she is really beautiful, strong and kind, especially when she is about to kill Asshidaka, but she is scared back a few steps by the other party's [You are so beautiful], but it is really cute."

"Did you have any such experience when you played this game? Compared to Pokeni's previous games, Princess Mononoke is too difficult, right?

The requirements for the player's reflexes, hand speed and sense of rhythm are simply terrifying.

I've died several times with the boar god alone. ”

"Yes, yes, yes! Me too, I died at the boar god, and the most of the later deaths were in Shan's hands, I didn't think that such a little guy, how could a girl be so agile and deadly, she couldn't run away if she wanted to. ”

"Isn't it hard to fight in the back, melee swinging a knife, you can't fight with Ben, but go back a little further, good guy, this person will directly get the musket.

There are no bullets missing, and people don't want to hit them.

I've died at least a dozen times with Albersey. ”

"Princess Mononoke is really a god, and the boss battle is particularly impactful in the 3D heads-up perspective, especially when you are facing a boss who is much taller than you, the feeling of being small, helpless and pitiful, is really coming.

When I first saw the boar god, I was shocked:

Nani!?

What kind of behemoth is this, and I have to fight against such a monster?

Can it really be?

Did Pokeni get something wrong? ”

"Everyone will go through this stage, but it's okay to die a lot."

"Hahahaha...... Upstairs is really incisive, and it's okay if there are too many god-like deaths. ”

"Playing games, everything else is virtual, only if you experience it yourself, and sharpen it with real knives and guns, you will grow from the little prince of Ashitaka at the beginning to the god of war of Ashidaka."

"The 3D action RPG was played by the P Society, they must have done research, they know where our fear is, what monsters have to do to have a strong sense of oppression, even if Alberthy is not too big, but after fighting her, you will have a deep fear of this female leader."

"The charm of the 3D game is taken to the extreme by pokeni.,The large-sized boss is super shocking.,Boar God、Giant Samurai、Otoshi Lord...... There is a terrible coercion when he appears, as if he is going to be crushed by the other party in the next moment.

Where is this playing a game, this is a game of life! ”

"The final form of the giant boss is also very powerful. When I hit the final form of the Mountain Beast God, my whole person was about to be frightened and incontinent.

The feeling of covering the sky and the sun, directly covering the entire screen, and even you can't see its body at all, only its feet, is full of infinite fear.

It was as if the whole world had been shrouded in the rampaging mountain beast gods.

It's really scary.

The faint of heart simply can't play this game. ”

"You're still too innocent.

In "Princess Mononoke", is the most difficult to fight [Mountain Beast God]?

Wrong!

Actually, it's an elf!

The only true god in the world of Princess Mononoke - the mountain beast god, wrong!

The True One True God:

Elf!

If you try it once, you will know how scary elves can be.

As soon as one of them is angered, a large group of pokemon will be summoned immediately.

If you don't die, they will attack them in groups, chasing you to the ends of the earth.

There is no way to get rid of it unless you die.

This is simply a terrifying existence that is even more terrifying than various bosses! ”

"Hahahaha, I really can't help but see the elf here.

That's how I am.

I was going to walk well, but when I saw a little elf popping out of the woods, I thought to myself, what kind of monster is this, it will drop good things, right?

I tried to hit it, only to realize that I was wrong.

Big mistake, very wrong.

They attacked him in groups, and beat him until he died.

Don't believe in evil, no matter how many times you come, the final outcome will be death.

I shouldn't have messed with the elves. ”

"Hahahaha, in fact, the elf is the only true god in this world who controls life and death.

An ultimate boss as strong as the Mountain Beast God will also be defeated one day.

You can even clear the level without taking any damage.

However, against the elves, you have no chance of winning.

This is a lesson of blood and tears! ”

……

Players who have watched the "Princess Mononoke" movie, although they are full of praise for the game, but just like Famitong's comments, there is actually a trace of dissatisfaction in their hearts.

In the Pokeni forum, someone posted a complaint:

"For players who have already watched the movie, the plot of this game is actually not very attractive. Because it hasn't changed much at all.

still follows Hayao Miyazaki's Princess Mononoke main line, and many key nodes have not changed.

The only thing that is commendable is that the gameplay is not bad, the characters from Princess Mononoke are made, and the combat aspect is also amazing.

It's really fun to walk through the world of Princess Mononoke, interact with different characters, level up and fight monsters, especially boss battles.

However, as far as the plot is concerned, there are really no surprises. ”

"I deeply feel that if you go to play a game after watching a movie, the experience will definitely be lacking, and the freshness and fun of exploration will be missing.

However, the combat is really interesting, and the combination of the plot is also in place.

For example, after the male protagonist's arm was injured, he gained the power of the curse, and at the same time he had to burn his own life at the cost of it, which is actually very in line with the setting of the worldview of Princess Yulin.

I play this game, and when I know the plot, it's more about experiencing the fun of fighting. ”

"The game has also been added with a lot of new content, for example, after playing the game, I realized that Kaya was Ashidaka's fiancée, and the jade knife given to him was his beloved."

"Huh? Turns out Kaya is Ashidaka's fiancée? I thought it was my own sister. ”

……

After the release of the game, because of the popularity of the game, it once again drove the number of viewers of the movie.

After experiencing the game and watching the movie, players and viewers had a further in-depth discussion of Miyazaki's concept and the ideas he wanted to express in "Princess of the Forest":

"Thinking about people and nature is the main theme of Hayao Miyazaki that will not change, and I am glad that Pokeni did not change this when making the game.

Of course, it is also possible that due to the constraints of Ghibli, Miyazaki's temper is probably not very willing to let Pokeni spoil his work.

"Princess Mononoke" is actually a very in-depth work.

Both the game and the movie perfectly illustrate this.

In it, we can see Abbsey struggling for the people of the town, at the cost of destroying the forest, expanding and developing, just to make life better for these poor people from the bottom.

Albertsey is actually a very controversial and charismatic figure.

In the movie, there are not so many descriptions of Albersy, and a lot of information is pieced together.

But these have been heavily supplemented and enhanced in the game.

We talk to the people in the town and gather clues, and we find out that Albersey is actually a hard-working man.

But she does not accept her fate, and her heart is firm and strong.

At the same time, he is also very kind.

This kindness is for human beings, for the exploited, homeless, disabled, weak guys at the bottom.

Albertsey sympathized with them and let them regain the courage to live on their own hands.

In this regard, Albertsey is undoubtedly righteous and powerful, and she is God to those who are saved by her.

She will always be the spiritual leader of this group.

I like Albersey very much, she's complex, she's strong, and she has a great personality.

However, on the other hand, in the fight against nature, Albersey is extremely cruel and brutal, for the people of the town, he can set fire to the mountains, he can kill the beasts in the forest, and he can listen to the words of the pimple monk to hunt the head of the mountain beast god for a huge bounty.

In this respect, Albersey is undoubtedly a villain.

But, human nature, it's complicated here, and when you see what happens to those who are bullied, you can't hate Alberthy at all.

I think these are the two dilemmas that Hayao Miyazaki wants to express in "Princess Mononoke":

For the sake of human survival and development, Albersie, who destroyed nature, still said the words "start over" in the end.

I don't know how others interpret it, but in my opinion, she should have not given up on the old way, and probably will continue to dig the mountains and cut down trees, because without these materials, they will not have the ability to resist the foreign marauders.

For Princess Mononoke, who represents the forest and nature, she hates humans, so she returns to the forest to continue guarding the forest.

The contradiction between the two is irreconcilable.

At first, it was like this, and in the end, it was back to square one.

I guess Miyazaki himself didn't know the best of both worlds. ”

"Are man and nature really irreconcilable? I don't think that's the case, in the animal world, there are also the survival of the fittest, the law of the jungle, the key is that nature has natural laws, it will form a complex food network, all the creatures on it constitute a whole ecosystem, the cycle repeats, the cycle repeats.

Nature operates under this premise.

But what about humans, over-mining, hunting, killing animals, cutting down forests...... This is the cause of ecological destruction.

If we do things within a reasonable ecological range and on the premise of sustainable development, then human beings can coexist well with nature, animals and plants.

The Earth has been around for 4.5 billion years.

The history of mankind is only a few million years.

It is impossible to destroy just because of a human being.

However, human beings destroy themselves because of their greed, and I think that's exactly what Miyazaki's film, Pokeni's game, is trying to tell us. ”

"Being able to ask questions and get people to think, and that's what games and movies do well enough, and the rest is up to us in reality."

……

After the "Princess Mononoke" game became popular, although there was a certain amount of controversy, it was mainly manifested in the plot, and there was no problem with the game itself.

There are even quite a few movie parties who think that the game can be restored to this extent, which is actually quite good.

Qing Zhiyuan's choice is actually quite difficult, on the premise of keeping the theme and plot unchanged, the only thing that can be done is to do a good job in the performance and gameplay.

Fortunately, it worked out well in the end.

It is precisely because of the groundbreaking action 3DRPG gameplay of "Princess of the Forest" that Shinji Mikami will once again be sent to the altar.

The media reporters also conducted an exclusive interview with Shinji Mikami to find out how the talented producer thought about such a groundbreaking game design.

"It's really amazing to combine 3D and 2D and use 3D action gameplay to make up for the lack of story." The reporter asked, "How did you think about choosing such a design?" ”

Shinji Mikami thought about it carefully and responded, "Actually, all of this is thanks to our president, Mr. Aojiwon.

At that time, we raised the question of how to make the game fun if the plot remained the same.

There was a guy named Hideki Kamiya who said, why not make it into a 3D game?

Then the president adopted his idea. ”

"We were all shocked and thought it was almost impossible to do, after all, the cartoon itself is 2D, and if you have to change a 2D animation to 3D, you don't face the slightest difficulty.

In this case, the president took us along and told us how to achieve this weird game that looked like 2D, but the actual gameplay was 3D.

Yes, I can only describe it as weird.

However, the final result also proved that President Sei Chi Won was right.

He's really a genius, and without the president, we wouldn't have been able to make such an amazing game. Shinji Mikami sighed.

However, the reporter showed a meaningful expression on his face, making it clear that he didn't believe him.

Even because of the credit given to Qing Zhiyuan by the third admiral, he felt that this member was really cute, and in order to take care of the president's face, he actually lied like this when facing the media.

"It's really too modest, Mikami-san." The reporter said with a smile.

Do you think I'm going to believe you if you make up a random story?

I......

Mikami choked on the whole heat.

What I'm saying is true!

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