Since Pokeni's P-NET subsidiary became independent, Pokeni's forum was no longer just a forum; it had expanded into an entire website, and now Pokeni has its own official website.
The forum is just a small module under the official website.
It's similar to the future 3DM, with a lot of content introducing the internet and important news in the recent game industry.
For this, Aoki Haruhi specifically applied for the corresponding permissions, allowing the company to also have the function of interviewing and publishing news.
Of course, ordinary people don't really care about such news; Pokeni's players are more concerned about the content in the forum.
As long as the core of the forum remains unchanged, they don't care what it looks like on the outside.
And now—
The forum has changed!
Pokeni released an official announcement that a game titled "pokémon 3d world" is about to be released.
At the same Time, in major news media, TV stations, train stations, and outdoor plaza advertising columns... wherever advertising was allowed, Pokémon 3D advertisements began to spread like wildfire.
For the July release, Pokeni's operations department was working with all its might to build anticipation.
When the news of Pokeni making a 3D game came out, almost the entire game industry was shocked.
"What? Pokeni is also making 3D game?"
The players' first reaction was—
"Aoki Haruhi must be crazy, right? He must be crazy for money to want to enter the 3D field, right?"
"Although Sony has been boasting, saying that the 3D Time is coming, and future game will definitely be a world of 3D game.
But actually, these are all used to fool us ignorant players.
I've experienced some so-called 3D game myself, and they're simply unwatchable.
They're so crude that I can't play them, and they're not even as good as playing with building blocks myself.
There are no details, the gameplay is incredibly simple, and 3D game simply cannot be compared with 2D.
Under such circumstances, Pokeni actually wants to enter the 3D field. I really think President Aoki's decision is quite problematic."
"Exactly! Although I personally think that with the continuous development of technology in the future, 3D might be able to produce good results, it's definitely not now. Pokeni didn't have the corresponding foundation before, and they just want to get a piece of the pie. It's obvious they're going to shoot themselves in the foot."
"This isn't the Pokeni I know. With a President like Aoki Haruhi, Pokeni will one day be led into the abyss."
"Aoki Haruhi is confused! Is Pokeni's strength in so-called 3D performance? Pokeni's strength lies in the ceiling of 2D graphics and solid storytelling. Putting these things into an immature 3D platform will only ruin Pokeni's reputation.
Think about it, a poignant love story, but the screen shows you two spheres and stiff bodies, unable to even depict expressions. How can such a game move players?"
"Agreed. Take CL for example, if it wasn't for Hayao Miyazaki's blessing, plus the characters being so beautiful, but instead replaced by crude 3D wooden figures, the entire game's atmosphere would be greatly diminished, and it would be impossible to achieve sufficient results.
Even a player like me can understand this principle. Pokeni has so many game masters, didn't any of them stand up and talk to the President?"
3D is very popular, but it was all hyped up by Sony. So far, there haven't been any truly excellent works on the market that could usher in the 3D Time.
So it's normal for players to have doubts.
This is like offering beautiful women to the King, and several batches in a row are incredibly ugly. The next batch you say is finally a great beauty, do you think the King will still believe it?
...
Not only players expressed concerns, but many people in the industry also felt that Pokeni was taking a dangerous step.
"Is Pokeni being a bit too adventurous this Time?"
At Nintendo, Miyamoto Shigeru saw the news of Pokeni's new game and was still a bit unsure.
He always felt that this company's foray into 3D might just be false news.
However, after checking Pokeni's official announcement, Miyamoto Shigeru finally confirmed this fact.
"But not making new things, not producing something world-shaking, wouldn't be like their style, would it?" Aonuma Eiji said with a smile.
Aonuma Eiji is 32 years old this year and is one of the new generation of game Producer that the company is focusing on cultivating.
This young man, about the same age as Aoki Haruhi, always had a confident smile on his face.
After deep reflection during this period, Nintendo, in order to reverse the decline, decided to directly develop a 64-bit game console to compete against Sony.
And Mr. Aonuma Eiji was entrusted with the important task of developing new game works for the 64-bit machine.
The Director is still Miyamoto Shigeru, and Aonuma Eiji serves as the Producer.
The two often exchanged many opinions on project content and the current game industry development.
Aonuma Eiji might be relatively young himself, so he could better see some of Aoki Haruhi's positive ideas: game innovation, entering 3D, these are all things he believes Pokeni can achieve.
"Pokeni seems to have always maintained the core of galgame without change, but if you trace it carefully, you'll find that they make changes in every game." Aonuma Eiji smiled, "Aoki Haruhi is actually an immature teenager at heart, always full of passion.
So making 3D is also expected."
"Hmm~ how to put it, it's still a bit too hasty." Miyamoto Shigeru agreed with part of his judgment, but still shook his head, "Aoki Haruhi, at first glance, does seem to be like that, daring to charge forward and create game works that transcend the Time.
However, have you noticed that Aoki Haruhi himself doesn't fight battles without confidence and preparation?
In terms of success rate, Pokeni, apart from the Waterloo of "famous academy" in its early years, has almost no game that can be called a failure.
Even every subsequent game has pushed the company forward.
Even groundbreaking game products like Diablo and The Witcher, if you study them carefully, you will find that the details in them have been designed quite maturely.
Even patema inverted, which seemed innovative enough, was very delicate in its production and could withstand scrutiny."
Miyamoto Shigeru stroked his chin and said, "So I don't think Pokeni is rashly attacking the 3D field this Time; doing so will only lead to failure."
However, Miyamoto Shigeru couldn't figure out any good game modes that could support the 3D game that Pokeni wanted to develop.
Miyamoto Shigeru and his colleagues in the company had actually tried it long ago, wanting to create some 3D game, but after much effort, they still found that even if current 3D game could be made, they couldn't compete with 2D game.
In other words, before 3D game can truly make money and become popular, there must be a batch of "cannon fodder" works used for trial and error and filling in gaps.
At least Nintendo didn't want to be this cannon fodder.
So Miyamoto Shigeru would rather postpone the development of 3D game and wait for technology to develop further.
He didn't expect Pokeni to dive right in.
He also didn't know what the final result would be.
Miyamoto Shigeru's mood was quite complex; he both hoped that Pokeni's 3D game would do well and hoped that they wouldn't.
It would be best if it became a semi-successful product.
It would serve as cannon fodder and provide direction for Nintendo's future game development.
Thinking of this, Miyamoto Shigeru himself laughed.
Mainly because he felt this possibility was small, Pokeni would most likely fail.
Perhaps Aoki Haruhi was also using this 3D Pokémon to test the waters.
...
"Sega wants to make 3D, Sony also wants to make 3D, Square also wants to make 3D, Nintendo, although not explicitly stated, is also secretly trying to make 3D. Is 3D game that good?"
Hiruta Masato, the President of Elf Society, a fan of Furuhara Tsubaki, also couldn't understand.
It really is strange.
Pokeni's strength is clearly 2D. Whether it's the god-like galgame or the Diablo series that's highly praised in Europe and America, they are all focused on high-quality 2D graphics.
Now, just because Sony released a new machine and has a good market share, Pokeni wants to develop in 3D?
"Yes," other colleagues echoed, "Pokeni is best at making story-driven game, but these are difficult to utilize in 3D, aren't they?"
Hiruta Masato frowned, feeling quite regretful for Pokeni.
He looked like he was disappointed.
Last year, Pokeni's CL and LL shone brightly, and they should have struck while the iron was hot. How did they suddenly make a sharp turn and go into the 3D track?
President Aoki is confused!
Wait...
Just then, Hiruta Masato suddenly understood something—
"Could it be that Pokeni was forced to do it because Sony Company demanded it, so they had no choice but to develop a pokemon 3d to cope with Sony?"
Hmm, hmm.
This possibility is very high.
Thinking this way, Hiruta Masato found that many mysteries that had troubled him suddenly unraveled.
Think about it, what are Pokeni's strengths?
Exquisite graphics, super-first-class aesthetics that transcend the Time, plus god-like storytelling. Whether it's Gen Urobuchi or Maeda Jun, they are all top-tier script Author.
But the game they are developing on Sony PS uses the Pokémon IP.
There's not much to write about in Pokémon's story. To make it suitable for all ages, the story is destined to be simplified, and from the official announcement, Pokémon is very likely to go the family-friendly route for all ages.
The signs of testing the waters are already quite obvious.
Because Pokeni did not invest its main core personnel in this project.
As far as Hiruta Masato knew, Furuhara Tsubaki, Gen Urobuchi, Maeda Jun, and even Shinji Mikami did not participate in this game.
It's clear that the company doesn't take it seriously at all and is just using it to appease Sony.
Hmm, hmm, it must be like this.
...
In short, most people are not optimistic about Pokeni's foray into 3D, and even believe that pokemon 3d will most likely be a Waterloo after its release.
Industry insiders are not optimistic about this.
Only Sony finally breathed a sigh of relief.
When they saw the news that "pokémon 3d world" was about to be released, Sony Entertainment's President, Ken Kutaragi, was so moved that tears almost fell.
"Oh my god, I finally waited for this day."
Without Pokeni's new 3D game, Sony PS game console would always be incomplete.
We have carried too much for this day to arrive!
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