novelODS Chapter 68: The Game Magazine Has Arrived to Challenge Us!
Chapter 68: The Game Magazine Has Arrived to Challenge Us!
Obviously, there's no more cost-effective approach than simply bringing back several designers from the first generation to Gamenova.
However, there is a tiny problem with this matter.
Shigeki Morimoto, the designer of the Dream Pokémon series and a consultant for the Pokémon franchise, is now about the same age as John Carmack…
While Ken Sugimori, the main illustrator and designer of many Pokémon, is better off, he is only 19 years old.
Why would someone travel all the way to Japan to lure back two young people who aren't even twenty years old?
That would probably make headlines as if they were dealing with Runren's intermediary.
But no matter what, this trip to Japan is still worthwhile.
That morning.
Lin Lixin, who was waiting for his visa to be processed, was holding several Japanese dictionaries and muttering to himself in the sun.
As he read, the experience points in the progress bar gradually accumulated to the maximum.
[Your reflections on reading "The Japanese Language Dictionary" - +1 experience point]
【Ding! 】
[Acquired Skill]:
[The Art of Language (Neon)]: [A basic understanding of Japanese can reduce barriers in communication]
As the long-unheard system notification sound rang out, the fragmented and disorganized fifty sounds in my mind suddenly became clear.
The rules of sound change, which I had only vaguely understood before, suddenly became clear.
Although I haven't reached the level of a native speaker yet, I've at least gotten started.
But before Lin Lixin could stop, the system notification sounded again.
【Ding! 】
【The Art of Language】x【The Art of Language (Neon)】Combo Effect Activated】
[Skill Synthesis]:
[The Art of Language (Comprehensive)]: [Language learning efficiency ↑↑↑ (including natural language and machine language)]
"Huh? There's such a saying?"
This was the first time Lin Lixin had triggered the so-called skill synthesis mechanism.
That's true, they're all languages. Talking to a machine is talking, and talking to a person is also talking.
However, judging from the skill description, its boost should be stronger than the two scattered skills.
"Not bad, I've learned another trick."
It seems that it's always worthwhile to hone some skills when you have free time.
Turning around and walking into the apartment, Sam's room was filled with the same neon-language sounds of moaning and groaning.
Of course, it was Sam himself reading aloud.
After all, it's a business trip overseas, and without Sam by my side, many things would be very troublesome to handle.
So Sam, who was handling contracts with three RPG studios, was once again called upon to take on an important role.
"@#￥%……" Sam muttered a couple of sentences in a very heavy accent, then finally couldn't hold back any longer and threw the textbook aside. "I said... can't we just hire a translator?"
"No one can do it better than yourself. What if the person you hire rips us off?"
"Whatever, I can't learn it anyway, just kill me."
Sam simply lay down sprawled out, adopting a nonchalant attitude and letting himself be disposed of.
Language is indeed something that depends a lot on talent.
"Alright, stop worrying about that. Instead, focus on how to resolve what I'm talking about."
In order to create a pretext, Lin Lixin told Sam that he wanted to take advantage of the booming Japanese animation industry to recruit several outstanding animators.
"What about the language barrier?"
"I've almost learned it all."
"Clam?"
"In short..."
Before Lin Lixin could finish speaking, the doorbell suddenly rang.
Why is she contacting me at this time? Could it be that Vivian and her team have finished developing the graphics chip?
Pushing open the door, I saw a completely unfamiliar face.
The visitor had a long face and was holding a bottle of wine that looked quite expensive.
"Hello, Mr. Lin!"
"Hello, may I ask who you are?"
Lin Lixin looked at the person in front of him with some wariness. He had not received any prior notice that someone would come looking for him.
"I am Steve, the founder of Electronic Games magazine."
"Holy crap?"
Lin Lixin couldn't help but utter a phrase from the national treasure, and waved to Sam, who was still slacking off in the room.
"Sam, the challengers have arrived! It's Electronic Games."
Damn it, Electronic Games was the culprit that started the pessimism surrounding Story of Seasons when it was first released.
It's fair to say that without their influence, the reversal of Story of Seasons' reputation wouldn't have taken so long.
Stockpiling tens of thousands of cartridges would incur costs.
Now, things have gotten even better; the mastermind behind it all has come knocking on our door!
That's downright provocative!
What a shame!
Seeing two men rolling up their sleeves and closing in on him from both sides, Steve quickly began to explain.
"No, no, Mr. Lin, I've come here to apologize to you and GAMENOVA!"
He raised the wine in his hand to show his goodwill.
"?"
Lin Lixin then stopped what he was doing and looked Steve up and down with a puzzled expression.
But Sam's movements were so fast that he couldn't retract his fist in time, and a fist the size of a sandbag came crashing down on his face.
"Bang!"
……
Steve, with bruises under his eyes, sat on one side of the single sofa, chuckling awkwardly as he sat opposite the two men.
Sam's expression was also somewhat awkward, and the atmosphere suddenly became extremely strange.
"Ahem," Steve cleared his throat, deciding to break the ice, "Mr. Lin, Story of Seasons is absolutely a groundbreaking work, and I sincerely apologize for my previous erroneous assessment."
As the saying goes, one cannot hit a smiling face. Since Steve came to visit with such a sincere attitude, Lin Lixin could not afford to make a scene.
In fact, although GAMENOVA and Electronic Games were complete strangers in the past, they had a good relationship.
Almost every game received high praise from this media outlet.
Electronic Games' reviews of those traditional game genres were indeed incredibly objective.
They were the vanguard in GAMENOVA's promotion and marketing.
"Well, at least the players have good judgment, and the negative impact of the reports has been largely eliminated."
Lin Lixin shrugged, deciding to give Steve a way out.
"That's understandable. After all, when this design was first proposed, even Sam didn't believe it could succeed."
"Ha ha……"
Steve chuckled twice in agreement.
"I had only played for less than half an hour when I wrote that report..."
"I thought it was like any other game; if it couldn't retain players in the first few golden minutes, it was worthless."
"But I was wrong, terribly wrong."
His head drooped unconsciously, and a deep sense of shame welled up inside him.
When Electronic Games was first launched, its mission was to provide the most objective evaluations of games and to bring readers and players the best first-hand information.
However, he made such a basic mistake, considering himself a seasoned player and judging the game with a perspective detached from the general public, and approaching its design with an impatient mindset.
"After that, the whole magazine team and I picked it up again and played around with it for a few days."
"So I came to apologize in person."
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