A zombie covered in blood and dressed in a kimono, with a standard 90-degree bow, who looks confused, surprised, and amused by anyone watching it, this is the first act of the first official trailer released a few days ago in "Showa Mikuni Story".
On January 7, 2022, Suzuku Games released a video called "Suzuku RPG New Work | the First Official Trailer of "Showa Rice Story" on its official account of Station B, which has gained considerable popularity in recent days, and as of January 10, the number of views has exceeded 2 million, and the number of comments has exceeded 16,000.
According to the official introduction, "Showa Rice Story" was developed by Suzuku Games, an independent game studio from Wuhan, and is a new RPG that pays tribute to the popular culture of the 80s and is presented in a strong B-movie style.
In the game, the United States has become the "toy" of the Showa people, in which the player will play the role of the resurrected girl "Chikusa Butterfly", embark on an apocalyptic adventure of "seeking truth and revenge", and meet partners, overcome hardships, live hard, and grow continuously in the long journey.
The "king car translocation" of two countries
The first part of the world's largest economy and the world's third largest economy have come to an identity swap, which is the first part that makes countless players feel dramatic, which is why it is called "Showa Rice Story". The official cleverly transposed the two, creating an alternate history, with utopian thinking, to stimulate a different kind of dramatic effect.
The showa era, "Rice Country", And Japanese literary themes such as Monogatari, as well as official explanations in promotional films, make the background of the game's era clear at a glance.
In the promotional video, the "craftsman spirit" at the opening has already explained everything, the helmet-clad Uncle Sam writes "Great Again" underneath, Yamaha (YAMAHA) and Kawasaki (Kawasaki) combination of the big motorcycle YAMASAKI, Kawaki Motors billboard, drill bit that breaks through the sky, "Red Lotus", "Darwinist warrior", "Pole Organization Shibata Group", many contents are shaping the world bit by bit in the whole life. However, the promotional video also shows a strong American style, such as players riding motorcycles on the desolate Route 50 in the west, which has a feeling of being a lonely hero.
The official may also have some ingenuity in many designs, such as changing the big brand of "HOLLYWOOD" into "NEO YOKOHAMA". Yokohama refers to Yokohama, and its east side of Tokyo Bay, formerly known as Edo Bay, was the site of the Black Ship Incident in 1853, and this different design that fits the background of the era is likely to be a flash of inspiration unique to the official.
The soundtrack chosen for the promotional film is the popular "それが大事" in the early 90s, which is also the famous work of the big event MAN band, and it has a more familiar cover version in China - Li Keqin's "Red Sun".
No matter which country you are, you are happy people
Due to the existence of "Red Sun" and many Japanese cultural related content in the 1990s, domestic players have expressed great interest, and the number of broadcasts is the best proof.
In the comment area, some players said that "to tell a good Chinese story, you don't have to tell a Chinese story", "such a contrarian content, you don't care about the gameplay and want to watch the plot", "This is like a game made by a group of people at home after isolating and eating mushrooms and eating hallucinations". There are even many players who laugh at the funny scene and call it "cultural archfire".
The economic take-off to the square agreement and then disappeared in the decade, this history has witnessed the mutual game between the two countries, many of which are related events and cultural content, which are even more talked about by domestic players, when they see another historical process appear, and many of the cultural elements in it become extremely funny, which will naturally attract a lot of domestic players.
Of course, it is not only the domestic players who are amazed, but also the two "protagonists".
Another version of the promo was released on YouTube at the same time, causing a boiling scene among Players in the United States and Japan. As for the reason, it has a lot to do with its design that can be called a buff.
Some Japanese players said, "The worldview that other countries can't come up with, it's Chinese out, it's a bit interesting"; some players feel that this style is very close to their own preferences, saying that "when they see the heart is captured"; others expressed surprise, hoping that the Chinese team can finish it; a Japanese player feels that Japan has been doing the Romance of the Three Kingdoms game, and it is almost time for China to make games with Japan as the stage, break stereotypes, and make some foreign games about Japan from a foreign perspective. This may also be the source of expectations for some Japanese players.
Of course, there are also Japanese players who give us a slightly different content about Japanese culture, frankly saying that "the senseless Torii Gate that suddenly appeared on the side of the road is really rock and roll, which makes me laugh" and "I don't know how serious and how much spoof it is really exciting."
And the attitude of American players is also strange, there are avatars who feel that they have good ideas to buy explosive, there are doubts about whether they will be sealed or will be made of dung, there are those who especially like the absurd culture of this mouth, there are also complains that the heroine is mediocre, and some people say that this is the day he wants to live, but this strange view has naturally been complained by many people.
It can be seen that no matter which country people see the absurd presentation of "Showa Rice Story", they will become happy people at the first time.
Pull out your wallet in the midst of laughter
In terms of gameplay, since it is an RPG and another conjecture of parallel time and space, the official probability will spend a lot of effort on the plot, which is also one of the contents that many players are looking forward to.
In the promotional film, the game also shows a third-person perspective driving a motorcycle to crash into a zombie, the protagonist and others when fighting knives, cutting grass with melee weapons in the zombie pile, and using firearms to give zombies a fatal blow, etc., there is really a sense of confusion. In addition, the game also contains Japanese bamboo horses, rolling iron rings, neon surrounded by an approximate underground KTV place, from the current point of view, the core gameplay is more traditional, other entertainment gameplay is slightly innovative.
Leaving aside a lot of whole work, "Showa Mikoku Monogatari" does have the potential to be a hit.
First of all, the theme of fighting zombies at the end of the wasteland, European and American players are very much eating this set, the atmosphere of tension, the stimulating visual experience, the world is deserted, the infinite reverie of the dangers around them, and the eternal contradictions and conflicts around human nature, all of which make European and American players have a special love for the zombie theme.
Chinese manufacturers in this field is groping out a set of their own methodology, Sensor Tower data show that in the first half of 2021, the world's highest revenue 5 doomsday theme mobile games are developed by the Chinese team, and the gameplay is not convergent, even if it is the preferences of European and American players to the death, "Showa Rice Story" as long as the heart, can make this aspect of the color.
In addition, there is the absurd interpretation of Japanese culture, many players laugh that this game is a "stitching monster", because a lot of its content is broken in the form of piecing together to present, unique at the same time, there is a strong sense of familiarity, even if many players see a content, will be in the heart at the same time, due to the difference in mood to produce a thousand strange feelings.
"Showa Rice Story" was first exposed in the B station high-energy video game festival in September last year, when the name was "Project SAS", whether it was a promotional video, or related introductions, at that time the official did not announce too much, and now it has to see the real face, but also brought a new thinking to the Chinese game industry.
On the one hand, the theme innovation, from the feedback of global players, "Showa Rice Story" ignores the geographical restrictions in the choice of themes, the idea is more generalized, so as to be more attractive; on the other hand, the promotional video released at the time of the first exposure makes many players have the illusion of being a horror scene puzzle game, this type is particularly common in China, but after the announcement of the promotional film, it is known that it is an ACT game with the background of the times, which is rarely touched in China, and basically only Japanese manufacturers will produce it in the world, which is a challenge, It has also opened the horizon of the domestic game industry.
The mixture of many elements makes "Showa Rice Story" full of unique chemistry, and if the content is not pulled down, it should not be difficult for multinational players to pull out their wallets in the laughter after release.
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