mesbooks Chapter 82 You still say you didn't hide anything?
Chapter 82 You still say you didn't hide anything?
Inside a Pokémon Center in New Mexico.
Mike, wearing the Fire-type Gym Badge on his chest, stepped onto the chair John had pulled over.
He took a deep breath and scanned the bustling crowd.
"Gentlemen! Fellow Pokémon enthusiasts! Please raise your heads and look at me!"
His shout, delivered from his dantian, resounded throughout the Pokémon Center, drawing the attention of many.
Mike's badge on his chest reflected the overhead lights, making it particularly eye-catching.
He held up the book "The Story of Pipi" high in his hand.
"Gentlemen, I believe that everyone here is an excellent Pokémon Trainer, but I must tell you—the Pokédex is lying!"
Mike looked at the puzzled crowd and John, who was so ashamed he wanted to disappear into the ground, and took another deep breath.
"No. 151! Or rather—'Dream'!"
"There exists a legendary Pokémon in this world that we have never discovered!"
"Whoosh—"
Those who can spend an entire day at the Pokémon Center are undoubtedly passionate Pokémon fans, and their words caused an uproar.
Soon someone figured out the name "Dream".
"I knew I'd heard that name somewhere before, Mewtwo from Cerulean Cave! It must have evolved from Mew."
"Now that you mention it, I do recall. It seems the game mentioned that Mewtwo was created by recombining a Pokémon named 'Mew' for research purposes!"
"That's right! Gentlemen!" Mike shouted. "We all know what Gamenova is like. This definitely wasn't unintentional. Look here."
He displayed the comic book in his hand to everyone, read out the page numbers, and gestured for those who had a copy of "The Adventures of Pipi" to look at it together.
"Hidden behind the tree must be the legendary Mew! The storyline of 'Clefairy's Tale' is synchronized with 'Pokémon Red and Green.' GAMENOVA wants to use it to tell us that No. 151 really exists!"
"WE SHALL FIND MEW!"
"WE SHALL FIND MEW!!!"
'Click'
A reporter squeezed into the crowd quickly raised his Minolta a7000 camera hanging around his neck and captured this amazing moment.
Historically known as the "Dream Event"
……
"Mr. Lin, the next question is one that our fans, including myself, have been very eager to know."
Steve stared intently at Lin Lixin. GAMENOVA's series of marketing campaigns surrounding the Pokémon IP over the past two days were textbook examples.
The licensing of games, comics, merchandise, and even daily necessities has allowed this IP to ride the wave of the Christmas shopping season, transforming it from a nascent game IP into a comprehensive commercial IP.
Even the Eight Great Avenues have become a must-visit attraction for locals.
The recent "dreamlike event," which has caused a nationwide uproar, has created countless urban legends.
With this massive influx of traffic, he'll have to find a way to handle it all today.
"Does the legendary Pokémon No. 151 that players are talking about really exist?"
Lin Lixin chuckled and put on an innocent expression.
"Well... I can't say for sure."
Steve raised an eyebrow; judging from the tone of his words, there was definitely a chance.
"Mr. Lin, do you mean you don't deny the possibility that dreams exist?"
Sometimes, silence itself is a statement.
Since the Mew event became known, the groups involved are no longer limited to just Pokémon players.
In an effort to solve this astonishing mystery, multiple geek teams have announced their involvement, attempting to unpack and reverse engineer the game's source files in search of answers.
However, the GAMENOVA cartridges were encrypted and obfuscated by Lin Lixin and Carmack.
To date, there have been no successful cases of decrypting game source files or developing cheat codes.
But this very point has become the most powerful piece of evidence.
If you're not hiding anything, why are you covering yourself up so tightly?
"If Mr. Steve has nothing else, would you like to conclude today's interview?"
Lin Lixin cleared his throat, not intending to reveal any more information.
Steve smiled, ending the topic briefly, and glanced at the contents of the manuscript.
"Regarding this Christmas season, does GAMENOVA have any other game releases?"
Although the recent gym challenges and a series of peripheral events such as "Pippi's Tale" have been very popular, GAMENOVA has only prepared one game for such an important shopping season.
Although it has already surpassed the 10,000 works that Atari released for Christmas.
But even Nintendo doesn't have such a sparse game lineup as Gamenova.
The quality is truly excellent; it would be even better if the production capacity could be higher.
"Isn't Pokémon enough?" Lin Lixin chuckled. "GAMENOVA doesn't have any new games right now."
"All right……"
Steve was slightly disappointed, but he quickly recovered.
Just the two games he hasn't finished yet, Pokémon and Story of Seasons, are enough to keep him entertained for quite some time.
But suddenly Lin Lixin changed the subject: "However..."
"Um?"
"For the sake of my dear players, I worked through the night to persuade NWC to develop a fundamentalist D&D-style RPG for NovaBox!"
To Steve's stunned gaze, Lin Lixin appeared as if by magic, suddenly producing a floppy disk he had never seen before in his hand.
Might and Magic.
When traditional DOS games received technical support from Gamenova and benefited from the development speed boost of the N language...
Steve returned to the magazine office with the demo floppy disk.
Under the watchful eyes of all the employees, it was slowly inserted into the floppy disk drive.
Judging from the starting screen alone, apart from the numerous adaptations made for the NovaBox controller, it looks like a traditional CRPG with slightly better graphics.
Until Steve led his team into the map.
"3D..."
The pseudo-3D map rendering, just like in Wolfenstein 3D, clearly presented the appearance of the town to him.
This is absolutely unprecedented in past RPG games.
Unexpectedly, GAMENOVA's second practical application of 3D magic was in such a work.
……
Kamholm, the then-owner of NWC and the company's only employee, paced anxiously in the room.
He would occasionally sit back down in front of the computer, staring blankly at the landline on the table, then suddenly jump up from his chair as if he were sitting on pins and needles, continuing to hesitate.
Magic and Might is officially available today.
Although he has full confidence in this work that he has painstakingly worked on for many years.
But it will be released at the same time as Pokémon.
I play Pokémon?
Will it win?
Kanheim scratched his greasy hair, pulling out a large clump due to the stress of the past two days.
According to the contract, the release date must be arranged by GAMENOVA; they have no say in the matter.
When something like this happens, should we say Pokémon is awesome, or that we're just unlucky?
Just then, the landline on the table suddenly rang.
Kanheim grabbed the receiver.
"Congratulations, Mr. Kanheim..."