On Chen Xu's official blog, there was only a very simple message, but it made many players look surprised.
"Nebula Super Smash Bros." is an entertaining action game that allows you to happily knock off various popular game characters. '
As Chen Xu posted this official blog, all the players were filled with excitement.
Putting various classic characters together? It is indeed an IP game!
Regarding this point, although judging from this series of actions of Nebula Games, it is not unexpected.
But it still makes many players feel very excited.
Guan Gong fights Qin Qiong, competing across time, space, and dimensions. This is one of the players' favorite things to do.
Pick out the characters from Game A, compete with the characters from Game B, and then try to find a series of evidence that can convince the other party.
It can be said that in any community forum, there is never a shortage of topics of this type.
There are also MODs that include various character styles, which allow characters from other games to be used in another game. This is something that players often do.
And now, there is an official version of the game that brings together all the major IP characters
Many players were surprised and excited, but some surprises followed.
Have fun knocking away various popular game characters
What kind of gameplay is this!
Looking at Chen Xu's official blog, many players were puzzled.
As if guessing the players' inner doubts, less than ten minutes after the official blog released this news, a video attachment was posted under the Nebula Games official blog account.
The content in this video shocked players and major game manufacturers.
It's not a very long video, only about ten seconds, and it contains a demonstration animation.
In the animation, Mario, the plumber with a red hat, is fighting against Bowser on a wide platform.
After a series of blows, Mario was knocked off the platform. Then Cool King rushed up and hugged Mario, and used the move "Tian Di Tong Shou" to fall rapidly downwards.
Accompanied by a cry of 'GAME! 'The video stopped abruptly.
However, this short video of about ten seconds has already revealed enough content.
If we look at what Chen Xu mentioned on his official blog before as "an entertaining action game that happily knocks out popular game characters", it has confused many players and designers in the game industry.
But the current video has allowed many players and industry manufacturers to see the ropes.
What an action game!
Isn't this a fighting game?
And it’s a side-scrolling fighting game!
This moment caused countless people to discuss it.
'Isn't it? Did I read that correctly? Isn't this a fighting game? '
'Holy shit, fighting game? Mr. Chen is preparing to play Renaissance? '
'Speaking of this kind of large-scale IP aggregation, coupled with fighting games, if it were not Nebula Games, I now feel that it is a money-making work. '
'Fighting games, how many years have there been no new ones? '
'Since Mr. Chen launched a fighting game, he must have some ideas! '
'So this is going to be an innovative fighting game? '
'What kind of innovation can fighting games do? '
'It's different, haven't you noticed? The combat performance in this video is a little different from traditional fighting games! '
Countless players and the gaming industry are discussing it.
After all, this is so surprising.
If it were other game manufacturers, this kind of IP would be the same as fighting games.
It basically feels like a money-making game, but Nebula Games is the one who made it.
At the same time, compared to ordinary players, major manufacturers in the gaming industry are more sensitive to news.
Before this, Nebula Games was negotiating various IPs. Many people couldn't guess what Nebula Games wanted to do, but they never expected that it would make a fighting game.
This can be said to be an extremely unpopular subject.
If it sells hundreds of thousands, it can be said to be excellent.
If the sales volume exceeds one million, it can be said to be a big IP.
As for fighting games that can sell for over 10 million yuan each, regardless of frequent discounts, they are basically still where they were more than ten years ago.
Even compared to horror games, fighting games are more unpopular.
Although Nebula Games also relied on "World of Warcraft" to turn over the declining MMORPG.
Its latest "Wrath of the Lich King" expansion pack has made major manufacturers avoid its edge.
But there are still quite a few differences between MMORPGs and fighting games.
Judging from the demo animation, Nebula Games's brawling game is even a scroll-style fighting game.
Even if it is VR-oriented, this scroll-style fighting game obviously does not make a fuss about its technical capabilities.
The reason why "World of Warcraft" was so popular all over the world was, on the one hand, the potential market brought by the Warcraft IP, and on the other hand, "World of Warcraft" at that time represented the top technology on the VR platform, and the huge continent of Azeroth It is equivalent to a huge open world, with vivid NPCs and rich dungeons, which made it an instant hit.
But the game Super Smash Bros. is obviously not enough to demonstrate the power of Nebula Games in terms of technology.
By gameplay
The flaws of the fighting game itself are there, how should Nebula Games solve them
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Fighting games, this genre has surprised many players and caused a lot of controversy.
Of course, there are many players who still believe in Nebula Games. After all, after so many years of quality games, they have full confidence in it.
"Everyone, please stop guessing. Even if it's a fighting game, I believe Chen Xu can definitely play it well. And with such a big hand, it's impossible for Chen Xu to mess around again, right?"
But believe it or not, it’s clear that Brawl has become a hot topic right now.
Even the news about Arthas' first kill in the new version of 'Wrath of the Lich King' was suppressed.
This also made the guild that succeeded in getting the first kill miserable.
In the past, when "World of Warcraft" had its first kill or broke a copy record, major media websites would make headlines.
This new version has just been launched not long ago, and they got the first kill. How come not many people pay attention to it
However, what left them speechless had just begun.
Because on the afternoon of the day they won their first kill, Nebula Games officially released a brand new website.
The moment the website was opened, countless players instantly became energetic.
At this moment, no one cared about the first kill in the dungeon.
Because on this day, when countless players opened the Nebula gaming platform, a pop-up window popped up.
During this period, the promotional CG of the new game has been discussed by players.
Along with the appearance of Nebula Games' logo, the theme song titled "Light of Fate" appeared.
Countless characters familiar to players appear on the screen.
Mario, Link, Zelda, Tsuyoshi Mori, Kirby, Cloud, Flame, Luigi...
What surprises players is that the painting styles of these characters are very harmonious.
This is also the most complicated part of Brawl.
Although all characters have original art models, they still need to be fine-tuned.
For example, as the first character to participate in the battle, Mario the plumber’s performance in the game still needs to be modified in terms of art.
In many Mario games, Mario's image has always been cartoonish, but in All-Stars, the art team had to find a way to make Mario not so cartoonish.
But it is unable to change the overall image of the character Mario.
The original Mario is a classic cartoon character, and you can't make it a truly realistic character just to make it non-cartoon.
That would definitely be a spoof for players. Not to mention whether it conforms to the harmonious art style of the entire game, the player's saliva alone can kill you, and vice versa. It is impossible to make a realistic one completely cartoonish. .
So if you want to modify it, you can only work on Mario's clothing material.
For example, the hat he wears and the jeans he wears are replaced with more realistic materials.
The same thing happens to other characters.
These IP characters that are extremely familiar to players gather together, looking at the sky as if they are waiting for something.
'I'm going to make a break today! '
Someone in the crowd said.
As soon as the words fell, the sky was torn apart by a big plaster-like hand.
Then a monster covered in light, like a seraph, appeared in the sky.
Mysterious power surged out from its body, and under the control of this power, countless plaster hands appeared.
'Now that we have reached this point, we can only do it. '
'If it were us, we would definitely win. '
Facing the mysterious enemy, countless popular characters from different game worlds cheer each other up and prepare for the battle.
As the light bloomed in the sky, the mysterious power flew towards each hero.
Bowser's flames were shrouded in mysterious light, the sirens flying in the sky were penetrated by colorful lights, and Link's shield that could bounce was directly penetrated by the powerful beam after resisting it, trying to swallow the light. The Yoshi in his belly was directly decomposed by this mysterious power.
The undead man wearing armor used the rolling invincible frame to escape on the ground, but he couldn't hold on for even a second.
Mario, who ate the Invincible Star, could only eventually be swallowed by the mysterious power along with Bowser after the time of the Invincible Star arrived.
Countless characters from different IPs all died.
Only one pink ball separated and escaped under the pursuit of the beam, and finally turned into a star to escape the crisis.
Some hardcore players recognize this character, that is Kirby on the switch platform.
Some classic games from previous generations were actually developed by Chen Xu.
It's just that it is not released separately, but as a supplement on platforms such as switch.
For example, Kirby, Castlevania, etc.
For Super Smash Bros., there is actually not much of a problem in who to choose as the protagonist.
Compared to other characters, Kirby, the pink demon, may not even be known to many players.
But in the end, after thinking about it, Chen Xu chose to use Kirby as the protagonist in the plot mode.
This can also be regarded as a tribute to commemorate the story behind the birth of Super Smash Bros. in its previous life.
In addition, from the perspective of game promotion, the character of Kirby is actually quite suitable.
First of all, Q Meng’s cartoon art style is suitable for both men and women, old and young. It may not make players feel that this character is very handsome, or they may like it at first sight but they will never hate it.
This is very important, because Super Smash Bros. is positioned as an entertainment and casual game suitable for all ages.
Video follows Kirby's escape.
The camera gradually zooms out, and the entire universe appears on the screen.
In the white light, a big explosion occurred in the universe.
After a brief black screen, countless light groups appeared out of thin air in a world like an abyss of hell. Inside the light groups were the previous heroes.
Mario, Yoshi, Link, Flame... they were all imprisoned.
The next moment, the light in the distant sky flashed, and Kirby, who had left on the star, came back again.
At the same time, the theme song "Light of Life" played.
Standing on the edge of the cliff, Kirby looked into the distance. The originally beautiful world had become devastated. Kirby was the only hero among countless heroes.
Cities, mountains, oceans, and the underground world, everything is shrouded in fog, and at the deepest level is the mastermind behind the mysterious power.
The next second the screen changed to a dark world, Mario with his eyes closed was bound by blue chains, and golden liquid poured onto Mario's head.
Then a gray character like Mario appeared at Mario's feet, with mysterious light pouring into it, and scarlet eyes bursting out.
And behind Mario, there are countless heroes in the same situation.
The mysterious mastermind behind the scenes is using evil power to create clones of these heroes.
Finally, the camera returns to Kirby's perspective, passing through the mountains and forests, as Kirby is on his way to save his friends.
The next second, the screen fell into darkness.
On the dark screen, a line of golden fonts slowly reappeared.
'The "Nebula Super Smash Bros." face-to-face press conference was officially held on August 8! '