Let you make a game, what the hell is Pokemon?.

Chapter 199 The Difference Between the Dark Phantom and the Emerald, and the Item with an Unknown Meaning!

Meanwhile, in the Padiya region, on the other side of the Qishu tree.

She's been playing Black and White for the past two days and hasn't logged into Emerald yet.

At this moment, she watched as the character she was controlling stopped in front of the Lilycove City Gym, ready to challenge it, but her finger hovered over the button without pressing it, because her attention was drawn to the rapidly scrolling comments in the live stream next to her.

[That felt so good! This is what playing games should be like! Emerald was practically hell on difficulty!]

[Indeed, you need to level up before challenging the gym in Emerald, but in Darkrai, leveling up by killing wild monsters along the way is sufficient. Rating: Friendly!]

[This is definitely a game for those seeking relaxation and enjoyment! Beating four gyms in two days is amazing! Even a noob like me is finally experiencing the joy of being a trainer!]

[Already got it, it's really awesome! Emerald? I'm not really familiar with it!]

This is what Pokémon should be like! Easily and enjoyably catching new Pokémon and slowly progressing through the story—it's so satisfying!

[Brothers, I'm telling you, this game is really simple and fun. The other game is just too hard.]

[Yes, I've already started playing it, and it's so much fun!]

After these two days, many viewers in the live streams have realized the difficulty of The Darkest Nightmare and have started playing the game.

Seeing these comments, Qi Shu wholeheartedly agreed.

After defeating Cuckoo at the Rock Gym, her gaming experience over the past few days has made her even more certain of one thing: the difficulty of "Black and White" is nowhere near that of "Emerald," and can even be described as easy.

Trainers on the road basically just stand there and attack each other, without any complicated tactics. They are too lazy to switch Pokémon and have no prediction skills. The Gym Leaders are significantly lower level and the Pokémon they use are no longer as overpowered as in Emerald. Instead, they seem like normal Gym Leaders.

What pleased her most was that the previously unpleasant level-based restriction seemed to have been completely removed, and NPC levels no longer changed as players leveled up.
At first, Qishu was a little worried that the game was too easy and he would get bored quickly, but to be honest, after experiencing Emerald, Qishu didn't find this almost effortless experience boring at all; on the contrary, he found it even more interesting.

Once the difficulty level dropped, the fun of exploration and collection in the game was magnified many times over. In just two days, she had already progressed all the way from Petalburg City, cleared the Electric-type Gym, and now her character was standing in front of the Lava Hill Gym in Lava Town.

Looking back at Emerald, at the same time, I think I was still stuck at the second gym.
Moreover, her team this time is quite impressive.

Because she switched games, she no longer insisted on building an all-electric team and just caught whatever Pokémon she liked.

What shocked her the most was at the beginning of the game. She had just chosen Mudkip, taken the Poké Ball, and walked a few steps out of the lab when a Torchic jumped out of the roadside bushes!

These are the starter Pokémon! How come they're all just randomly spawning like stray dogs on the street?

That wasn't all. After Torchic evolved into Combusken, she discovered that this Torchic's ability was actually a hidden ability: Speed ​​Boost!

This is a god-level ability that only the PowerChicken that took over the baton in the Fighting Dojo in "Emerald" had!

With Blaziken and Swampert as her two mainstays, and their well-coordinated moves, she has almost effortlessly swept through all the gym challenges she has encountered so far, making it almost unbelievable.

Of course, besides these two, there are three other very special Pokémon in the team.

A Pokémon named Zoroah, given as a starting point in the story, with a fox-like appearance and a slightly mischievous air. She had never seen or heard of this creature before, but it looked quite cute...
A heavy iron dumbbell. This strange tree is very familiar with it. Everyone knows that this guy will evolve into a pseudo-legendary Metagross, a pure overpowered existence.

As for the last Pokémon, it was a newcomer called Burning Bug.

This is the little orange-red, furry insect she encountered in a cave; Qi Shu didn't recognize it at all.

Moreover, what puzzled Qishu the most was that even though it was already level 30, it still showed no signs of evolving.
—What kind of Bug-type Pokémon evolves so late? Aren't Bug-type Pokémon supposed to evolve very quickly? It's already level 30 and there's still no sign of it evolving. Could it be... that it doesn't even have an evolved form?

Or is it that some special conditions need to be met before evolution is possible?
She couldn't help but start to wonder what this guy would look like if he could really evolve.
Finally, in the last spot in the backpack, lay a fairy egg with a mysterious spiral pattern.

This Pokémon egg also has a special history; it was a gift I received after delivering a letter to Steven in the Fighting Cave.

However, unlike the simple errand-running plot in Emerald, the fight cave in The Darkest Nightmare has a much more complex storyline.

She vividly recalled the scene: Daigo was confronting a man wearing a strange black uniform with a large red "R" on his chest.

At the time, Daigo sternly questioned the other party: "The Rockets were disbanded years ago, so why are you still using the Rockets' name?"

The man merely chuckled coldly and retorted, "Ridiculous! Team Rocket's dream of conquering the world will never die! You alone can't stop us!"

After saying that, he mysteriously vanished into the shadows.

Then, with a serious expression, Daigo handed the egg and a small stone item called "Yellow Meteorite Fragment" to his character after seeing her.

This starkly different storyline made Kiju realize that although both games are set in the Hoenn region, their storylines seem to be quite different!
Rockets' comeback?
And then there's that flashback at the beginning of the game about the protagonist being unconscious... since everything I'm experiencing in the game now happened before the protagonist fell into a coma...
So what exactly happened before the protagonist fell into a coma?
What's the deal with Team Rocket in "Black and White"?
Besides being curious about the plot, Qishu was also looking forward to seeing what kind of Pokémon would hatch from the egg, since the game didn't explicitly say so.

Okay, let's play for now. As the game progresses, these questions will definitely be answered.

Thinking of this, Qi Shu shook his head slightly, temporarily putting aside his chaotic thoughts and the barrage of comments.

Her finger pressed the confirmation button, and the trainer character on the screen stepped through the steaming gates of the Flame Mountain Gym.

A new gym battle has begun.

The next morning.

Sunlight streamed through the gaps in the curtains, casting a long, thin shadow on the villa's floor.

Ling Feng rubbed his eyes, sat up in bed, and habitually picked up his phone from beside his pillow.

The screen lit up, and push notifications flooded the screen instantly, the most eye-catching being the title "Official Announcement of the New Game Festival".

He clicked on it and breathed a sigh of relief.

"The final rankings of the New Game Festival have been revealed! Indie game Pokémon Emerald has taken the top spot!"

Below the announcement is a detailed screenshot of the rankings.

Emerald's name hangs high at the top of the charts, followed by a string of explosive statistics: downloads, discussion volume, player ratings... it leads by a wide margin in every metric, leaving second-place Fantasy Era far behind. The announcement also mentioned that as the champion, Emerald will receive top-tier traffic support and exclusive promotional space from the platform for one month.

"It's done." Ling Feng sighed. Although he was mentally prepared, he still felt very happy to see the official award ceremony in person.

With this surge in popularity and the official traffic boost, downloads and the player base are bound to see another explosive increase. Although Emerald is already incredibly popular, no one can complain about having too much of this kind of thing.

Almost at the same moment he confirmed the ranking, a notification sound, audible only to him, suddenly rang in his mind:
[Ding! Congratulations, host! You have completed the main quest: Rookie Champion (S)!]

[Task Requirements: Make the game you created successfully win the championship position in the "New Game Festival".]

[Mission Reward: 2000 Emotion Points, 1 Random Advanced Production Module, 1 Special System Item Chest (A)]

[Mission Description: It is said that a new game has arrived at the New Game Festival. Its content is very explosive, and those who have played it will be flying in the sky!]

Logically, Ling Feng should be in a good mood after completing an S-rank mission.

But looking at the list of rewards, he felt a bit conflicted.

2000 emotion points?

Back when he was just starting out, this would have been a huge sum of money, but now... He glanced at the number of over 30,000 in his system panel and realized that this reward was really not enough, not even enough to fill a tooth gap.

As for that random advanced crafting module, hopefully it will yield some good items.
What left him speechless was the special system item chest. He had just opened an S-rank item, and now he got an A-rank one. How to put it? The difference seemed a bit too much.

But as I said before, something is better than nothing.

On a whim, he immediately chose to open the treasure chest.

A ball of light appeared directly in front of Ling Feng:

[Ding! Special System Item Chest (A) successfully opened! Obtained: Dimensional Anchor Point (A-grade consumable) x1]

【Dimensional Anchor Point (Grade A Consumable)】

[Special system item. After use, it can temporarily stabilize and slightly widen the passage between the currently linked world and the host's first world, and slightly improve the compatibility between the two worlds. Duration of effect: 72 hours. The item will disappear after use.]

"Dimensional anchor point?" Ling Feng raised an eyebrow as he carefully read the description.

What's this thing for?
How to improve compatibility and stability?
This thing is disposable, and the description of its effects is rather vague, so I couldn't figure out what it was used for.

He immediately added the new item to his system inventory.

Let's keep it for now; it might come in handy someday.

Before he could even fully grasp the effect of this anchor point, a new notification immediately rang out:
[Ding! Current task completed, main quest updated!]

Main Quest: The Foundation of a Legend (SS)

[Task Requirements: 1. Achieve over 1000 million paid downloads for any game you create within a single world.]
2. Unlock and use at least one "Advanced Crafting Module" to create a new game and sell at least five million copies!

[Task Rewards: 10000 Emotion Points, 1 "Seed of the World" Fragment, 1 Random Legendary Crafting Module]

[Mission Description: The halo of a newcomer will eventually fade; true legends require a more solid foundation. The support of millions of players, and the power to push the boundaries of the rules, will pave the way for your ascension to the top.]

SS-rank mission?
Ling Feng raised his brows slightly.

Sure enough, the difficulty of the new main quest has skyrocketed.

The first requirement is ten million paid downloads!

This is no small goal, but Emerald is currently gaining tremendous momentum. However, it is still quite a distance from having 10 million paid downloads, but it is only a matter of time.

The second requirement directly points to the next step in his plan—unlocking advanced modules.

Moreover, the new game must be created using advanced modules and achieve sales of five million.

The reward this time was quite good, even rather generous.

10000 emotion points is already quite a lot, and that "Seed of the World" fragment doesn't sound like a simple thing. The final "Legendary" crafting module is something I've never even heard of before. This is definitely more advanced than that, right?

This task... can be considered to be keeping up with my own development stage.

After turning off the task notification, Ling Feng began to take stock of the resources at hand and the progress of his development.

First, there were the emotion points. He opened the system panel and found that the points provided by the emerald were increasing continuously and rapidly. The numbers were scrolling so fast that they were almost invisible. The follow-up effects of winning the New Game Festival had already begun to take effect.

As for the Black Phantom's debut in the world, in just two days, the number has already accumulated to more than 5,800 points, faster than expected.

It seems that the world's enthusiasm for the Dark Phantom is even greater than I imagined.
"I estimate that it will reach 10,000 points in another day or two." Ling Feng stroked his chin.

With 10,000 points, you can activate the [Dimensional Communicator] and connect to the third world!
New韭菜 (leeks)... cough, new players and sources of emotion are coming soon.

Then, he glanced at the forum's data and saw that the number of registered users had reached 95,327!
He's just a little short of his 100,000-unit milestone, and judging by the rate of growth, he should be able to complete it tomorrow.

This means that the first step of that phase of the task is about to be completed.

Finally, and most importantly, is the upcoming game development plan.

The most crucial point right now is undoubtedly unlocking the advanced crafting module exchange function.

He had checked out this feature before, and the unlocking conditions were very simple: a one-time payment of 50,000 emotion points.

This number would have been astronomical in the past, but now, looking at the points that the two worlds are constantly providing, although there is still some pressure, it is no longer impossible to complete.

He estimated that once the million download mission for Emerald World was partially completed, coupled with the continued output from Dark Phantom and the opening of the third world, reaching 50,000 points should be within reach soon.
(End of this chapter)