Tokyo Video Game Tycoon.

That's more about the details of Dragon Quest.

This is also the final, grand finale performance.

"I know what you brave heroes are looking forward to, so we will no longer hide anything. Please look at the big screen now."

The lights in the venue dimmed again, and the Dragon Quest logo gradually appeared on the backdrop behind the stage, along with the classic Dragon Quest BGM.

All the 'heroes' instantly felt a surge of adrenaline.

Dragon Quest III!

The moment the title appeared, the background music reached its climax.

This time, the hero's background music is no longer composed of electronic rhythms, but rather an epic musical ensemble.

It instantly transports you to a medieval continent filled with legendary tales.

On the screen, monsters begin to roam the continent. Three heroes, two men and one woman, fight their way through the monsters, standing firm against the surging tide of monsters.

Finally, the three heroes arrived to face the evil God of Destruction.

The three heroes cooperate and help each other, facing the ultimate God of Destruction with gritted teeth, and the scene finally freezes on the most intense battle between the God of Destruction and the three heroes.

Then, the subtitle gradually appears: Descendants of Heroes.

One hundred 'brave warriors' watched the trailer with complete satisfaction.

However, just when they thought that was the end of the preview, a new text slowly appeared after the words "Descendants of the Heroes".

The legendary tales of the descendants of heroes, and the original hero!

Immediately afterwards, a figure whose gender was temporarily indistinguishable appeared in the frame.

However, the scene was fleeting, and all the heroes were stunned.

What? Besides the descendants of the three heroes, there's also the story of the first hero?

Is it that legendary Lotte?

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Faced with a barrage of questions from players, the creators clearly didn't want to answer them.

If all the answers are given, then there will be no suspense.

If you want to know more about the story, then buy the game.

The price of this Dragon Quest game has reached a whole new level.

Seven thousand yen.

Because the content of this game is equivalent to that of two games, the story alone can take more than 60 hours to play. If you play carefully and aim for all collections, you definitely won't be able to finish it in less than 200 hours.

Players didn't react much to the price of 7000 yen; in fact, they thought it was perfectly reasonable.

Because there are a ton of things inside.

Loyal fans will be completely satisfied.

They were even wondering if there would be more game content if it were more expensive?

Dragon Quest III features two parallel storylines: the story of the original hero Lot and the story of three heroes who descended from him, both of which are quite intricate and fantastical.

The main storyline will focus on the descendants of heroes, while the story of the original hero will serve as a subplot. Unlocking the original hero's adventure requires achieving certain hidden accomplishments, which can be seen as a reward for loyal fans.

The press conference had just ended when the related promotional video was immediately released online.

At the same time, the newly established official Dragon Quest discussion forum has also been opened.

In the future, discussions about specific plot points, gameplay, game strategies, and so on will be answered more officially here. Occasionally, the main creators will personally enter the community to interact with players and answer some questions.

Maintaining a good community for a game is also very important, as it often determines a game's minimum sales volume.

The website was built and maintained by Takeyusei, and that was all handled by Tsukino Aya.

Since she has this ability, then let's make the best use of her.

As agreed, Takeyusei will work with Tsukino Aya on the next phase of game development. If he has time, Takeyusei can also help Tsukino Aya complete her own game production.

Since the event ended, there has been a surge in online discussions about Dragon Quest, with many people forming research groups to study the entire Dragon Quest universe.

These players can be called die-hard fans. As long as they don't do anything weird in the future, these die-hard fans will be the most stable supporters and can guarantee the game's minimum sales.

While browsing online discussions about Dragon Quest, he inadvertently discovered a new forum interface.

Game appreciation and evaluation forum.

Curious, Zhu Youxing clicked on it and found that there were many special sections inside, which were quite professionally organized.

The designated pages in the forum feature some of the most popular games at the moment.

Super Mario Review and Analysis.

An evaluation and analysis of The Legend of Zelda.

Dragon Quest Review and Analysis...

The games were organized into a list, followed by a recommended star rating.

These games are all marked with a five-star recommendation, meaning they are definitely worth playing if you have a Famicom.

Isn't this the precursor to game review media?

Zhu Youxing had wanted to do this for a while, and now the website is already finished.

However, that webpage is more for collecting player votes than for recommendations from independent review media.

This forum is more like an opinion leader forum, where individual reviews evaluate a game based on their own preferences, which then influences the choices of most players.

This thing has its advantages and disadvantages, but obviously the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. However, by the time of his previous life, this kind of media had already begun to tarnish its own reputation.

But in this early days of video games, these opinion leaders were still quite useful.

Initially, players were also somewhat confused, unsure which games would be fun. If an opinion leader made a recommendation, they would be more informed in their decision-making.

Zhuyouxing had wanted to do this before, but for a game company to do this would be a bit like self-aggrandizement, and if it were exposed, it would lower its standards. This forum is different.

Curious, Bamboo Star randomly clicked on one of the review pages to take a look.

Super Mario 3

The reviewer praised the game's strengths almost without reservation, calling it the pinnacle of the genre and expressing disbelief that a better platforming game would ever emerge.

The entire review is about 3,000 words long, which shows how much effort he put into it. More than 2,900 words of it are all praise, and he only complains about how bad the Famicom controller is at the end. He said that he had worn out the D-pad on two controllers in order to play Super Mario Bros. 3, and in the end he had to buy more than ten game controllers as spares.

Well, as long as it's not a quality issue with the game, it's fine.

Game controllers are of poor quality... it's an old problem.

The cost of the Famicom was already extremely low, and the controller for the Famicom only cost 1,000 yen each, so buying a few spares was no problem at all.

It would be good to have a trade-in program where people can exchange old or broken controllers for new ones, and the price could be cheaper.

Speaking of which, there have been reports lately that the controllers for the Famicom are becoming less durable.

The main reason seems to be games like Super Mario 3.

These types of games usually wear out the controller quite a bit.

It seems necessary to have the engineering development department further improve the quality of the controller for the next-generation Super Nintendo game console. The controller costs a lot more, and if it breaks too easily, it will also affect the reputation.

In short, this review couldn't find any problems with the game, so it was given five stars. Other first-party games from the Famicom also received similar ratings.

As for third-party games, they are generally recommended with three or four stars. Only one game received five stars, which was the first third-party game released at the time: Project Ninja.

That game is indeed very unique, probably with the added bonus of the novel identity of a ninja.

Then Zhuyouxing started looking for games from other developers on this forum.

It took me more than ten minutes to finally find a game from another manufacturer that was rated Samsung.

That's the latest game from the game development team under Surui Electronics, called Sun Knight.

Judging from the description of this review, it seems to have a similar structure to Dragon Quest, and there appears to be a novel of the same name that is quite well-known in Japan.

Zhu Youxing had never heard of this novel, and he had never heard of most of the literary works in this parallel world. Of course, even if he had never heard of them, the quality of the literary works was not bad.

With a well-known novel as a foundation, there's obviously no need to worry about the story arrangement. So, all that's left is to build the overall gameplay framework. It also mentions that the game has been in development for about three months, which seems to be based on some inside information.

With a good story, a classic example like Dragon Quest to learn from, and ample time to create, making a decent game shouldn't be a problem.

Judging from this review, this game would meet the standards of Zhuyouxing even if it were released on the Famicom. It seems that Surui Electronics is really starting to put its heart into game development.

However, their third-party games remain as terrible as ever.

Good games will not hesitate to be released on the Famicom to make more money; the PN and other game consoles can only be considered as backup options.

Zhu Youxing nodded slightly as he read the review. The review made him want to try the game himself. He could give it a shot another day and see how much of a threat the competition posed.

After noting down the name, Zhu Youxing continued searching for games from other developers on the forum.

However, after searching for a long time, he only found one three-star game; the others were either two-star or one-star.

Games like those initial releases by PN weren't even included in the reviews of this forum's reviewers, clearly because they considered them garbage.

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This forum is quite interesting; the game reviews actually sound pretty convincing.

He noticed that the forum now has a daily activity level of over a thousand people, which is considered a website with a decent user base in today's internet landscape.

Zhu Youxing registered a new account on this forum.

He then began looking at users who specialize in writing these game reviews.

The user who wrote the review is the creator of this forum and is usually very active on the forum. He interacts with almost all content related to video games, and is obviously a veteran gamer, or rather, a seasoned professional in the gaming industry.

His historical posts contain a wide variety of discussions about the game, where he explores deeper secrets with other game enthusiasts.

Looking at this 'veteran', Zhu Youxing couldn't help but send him a message via private message on the forum.

Nintendo is the damn world ruler: "Hello, I've seen many of your posts on the forum and it seems you know a lot about video games. Are you interested in setting up an online media outlet that specializes in reviewing video games?"

In a high-end residence in Tokyo, a boy of about fourteen or fifteen years old is playing video games in his bedroom.