The game “Fantasy Beast Paru,” which closely resembles Pokémon, has recently taken the world by storm, selling 5 million copies in just three days. At the same time, the president of the game developer, Pocketpair, has been exposed to have previously founded a cryptocurrency exchange in Japan!
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AI-generated game suspected of plagiarizing Pokémon! “Fantasy Beast Paru” sells 2 million copies on Steam, Nintendo’s legal department may sue?)
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Steam prohibits the release of Web3 games! a16z points out the pain points: afraid of losing publishing rights and revenue.)
Table of Contents:
A President’s Billion-Yen Gamble
Previously Founded a Cryptocurrency Exchange
Invoking Pokémon’s Resentment
“Fantasy Beast Paru,” published and developed by Pocketpair, has recently taken the world by storm, achieving an astonishing record of selling 5 million copies in just three days. This has earned the developer over 2.1 billion New Taiwan dollars, and the game has reached its peak concurrent player count of 1.5 million. The popularity of the game is evident.
After the game sparked a frenzy, many fans became curious about the president of Pocketpair, Taro Doburo. Three days before the game’s release, Doburo wrote an article on the official blog, sharing the story of their company’s entrepreneurship and the birth process of “Fantasy Beast Paru.”
The article, titled “A Story Born by Chance, Deciding Fate in Three Days: ‘Fantasy Beast Paru,'” not only reveals the game’s development process but also recounts Doburo’s struggle from collaborating with university friends during their college years to establishing the company and seeking shareholders and investors. They faced a difficult reality: no publisher was willing to take on their game. Despite this setback, Doburo insisted that he and his team could develop an interesting game and decided to invest one billion yen out of his own pocket to independently develop and publish the game. He stated:
“On the other hand, before entering the game development industry, Taro Doburo had already left his career footprint in the fields of technology and finance. After graduating from the Faculty of Engineering at the Tokyo Institute of Technology in 2012, he immediately joined the financial giant J.P. Morgan, thus beginning his professional career.
Shortly after, Taro Doburo decided to venture into the entrepreneurial field and co-founded the corporation ReguPress. As a core developer, Doburo successfully launched “Coincheck,” a platform focused on cryptocurrency trading. Koichiro Wada, the founder of Coincheck, recently shared his encounter with Taro Doburo on the X platform.
In fact, in January 2018, Coincheck suffered a hacker attack, resulting in the theft of approximately 500 million NEM tokens (approximately 530 million US dollars). Subsequently, the Japanese Financial Services Agency took a series of administrative measures against Coincheck. These measures primarily required Coincheck to strengthen its security mechanisms. However, considering the interests of users and market stability, the Financial Services Agency did not require the exchange to suspend its operations. Therefore, Coincheck has been operating safely until now.
It is worth mentioning that despite “Fantasy Beast Paru” facing allegations of plagiarism against Pokémon, the game’s interactivity and completeness have successfully won over the community, gradually shifting the negative public opinion.
Many loyal players of Pokémon have expressed that Game Freak’s recent works have indeed disappointed old fans. After seeing “Fantasy Beast Paru” players mocking Pokémon on social media, one cannot help but speculate that these players are also fans of Pokémon who hold a feeling of resentment.
“Pokémon Scarlet/Purple” was released in November 2022, but the game has faced many technical and performance issues. Frame rate drops, lag, and numerous bugs have made players both cry and laugh, significantly reducing the enjoyment of the gaming experience. Below is a compilation of the interesting bugs in “Pokémon Scarlet/Purple.”
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