Starting from October 24th, players can register a formal test account in the open area of the game to participate in the Beta test of "Magic Baby: Resurgence". The game team plans to conduct multiple technical warm-up activities before the official release.
For that generation of gamers, "Magic Baby" must be the best utopia in their minds: the scenery of the Farland continent, the carefully cultivated mantis that can win with one blow, the life and death battle with the tiger man in the mysterious maze, and the madness to take advantage of the equipment. The collected demon crystals...are all unforgettable memories.
Do you still miss "Magic Baby" where you once spent your youthful passion? Do you still love your home in this virtual world and look forward to it returning to its former glory?
Now, "Magic" fans are happy, the dawn of the revival of Frankland is just around the corner: the genuine sequel "Magic Baby: Resurgence" is about to be released. Recruitment for the first test of the game is also heavily tilted towards veteran players. By filling out the questionnaire, you can obtain the qualifications to participate in the test.
At present, a large number of players have signed up and have expressed their feelings for "Magic" and their expectations for this product. So what kind of "magic" is used to make this bond last for 20 years? Let's start from the beginning.
Back in 2002, the domestic online game market had just begun to explode. Many manufacturers began to try to enter this market that was completely different from traditional stand-alone games. Players had many choices. At this time, "Magic Baby" came out, successfully breaking out from many products with its unique game characteristics, and becoming the biggest dark horse. Since the game began to be officially charged for operation in March 2002, the number of registered users has remained high, and even exceeded the 10 million mark the next year, accounting for 25% of the total number of mainland Internet users at that time, making it the dominant game at the time.
A group photo of players participating in activities during the heyday of "Magic Baby"
The explosive "Magic Baby" server
So, what exactly makes this game so popular among many players?
First of all, a good "eye edge" is essential. "Magic Baby" has a cute and cute style of "Aki Toriyama" and a rich and detailed career system, which were quite rare in the market at the time. Among the Korean realistic and gloomy painting styles in mainstream online games, the fresh and bright graphics of "Magic Baby" are eye-catching. The high popularity of Square Enix games among the player base has also been a great blessing.
The world view of the game is also very colorful. As an important carrier of the game's story, the Kingdom of France spans three islands. Freya in the middle is called the beautiful forest, Salena in the north is a white snow land, and Sochi in the south is Yanai is a wild desert filled with labyrinths, villages, underground passages and various environments. Among them, players can collect more than 200 kinds of pets.
The French city most familiar to "Magic Baby" players
At the same time, there are 17 combat professions, 24 production professions, and 3 collection professions in the game, which are unique and unique in the online game system at that time. This is for players who are accustomed to dividing professions based solely on physics and magic. , like opening the door to a new world. In more detail, although this game does not have a dress-up system, and the same character has the same 2D model after selecting facial details, it can still be distinguished by different hairstyles, hair colors, expressions, glasses and other accessories, as well as business cards. Make detailed distinctions.
Diverse character choices in "Magic Baby"
The commendable thing is that no profession is just an illusion. Almost all equipment in the middle and late stages of the game cannot be obtained through purchase or drop. If you want a graduated character, you must have at least five production professions that cooperate with each other. The collection profession and the manufacturing profession are no longer weak, making mutual assistance between players in the game the norm.
This gave birth to the most unique feature of "Magic Baby" and the source of players' bond across 20 years: the unique player ecology and social interaction.
Among them, the "business card" system has become the most unforgettable memory carrier for players, and has also formed a mass player culture. Because of the rich career system in the game, players need to cooperate and support each other. The game thoughtfully provides each player with a "business card" system, which records the current career, specialties and other role information so that players can understand each other more conveniently. This also made it almost "basic" for players to meet each other and exchange business cards.
The business card system that players of "Magic Baby" talk about
It is no exaggeration to say that "Magic Baby" has become the best cyber utopia in the minds of countless players. They regard "France" as their second home and have a very deep emotional bond with it.
To this day, there are still many people who miss the classic vanilla era of "Magic Baby". Some people miss their friends who were stuck at level 88 at the gate of Kancun to practice their skills; some people miss their leveling in the ice cave, playing in the sand temple and climbing the snow-capped mountains together. days; and what most people miss is their high-spirited youth.
What "Pokémon: Resurgence" wants to do is to recreate the unique beauty of "Pokémon". The author learned from the development team that there are many old players of "Pokémon" in the team, and their common trust allows new players to play "Pokémon". The birth of the product has also become a "power generation for love".
Just from the official website released so far, we can see the development team's intention for the new product: every player is like an alien who has returned to his homeland again, swooping from the clouds to the dreaming place of France. The sky above the city shuttles through every familiar corner like a quick tour: the bustling East Gate Square, the radiant Great Cathedral, the magnificent teleportation stone, and the birthplace of every initiate, the Shelia Castle. …
"Magic Baby: Resurgence" - East Gate Square of Frank City
All the "memories" have been upgraded here. It is not only a carefully created new world, but also continues countless memory points. In those years, everyone had a popular and powerful pet mantis, and the players' favorite popular characters Xin and Wulu. They all appear in front of players in a more refined form that is visible to the naked eye.
"Pokémon: Resurgence" has comprehensively upgraded the characters and pets of "Pokémon"
The restoration of memory + the upgrade of the new world will surely become a weapon for this product to win in the future.
The development team has not only greatly upgraded the appearance of Fran City, but is also striving to restore the game experience of the players back then. In order to achieve this goal, the official website has launched a test recruitment, through a questionnaire survey, to select players who are enthusiastic about "Magic Baby" for content testing. The official will communicate and interact with these players regularly to collect the players' opinions on the content at the first time. Feedback and constructive opinions will be followed up in a timely manner and the product will be optimized.
"What we want is not just to reproduce "Magic Baby", but also to reproduce the beloved and longed-for game core of "Magic Baby" through our joint efforts with players on the basis of classics, and to revive "Magic Baby" Baby's first glory."
I believe that for those who have some game experience, "Magic Baby" is a white moonlight that they cannot get around. There, some of them are the best blacksmiths in the kingdom, some are miracle doctors who save lives and heal the wounded, and some may be woodcutters who have settled in Akailufa. But in that continent of artifacts, no matter who you are, you have a bright future.
And it seems that what "Magic Baby: Resurgence" wants to do is to return this freedom and vision, and make the "Flan Kingdom" once again become the spiritual home of the players. Even this time, they want to reshape it with the players. Brilliant.
Do you miss the days when you traveled to France with your friends? Do you want to light up the pages of those business card books that have been gray for a long time? This time, "Magic Baby: Revival" may be your answer.
The story of "Pokémon" will be continued in "Pokémon: Resurgence"