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Chapter 502 - 167: Maxed Out Pressure! Drenched in Sweat! How Can I Not Catch a Single Game Exclusive to You?_4

Chapter 502: Chapter 167: Maxed Out Pressure! Drenched in Sweat! How Can I Not Catch a Single Game Exclusive to You?_4

"If it’s already at the limit, how can it be lacking?"

Upon hearing this, Hattori Hiroshi felt immediately reassured.

However, the designers under his command became evasive when they heard Hattori Hiroshi’s question.

"How can we compare..."

If we talk about graphics and rendering, for sure, it would be a complete massacre.

But the most important thing about a game is playability...

Although we specialize in designing pay-to-win games for SE, it doesn’t mean we find pay-to-win games fun... We’re not idiots...

Putting gameplay aside, "Slaughter Spire" was way ahead of "Gilralel" by a long shot.

Seeing the flustered responses from his team, Hattori Hiroshi had a good idea of the situation.

He frowned slightly.

"Quick Thinking" about possibilities to turn the situation around.

It seems... could we do something about the escort task?

Your "Slaughter Spire" is fun but can it really carry the title of an escort game?

However, before he could think of any specific strategies,

at the player’s conference, the next round of game presentation appeared on the big screen.

"There’s more?" Hattori Hiroshi raised his eyebrows slightly.

The bustling discussion at the venue instantly hushed.

The jib camera focused on the screen, live broadcasting the feed to the audience.

Quickly, what appeared before everyone...

was a small pink round figure.

Gululu, it rolled out from the edge of the area.

Unable to stop as if out of control, it rolled from the right side of the screen to the left and only after hitting the fourth wall did it rebound and lay on the ground.

It quickly stretched out its limbs and scratched its head, and that’s when the audience saw its honest and dull yet adorable appearance.

The pink body, the large eyes, and the short, chubby arms and legs.

As it struggled to get up from the ground and waved at the screen outside, greeting the players in a naive and lovable manner.

"Hi~"

The cuteness almost spilling out of the screen even prompted some female players in the audience to scream.

"Ah, it’s so cute!"

And soon, with the promotion video continuing, more content was revealed.

When encountering obstacles or enemies, the sole attack method this pink pudgy creature had was to open its wide and flat mouth.

And then, it would unleash a strong suction force, creating a small whirlwind,

swallowing everything in front of it, including objects and even enemies.

The act of swallowing might not sound pleasant,

but when performed by this pink chubster, all audiences were surprised to find,

that it was purely adorable!

Especially when it swallowed objects without absorbing them,

with puffed cheeks and a belly that rippled like water, rolling around, it seemed to become the very definition of cuteness.

Now, not only were the female players at the venue unable to sit still, even the male players couldn’t help but smile, as if their moods had been lifted.

Who could resist such a lovable pink goofball?

In the live chat, comments like "So cute!" floated past densely.

Of course, if "Star Kirby" were just about cuteness,

it certainly couldn’t maintain a lasting attraction for players.

In the subsequent live gameplay presentation, Kirby, this pink demon, revealed its ultimate power to the players!

Copy abilities!

After swallowing an enemy, it could use its abilities as its own.

But the number one player didn’t just turn this powerful copying ability into traditional monster fighting and leveling feedback.

Rather, they expanded upon copying itself into something incredibly fun.

An enemy with a sword, once swallowed by Kirby, would turn Kirby into "Link," wearing a small green cap and holding the Sword of Bravery.

There are only A, B, X, Y, four main buttons on the Swtich controller.

Yet they were ingeniously designed to support over a dozen matching skills.

Sword Qi, Shatter Slash, Thrust, Rising Dragon, Cut Down, Boomerang, Skyward Energy Sword, and so on, all incorporated within a few buttons.

The various combinations and release techniques left the audience dazzled.

But to the monsters, these usually mean a one-touch defeat.

With no pressure in monster fighting, players can spend more time pondering over the copied abilities themselves.

When swallowing spike-type enemies, Kirby would copy the spiky ability, turning into a smooth hedgehog.

Whether releasing a rain of spikes for area damage, rolling around as a ball of spikes, or concentrating all spikes to surge upwards, the moves were surprising and enjoyable.

And after swallowing a magician-type enemy, Kirby would hold a Magic Wand, unleashing a Light Wave Attack with a press of the attack key.

Like the previous live demonstration abilities, the light beam attack could also evolve into many variants.

But what truly made the crowd scream was the dashing attack.

Kirby, with the Magic Wand in hand, took a couple of quick steps, a slide, and while moving forward, the wand in hand swayed forward like a supple vine, emitting ’biubiubiu’ laser sounds, and Kirby’s short little arms swung up and down in sync, giving off a sense of "Imma punch you with these tiny fists" cuteness.

This posture made all the players in the audience scream out loud, and the female fans’ eyes were nearly brimming with stars as they looked at the screen.

Even the male players’ voices were louder than the females’.