「幻兽帕鲁」爆火背后:前日本最大交易所的再创业

Odaily星球日报Published on 2024-01-25Last updated on 2024-01-25

Abstract

风靡Web2的游戏《幻兽帕鲁》联创竟是日本著名交易平台的创始人

最近一款开放世界游戏《幻兽帕鲁》(Palworld)火爆全网,成为 2024 第一款爆款黑马游戏。尽管受到了一些宝可梦粉丝的质疑,但其仍然牢牢占据 Steam 游戏热度第一位,上线 8 小时销量破 100 万, 24 小时破 200 万,不到 6 天时间超过 800 万销量。

在 Palworld 游戏中,栖息各种地区的神奇生物被统一称为帕鲁,使用帕鲁球即可将帕鲁捕捉为伙伴,成为伙伴的帕鲁不仅能够和玩家一起战斗,还能变成武器、坐骑乃至工具。这和任天堂游戏《宝可梦》(Pokemon)的玩法有些类似,但 Palworld 并没有对差异进化、RPG 养成和策略对战过多涉及,而是强调与角色与帕鲁一起生活和战斗(玩家并肩作战)的陪伴感,这正是宝可梦粉丝曾经梦寐以求的玩法。

随着游戏热度只增不减,人们开始对这款只有四个早期开发人员的小成本游戏产生了好奇。而有人发现,Palworld 发行公司 Pocket Pair 的联创溝部拓郎(Takuro Mizobe)以前曾创办过一家加密货币交易平台,Takuro 的 X 账户简介中也自称是「Coincheck Founder」。

「幻兽帕鲁」爆火背后:前日本最大交易所的再创业

检索 Takuro Mizobe 的履历,发现他大学毕业于日本顶尖理科学校东京工业大学,毕业后进入摩根大通担任工程师。2014 年回国与合伙人共同创立了株式会社レジュプレス,作为首席工程师,Takuro Mizobe 凭借技术背景和金融知识,创建了网络产品并管理法律协议,推出了 Coincheck 的交易业务。

「幻兽帕鲁」爆火背后:前日本最大交易所的再创业

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不到三年的时间里,Coincheck 的日元交易量占到日本市场的 40% 左右,成为当时日本最大的虚拟货币交易平台之一。也许你对这个名字还比较陌生,但在日本 Coincheck 曾是最受欢迎的交易平台。

「幻兽帕鲁」爆火背后:前日本最大交易所的再创业

2018 年 1 月,Coincheck 被黑客攻击导致损失了约 5 亿(约为 5.3 亿美元)NEM 代币资产,和 Mt.Gox 一道成为日本加密货币进程上永远的痛,随后在日本金融机构的监管下 Coincheck 赔偿了用户近 90% 的损失。同年 4 月,Monex 集团宣布以 36 亿日元(约合 3350 万美元)的价格收购 Coincheck 的全部股份。

这次收购让 Coincheck 被完整接盘,创始经营团队全身而退,此后关于 Coincheck 的消息并没有特意提到 Takuro Mizobe。前不久,Coincheck 另一个联创 Koichiro Wada 也在 X 上发帖表示因为 Pocket Pair,他们几乎完全放弃了 Coincheck。

「幻兽帕鲁」爆火背后:前日本最大交易所的再创业

「尽管我是联合创始人,但当我说「我想做游戏」时,我们完全放弃了一起开发的 Coincheck,开始制作游戏。」Coincheck 联创 Koichiro Wada 在 Takuro Mizobe 庆祝 Palworld 销量突破 200 万时评论道。

Takuro Mizobe 在 2015 年创办了游戏发行公司 Pocket Pair,负责 Palworld 的游戏策划、开发、运营,鉴于其与 Coincheck 的这层渊源,或许可以期待 Palworld 与加密结合的可能性。因为这并不是先例, 2020 年 9 月,Coincheck 宣布与区块链游戏开发平台 Enjin 合作在年底推出了日本第一个 NFT 交易市场「Coincheck NFT」,并为游戏「我的世界」创建 NFT。

2022 年 3 月,Coincheck NFT 宣布支持元宇宙平台 Decentraland 的 NFT 土地交易。在 Decentraland 的虚拟土地上,Coincheck 计划启动一个在 2035 年创建一个虚拟城市「Oasis KYOTO」的项目,并宣布将该项目用作艺术家和粉丝之间的交流和社区发展场所。

同年 10 月,Coincheck 和 Animoca Brands 达成战略伙伴关系,Animoca Brands 将作为区块链游戏制作商负责 IP 和内容开发,而 Coincheck 将在日本市场担任分销和社区开发的角色,双方还将为创作者和用户创建社区。

Animoca Brands 在加密 VC 中一直比较关注游戏、NFT 赛道,如果 Palworld 的热度能持续下去,或许可以期待 Palworld 后续是否能走入加密领域。

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