On the Xingli Xingli Xiaolan website, there is a special statistical list called the "Hot Word List".
Different from various video lists, it is specially used to count the hot word index of the entire site that day, and can reflect the influence of different things on the website.
This index will be affected by various aspects to varying degrees, including "number of short video title inclusions", "number of user searches", "number of barrage inclusions", etc.
For example, "star card" has been at the top of the list all year round. At the same time, when a hot word can be ranked in the top 20, it means that it is out of the circle.
On the day "Star Force 2" was released, the entry "Star Force" successfully entered the top 30 hot words list, ranking 29th.
In the following days, players continued to upload strategies and interpretations of the game. In addition, the entry of "Star Force Fighter" once reached the 23rd place on the hot word list. .
You know, the game division in Xiaolan Station is a cool division. This is a recognized thing. The score of 23rd is already the best score in the history of game entries.
However, on the night when Carp Star Card House held a game conference through live broadcast, the term "Star Card Game Console" immediately landed at 48th place on the list, and "Mario" immediately landed at 24th place on the hot word list, just less than The "Star Force Fighter" in the same time period was one place lower.
In other words, in a sense, the starting point of "Mario Brothers" is basically the same as the focus of "Star Force 2".
However, this plumber wearing overalls can have such a high starting point, but also thanks to the guidance of the star-chasing boy of Up.
The Star Card area is undoubtedly the largest area of Xiaolan Station, and there is even an upstart with over 10 million fans in the entire station.
Although Star Chaser does not have such a large traffic, his millions of fans are enough to lift "Mario" to a starting point that other games cannot reach.
Fans of Carp Star Card House are of course very happy to see such a result.
They chanted the slogan "The old king abdicates and the new king ascends the throne" everywhere, hoping to see when "Mario" can "explode" "Star Force" on the hot word list.
However, where there are fans, there are also fans. This is a normal thing.
Moreover, the overly arrogant behavior of fans can easily create enemies for the things they are fans of.
Fans of "Star Force" and even passers-by in the gaming circle couldn't sit still for this catchy yet loud slogan.
They all expressed their pessimism about the game "Mario Bros."
Various negative comments appear under videos with "Mario" elements.
One of the opinions is that "Mario Bros." has taken advantage of the popularity of star-chasing kids.
"The star-chasing boy is an up owner with millions of fans. The number of fans is higher than all the up owners in the game area. Even so, he has never played "Star Force Fighter" on the hot word list. Otherwise, "Mario Brothers" Is it better to bury it?”
Indeed, relying on the "star effect" to gain popularity and sales is somewhat unhealthy.
This type of product will have fans paying for the idol in the early stage, and it can generate a wave of sales and popularity in a short period of time. However, due to its own quality reasons, the sales curve will avalanche in the later stage.
Players who maintain "Mario Brothers" will also respond with "the quality of the game is amazing."
Regardless of the fun of the game or the diversity of gameplay, "Mario Brothers" is indeed worthy of the word "super god".
But this leads to the second point of view of Heizi netizens.
——Only the first level demo of the game has been released, how can it be said to be super?
At the game press conference, Carp Star Card House released a live demonstration of the first level of "Mario Brothers", without allowing players to see subsequent levels at all.
If the subsequent levels are just a repeat of the first level, or if the quality seriously declines, then this is not a good game at all.
If this is the case, then the 24th position on the hot word list may be Mario's starting point and also his highest point.
Therefore, during the three days of pre-sale of "Mario Bros.", fans from both sides continued to engage in tug-of-war, with no one convinced.
Finally, with the battle situation inseparable, players welcomed the official release of Mario.
...
The clock is ticking.
Pieces of "Mario Brothers" are transported to various parts of the federation through the extremely developed logistics of the Eastern Federation.
Players who were already hungry and thirsty received game cards one after another.
Some of them have already been equipped with star card game consoles, while others are visiting the Carp Star Card House for the first time to buy game consoles and star cards in a package.
After the game cards arrived one after another, players from all walks of life immediately transformed into plumbers, went to the fantasy world, and embarked on the journey of "fighting the dragon and saving the princess".
In fact, no matter how much the fans of Carp Star Card House shout "the new king ascends the throne", they are still a little uneasy in their hearts.
In their view, the starting point of the game "Mario Brothers" is too high.
"New designer", "new game company"...
Various seemingly unreliable entries are intertwined, but they create seemingly impossible miracles.
"Three-day sales of 510,000", "14th on the Hot Word List of Xiaolan Station"...
However, the higher the starting point, the higher players' expectations for this game.
At the same time, there is also such a saying.
--More expectation, more disappointment.
Even if the collapse of subsequent levels is not so severe, as long as there is a gap between the first level and the first level, all kinds of negative comments will follow, such as "selling sheep's head to selling dog meat" and "making demo levels with heart and making games with feet". Come.
This would be a crippling blow to the game's reputation.
But as players gradually deepened into this fantasy world, they were pleasantly surprised to find that the subsequent levels of "Mario Bros." did not crash!
In subsequent levels, Mario maintained the same level as the first level, with hidden levels and hidden props...
At the same time, these levels are not mechanical repetitions of the first level, but only slightly modified stitching monsters.
On the contrary, outside the plains, other maps with different characteristics such as the seabed and the sky appeared, which can be said to be full of sincerity.
Xiaolan Station's hot word list will be refreshed at midnight every day.
The time has come to midnight on October 22, which is the third day after the official release of "Mario Bros."
"Star Force Fighter" moved forward again and successfully stood at the 22nd position.
But Mario moved forward even further.
With its reputation rising again, "Mario" successfully reached the 21st position on the hot word list.
This means that on Xiaolan.com, the discussion of "Mario Brothers" has successfully surpassed that of the veteran "Star Force" in the gaming industry. This also means that this game is about to enter the realm of being out of the circle.
——This will be an honor that has never appeared in the game category!
