I still remember that time in 2003, when my parents were not at home, I secretly hid the GBA under my textbook, put the headphone cord out of the sleeves of my school uniform, and played the time-tapping game "Rhythm Paradise" without looking up all afternoon. At that time, there was no picture book system like now. The cartridge only had such a large capacity, and it would be good if it could hold a few mini-games. Nowadays, the new version of "National Music and Dance" has remodeled the "Collection Illustrated Book", and my eyes are a little hot when I see this - when I played "DJMAX" on the PSP, I always loved to collect various note skins and background pictures, but they were all in bulk. How can I have a themed clothing illustrated book, a collection ranking list, and receive rewards like now? 😭
To be honest, I ran a few games of "National Music and Dance" on the mobile game simulator, and the graphics were really detailed. As soon as the character change rating function was unveiled, I thought of when I played "The Support Group" on the NDS, and I repeatedly tapped the touch screen to get an S rating, and my fingers were calloused. Now I can see the value of my costume change score rising, and the sense of accomplishment is exactly the same as back then!
The new version also opens up a new level of VIP. Although old players like me have always thought that "VIP" is a gold trap, but think about when I was playing on a handheld console, I didn't know how many games I had to play to unlock the hidden characters. Nowadays, krypton gold can be directly used to upgrade the level, which can be regarded as a kind of "youth convenience" ~ Anyway, as a working person like me, I lie in bed at night and take out my mobile phone, open "National Music and Dance" and scan two illustrated books to collect. It's like returning to the afternoon of secretly playing PSP in the back row of the classroom. The sun is just right and the bell hasn't rang for the end of get out of class. 🥹
Finally, I would like to say that this operation of Shanghai Blue Finger Network is very interesting. The source of the illustration is clearly marked, unlike some games that let you guess blindly. Old handheld gamers should all understand the romance of this "collection addiction" - from the pixel images in the cassette to the high-definition modeling on the mobile phone, what has changed is the carrier, but what remains unchanged is the obsession of "collecting all illustrated books". I rushed, what about you?