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Spanish video game companies promote their titles at Games from Spain in Tokyo
Tokyo, September 20 (EFE) – A dozen companies from the Spanish video game industry took part today in Games from Spain, an online event held in Tokyo on the eve of Tokyo Game Show, the largest exhibition for the video game industry in Asia. This Wednesday night, more than 300 people related to the gaming industry gathered at the Kanda Myojin Cultural Center not far from Akihabara’s technology district to attend the Spanish-run video game publisher Shinyuden and the public company Exportation and Investment ICEX. Attendees included Hirokazu Hamamura, the former editor-in-chief of the business magazine Famitsu Weekly and current president of Enterbrain, a publishing house of the Kadokawa Group; and composer Yoko Shimomura, the creator of Street Fighter II” or the composer of the soundtrack for the “Kingdom Hearts” series. Shimomura, who gave the closing speech, recalled a trip to Spain about 30 years ago, when he saw a boy playing “Street Fighter 2.” “I am very happy to work in this industry,” said the Japanese, who smiled and wished Spanish companies “great success” on stage. More than a dozen companies are participating in the event, some of which will be showcasing their work starting this Thursday at the massive Tokyo Game Show, which runs until next Sunday, or will be part of the group of companies attending from the region. For financing or publisher. These include Metrobots Games, a recently launched company specializing in mobile games featuring blockchain technology. The company, founded by Javier Cervantes García and Francisco García Gil, brought “Exobots” to Tokyo. “We came to Tokyo as part of a tour of Asia. We’ve been to Singapore, next week we’re going to Vietnam, we’re going to Indonesia…” Cervantes told EFE, explaining that “the Asian public comes from Southeast Asia to There is a lot of interest in blockchain’ video games, which is not well known in Europe.” He said his stop in the Japanese capital was aimed at broadening contacts and targeting his activities specifically to the Asian market. Metrobots Games is a new addition to the Japanese show, its founder Enrique Corts said, unlike Super Mega Team, which is coming to Tokyo for the second year in a row. Kolz, who has more than ten years of experience, returned to Tokyo to promote the studio’s sixth new work “Wandering Prison”, which attracted considerable attention. The developer explains that it’s “interesting to see what people think in the early stages of development (…) and hopefully find a publisher willing to fund it”. Corts said he had already scheduled several meetings during the Tokyo Game Show, but he chose to focus this time on the pre-Game Show event rather than the show, where he admitted to having a “weird experience.” . Last edition. “The Japanese public is very, very different from the Spanish public, and it’s hard for them to give an honest opinion on the games they’re playing, so coming to Tokyo Game Show and asking for ‘feedback’ from the average player isn’t feasible,” he explained, although he Enjoyed the experience and learned a lot from it, but no matter what, he said it was “always a positive.” Other companies taking part in the Spanish Games and Tokyo Game Show include Maniac Panda Games, Digital Sun, Polygonal Mind, Undercoders and Vermila Studios. (c) EFE Institutions