"Man, this brings back memories! My childhood is back!"
"Oh my god, the glasses-free 3D is incredible! Dark Magician is still as cool as ever. I don't even know how to describe it!"
"The Phantom Projector Generation 2 is a projector that can display ultra-high-definition TV and double as a monitor. Now you can even play games on it—and not just any games, but glasses-free 3D games officially licensed by Yu-Gi-Oh! All I can say is, this thing is freaking awesome!"
"I've already bought one. Now I'm just waiting for it to arrive!"
"Haha, anyone up for a game? My Phantom Projector Generation 2 just arrived. I read through the game instructions, and it turns out the game has a Ranking System. According to the official ad, the top 100 players by points at the end of each season will receive cash prizes, totaling two million yuan. Even the player in 100th place gets ten thousand yuan!"
"I'm tempted. Not only can you watch awesome Monster Battles, you can win money too. The first few seasons should be a great opportunity. If you know a thing or two about the game and build a decent deck, you might have a shot at the official cash prizes!"
"I've placed my order. Now I'm just waiting for it to arrive. The game's pay-to-win system is pretty fair to free-to-play players, too. There's a daily spending limit of ten yuan, which helps players get through some daily missions faster and gives them a chance to draw cards. Meanwhile, even if free-to-play players don't spend anything, they can still get the same number of card draws as paying players by completing their daily missions."
"It's time to bring out my trump deck. The era of everyone playing cards is about to begin!"
Li Zhiyuan had just gotten home from work after a busy day. Seeing the hundreds of posts on his phone, he was completely bewildered.
This was a Yu-Gi-Oh! dueling game forum. Since Yu-Gi-Oh! wasn't exactly a hugely popular game, player activity had never been high. On most days, the forum barely got more than twenty new posts, and that usually only happened during holidays.
A lot of people came here because they'd watched the anime as kids and loved the fun of collecting cards and battling. But what was going on today? Why were so many people posting?
Li Zhiyuan was one of those fans himself, but he'd been working overtime for the past few days and hadn't played. With nothing much to do today, he'd planned to play a couple of games and browse the forum. Instead, the moment he logged on, he found a flood of posts from players.
Wondering what everyone was talking about, Li Zhiyuan began browsing, ready to watch the spectacle unfold.
After reading a few posts, Li Zhiyuan had a general idea. Apparently, there was a new officially licensed Yu-Gi-Oh! game, along with something called glasses-free 3D and the Phantom Projector Generation 2.
Everyone seemed to be going wild over this new Yu-Gi-Oh! game.
Was it really as lifelike as they claimed?
Could you summon monsters just like in the anime?
Still doubtful, Li Zhiyuan kept reading. But as the posts piled up, everyone sounded so convincing. They talked about videos online showing an incredibly handsome guy staging a Monster Duel in the middle of Chunxi Road, battling someone and drawing a crowd of onlookers.
Players who had received their Phantom Projector Generation 2 had also uploaded videos of themselves playing. A quick search brought up all kinds of reviews of the Phantom Projector, as well as people's experiences playing the Yu-Gi-Oh! game.
Was it real?
In just over ten minutes, Li Zhiyuan had gone from disbelieving to having his doubts—and forgotten all about playing a couple of games. Instead, he was searching the internet for more information about the Phantom Projector.
Xiaohongshu, Bilibili, Douyin, Zhihu, and even Weibo were full of people sharing their experiences and posting videos.
Without exception, everyone had given the projector and the Yu-Gi-Oh! game glowing reviews. The platforms were filled with excited players and nostalgic fans chatting away.
"Waaah, I never thought I'd get to play a game like this in my lifetime. I can die happy now!"
"Shenma Technology Company is incredible! Whoever made this game is a genius. 3D technology isn't anything new—movies use it all the time. But after seeing the glasses-free 3D games on the Phantom Projector, those once-stunning visuals seem pretty ordinary now!"
"The two-hundred-inch Yu-Gi-Oh! dueling arena makes me feel like I've stepped right into the anime. It'd be even better if it were bigger—about the size of a basketball court—with a dueling platform like the ones in the game. Players could duel on the platform while the monster warriors fought back and forth below. Trap Cards and Spell Cards could change the battlefield and turn the tide. It'd be insanely thrilling!"
"To the person above: the Phantom Projector Generation 2 should be able to make that happen, right? It can already project a two-hundred-inch screen. Make it a bit bigger, or use several Phantom Projector Generation 2 units to project the same image, and you've got your battlefield. As for the dueling platform, it shouldn't take much to build a real one."
"If this game takes off and becomes a hit like LoL or Honor of Kings, then they hold tournaments, do you think the official arena might look like that?!"
"Let's duel! Let's duel! I suddenly think SF Express is so slow. I placed my order this morning, and it's been half a day already. How has it still not arrived? facepalm"
"I don't play games, but I love watching movies, so I really recommend this product. If you're into horror movies, now you can watch them alone at night, tucked under the covers, with a whole wall as your screen. Watching on a big screen feels completely different from watching on a computer or TV. The Untold Story, Sadako, the Zombie Series—so much fun!"
"To the person above, could you watch something a little less terrifying? Just hearing you talk about it scares me, and you're watching it alone!"
"Back to the game: I just binge-watched several Yu-Gi-Oh! anime series again. The story and visuals look a bit rough by today's standards, but they still bring back so many memories. My youth has returned!"
"The Phantom Projector is a must-buy. You won't regret it. I'll go first—summon Obelisk the Tormentor!"
After seeing so many reviews and videos, Li Zhiyuan's heart pounded, and excitement welled up inside him.
It was real. The glasses-free 3D visuals looked just like scenes from a game or anime!
It had been so many years since that anime first became a hit.
Li Zhiyuan had gone from being a middle school student back then to someone who'd been working in the real world for several years.
As he got older, he'd stopped dreaming that he could play games just like the characters in the anime.
This was the real world. How could scenes from an anime possibly come true?
He was an adult now. It was time to grow up and face reality.
But now, the scenes he'd dreamed about as a child seemed to have really appeared!
Bilibili, Zhihu, Douyin, Weibo, and other platforms were full of related videos and posts.
The more Li Zhiyuan watched, the more excited he became.
He had to buy one. He had to get a Phantom Projector!
Although Li Zhiyuan was currently renting a small apartment, the Phantom Projector wasn't like one of those huge televisions, dozens or even hundreds of inches wide, that were hard to move. He could easily take it with him when he moved, so there was no point worrying that it'd be a waste of money.
If it worked well, he could even buy one for his parents and replace their old TV.
People said the Phantom Projector was excellent even if you only used it to watch TV instead of playing games.
Its system ran incredibly smoothly, easily outperforming TV boxes that cost over a thousand yuan. The picture was true 8K ultra-high definition, and it came with all kinds of software. You could browse the internet right on your TV, watch movies on various streaming sites, or download the movie and TV apps you used most often.
With 8 GB of RAM and 128 GB of storage, it was overpowered for a TV—and that wasn't even counting the Snapdragon 855 processor.
Just look at the TVs that cost several thousand yuan nowadays. Many still had only 1 GB of RAM and 8 GB of storage. They bragged about having quad-core or octa-core processors but wouldn't even name the actual model.
By comparison, the Phantom Projector was a fantastic deal. A phone with specs like that alone would cost over a thousand yuan, and the Phantom Projector's picture quality was so good. It was practically an all-in-one device!
Li Zhiyuan only earned five or six thousand yuan a month, but he didn't hesitate to place an order for something that could improve his quality of life and make him happy.
Looking at the successful order on his phone, Li Zhiyuan smiled. "From now on, I'll be able to watch movies right at home!"
In just a few days, news about the Phantom Projector and the Yu-Gi-Oh! card-battling game had taken the internet by storm. The buzz drew countless people's attention.
Along with all the extra traffic, sales of Shenma Technology Company's Phantom Projector products surged once again.
Daily sales reached over ten thousand units!
In just two days, every projector Ning Yifan had been gradually building up in inventory as production increased had sold out.
It wasn't just the Phantom Projector Generation 2. Sales of the Youth Edition and the first-generation Phantom Projector had also risen sharply.
Not everyone enjoyed playing games, but the traffic generated by the game had brought the Phantom Projector to the attention of many more people.
After looking into it, customers found nothing but praise online. Reviews comparing it with TVs costing several thousand or even tens of thousands of yuan, high-end monitors, and projectors from major brands were everywhere. The picture quality spoke for itself.
With praise pouring in from all sides, consumers who had still been hesitating finally made up their minds and placed their orders.
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