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Japanese manga game Captain Tsubasa launched on the Oasys blockchain
Last updated: May 20, 2024 at 2:40 a.m. EDT | 1 minute reading
Japanese game inspired by the manga Captain Tsubasa has launched on the Oasys gaming blockchain offering 5,000 non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to players.
In a blog post, Oasys Blockchain stated that Captain Tsubasahas game is developed by Mint Town, Co., Ltd. and BLOCKSMITH&Co., a subsidiary of mobile gaming giant KLab Inc., in Japan, which develops and distributes products such as blockchain technology and crypto assets using NFTs.
The Oasys version of @TsubasaRivalsFR is officially LIVE 🎉
A sensational new blockchain game where you can train “Captain Tsubasa” players as an NFT and compete with rivals ⚽️🏃♂️
Special benefits included with the Oasys GENESIS NFT version 👀
Check out the details below 👇… pic.twitter.com/ySpn1Zalrl
— Oasis | Blockchain for games (@oasys_games) May 20, 2024
Oasis is a decentralized blockchain gaming protocol and is among the few layer 1 blockchains to take a dual-layer approach.
Players can collect Captain Tsubasa NFTs by participating. The game offers an immersive experience where players can nurture and collect NFTs of characters from the original series. The iconic game revolves around Tsubasa Ozora, a young Japanese student who is deeply in love with football and dreams of one day winning the FIFA World Cup for Japan.
In 2023, Japanese company SoftBank became an official network validator on Oasys, as well as reported by TechCrunch. A validator is a node or computer that verifies transactions added to a blockchain, ensuring the stability and security of the decentralized network.
Captain Tsubasa is the latest major game publisher to join the Oasys blockchain, which has strong institutional support from other initial validators including Bandai Namco Research, SEGA, Ubisoft, Netmarble, Wemade, Com2uS and Yield Guild Games.
The Japanese crypto market and the growth of gaming
The Japanese cryptocurrency market is a important contributor to the growth of the game, representing a good portion of users in play-to-earn games such as Stepn. Its interest in blockchain games, and particularly those that offer ecosystem rewards, is partly explained by the country’s familiarity with a nearly similar ingrained practice called poikatsu, a culture of loyalty points.
Additionally, Japan-based Web3 gaming protocols such as Oasis allow developers to easily create reward-based Web3 games. Web3 developers can deploy custom gaming ecosystems on Oasys, offering multiple game genres and metaverses to earn, from light casual games to heavy FPS and MMORPGs.
Web3 Gaming Growth 2024
In 2024, Web3 gaming is growing rapidly, with the space attracting more venture capital investment. In 2023, it is estimated that the Blockchain gaming spins hit $1.7 billion — a significant portion of which was paid to the 270 blockchain games in development on Immutable, Layer 2 for NFTs and blockchain games.