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Japanese manga game Captain Tsubasa launches on Oasys Blockchain
Last updated: May 20, 2024 02:40 EDT | 1 minute read
Japanese manga-inspired game Captain Tsubasa has launched on the Oasys gaming blockchain offering 5,000 non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to players.
In a blog post, Oasys Blockchain said that the 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 that they use NFTs.
The Oasys version of @TsubasaRivalsEN is officially LIVE 🎉
A sensational new blockchain game where you can train “Captain Tsubasa” players as NFTs and compete with rivals ⚽️🏃♂️
Special benefits included in the Oasys GENESIS NFT version 👀
Check 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 with a dual-layer approach.
Players can collect Captain Tsubasa NFTs by participating. The game offers an immersive experience where players can farm and collect NFTs of characters from the original series. The iconic game revolves around Tsubasa Ozora, a young Japanese elementary school student who is deeply in love with football and dreams of one day winning the FIFA World Cup for Japan.
In 2023, Japan’s SoftBank became an official network validator on Oasys, as reported by TechCrunch. A validator is a node or computer that helps verify transactions added to a blockchain, keeping the decentralized network stable and secure.
Captain Tsubasa is the latest major game publisher to join the Oasys blockchain, which has strong institutional backing from other early validators including Bandai Namco Research, SEGA, Ubisoft, Netmarble, Wemade, Com2uS and Yield Guild Games.
The cryptocurrency market and gaming growth in Japan
The Japanese cryptocurrency market is a significant contribution to the growth of the game, accounting for a good share of users in play-to-earn games like Stepn. His interest in blockchain games, and particularly those that feature ecosystem rewards, is partly due to the country’s familiarity with a nearly similar entrenched practice called poikatsu, a loyalty points culture.
Additionally, Japan-based Web3 gaming protocols such as Oasis are making it easy for developers to create reward-based Web3 games. Web3 developers can implement custom gaming ecosystems on Oasys, with multiple game genres and play-to-earn metaverses, from light casual games to heavy FPS and MMORPGs.
Web3 gaming growth in 2024
In 2024, web3 games are growing rapidly and the space attracts more venture capital investment. In 2023, it is estimated that the Blockchain gaming rounds reached $1.7 billion – a significant portion of which has flowed into the 270 blockchain games in development on Immutable, Layer 2 for NFTs and blockchain games.