95-411: Honkai ( traditional Chinese : 崩壞 ; simplified Chinese : 崩坏 ; pinyin : Bēnghuài ; Japanese : 崩壊 ; rōmaji : Hōkai ; lit. 'Collapse / Deteriorate') is a video game franchise developed by miHoYo , published by miHoYo in mainland China and worldwide by Cognosphere, d/b/a HoYoverse . Initially led by Cai Haoyu , David Jiang took over as
190-620: A gacha system. Single-player game modes include the Story campaign, consisting of stages punctuated by dialogue in cutscenes and full motion videos (FMVs); Chronicles, a series of brief side stories that explore Valkyries' backstories or other aspects of the world; and Open World, allowing exploration of several large open-ended fields to gather materials and complete various challenge tasks, coupled with their own storylines. The game features various multiplayer cooperative and competitive modes, such as Memorial Arena, where players compete against
285-597: A non-canon slice of life cooking television animated series of Honkai Impact 3rd featuring 19 short episodes, was released from July to September 2020. The bilibili releases are available in Mandarin Chinese , while the Japanese broadcast versions are in Japanese . ELF Academy ( Chinese : 人偶学园 ; pinyin : Rén'ǒu Xuéyuán ), another non-canon anime of Honkai Impact 3rd with 10 episodes,
380-629: A rock-paper-scissors -based system, wherein types are advantaged and disadvantaged depending on both the enemy type and their own type. The two additional types, Quantum and Imaginary, are disadvantaged over each other, neutral towards the above three types, and advantaged over themselves. A third additional type, Stardust, is advantaged towards itself and neutral to all other types. Valkyrie stats and skills can be changed with various weapons and equipment, which can be improved by using in-game resources. New equipment (known as Stigmata), weapons, and Valkyries can obtained either through in-game crafting or through
475-640: A 2D side-scrolling paid game. FlyMe2theMoon is the first-ever game in the Honkai series, developed and released as an independent game by "miHoYo Studio" before the establishment of miHoYo company. On 28 September 2011, miHoYo released FlyMe2theMoon , a paid game priced at 18 Chinese yuan , on the App Store as an independent developer. FlyMe2theMoon is a 2D side-scrolling game with 60 levels across four game modes, including exploration, puzzle solving, racing, and survival. The game's story follows Kiana Kaslana,
570-509: A certain extent in South Korea , remain virtually identical to traditional characters, with variations between the two forms largely stylistic. There has historically been a debate on traditional and simplified Chinese characters . Because the simplifications are fairly systematic, it is possible to convert computer-encoded characters between the two sets, with the main issue being ambiguities in simplified representations resulting from
665-500: A different EXP item type than weapons. Upon enhancement, the equipment can get a better attribute effect bonus. Players can improve the attribute effect of equipment by upgrading weapons and Stigmata. All weapons or Stigmata can upgrade the star level through an upgrade. After upgrading, the maximum level limit increases, allowing stronger effects. More advanced weapons and Stigmata require more advanced upgrade materials. Players can obtain upgrade materials by challenging stages, pulling in
760-722: A genius witch, as she travels to the Lunar Ruins to uncover the truth about her past after completing the Mage's brutal trials. The game's title and theme are inspired by the anime Neon Genesis Evangelion ' s ending song " Fly Me to the Moon ." FlyMe2theMoon was developed using the Cocos2d software and the Box2D physics engine. The game's main theme song, Moon Trip , was composed by Yu Jianliu, with lyrics by Lemonjolly and performed by
855-492: A live stream before Genshin Impact's release, developers Liu Wei and Aquarius encouraged players to seek out the characters that bear resemblance to their predecessors. Liu Wei repeated this sentiment during a 2020 App Store interview. Apart from many elements present in games that emphasize on elemental strengths and weaknesses, two unique elements are shared in the Honkai series, namely Imaginary and Quantum. Like most RPGs,
950-628: A paid single-player game. Influenced by the 2D side-scrolling shooter game Zombie Town and the Japanese anime Highschool of the Dead , the game is set in a world undergoing a zombie invasion, known as "Houkai," which later became the name of the series. The game's protagonist, Kiana Kaslana, was directly borrowed from FlyMe2theMoon , and she eventually became one of the core character of the Honkai series. The project began in December 2011 and underwent four to five iterations within three months. The game
1045-422: A set of bosses for the highest score across the server; Abyss, where players attempt to progress as far as possible through a gauntlet of battles to compete for high scores against others in a small group, etc. Players are able to join groups of other players, called Armadas, which allow for more opportunities for events and rewards. Armadas allow for limited requesting of materials and resources from other players in
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#17327803873931140-434: A shift from a mission-based structure to a limited open-world structure similar to Honkai: Star Rail. The lead artist for the Honkai series is CiCi (Zhang Qinghua), who is also the art director at miHoYo . During the development of FlyMe2theMoon , miHoYo discovered CiCi, then a senior student majoring in animation at Guangdong University of Technology , through social media. He was invited to join miHoYo and became
1235-612: A test run, the team discarded the work and restarted from scratch to establish the current system. It was first released for iOS in March 2016 and entered open beta in September of the same year. The game was released in October 2016. Honkai Impact 3rd is set in a post-apocalyptic world, where players can take on the role of various Valkyries and fight against enemies using a variety of weapons and skills. The game features characters from
1330-516: A total of 35 million downloads worldwide as of March 28, 2018. The game has been released in Korea, Taiwan, Southeast Asia, North America, and Europe, and supports multiple languages including Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Thai, French, German, and Indonesian, with voices in Chinese and Japanese. In an article from 2017, Ungeek.com says that
1425-423: A variety of genres, from hack and slash and social simulation , to elements of bullet hell , platforming , shoot 'em up and dungeon crawling across multiple single and multiplayer modes. It features gacha mechanics. It was first released on mobile devices and later ported to Microsoft Windows . A massive expansion of the game, titled Honkai Impact 3rd Part 2 was released on February 29, 2024. Built upon
1520-869: Is 産 (also the accepted form in Japan and Korea), while in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan the accepted form is 產 (also the accepted form in Vietnamese chữ Nôm ). The PRC tends to print material intended for people in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, and overseas Chinese in traditional characters. For example, versions of the People's Daily are printed in traditional characters, and both People's Daily and Xinhua have traditional character versions of their website available, using Big5 encoding. Mainland companies selling products in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan use traditional characters in order to communicate with consumers;
1615-413: Is a coined word that specifically refers to the "Honkai" disaster, which intentionally avoids using Hepburn ( Hōkai ) or kana spelling ( Houkai ) of the Japanese word 崩壊 due to proprietary naming considerations. In order to connect multiple Honkai games to build one "Honkai Universe," the "Imaginary Tree" and "Sea of Quanta" are brought up by Honkai Impact 3rd as the multiple universe settings in
1710-539: Is followed in all the Honkai series games. Genshin Impact is also often considered as one of the parallel worlds on the Imaginary Tree and shares the same universe as Honkai series. Besides Genshin Impact , Tears of Themis's universe is also hinted to be connected via Imaginary Tree. Kiana Kaslana, who first appeared in FlyMe2theMoon , is the first and foremost character designed by miHoYo and
1805-407: Is set in a universe called the “Imaginary Tree” and follows the adventures of characters such as Kiana, Mei, and Bronya. While the series features recurring characters such as Kiana, each installment has different backgrounds and character settings and can be considered as stories that take place in different worlds in the same universe without absolute connectivity. The series primarily revolves around
1900-489: Is the second installment of the Honkai series, inheriting data, code, and art design from Houkai Gakuen . Houkai Gakuen 2 was initiated in June 2013. Comparing with Houkai Gakuen , the biggest change was from a paid game to a free-to-play game with live service business model . The game's core gameplay is inspired by Puzzle & Dragons . Houkai Gakuen 2 adds new characters, weapons, and costumes that were not present in
1995-493: The Chinese Commercial News , World News , and United Daily News all use traditional characters, as do some Hong Kong–based magazines such as Yazhou Zhoukan . The Philippine Chinese Daily uses simplified characters. DVDs are usually subtitled using traditional characters, influenced by media from Taiwan as well as by the two countries sharing the same DVD region , 3. With most having immigrated to
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#17327803873932090-574: The Honkai series but not exactly the same, and the Chinese and Japanese voice actors are the same as in the Honkai series. For example, the appearance of the Raiden Shogun in Genshin Impact is similar to that of Raiden Mei in the Honkai series, though their personalities differ significantly. Both the Chinese and Japanese voice actors for the two characters are the same: Juhuahua for Chinese and Miyuki Sawashiro for Japanese. During
2185-633: The Honkai series is composed by several composers from HOYO-MiX . In 2011, miHoYo acquired the rights to Gradually Collapsing Hatsune Miku and subsequently, composers Cai Jinhan, Zheng Xiaoyu, and Xia Yihan joined miHoYo and co-founded the HOYO-MiX studio to create soundtracks for miHoYo's games. Cai Jinhan serves as the principal of HOYO-MiX and also as the music director at miHoYo. Later, HOYO-MiX recruited composers such as Gong Qi, Wen Chi, and Lin Yifan to create original soundtrack music for all works in
2280-415: The Honkai series use an experience level system for character advancement, in which experience points are accumulated by killing enemies. Certain materials can be used to speed up the character advancement. Level caps on certain levels for each character are placed, and players need to do ascension quests or submit materials to ascend further. The Honkai series began with the release of FlyMe2theMoon ,
2375-441: The Honkai series. The first original soundtrack album of the Honkai series, Honkai World Diva - Guns Girl Z OST , was released on November 11, 2014. Since 2017, HOYO-MiX has continued to collaborate with several well-known singers, with the first collaboration being with Japanese pianist and singer Mika Kobayashi to release singles such as Girl Inside and Honkai World Diva . Just half a month after release, Girl Inside entered
2470-579: The Honkai series. The maximum scale of the Honkai universe is the Sea of Quanta, in which the Imaginary Tree is located and multiple worlds are born. The worlds on the Imaginary Tree are stable and follow the rules of history and time, developing in chronological order, with a linear structure of history. On the other hand, the Sea of Quanta can form "bubble universes" during natural fluctuations, which are unstable and lack complete history, only having fragments of time periods in specific regions. In this multiverse,
2565-625: The Houkai Gakuen . miHoYo started designing the server architecture in August and began the art design and system development in November. The development was faster than the original due to inheriting a large amount of data, code, and art assets from Houkai Gakuen . The game released on 26 January 2014, becoming miHoYo's first successful commercial game. On July 6, Cai Haoyu shared his experience in developing and promoting Houkai Gakuen 2 at
2660-456: The Kensiu language . Honkai Impact 3rd Honkai Impact 3rd is a free-to-play 3D action role-playing game developed and published by miHoYo (with publishing outside mainland China under Cognosphere, d/b/a HoYoverse). It is the spiritual successor to Houkai Gakuen 2 , using many characters from the previous title in a separate story. The game is notable for incorporating
2755-533: The NetEase Cloud Music chart at top 6, and Honkai World Diva also entered the top 10. In an interview by Play magazine , HoYoverse explained the unique challenges encountered in the English localisation of Honkai: Star Rail . The localisation process involves creatively translating cultural and pop culture references, especially those deeply rooted in Chinese society and language. To make
2850-640: The Shanghainese -language character U+20C8E 𠲎 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-20C8E —a composition of 伐 with the ⼝ 'MOUTH' radical—used instead of the Standard Chinese 嗎 ; 吗 . Typefaces often use the initialism TC to signify the use of traditional Chinese characters, as well as SC for simplified Chinese characters . In addition, the Noto, Italy family of typefaces, for example, also provides separate fonts for
2945-491: The VOCALOID software Hatsune Miku . Houkai Gakuen , also localised as Zombiegal Kawaii , is the first installment of the Honkai series. Although the game received little financial success, the startup team of miHoYo eventually got an angel investment of 1 million yuan from Skye. To spend the investment funds, miHoYo began developing Houkai Gakuen in December 2011, releasing on the iOS platform in December 2012 as
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3040-427: The free-to-play monetization system (rather than a premium , or paid, game) with the purpose of making the game more available to players. Devil May Cry and Bayonetta significantly affected the game makers' ideas for the fight system of Honkai Impact 3rd . After a few years of users emulating Honkai Impact 3rd on computers and an update making emulation more difficult, the game's official PC version
3135-404: The "Top 10 Popular Games" and the "2016 Best 2D Online Game Golden Peng Award." As of 30 June 2017, Honkai Impact 3rd had over 22 million registered accounts and accumulated revenue exceeding 1.1 billion yuan . Honkai: Star Rail had 22.98 million pre-registered players in mainland China and 10 million outside China during its pre-release period. On 23 April 2023, Honkai: Star Rail topped
3230-403: The 3rd anniversary of the game's global server, a music video titled "Brilliant Bright" in collaboration with Myth & Roid , was released on Honkai Impact 3rd' s YouTube channel. While the video featured characters wearing bunny-girl outfits, none of the outfits were actually made available in-game - the cosmetics were solely for the purpose of the video. The backlash from the Chinese players
3325-563: The Armada. Outside of battles, Honkai Impact 3rd allows players to interact with the Valkyrie and Stigmata characters through the Dorm mode. Upon completing character-specific tasks, different characters may be able to move into the dorms, whereupon new character information and dialogues between those characters can be seen. Players can craft various pieces of furniture and design the layout of
3420-763: The GameLook Open Day in Shanghai . The concept of the " Honkai Universe" was also proposed during this period. Honkai Impact 3rd is an action role-playing game developed by miHoYo, based on the manga spin-off Honkai Impact 3rd . Honkai Impact 3rd was initiated in June 2014. Starting in March 2015, miHoYo began developing the 3D game engine for Honkai Impact 3rd . They developed a physics-based animation system that could simulate different materials using physical calculations, presenting more realistic character movements and destructive scene effects. It can also correct abrupt transitions between animations, making
3515-558: The Herrscher of the Void, who was defeated by Schicksal and Anti-Entropy in 2000; and the Herrscher of Thunder, who was successfully prevented from fully awakening and sent to train as a Valkyrie at Schicksal's St. Freya Academy. The production team for Honkai Impact 3rd grew from a 7-person start to employing over 200 employees in 2018. miHoYo offers small amounts of in-game currency to users that fill out surveys about their experience in
3610-495: The Honkai is a "Herrscher," which are emanations of the Honkai with powerful specialized abilities and will. Whenever civilization arises, the Honkai will appear, and the strength of the Honkai is always proportional to the degree of human civilisation in that region. Worlds devoured by the Honkai will fall from the Imaginary Tree and enter the Sea of Quanta, becoming "bubble universes" that gradually disappear. The English term "Honkai"
3705-517: The Honkai. The Honkai is largely viewed as a malevolent force with a will of its own. It has the ability to corrupt humans (ranging from mind manipulation and diseases to turning them into undead creatures), create various monsters, and imbue certain individuals with god-like powers, enabling them to trigger apocalyptic events. These super-powered humans are known as Herrschers. The Honkai is a cyclical phenomenon, returning to test civilization on Earth each time it gets too advanced. The game takes place in
3800-493: The Imaginary Tree and the Sea of Quanta have a long-standing rivalry. The Imaginary Tree seeks to absorb the Sea, while the Sea seeks to drown the Tree. To facilitate this cycle, worlds are like leaves growing on the Tree, and when they fail to persist, they fall from the Tree into the Sea and become fragmented versions of themselves, known as bubble universes, some of which have more stability than others. This multiple universe setting
3895-424: The Japanese 崩壊 (ほうかい, "collapse" or "decay"), pronounced "hōkai", is a direct translation of the Chinese 崩坏 (bēng huài) used in the original Chinese title. The "Impact" part of the title is absent from both the Chinese and Japanese versions, and is only used in English marketing. In-game, the term 'Honkai Impact' (also 'Honkai Eruption' or 'Honkai Outbreak') refers to a large-scale Honkai disaster that coincides with
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3990-617: The North American branch of Schicksal that objected to the use of human soldiers in favor of mechanized robots; and World Serpent, a shadow organization that has been manipulating world events since the end of the Previous Era. Three Herrscher awakenings (or Impacts) have already occurred in the Current Era by the start of the series: the Herrscher of Reason, who became the leader of Anti-Entropy instead of fighting humanity;
4085-555: The People's Republic of China, traditional Chinese characters are standardised according to the Table of Comparison between Standard, Traditional and Variant Chinese Characters . Dictionaries published in mainland China generally show both simplified and their traditional counterparts. There are differences between the accepted traditional forms in mainland China and elsewhere, for example the accepted traditional form of 产 in mainland China
4180-532: The United States during the second half of the 19th century, Chinese Americans have long used traditional characters. When not providing both, US public notices and signs in Chinese are generally written in traditional characters, more often than in simplified characters. In the past, traditional Chinese was most often encoded on computers using the Big5 standard, which favored traditional characters. However,
4275-444: The animations smoother and more natural. In addition, miHoYo developed its technologies for 3D modeling, light mapping, and real-time and pre-rendering systems. Content production for the game began in October of the same year. During the development process, since no member on the team knew how to do 3D projects, transitioning from 2D to 3D was a challenge. Creating the artwork, model, and animation of Kiana Kaslana took six months. After
4370-409: The approach of Houkai Gakuen 2 by introducing the main characters of the previous game with new personalities and designs. Honkai: Star Rail also follows this tradition and features well-known characters from the Honkai series, such as Bronya, Himeko, and Welt Yang. While every game in the Honkai series is considered a "spiritual sequel" of its predecessor, many share similar characters within
4465-414: The birth of a Herrscher. Honkai Impact 3rd has players control a team of up to three characters, known as Valkyries, in real-time combat against various enemies. During battle, players may freely switch between characters and move around the battlefield. Each Valkyrie has unique attack, evasion, switch, and ultimate skills, as well as a type. The three main types: Mecha, Biologic, and Psychic, are based on
4560-451: The characteristics of characters through various forms of expression, such as character portraits, skill effects, and trailers, to make a lasting impression on players about the characters' appearances. The goal is to make all kinds of characters seem "as if they truly live in the game world," in harmony with other materials including the plot and lore bits. Regarding scene art, the art designers of Honkai: Star Rail stated that industrializing
4655-401: The difficulty and barrier to entry, creating a "playable anime." Honkai: Star Rail was globally launched on 26 April 2023. A massive expansion of Honkai Impact 3rd , titled Honkai Impact 3rd - Part 2 was released on February 29, 2024. Built upon the existing game, the update marks the start of the second major story arc of the game, with new characters, reworked UI, an updated engine, and
4750-649: The dorm rooms to increase the "comfort" of the Valkyries and Stigmata therein. Greater comfort levels allow players to level up their dorm limits for more elaborate decoration. Players are able to visit and view each other's decorated dorm layouts. Secondary gameplay mechanics include various minigames incorporating bullet hell , platforming , and shoot 'em up elements that allow players to gather various crafting and experience materials. Limited-time seasonal events may also include gameplay styles such as dungeon crawling and battle royale which are not normally seen in
4845-441: The existing game, the update marks the start of the second major story arc of the game, with new characters, reworked UI, an updated engine, and a shift from a mission-based structure to a limited open-world structure. In addition to the game, the storyline of Honkai Impact 3rd spans multiple supplementary media including a series of animated shorts, multiple manhua series, and promotional videos. The word " Honkai ", based on
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#17327803873934940-705: The free charts in over 113 countries and regions on the App Store, and topped the grossing charts in mainland China , the United States , Japan , and South Korea . After its global launch on April 26, the game reached the top spot on the App Store bestseller list in mainland China within 5 hours, and it ranked in the top ten in other 42 countries. miHoYo announced that the game's downloads had exceeded 20 million by 28 April. GameLook estimates that Honkai: Star Rail ' s global revenue on its launch day likely exceeded 100 million yuan . According to Sensor Tower,
5035-680: The gacha system, among other methods. After players obtain weapons, they can upgrade the weapons to improve their attribute effects. After reaching player level 50 and weapon level 50, some weapons can be further upgraded into PRI-ARMs, changing their design, attributes, and effects. However, players will not be able to increase the maximum weapon level until reaching player level 81. Each Valkyrie can equip three Stigmata. Players can increase their characters' attack, defense, critical chance, and other attribute effects while those characters wear various Stigmata. The Stigmata system can be divided into three types: top, middle, and bottom, which correspond to
5130-475: The gacha, and purchasing in stores. The main currencies are crystals and coins, which have various non-premium obtaining methods. Asterite is a currency obtained from various miscellaneous sources throughout the game and can be exchanged for supplies in specific shops. Many of the game's gameplay modes and events each have their own corresponding currencies and shops. Honkai Impact 3rd is set in an alternate version of Earth, plagued by catastrophes resulting from
5225-498: The game accessible to English-speaking players, HoYoverse adapts Chinese idioms, memes, and references. For instance, an in-game achievement paying tribute to a Jay Chou song All the Way North was renamed "Sweet Pom-Pom O'Mine" as a nod to Guns N' Roses . The game also features Classical Chinese elements, which are meticulously translated to maintain their essence. The Honkai series of games has received recognition from both
5320-408: The game has some later-game systems that are unintuitive, and cites the large download size for a mobile game as a negative. The review praised the game's visual quality and the ease of learning to play the game, as well as the overall quality of the game, and positively recommended it. The article mentioned that the quality of the game was comparable to console games. On April 22, 2021, as part of
5415-459: The game's sticker work is part of miHoYo's "industrialization" goal, and the pursuit of perfection in art effects and performance is to provide the best gaming experience for players. As for the design of promotional videos, miHoYo's trailer designers said that in addition to the pursuit of beauty in art design itself, promotional videos also need to "convey information and share emotions" to create an appropriate and immersive worldview. The music for
5510-458: The game, allowing the game's developers to adjust future events and tweak the game. As a result, Honkai Impact 3rd is under a continuous-update system, patching bug fixes and changing or adding content multiple times per year. The game has had many significant changes since launch, including rewriting the entire first two chapters of the story in a December 2018 update. The developers stated that their decision to make Honkai Impact 3rd be in
5605-399: The game, any content related to 3rd-anniversary bunny girls, with the exception of the correlating event stigmata, are now removed as according to the game's official statement and was instead given 500 crystals for every GLB player as compensation. Chinese server players were given greater compensation (10 focused supply cards = 2800 crystal), despite not actually having any content removed in
5700-493: The inverse is equally true as well. In digital media, many cultural phenomena imported from Hong Kong and Taiwan into mainland China, such as music videos, karaoke videos, subtitled movies, and subtitled dramas, use traditional Chinese characters. In Hong Kong and Macau , traditional characters were retained during the colonial period, while the mainland adopted simplified characters. Simplified characters are contemporaneously used to accommodate immigrants and tourists, often from
5795-418: The lead artist. CiCi's first character design was for the protagonist Kiana in FlyMe2theMoon , who is the prototype for the main character Kiana Kaslana in the Honkai series. As the only artist in the startup team, he designed almost all of miHoYo's early art. In terms of character design, Game Daily summarizes the art design of the Honkai series as "amplifying character traits," which means strengthening
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#17327803873935890-404: The main gameplay modes. Each Valkyrie can equip one type of weapon. The weapon types in the game are dual pistols, blades (katanas), heavy (cannons), greatswords, crosses, fists (gauntlets), scythes, lances, bows, chakrams , javelins, drive cores (yo-yos,) rapid-fire crossbows, rocket hammers, chained blades, and mechanical staffs. Players can obtain weapons through shop purchases, crafting, and
5985-725: The mainland. The increasing use of simplified characters has led to concern among residents regarding protecting what they see as their local heritage. Taiwan has never adopted simplified characters. The use of simplified characters in government documents and educational settings is discouraged by the government of Taiwan. Nevertheless, with sufficient context simplified characters are likely to be successfully read by those used to traditional characters, especially given some previous exposure. Many simplified characters were previously variants that had long been in some use, with systematic stroke simplifications used in folk handwriting since antiquity. Traditional characters were recognized as
6080-682: The majority of Chinese text in mainland China are simplified characters , there is no legislation prohibiting the use of traditional Chinese characters, and often traditional Chinese characters remain in use for stylistic and commercial purposes, such as in shopfront displays and advertising. Traditional Chinese characters remain ubiquitous on buildings that predate the promulgation of the current simplification scheme, such as former government buildings, religious buildings, educational institutions, and historical monuments. Traditional Chinese characters continue to be used for ceremonial, cultural, scholarly/academic research, and artistic/decorative purposes. In
6175-476: The market and players. Houkai Gakuen 2 won awards such as the "2014 Best 2D Online Game Golden Peng Award" and the "Most Popular Online Mobile Game Award." As of 30 June 2017, Houkai Gakuen 2 ' s cumulative revenue from in-game purchases exceeded 1 billion yuan . Honkai Impact 3rd received Apple's homepage recommendation on the App Store the next day after release. Honkai Impact 3rd also garnered accolades from China's Mobile Hardcore Alliance, winning
6270-983: The merging of previously distinct character forms. Many Chinese online newspapers allow users to switch between these character sets. Traditional characters are known by different names throughout the Chinese-speaking world. The government of Taiwan officially refers to traditional Chinese characters as 正體字 ; 正体字 ; zhèngtǐzì ; 'orthodox characters'. This term is also used outside Taiwan to distinguish standard characters, including both simplified, and traditional, from other variants and idiomatic characters . Users of traditional characters elsewhere, as well as those using simplified characters, call traditional characters 繁體字 ; 繁体字 ; fántǐzì ; 'complex characters', 老字 ; lǎozì ; 'old characters', or 全體字 ; 全体字 ; quántǐzì ; 'full characters' to distinguish them from simplified characters. Some argue that since traditional characters are often
6365-499: The mobile version of Honkai: Star Rail generated over 100 million USD in global revenue within 10 days, with China accounting for 44%, Japan for 22%, and the United States for 12%. DataEye statistics show that within 15 days of its launch, the iOS version and the Android version (downloaded via Google Play ) had already generated at least 65 million USD in revenue, with Japanese revenue reaching 120 million yuan . According to
6460-677: The official script in Singapore until 1969, when the government officially adopted Simplified characters. Traditional characters still are widely used in contexts such as in baby and corporation names, advertisements, decorations, official documents and in newspapers. The Chinese Filipino community continues to be one of the most conservative in Southeast Asia regarding simplification. Although major public universities teach in simplified characters, many well-established Chinese schools still use traditional characters. Publications such as
6555-700: The original standard forms, they should not be called 'complex'. Conversely, there is a common objection to the description of traditional characters as 'standard', due to them not being used by a large population of Chinese speakers. Additionally, as the process of Chinese character creation often made many characters more elaborate over time, there is sometimes a hesitation to characterize them as 'traditional'. Some people refer to traditional characters as 'proper characters' ( 正字 ; zhèngzì or 正寫 ; zhèngxiě ) and to simplified characters as 簡筆字 ; 简笔字 ; jiǎnbǐzì ; 'simplified-stroke characters' or 減筆字 ; 减笔字 ; jiǎnbǐzì ; 'reduced-stroke characters', as
6650-597: The path of the deceased Aeon Akivili, and to help and connect the worlds raptured by the Stellaron incidents by Nanook, while encountering various friendly and opposing factions, including the Stellaron Hunters, who has an interest in the Trailblazer's journey. Due to player feedback about the high difficulty of Honkai Impact 3rd , the team decided to focus more on strategy for Honkai: Star Rail , lowering
6745-833: The predominant forms. Simplified characters as codified by the People's Republic of China are predominantly used in mainland China , Malaysia, and Singapore. "Traditional" as such is a retronym applied to non-simplified character sets in the wake of widespread use of simplified characters. Traditional characters are commonly used in Taiwan , Hong Kong , and Macau , as well as in most overseas Chinese communities outside of Southeast Asia. As for non-Chinese languages written using Chinese characters, Japanese kanji include many simplified characters known as shinjitai standardized after World War II, sometimes distinct from their simplified Chinese counterparts . Korean hanja , still used to
6840-498: The previous game, including Kiana Kaslana, Raiden Mei, and Bronya Zaychik. In addition to the game itself, Honkai Impact 3rd also has an anime series, visual novels, manga, and live-action promotional materials. It has gained a following worldwide since its release. After being released in mainland China for several months, the game was launched in Japan in 22 February 2017, Taiwan in 18 May 2017, Southeast Asia in 1 November 2017, and North America and Europe in 28 March 2018. A PC version
6935-556: The protagonist of multiple works in the Honkai series. Mei and Bronya, who first appeared in Houkai Gakuen, formed the trio protagonists with Kiana and are the core characters of the Honkai series. The plot of Houkai Gakuen 2 continues the story of the original Houkai Gakuen , and after the conclusion of the "Retrace" arc, the new chapters "Inheritance" and "Rebirth" begin to use a parallel world setting to tell new stories with existing characters. Honkai Impact 3rd continues
7030-453: The review aggregator website Metacritic , Honkai: Star Rail has received predominantly positive reviews. Another review aggregator, OpenCritic , compiled 20 review articles, with 88% being positive. Jess Reyes from IGN referred to it as the best free-to-play game of 2023. Traditional Chinese characters Traditional Chinese characters are a standard set of Chinese character forms used to write Chinese languages . In Taiwan ,
7125-422: The same multiverse as the Honkai series. In November 2018, another Honkai 4th project, originally named Honkai 4th: Galaxy , was initiated. Later, the game was reinitiated in 2019 as Honkai: Star Rail , with the plan being a lighter live service game, intending to run for at least six years after launch. Since the setting of the previous game Honkai Impact 3rd was Earth, and other planets were mentioned in
7220-492: The same name in Chinese and in English. The manga begins before Chapter 1 of the main game story arc that aims to supplement and flesh out the in-game plot, and often includes character origins. Several in-game battlesuits worn by the Valkyries are illustrated in the manga as well. The manga has three prequel titles and one main title. Cooking with Valkyries ( Chinese : 女武神的餐桌 ; pinyin : Nǚ Wǔshén de Cānzhuō ),
7315-515: The same people who introduced it to the community. Genshin Impact , another game developed by miHoYo, also heavily borrows the character designs of the Honkai series, and is thus considered by fans to be a spin-off of the Honkai series. This was confirmed by CEO Cai Haoyu in 2021, who named the Honkai Universe as one of the primary reasons for Genshin Impact 's development. Some character names in Genshin Impact are similar to those in
7410-407: The series producer from 2017. The series originates with FlyMe2theMoon , a paid mobile game for iOS released in 2011, which was developed by the five-person "miHoYo studio" startup team. The first installment of Honkai series was Houkai Gakuen released in 2012. The series has seen several more games since, with the most recent main entry being 2023's Honkai: Star Rail . The Honkai series
7505-480: The series. The practice of miHoYo adopting the character designs but endowing them with entirely new personalities and character settings is often mistakenly referred to as "expy." However, the term's definition, which implies a resemblance with no in-lore connection does not match the nature of these variant characters, which share a more explicit connection within the franchise. This has led to some confusion and disputes among players, causing its usage to be denounced by
7600-521: The set of traditional characters is regulated by the Ministry of Education and standardized in the Standard Form of National Characters . These forms were predominant in written Chinese until the middle of the 20th century, when various countries that use Chinese characters began standardizing simplified sets of characters, often with characters that existed before as well-known variants of
7695-465: The situation. Instead, miHoYo renamed the project Honkai 4th , also named Honkai: Chronicles and initialized in January 2017, to Genshin Impact , which is no longer a title in Honkai series. miHoYo withdrew its IPO application in 2020. Although not part of the Honkai series, Genshin Impact is often considered a spin-off of the series, with similar character design and was confirmed to be set in
7790-475: The storyline, the production team decided to set Honkai: Star Rail in the "universe." Honkai: Star Rail is a turn-based role-playing game set in a galaxy of the Honkai universe. Players play as the Trailblazer, a mysterious amnesiac possessing within them a Stellaron, a world-ending catalyst given by the Aeon Nanook. To find their purpose, the Trailblazer joins the crew of the "Astral Express" to follow
7885-631: The theme of "rebellion against the end and saving the world" and features "Honkai" disasters as the core setting. The "Honkai," a term coined within the Honkai series, is the core concept and foundation of the Honkai universe. It is an interdimensional alien force with a certain level of intelligence and various emanations whose goal is to assimilate developed civilizations through any means. The Honkai can be spread as energy, through beasts and humans, causing them various symptoms, and can also trigger viruses, natural disasters, world wars, or any other form of damage to civilisation. The highest manifestation of
7980-581: The traditional character set used in Taiwan ( TC ) and the set used in Hong Kong ( HK ). Most Chinese-language webpages now use Unicode for their text. The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) recommends the use of the language tag zh-Hant to specify webpage content written with traditional characters. In the Japanese writing system , kyujitai are traditional forms, which were simplified to create shinjitai for standardized Japanese use following World War II. Kyūjitai are mostly congruent with
8075-985: The traditional characters in Chinese, save for minor stylistic variation. Characters that are not included in the jōyō kanji list are generally recommended to be printed in their traditional forms, with a few exceptions. Additionally, there are kokuji , which are kanji wholly created in Japan, rather than originally being borrowed from China. In the Korean writing system , hanja —replaced almost entirely by hangul in South Korea and totally replaced in North Korea —are mostly identical with their traditional counterparts, save minor stylistic variations. As with Japanese, there are autochthonous hanja, known as gukja . Traditional Chinese characters are also used by non-Chinese ethnic groups. The Maniq people living in Thailand and Malaysia use Chinese characters to write
8170-522: The types of attack, defense, and auxiliary. Players can also activate different set effects when wearing two or three Stigmata of the same set. Players can obtain Stigmata through the gacha , stage completion, events, and crafting. After players obtain a Stigmata, they can enhance, upgrade, and refine it to improve the Stigmata's stats and effects. Players can enhance Valkyrie stats by enhancing (leveling-up) weapons and Stigmata. Stigmata level up requires
8265-518: The ubiquitous Unicode standard gives equal weight to simplified and traditional Chinese characters, and has become by far the most popular encoding for Chinese-language text. There are various input method editors (IMEs) available for the input of Chinese characters . Many characters, often dialectical variants, are encoded in Unicode but cannot be inputted using certain IMEs, with one example being
8360-587: The words for simplified and reduced are homophonous in Standard Chinese , both pronounced as jiǎn . The modern shapes of traditional Chinese characters first appeared with the emergence of the clerical script during the Han dynasty c. 200 BCE , with the sets of forms and norms more or less stable since the Southern and Northern dynasties period c. the 5th century . Although
8455-399: The year 2015 of the Current Era, with the more technologically-advanced Previous Era having been destroyed by Honkai 50,000 years prior. In the Current Era, various global factions exist to combat or take advantage of the power of Honkai. These include Schicksal, a European-based peacekeeping organization that deploys human warriors known as Valkyries to combat the Honkai; Anti-Entropy, formerly
8550-523: Was Houkai Gakuen 2 , accounting for 96.34%. The risk is that the company may not be able to continue to launch new products to meet the needs of players or update the content of their games, and they could face the loss of users. Another issue is that the company might fail to grasp changes in preferences, and the Honkai series loses appeal. On 19 December, miHoYo submitted an updated prospectus that included Honkai Impact 3 in its revenue, accounting for 98.82% with Houkai Gakuen 2 , which did not help much in
8645-520: Was developed using the Unity engine and Maya graphic software, and the values were fine-tuned and the systems improved for eight months. The game was released in version 1.0 in November 2012 and entered public testing in December of that year. Houkai Gakuen is an action game set in a school campus in the near future. The protagonist, Kiana, fights against zombies using various weapons in the besieged campus. Houkai Gakuen 2 , also localised as Guns GirlZ ,
8740-461: Was developed, releasing to the public on December 26, 2019. A massive expansion of the game, titled Honkai Impact 3rd Part 2 was released on February 29, 2024. Built upon the existing game, the update marks the start of the second major story arc of the game, with new characters, reworked UI, an updated engine, and a shift from a mission-based structure to a limited open-world structure. Honkai Impact 3rd features an ongoing serialized manga of
8835-522: Was immediate and severe, with many considering it insensitive and unfair to release content for international players only. The special video from Honkai Impact 3rd was removed from their channel, although the video itself is still available online, through fan reuploads. The Japanese band Myth & Roid have pulled out from the collaboration, and also had their special video single removed, but Brilliant Bright will still be available through streaming platforms and will be released as their digital single. In
8930-608: Was released from July to September 2021, and also contains Mandarin Chinese and Japanese voice acting. This series is about ELFs (Equipment: Living Form), which are autonomous weapons created to replace living soldiers, going to school and interacting with each other. The game first attracted a large fanbase in Asia before spreading globally: first released in China in late 2016, it reached 1 million downloads in Japan 11 days after release, and IGN reported that Honkai Impact 3rd gathered
9025-500: Was released on 26 December 2019. On 15 February 2017, miHoYo filed for an initial public offering (IPO) to the China Securities Regulatory Commission when the company was planning to raise over a billion CNY . During the process, several concerns were under attention, including the company's dependence on a single intellectual property, the Honkai series. The main source of miHoYo's revenue
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