Captain Tsubasa launches NFT soccer game on Oasys blockchain. Players can collect & nurture character NFTs from the classic manga series.
The gaming blockchain Oasys has unveiled Captain Tsubasa, a game with Japanese manga as inspiration. Participants can purchase 5,000 non-fungible tokens (NFTs).
Oasys Blockchain stated in a blog post that the Captain Tsubasahas game is developed in Japan by BLOCKSMITH&Co., a subsidiary of mobile gaming behemoth KLab Inc., which develops and distributes products utilizing NFTs and blockchain technology.
A decentralized blockchain gaming protocol, Oasys is one of the limited Layer 1 blockchain that employs a dual-layer architecture.
Participation grants players access to Captain Tsubasa NFTs. Through an immersive experience, players can acquire and cultivate NFTs of characters from the original series.
The renowned game centers on Tsubasa Ozora, a youthful Japanese elementary school pupil who harbors a profound affection for the sport and aspires to lead Japan to victory at the FIFA World Cup.
According to a report by TechCrunch, SoftBank of Japan was designated an official network validator on Oasys in 2023. A validator, which is a computer or node, verifies transactions that are appended to a blockchain, thereby ensuring the stability and security of the decentralized network.
Captain Tsubasa is the most recent significant gaming publisher to join Oasys’ blockchain, which has strong institutional backing from Bandai Namco Research, SEGA, Ubisoft, Netmarble, Wemade, Com2uS, and Yield Guild Games, among others, as initial validators.
Japan’s Crypto Market and Gaming Growth
The cryptocurrency market in Japan contributes significantly to the expansion of the gaming industry, as a sizeable portion of consumers in play-to-earn games like Stepn are located there.
Most of the nation’s fascination with blockchain-based games, particularly those offering ecosystem rewards, stems from its familiarity with a nearly identical custom known as poikatsu, a culture centered on loyalty points.
In addition, Web3 gaming protocols originating from Japan, such as Oasys, facilitate programmers’ creation of reward-based Web3 games. Various play-to-earn game genres and metaverses are available for deployment on Oasys by Web3 developers. These ecosystems may include light casual games, massive first-person shooters, and MMORPGs.
2024 Web3 Gaming Expansion
Web3 gaming is a swiftly expanding industry that will attract more venture capital funding in 2024. An estimated $1.7 billion was invested in rounds related to blockchain gaming in 2023; a substantial portion of this capital has been allocated to the 270 blockchain games currently under development on Immutable, Layer 2 for NFTs, and blockchain gaming.
