And what's more crucial is this.
One of the female elves in CG became so popular for her stunning looks that she even made it onto the trending searches for a short period.
Some players felt she looked very familiar.
Upon digging deeper, they discovered that SE Headquarters had paid big money to have Hashimoto as the facial model and motion capture.
Instantly, countless players who shouted 'must buy on release' emerged, along with a group of Hashimoto fans who were not particularly interested in games; they too joined the 'must buy' camp.
This immediately put the fans of the top player in a frenzy.
Players in Huaxia Nation didn't care about what was going on at SE Headquarters.
After all, it wasn't their concern whether it sunk in heavy microtransactions or if the new handheld console sold out.
But Silver Brilliance, the domestic division, had previously vaguely expressed their intention to collaborate with the mobile sector in boycotting the top player.