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In gacha games, players pay virtual currency (bought with real money or acquired in-game) to acquire random game characters or pieces of equipment of varying rarity and usefulness. This is a variant of the loot box mechanic where players spend currency to acquire an entire set of random game items.
A gacha game (Japanese: ガチャ ゲーム, Hepburn: gacha gēmu) is a game, typically a video game, that implements the gachapon machine style mechanics. Similar to loot boxes , Live Service gacha games entice players to spend in-game currency to receive a random in-game item .
Mock-up image of opening a loot box in a video game. In video game terminology, a loot box (also called a loot crate or prize crate) is a consumable virtual item which can be redeemed to receive a randomised selection of further virtual items, or loot, ranging from simple customisation options for a player's avatar or character to game-changing equipment such as weapons and armour.
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Many free-to-play massively multiplayer online games (MMOs) and mobile games also use gacha mechanics, with randomly generated items of varying market values being acquired via microtransactions. In addition, paid console games have included gacha-style progression based on random items but with no in-app purchases, such as Work Time Fun.
Square Enix's current logo. Square Enix is a Japanese video game development and publishing company formed from the merger on April 1, 2003, of video game developer Square and publisher Enix. [1]
Disney Twisted-Wonderland (ディズニー ツイステッドワンダーランド, Dizunī Tsuisuteddo Wandārando) [1] is a Japanese mobile game created by Aniplex and Walt Disney Japan.
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