Last updated: May 20, 2024 02:40 EDT | 1 minute reading

The Japanese game inspired by the manga Captain Tsubasa has launched on the Oasys gaming blockchain, offering 5,000 non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to players.

On a blog post, Oasys Blockchain said 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 cryptographic assets using 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 advantages included in the Oasys GENESIS NFT version 👀

Check out the details below 👇… pic.twitter.com/ySpn1Zalrl

— Oasys | Blockchain for games (@oasys_games) May 20, 2024

Oasys is a decentralized blockchain gaming protocol and is among the few Layer 1 blockchains with a dual-layer approach.

Players can collect NFTs from Captain Tsubasa by participating. The game offers an immersive experience where players can nurture and collect NFTs from characters from the original series. The iconic game revolves around Tsubasa Ozora, a young Japanese elementary school student who is deeply passionate about football and dreams of one day winning the FIFA World Cup for Japan.

In 2023, Japan’s SoftBank became an official validator for the Oasys network, as did 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 support from other early validators including Bandai Namco Research, SEGA, Ubisoft, Netmarble, Wemade, Com2uS and Yield Guild Games.

Japan’s Crypto Market and the Growth of Gaming

Japan’s cryptocurrency market is a significant contributor to the growth of gaming, representing a good portion of users in play-to-earn games, such as Stepn. Its interest in blockchain games, and especially those that offer ecosystem rewards, is due in part to the country’s familiarity with a nearly similar entrenched practice called poikatsu, a culture of loyalty points.

Additionally, Japan-based Web3 gaming protocols such as Oasys are making it easier for developers to create rewards-based Web3 games. Web3 developers can deploy custom gaming ecosystems on Oasys, featuring multiple game genres and play-to-earn metaverses, from light casual games to heavy FPS and MMORPGs.

Growth of Web3 games in 2024

In 2024, web3 gaming is growing rapidly with the space attracting more venture capital investments. In 2023, it is estimated that the blockchain gaming-related rounds reached $1.7 billion – a significant portion of which flowed into the 270 blockchain games under development at Immutable, Layer 2 for NFTs and blockchain games.

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