Genshin impact Developer miHoYo has released a very special video that is basically just the game’s idol character, Barbara, talking about … things. He offers to listen to “The Traveler,” the protagonist of the game, and holds a one-sided conversation about praise and discontent, and generally acts as a kind of vtuber based on the video game’s Hydro-tuned character.
Vtubers or “Virtual YouTubers” are basically teams of animated characters that respond to what is being recorded on one side to produce the effect of a virtual character saying and moving like a real person. There has been a sharp rise in its English popularity lately thanks in large part to vtubers like Watson Amelia, Gawr Gura and more. Given Barbara’s animation in the video, which you can see above, it really seems more like the game model is animated rather than a traditional vtuber platform, which is usually much less agile, but the basic premise it’s the same.
Barbara’s special video: The healing magic of an idol
Maybe I can be able to approach it that way. Http://t.co/b8jyX2coTe#GenshinImpact pic.twitter.com/zkVlVH83ib
– Paimon (@GenshinImpact) January 22, 2021
Genshin impact is currently available, free of charge, for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, PC and mobile devices. The video game is also released for Nintendo Switch. The 1.2 version update “The Plaster Prince and the Dragon” was recently released and added a whole new area, characters, events and more. The version 1.3 update is scheduled for release on February 3rd. You can check out all of our previous coverage of the popular free title to play here.
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