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00:00Hi, I'm Jaeho, Director of Devs at Diver.
00:02And I'm your Community Manager, Zoe.
00:04Welcome to the first Dev Dive of 2025.
00:082024 was a big year for us.
00:10We had many amazing opportunities,
00:12but there were also things we could have done better.
00:15I think this year will be very busy too,
00:18especially since we are working hard on the Jungle DLC,
00:21which we announced last December.
00:23But today, we're here to talk about something else.
00:26As you may have seen already,
00:27we have another DLC coming before In the Jungle,
00:30which is Ichiban's Holiday,
00:32a collaboration with none other than the Laika Dragon series.
00:35So, let's dive right in.
00:57So, you're probably wondering, how did this collab happen?
01:09Well, actually, I'm a huge fan of the Laika Dragon franchise.
01:13And I took a lot of inspiration from it when creating Dave the Diver.
01:17I've always wanted to bring Laika Dragon characters to the Bluehole,
01:20and I had a chance to connect with the Director,
01:23Yokoyama-san, last year at Tokyo Game Show.
01:26He really liked our idea, and that's how we came to collaborate.
01:29I took some photos when I visited the SEGA office.
01:32Here's a studio where the Laika Dragon team does their live streams,
01:36and the dragon on the wall looks super cool.
01:38And this is a bento box we had for lunch at the office.
01:42We had also brought a bento box themed merch set as a gift,
01:45which was a pretty funny situation, giving each other bento boxes.
01:50Oh, and these are some of my prize possessions.
01:56This is a book containing the Korean translation
01:59of the first Laika Dragon game on PlayStation 2.
02:02At that time, there didn't have a Korean localization available,
02:05so they provided a translated script book for it.
02:09So, I got it signed.
02:12And here's a copy of Laika Dragon 8.
02:15There's a spin-off now, but it was a ladies title at that time.
02:20I also got this signed here.
02:22It feels like I fulfilled all my fanboy dreams.
02:26Ichiban's Holiday is the name of the DLC.
02:30Fan-favorite character Kasuga Ichiban and the bartender of his favorite spot,
02:34Survive Bar, visit the Blue Hole in search of a nice vacation.
02:38But some things never change.
02:40Trouble seems to find Kasuga, even on vacation.
02:43When Kasuga finds out that Sea Blue was capturing dolphins,
02:47he decides to infiltrate their base.
02:50This is dangerous for one man alone, so Cobra decides to accompany him.
02:55Here you can select either Kasuga or Cobra,
02:58and it feels like playing a classic arcade game.
03:01Which is super cool.
03:02Is co-op available for this part?
03:05Unfortunately, co-op isn't available.
03:07You have to switch between controlling both characters.
03:11Oh, I almost forgot to mention,
03:14there's a surprise at the end of the stage,
03:16so keep an eye out for that too.
03:19And there's more.
03:20You gotta have a good karaoke session with Laika Dragon,
03:23and some unique characters from the series will be coming to the Blue Hole
03:27as new Bancho Sushi staff.
03:29So basically, I just put everything I like about Laika Dragon into this collaboration.
03:34Ichiban's Holiday will be our very first paid crossover DLC.
03:38And you know, this might be a little disappointing,
03:42but since this is a special collaboration with a big game,
03:46the DLC will be available for a limited time of six months on all our platforms,
03:51starting from the release date, April 10th.
03:53We hope you understand.
03:55We do our best to make the content worthwhile,
03:58and we look forward to many of you enjoying it.
04:02Next, we have to talk about merch.
04:05These items here were sold at Animate, Japan's biggest merchandise shop.
04:09We have sold plushies before,
04:11but I really like seeing various merch like this.
04:14The quality is really nice,
04:15and many of us on the team purchase items for ourselves as well.
04:19So let's take a closer look at each of the items.
04:22Starting off with some ceramic tableware,
04:24which I personally really like.
04:26There's a Bancho Sushi teacup,
04:30and we have two mini plates with different prints on them,
04:32including Dave's face.
04:34I think this is an item gamers would appreciate.
04:37It's a desk mat that has plenty of room for mouse movement.
04:41And if there's someone who'd like to display your favorite character,
04:45we got an acryl memo stand of Dave, Bancho, and Korra.
04:49There's a little clip on the back so you can put notes in it like this.
04:55And I know you're wondering about Jeho's super cool t-shirt.
04:58It has the Bancho Sushi logo on it,
05:00and it's also part of this merch collection.
05:03And we have a lot more items that we didn't show today,
05:06so please look forward to them.
05:07This merch collection was originally only available in Japan,
05:11but they will also be available in Korea from March 29th,
05:15and in the United States and Canada from April 19th.
05:19Don't miss out.
05:22Currently in Minx Rocket, we are busy developing the Jungle DLC,
05:26as well as the Lyco Dragon DLC.
05:28But we are also working on more exciting new game as well.
05:32It's still too early to show today,
05:34but we will do our best to share more news on them within the year.
05:38Thank you everyone for enjoying Dave the Diver,
05:40and we will continue to create fun content you can enjoy.
05:43We'll make sure to share our latest news on our official Discord and X,
05:47so please make sure to join them at the links below.
05:50And as always, we'll see you in the next one.
05:53Bye!