Hundreds of videos popped up overnight on Chinese video viewing site BiliBili and YouTube, from covers of the song to reactions to the performance, spreading word of the game like wildfire. The introduction of the song, “The Divine Damsel of Devastation”, sparked a massive wave of interest in not just the game itself but also in Chinese opera. “I am very happy to be involved in this project, to use my voice, my field of study to create this character,” Yang said. While it was hard for her to imagine how such an overlap of media would look, she was incredibly impressed by how much effort went into Yun Jin’s creation.

“This collaboration was a very novel experience for me,” Yang said. Yang had never done work with a video game company before, and she expressed her excitement for the whole process. Yun Jin is the first character to have two separate voice actresses in any language dub, with one for her spoken lines and another for her sung lines. Yun Jin’s introduction to the game was a novel experience for not just the player base but the developers as well. Costumes are typically elaborate and exaggerated to allow the viewer to see features no matter where they are in the audience. Peking Opera is a form of Chinese opera that specializes in incorporating martial arts into the performances. In the game, Yun Jin has voice lines sung by professional Peking Opera singer Yang Yang as well as a full opera song as part of the game’s story. The January update of this year introduced a new character, Yun Jin, a character based on traditional Chinese opera. The game currently has three playable regions: Mondstadt, Liyue, and Inazuma-based on German culture, Chinese culture, and Japanese culture respectively.

The game is an open world action-RPG with a large emphasis on exploration and character collection. Since its release in September of 2020, Genshin Impact has grown immensely and held its spot as one of the top mobile games of 2021 going into this year.

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