Nexon Co., Ltd. is conducting a collaboration between the online game ‘Maple Story’ and global superstar BTS member Jin.
This collaboration will be conducted under the concept of BTS Jin, known as a long-time serious gamer of ‘Maple Story’, joining the ‘Maple Story’ planning team as a one-day intern. Nexon plans to sequentially show Jin’s joining the ‘Maple Story’ planning team and subsequent episodes of his life at the company on the ‘Maple Story’ official YouTube channel through the web entertainment content ‘Commuting Hero Kim Seok-jin’.
Previously, on the 10th, the first teaser video showing Jin of BTS going to work at the Nexon headquarters was released, raising expectations, and the second teaser video showing him taking an employee ID card and participating in a planning meeting was released on the 12th. Episode 1 of ‘Commuting Hero Kim Seok-jin’ will be available on August 16th.
Meanwhile, this collaboration was highly anticipated as Jin’s Nexon employee ID photo was first revealed through Jin’s Instagram. Jin has consistently shown his deep affection for ‘Maple Story’ by posting proof photos of ‘Maple Story’ bread on Instagram, or posting photos of his visit to the orchestra performance ‘Symphony of Maple Story’, and ‘Maple Story ‘ We also introduced a new coordination item from ‘Maple Story’, which we directly participated in planning and designing through collaboration.
Nexon Director Kang Won-ki, who is in charge of the development of ‘Maple Story’, said, “I am happy to be collaborating again with Jin of BTS, who has always shown a deep affection for ‘Maple Story’,” and added, “After the interview, joining the planning team, and participating in planning meetings, etc. “Please show a lot of interest in the upcoming episodes.”
Meanwhile, the ‘Maple Story
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