Astar, a collective driving Web3 adoption originating from Japan, is relaunching its Yoki Origins as Yoki Legacy on Sony’s Soneium blockchain.
Yoki Origins was digital collectible journey that launched final yr with companions like Casio, Japan Airways, JR Kyushu Railway Firm, Quickswap, Rarible, and others. Now it’s referred to as Yoki Legacy. Soneium is Sony’s Block Options Labs’ Layer 2 blockchain.
“As an ecosystem that places creativity and accessibility at its core, Soneium is the best residence for Yoki Legacy. We’re excited to see the mission relaunch on a platform constructed to help creators and IP-driven innovation” mentioned Maarten Henskens, head of Astar Basis, in an announcement. “This transfer displays our dedication to preserving and rising the Yoki IP, which was initially created and launched by Astar Basis on Astar zkEVM. By bringing Yoki to Soneium, we’re ensuring it stays accessible in an ecosystem designed to empower collators, creatives, and content material constructed round mental property.”
Initially deployed on Japan’s main blockchain ecosystem Astar Community, Yoki Origins was profitable, driving sturdy engagement and excessive volumes of on-chain transactions, Astar mentioned. Now, the IP has been relaunched on Soneium. Since then, the sport noticed 59,000 distinctive addresses created by gamers, with 2.5 million Yoki-related non-fungible tokens (NFTs) minted in complete and 40 completely different initiatives getting concerned.
Constructed on the precept that blockchain ought to be accessible, scalable, environment friendly, and clear up real issues for everybody, Soneium goals to ship progressive decentralized apps — comparable to Yoki Origins — spanning leisure, gaming, finance, and quite a few different prospects, Sony mentioned.
At launch, Soneium was supported by a number of the world’s most distinguished and well-established Web3 expertise companions, together with Astar Community, Circle, Optimism, Alchemy, The Graph, and Chainlink.
With its relaunch on Soneium, Yoki Origins will additional develop the blockchain’s ecosystem, providing new experiences by drawing inspiration from Pokémon and conventional Japanese tradition the place folks can accumulate “Yokis” to finish a particular pocket book.
As a part of the brand new season, the relaunch introduces a extra streamlined model of the unique Yoki and its core sport mechanics, making it even simpler for folks to take pleasure in its ecosystem. For instance, as a substitute of 48 Yokis (12 fundamental and 36 developed), the sport now options 24 — 12 fundamental and 12 developed. By gathering three equivalent fundamental Yokis, customers can “fuse” them into an developed one.
Yoki Origins’ native token, beforehand referred to as Omamori (OMA), is now rebranded as OMASTR, reflecting its deeper integration with Astar. This alteration enhances the token’s utility by permitting customers to mint OMASTR on Soneium utilizing Astar Community’s native token, ASTR, with none day by day minting limits. This goals to open up better flexibility and entry for customers trying to interact extra actively within the ecosystem.
The newly up to date OMASTR token is primarily used for buying capsules from the capsule machines, a well-liked characteristic in Yoki Origins. They permit customers to acquire numerous Yokis by spending OMASTR tokens to “spin” or “pull” capsules. In complete, there are actually three distinct capsule machines, every providing a singular set of Yokis and that includes 4 completely different capsule varieties, which create a layer of selection and anticipation for customers as they accumulate their treasured creatures.
To make the expertise much more rewarding, customers will earn particular ACS Factors by minting, fusing, and finishing their notebooks. The Astar Contribution Rating initiative, launched by the Astar Basis with a reward pool of 100 million ASTR, is designed to drive consumer adoption and incentivize on-chain exercise, all whereas increasing the utility of ASTR tokens and boosting the expansion of Soneium.
At launch, a pool of two million ACS might be out there, with the opportunity of extra factors being added sooner or later. As a particular incentive, gamers who full their Yoki pocket book by June 1 will obtain an unique Yoki OG Badge, a singular reward from the collaboration between Astar and Soneium.
Sony mentioned the Soneium OG Badge is greater than only a digital token—it’s a badge of honor, symbolizing a consumer’s dedication and perception within the Soneium imaginative and prescient. Holders of this badge might be acknowledged as pioneers who’ve performed a key position in shaping the event and progress of the Soneium ecosystem.
