Game Development Giant

Regarding Minoru Arakawa's matter, even people like Shigeru Miyamoto are not qualified to answer the question.

Therefore, this can only be the result of Hiroshi Yamauchi being sullen again.

However, it doesn't take long for a person to become sulky. After Yamauchi Hiroshi cursed a few words, he stopped scolding him. Soon, Yamauchi Hiroshi asked about the mobile phone again.

By the way, I heard the news that Sega's new handheld console is about to be developed? I haven't heard any news about this from Sony.

Yamauchi Pu asked casually.

Although he is still in control of Nintendo now, it is very different from the previous one where he almost controlled everything in detail. He basically just controlled a general direction. For example, like this problem now, if it were left before, Yamauchi Hiroshi knew it faster than anyone else and in more detail than anyone else.

There was no need for him to ask his subordinates.

Hearing this question from Hiroshi Yamauchi, Masayuki Uemura smiled disdainfully. He said to Hiroshi Yamauchi: President, don't worry about this. I got very specific news. This time Sega, they The handheld phone has a color screen.

Color screen?

Hearing Masayuki Uemura say this word, Hiroshi Yamauchi's eyebrows quickly wrinkled.

He glanced at Masayuki Uemura again and found that his right-hand man seemed to be a little dismissive of Sega's so-called color screen. This made Hiroshi Yamauchi even more confused. Isn't the color screen a more advanced technology? If Sega succeeds, honestly speaking, Hiroshi Yamauchi feels that if he were his buyer, he would definitely buy this kind of color screen.

Masayuki Uemura also saw his president’s questions.

He immediately answered: Actually, the reason why I am not optimistic about them is very simple. The first one is the cost. The cost of using a color LCD screen to make a handheld phone is much higher than ours, but this is not an unsolvable matter. As long as it can lead the trend like Sony's Waklkman, then the price is much more expensive than ours. As long as it has good enough game support, it may not be impossible to find a way...

but……

Speaking of this, Uemura Masayuki paused for a moment. When he saw Yamauchi Hiroshi's expression became serious, he didn't need his boss to urge him, so Uemura Masayuki continued.

However, color screens require too much power. In terms of portability and durability, they simply cannot make players feel that this is a game console that can be played anytime, anywhere. This It’s the most deadly.”

Seeing the confused look on Hiroshi Yamauchi's face, Uemura Masayuki simply gave an example: Let me give you an example and you will understand. Suppose our handheld phone with a black and white LCD screen can allow players to play continuously without interruption. If the battery needs to be replaced after four to five hours of use, then with the same battery, Sega's handheld phone may only last for one hour, and a handheld phone that lasts for one hour has no value.

So……

After hearing Uemura Masayuki's explanation, Yamauchi Hiroshi nodded with some understanding on his face. But he still had some questions, so after nodding, he continued to ask: So. What about joining Sega and adding twice as many batteries as us?

hehe.

Hearing Hiroshi Yamauchi's question, Uemura Masayuki smiled indifferently: If they do this, how much heavier will their handheld phones be? It will lose its portability value.

After Masayuki Uemura finished speaking. Hiroshi Yamauchi didn't have too many comments.

He just nodded and said: Okay.

Then, he asked Miyamoto Shigeru and asked him when he could develop a tailor-made handheld machine for their Nintendo handheld machine. Shigeru Miyamoto also answered with certainty that the game for handheld mobile phones is also in the process of being produced, and it will take no more than two months to complete.

At this time, Hiroshi Yamauchi couldn't help but think of the scene when Mars Entertainment was released.

The game American Cube, now that I think about it, is really a game made for handheld mobile phones. Hearing Hiroshi Yamauchi's sigh, everyone present nodded at the same time. Everyone knows how much Mars Entertainment's American Cube contributed to gameboy, Mars Entertainment's handheld device, in the early stages of its release.

It is said that after the first few months of release, almost 60% or even 70% of the players who bought Gameboy did it so that they could play games anytime, anywhere, under any circumstances. You can play the game American Cube.

United States, Mars Entertainment Headquarters.

Jester heard what his assistant said, and then he smiled at Mark Saini: Mark, you go and do your own business first. I'll receive the reporters from Game first and ask them to give me a simple Exclusive interview.”

What Jester doesn't know now is that at this time, Nintendo has completed the development of their new handheld phone and is discussing how to occupy a place in the handheld phone market. In fact, this is inevitable, because today's handheld phone In the market, there is only one company, Mars Entertainment.

And it is impossible for one company to occupy such a vast market.

Of course, even if Jester knew about it, it wouldn't matter to him, because he holds in his hands the Mario Balotelli series of this era, and the pm series, which have been practiced in handheld mobile phones for decades. Inspection is almost the game with the most say in this field.

I am not afraid of any competitors at all.

You know, even twenty or thirty years later, the most competitive games for handheld mobile phones are just the pm series and Capcom's mh series.

According to the current handheld mobile phone technology, it is impossible to develop a real co-fighting game.

Therefore, as long as you have PM in hand, basically, on the palm phone, other companies can only drink some soup.

The Game reporter who came to interview Jester was also the young man who had interviewed Richard Garrett before, but he was far less in front of Jester than in front of Richard Garrett. Rhett was so arrogant in front of him. After he entered the room, he bowed respectfully to Jester. Only after Jester asked him to sit down did he dare to sit down on the sofa.

Actually, asking you to do an exclusive interview is just an excuse. The main thing is that you listen to my ideas and then write an exclusive interview manuscript yourself according to my ideas.

Jester said calmly.

The Game reporter nodded immediately without expressing the slightest objection.

Moreover, as the owner of Game, how could Jester, a reporter of Game, express his dissatisfaction in front of Jester? This is absolutely impossible, he is just a wage earner who follows orders.

My request is actually very simple. This interview of mine should be put together with Richard Garrett's report, so that there is comparison. Since he said that I would make something like Fu A game like Stone Guardian is sorry for my current status, so I really want to ask him, what kind of game does he think I should make?

Also, if he thinks his works are works of art, then I will make a bet with him. Didn't his fans make a bet with my fans, about the sales of these two games? Although now It has just begun, but the victory of Runestone Guardian is basically certain.

In this case, I will make a bet with him. If he is not willing to use sales as a comparison, then we will not use sales as the comparison. We will use what he said is a deep game to compare. I think he also knows that in At the end of this year or the beginning of next year, because the time is still uncertain, I cannot guarantee the exact time. The first World GDC Conference, which is the World Game Developers Conference, will be held at this conference. There will be several awards.

For example, the best game of the year, the best game of the year in various types, we will make a bet to see if the said work can win this award - of course, if none of us win, then who will win? Nominations are also used as selection criteria. Of course, if neither of us is nominated, then I will lose. After all, this is the bet I proposed.

However, I don't know if Mr. Richard Garrett, a 'great' game designer who considers his games to be works of art, dare to make this bet with me?

After saying that, Jester sneered.

The reporter from Game also recorded Jester's words verbatim.

Soon, a week later, the latest edition of game magazine was released.

The reporters once again found Richard Garrett, and he had heard about Jester's bet before.

To be honest, in the past one or two years, there have been no games that have particularly shocked the world. However, Jester's Age of Empires has pioneering advantages, whether it is word-of-mouth, sales, or for the industry. The impact on developers is unparalleled.

Basically, this game has been the best game of the year for several years.

And Richard Garrett would never make this bet.

But he said before that Jester's game has no depth. Of course, he said that he was talking about Runestone Guardian before, but if Jester ignored his premise, it would be hard for him to defend himself.

When reporters asked him what he thought about the bet proposed by Jester himself, he was really hard-pressed to answer for a while. (To be continued...)