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Seeing this kind of formation, Sakaguchi Hironobu was not too worried. When he was preparing for this press conference, he had discussed it with Jester, and Jester also told him that if he used this excuse to reply , then it would definitely cause public outrage, but Jester immediately told Hironobu Sakaguchi a new excuse. This excuse is actually basically the default between Mars Entertainment and Nintendo.

It is through the evaluation of "gae" and "faitong" to know the other party's game in advance.

Therefore, Hironobu Sakaguchi just smiled. He looked at the Asahi Shimbun reporter and said in a very calm tone: "Of course it's not that simple. Mr. Reporter, this is just an inducement. The real reason for us to make the following decision is The reason is that we found that "fai Tong" violated the contract we signed before and handed over the official version of the game cartridge we gave to the other party to our direct competitor without authorization. This is why we made today's decision to reject "fai Tong" No future reporting, {no} interviews, of the true reasons for any announcements regarding our confidence."

As soon as Hironobu Sakaguchi said these words, the whole place was in an uproar.

Although he did not name the direct competitor who obtained their "Final Fantasy" game cartridges through "Faitong", in the current environment of electronic games, Mars Entertainment can be called a direct competitor. , and only Nintendo. Hironobu Sakaguchi continued to smile and said in a confident tone: "We can confront each other face to face."

In fact, the reason why Jester asked Hironobu Sakaguchi to say this is because it is just an unspoken rule tacitly agreed by both parties. In the previous reviews, both parties had obtained the other party's game in advance through these two magazines. Regarding the game, quality. I had a general understanding before, but this time I didn’t go to Mars Entertainment’s Tokyo branch. After giving “faitong” the Final Fantasy game cartridge, “gae” followed its usual management and prepared to ask Nintendo for “Dragon Quest” "When the cartridge was reviewed, it was politely rejected by Nintendo.

Nintendo responded this way. They said that this game is not a work of their Nintendo, so it is not their right to leave it to you for review. There is nothing wrong in saying this. "gae" just asked Enix about game evaluation, but Enix asked strangely, their game has been delivered to Nintendo, who will evaluate it, and how to burn the cassette? So much so that the release is handled by Nintendo, which has little to do with them, and they have signed an agreement with Nintendo. They are also not qualified to give games to Gae magazine for evaluation. Therefore, this time, Hironobu Sakaguchi held a tearful press conference without any scruples.

One day later. At Nintendo's Kyoto headquarters, Hiroshi Yamauchi kept roaring in high-level meetings, while the Nintendo executives sitting below were all silent. No one dared to look up at the furious Nintendo leader.

"That's unreasonable!" Hiroshi Yamauchi kept repeating this sentence. In this short day, he had received dozens of interview requests, and as for what Mars Entertainment said at their press conference, they passed The fact that "Faitong" got the game cartridge of "Final Fantasy" is indeed a fact, which makes them unable to argue.

However, he was not aware of this matter before. Otherwise, he would definitely not destroy such a thing that maintains the tradition of both parties. As a Kyoto native and known as the most rigid Kyoto company in Japan, what Hiroshi Yamauchi likes most is to maintain Various established rules, do not destroy them, but maintain them.

This time, it was entirely the result of the collusion between the marketing department and Famitsu. They wanted their side to have a comprehensive understanding of the other side's game before it was officially released, while leaving the other side ignorant of their own game.

This is indeed for Nintendo's sake.

However, this kind of thinking is what Pu Yamauchi despises the most.

After Yamauchi Hiroshi finished scolding, he looked around the scene with sharp eyes. Everyone was like a chicken falling into the water, with their heads lowered and not daring to breathe. He had no choice but to sigh and said: "This time since we fell into the water, Public opinion is at a disadvantage, and it is untenable both emotionally and rationally. I will use my connections to put pressure on those major newspapers. However, externally, we must not admit this matter. I don’t think Mars Entertainment will think about it either. To expand this matter, after all, they did not get the cassette of our game in advance this time, but they did get it before. We can pass this matter on through our relationship. Since they want to tear it apart We don’t need to be merciful to them anymore, it’s good to put some pressure on them.”

Time flew by in this fight between Nintendo and Mars Entertainment. More than twenty days passed very quickly. This time the scandal came quickly, but it also went away quickly. After Mars Entertainment revealed that Nintendo had obtained their "Final Fantasy" game cartridge in advance through "faitong", some media reported that in fact, Mars Entertainment had also obtained a Nintendo game cartridge through "gae" before.

Moreover, the reason why Jester did this, apart from letting his development team in Japan vent his anger at being slighted, the most important reason is to use this to cause a sensational news in Japan, and now this goal has been achieved , so he will not continue to hype, because this is not a bright method in the first place, and it can be used once, and Nintendo is not a vegetarian in such mutual criticism.

Neither Mars Entertainment nor Nintendo want to expand this matter. If the person involved does not want this matter to expand, it will not be possible to hype it up by just relying on the media.

By the 20th of next month, the turmoil caused by this incident has basically disappeared.

However, Mars Entertainment has also gained the attention of many players through this matter.

The preparations for "Dragon Quest" are the most complete. For this release, they determined the date one and a half months ago, and the date of "Final Fantasy" was only targeted after "Dragon Quest" was determined. of arrangement.

Unlike "Dragon Quest" which placed almost all resources in Japan, "Final Fantasy" was promoted across the United States, Japan, and Europe. However, in Japan it was the development team of Hironobu Sakaguchi, while in the United States it was Europe also has different teams in charge, and this is the first time that Mars Entertainment has launched simultaneous sales in three different sales regions.

The previous largest number was released at the same time in the United States and Japan, while Europe would be delayed for a while.

The news of this simultaneous release has also been supported by many European players. In Europe, Claudia is in charge. Jester can rest assured, and he also knows Claudia’s abilities. In the United States, it is a popular release He was only responsible for promotion, and Jester unexpectedly accepted an exclusive interview with "Gae" for the game "Final Fantasy".

In this exclusive interview, he talked in detail about the development process of "Final Fantasy".

Originally, many players just thought that this game was developed by a little-known Japanese team. The only thing the team could do well was that the producer and soundtrack had worked in the "Fire Emblem" development team. Such experience would not make players happy. We can rest assured, so although many players know about this game, not many people actually want to buy it.

Most people want to read reviews before deciding whether to buy something.

Although "gae" magazine, which can be convinced by players, gave this game a score of 39 points.

But when Jester said that when this game was being created, he also participated in the creation of the main framework, background, and system of the game, the number of players who wanted to buy this "Final Fantasy" immediately increased. The pre-sale column opened by Mars Entertainment's flagship store doubled its original pre-sale volume of only 40,000 copies in just one day, and exceeded 100,000 copies the next day.

This number is extremely astonishing.

It also fully reflects Jester's unparalleled prestige in the minds of North American players. "Dragon Quest" is scheduled to be released on July 20th, while "Final Fantasy" is scheduled to be released on July 20th. The twenty-fifth day of the month.

Nintendo's status in the minds of Japanese players is equivalent to Mars Entertainment in the minds of North American players. Both companies re-established new rules from the ruins of video games destroyed by Atari, and did not use the term video games. , becoming an entry that can only be seen in the encyclopedia.

On July 20th, due to the international date line, the official release time in Japan is one day earlier than that in the United States.

In front of the Nintendo flagship store in Ginza, Tokyo, a long queue had formed since the evening of the 19th. By 8 a.m. on the 20th, when "Dragon Quest" was officially released, a whole line of people had gathered. There are thousands of people in the team, and this scene is not only in Tokyo, but also in Osaka, Kobe, and Yokohama. This is true anywhere there is a Nintendo flagship store.

This is not at all like a phenomenon that can be caused by a game developed by an unknown game company.

On the first day, "Dragon Quest" sold 190,000 copies in Japan alone!