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Therefore, Jester knocked on the table hard to attract the two people's attention again. top novel,

Clearing his throat, Jester said: "I personally never expected that this news, which was only leaked from informal channels, could cause such a big ripple in the industry, so I was thinking, in this case , this matter that we want to keep secret is no longer a secret, so let’s just talk about it to the outside world.”

Jester's words caused some hesitation on the faces of Nakayama Hayao and Kutaragi Ken. After all, the matter has not been officially settled yet. To be precise, the cooperation agreement has not been signed yet. If it is announced to the public now, it seems a bit inconsistent. rule.

Seeing the hesitation on their faces, Jester also knew the reason, so Jester also talked about the method simply.

"It's not really saying that we have reached an agreement, but we are just disclosing to the outside world that we are conducting negotiations in this regard. As for whether the negotiations are reached or not, it depends on your own wishes. We only need to formally stand up and tell the outside world Let me declare that the rumors you heard before are true."

Jester's tone was very calm when he spoke, but in the ears of Kutaragi Ken and Nakayama Hayao, they could hear a cold and ruthless tone.

Without him, if this news is confirmed, genius knows how far Nintendo's stock price will fall. To put it bluntly, even if Nintendo's stock falls to the point of delisting, it is not impossible.

But then again, neither Kutaragi Ken nor Nakayama Hayao has a good impression of Nintendo, and they can see Hiroshi Yamauchi falling into the abyss. It seemed to be something they both liked to hear, so they quickly nodded in agreement with Jester's suggestion.

Any media is very interested in this kind of news, and Jester has always had a good relationship with abc, so he notified abc immediately and asked abc to come here to make a news. The title of the news is Mars entertainment. Sega and Sony Computer Entertainment are discussing the establishment of the World Electronics Association and the establishment of game classification standards.

After this news was released, all third-party development companies knew that the situation had completely changed and that continuing to stay on the Nintendo tree was bound to be a dead end. However, Nintendo's stock price plummeted as soon as this news was released. Eleven percent.

After Hiroshi Yamauchi learned the news, he suffered a heart attack and was sent to the emergency room.

Soon, Hiroshi Yamauchi, who was still in the intensive care unit, issued an order as soon as he rescued him. This order feels both different and feels like maybe this is Nintendo's only way forward.

In this order, Hiroshi Yamauchi first admitted some of his mistakes in Nintendo's console development and operation over the years. He was especially saddened by the departure of Gunpei Yokoi. This was a huge mistake that he would never forgive himself for the rest of his life.

Then he discussed that Nintendo no longer has the ability to compete fairly on game platforms with the world's top game companies, so he felt that. Rather than letting Nintendo continue to get deeper and deeper into the road of console development, it would be better to retreat now.

The new 16-bit console they jointly developed with Sony, Hiroshi Yamauchi was also in the speech this time. Expressed that if possible, then they can resolve the issue of ownership of the sixteen-bit host through negotiation.

Then, Hiroshi Yamauchi announced that from now on, Nintendo would permanently withdraw from the development of console platforms and would only exist as a third-party game developer from now on.

This news is groundbreaking in the industry.

You know, although Mars Entertainment is now at its peak, the industry generally believes that after the big impact of Atari, there were two companies that revitalized the game industry, not just one. Even at the beginning, Nintendo was still ahead of Mars Entertainment. of.

Nothing else, just because Nintendo released its game console much earlier than Mars Entertainment.

Just as Jester was looking at the newspaper in his hand and thinking carefully about how much impact Nintendo's announcement of launching a console competition would have on the industry, the black phone on his desk that was specially used for international long distances rang.

When I picked it up and listened, it turned out to be a call from Hiroshi Yamauchi.

According to Hiroshi Yamauchi's position in the industry, it is not difficult to know Jester's phone number.

Jester was actually full of respect for this opponent he had never met in person. After all, in the history he was familiar with, this stubborn and domineering old man had indeed made an indelible contribution to the development of the entire video game. contribution.

It is no exaggeration to say that he is a legendary figure.

Even in this day and age, his royalty is a very classic creation, and it's the best way to avoid a flood of shoddy games from completely destroying the entire gaming platform.

Now, whether it is itself, Sega, or Sony, the method currently adopted is still the royalty method. Although there are various changes, it is undeniable that this is all based on the Nintendo rights design of Hiroshi Yamauchi. Set the above and get inspiration.

"President Li, I'm really sorry for calling you suddenly."

Jester could hear a hoarse old voice from the phone, speaking English. Although there was some Japanese-English pronunciation, after getting used to dealing with Japanese people, Jester was not interested in listening to other people's ears. Japanese English seems to be an alien language, and I have become accustomed to it.

"Is this Mr. Yamauchi?"

Naturally, Jester cannot neglect this senior, otherwise his reputation will not be good if word spreads.

There was not much conversation on this phone call. The two parties just exchanged names and chatted briefly. Jester also asked about Yamauchi Hiroshi's condition, and Yamauchi Hiroshi said that there is no serious problem now, but in a short time He may not be able to continue to run Nintendo, and he has entrusted the responsibility of the company's current affairs to his son-in-law, Minoru Arakawa.

It was impossible for Hiroshi Yamauchi to say something to convince him, and Jester didn't think Hiroshi Yamauchi could say it. In fact, Jester was very surprised that he could take the initiative to make this call to himself.

In Hiroshi Yamauchi's dictionary, being able to do this is the limit.

"If Nintendo is willing, it can submit an application to us in the name of the company, which is to apply to join the World Electronic Games Association. If you permanently withdraw from the competition of home console platforms, then I welcome Nintendo to join the competition of third-party game developers. Identity, join us.”

Jester's opinion was also very clear over the phone. This is also the result of previous discussions between the three of them.

They had long anticipated Nintendo's various reactions after the news of the official cooperation between the three of them was revealed. This reaction to completely withdrawing from the console platform was also among their reactions. However, according to their previous discussions, the discussion about the character of Hiroshi Yamauchi , I feel that even if Nintendo really got to this point, it would never have done this from the beginning.

Why is this conclusion reached? It's simple, because according to Hiroshi Yamauchi's normal personality, he would never be like this.

But what I didn't expect was that this incident would cause Hiroshi Yamauchi to have a heart attack. This sudden illness may have completely wiped out all his ambitions and allowed him to see the reality clearly, instead of continuing to fight stubbornly. It's better to let go of Nintendo's potential than to waste it in vain, so as to preserve its vitality as much as possible.

At the beginning, the Jester family had no intention of completely killing Nintendo, and it was not in their interests. In fact, what they want is this: Nintendo voluntarily abandons the home console market. A comprehensive transformation into a third-party game developer, everyone is happy.

After the call with Hiroshi Yamauchi ended, Jester immediately called Kutaragi Ken and Hayao Nakayama and told them about the matter in detail. Although both of them were a little embarrassed, they were so aware of the current affairs of Hiroshi Yamauchi. , still very satisfied.

They also assured on the phone that as long as Nintendo submitted the application, they would definitely pass it.

Soon, this news was also reported, and Nintendo's stock, which had been plummeting, instantly stopped its downward trend and even began to rebound.

And "Famitsu" also released a special issue to introduce the entire history of Nintendo's game consoles. Starting from the game console they cooperated with Panasonic, which ended up losing money and almost going bankrupt, it only introduced It’s mainly their new console that hasn’t been released yet and hasn’t even been shown to the public.

In fact, no one cares much about the performance of this console, because Sony's PS has been released. Their Super Nintendo and Sony's PS are actually twins from the same mother. In terms of performance, from the perspective of PS, they compare with Mars Entertainment's Dreambox 2 and Sega's MD actually don't have any special advantages. At least in terms of screen display capabilities, no one of these three games is better than the other.

Many die-hard Nintendo fans even held a funeral for the Super Nintendo, which had never been released by Nintendo. At least in Tokyo, tens of thousands of people attended.

The father of FC and one of the main developers of Super FC, Masayuki Uemura, also officially attended the funeral.

At this funeral, Masayuki Uemura gave a speech. During this speech, he choked up several times, expressing his gratitude to Nintendo, as well as his disappointment and sadness for Nintendo's decision to launch the hardware field from now on, and said of his future decisions.

After all, as a hardware development engineer, it is impossible to stay in a company that no longer develops hardware. (The novel "Game Development Giant" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will also be a 100% lucky draw gift for everyone! Open WeChat now, click the "+" sign on the upper right "Add Friend", and search the public Sign "dd" and follow it, hurry up!) (To be continued...)