Game Development Giant

The so-called amiibo is actually a figure similar to a Disney Infinity game character.

However, there are fundamental differences between him and the Disney Infinity figures.

That is, amiibo can interact online with the 3ds handheld console through a specific built-in chip, thereby unlocking some game-limited content. This is something that Disney, which does not have its own hardware, can compare to.

Moreover, the price of thirteen dollars is really not cheap.

You know, this is the price of an amiibo. Not to mention other things, there are more than 700 images in "Pokemon" that can be made into amiibo.

Think about what an investment this is for someone with OCD.

And, the most important thing is that Nintendo fans are not short of money. Isn’t it only thirteen dollars a piece? Let’s get a hundred first.

The subsequent sales of amiibo really proved this perfectly.

Moreover, Nintendo is not the first to do this kind of thing. Before Nintendo, Activision has done similar things. Maybe when Activision is mentioned, many people will instantly reflect in their minds that this is not a "Call of Duty" Is that a company that can also produce such figures for their games that look like they are trying to trick girls and children out of their money?

In fact, as the world's largest game publisher, Activision is not that simple.

You know, Activision is as big as EA plus Ubisoft.

You only need to know this to understand how many games Activision has released.

Among Activision's major flagship games, in addition to "Call of Duty", there is also a series that can be compared with games from Disney Wireless and Nintendo in the children's market.

That is "Sparrow the Dragon".

Take "Sparrow the Dragon: Swapping Powers" as an example. When the game is released, you can choose to purchase the initial package, which contains a game and 3 NFC toys. The 3 toys have different types and skills. A certain character can complete some tasks better. . Of course, this thing has little impact on the game process. It is only related to the perfect collection of tasks and props. If you want to pass other tasks perfectly, you must purchase or exchange other types of NFC toys.

It can be said that NFC figures are a very suitable toy for children. It blends exchange and fighting in the virtual world with the real world. NFC figures are very popular with children in Europe and the United States. Activision relies on the camp of "Sparrow the Dragon" It is a COD series that is not inferior to the masterpieces.

Do you know how terrible the revenue of "Call of Duty" is?

None of the works since 6 has sold less than 20 million units. That equates to at least a billion dollars in sales, and that's once a year.

The first thing he did when he returned to Los Angeles was to meet with the hardware developers again.

Of course, this time the appointment was not with the console development department, but with the handheld development department.

In fact, a previous proposal to develop a follow-up model of Gameboy was on the table, but there was no internal consensus on how to improve this handheld console.

Jester summoned the developers of the handheld console to ask about this matter. But obviously, the handheld development team has not come up with a suitable plan yet, but Jester doesn't care about this, the purpose of his visit this time. Just give these people a plan.

The suggestion of a game character figure that can communicate is not complicated to describe, nor is it technically complicated to implement.

After all, Mars Entertainment's handheld development team only has experience in developing handheld pets, and Gameboy's online communication is also a top selling point, so. Technically, this is completely fine.

However, some people still raised their own questions.

"Is anyone really willing to buy this?" Many people have this very skeptical idea.

after all. Just unlocking some content that does not affect the completion of the game. Can this attract fans to buy in large quantities? And it also needs to be a major selling point? There must be someone selling this thing, but as a selling point, it must attract many people to buy it. Is this thing really capable of doing the job?

"hehe."

Jester just chuckled.

"You may not have seen the sales of our company's game figures, and I didn't pay attention to this incident. I discovered it accidentally when I went to New York."

As he spoke, Jester took out some documents and handed them to those present.

"This is the figure sales account of the game company that I just got. Our game figures were only launched at the end of last year. They were originally just used as peripheral supplements, but I didn't expect them to be so popular. Basically, As soon as the products come out, especially the limited edition ones, they are sold out.”

It can be seen from the expressions of these people that they were extremely surprised when they looked at the report in their hands.

The reports were circulated one after another.

Jester was not in a hurry, and had been quietly watching the hardware development engineers looking at the sales of game figures.

Until the last person has finished reading.

Jester then asked: "What do you think?"

"no problem."

After receiving a positive reply from the mobile phone development team, Jester was naturally satisfied.

"Okay, but other functions of the new handheld console must also be enhanced. We can't let players say that our new model is just the old model with some money-deceiving functions added to cheat them of their money..."

Finally, Jester said this humorously.

Then the whole room laughed.

However, just as Jester was about to leave, someone seemed to ask out of curiosity.

"Boss, I think your suggestion should have more selling points when used on a home phone than on a handheld phone, right?" He may have been joking when he said this, but it reminded Jester that he thought about it. , amiibo, Nintendo seems to be not only used on 3ds, but can also be distributed on wiiu.

"indeed so."

Jester still said in agreement.

Finally, Jester asked the handheld development team to come up with something similar that could be used for demonstration before the carnival. The game being demonstrated was "Pokemon".

This is a gimmick for carnivals, it just needs to be demonstrated.

After all, it will take some time before the new handheld console comes out.

Of course, it is not very difficult to develop a new model when the architecture remains unchanged and only some functions are enhanced.

During the period close to the opening of the carnival, in addition to dealing with some matters related to the carnival, Jester was perfecting the RPG game he wanted to know, with the background of the Spring and Autumn Period, and developing the world. At the same time, he also sent an invitation to Sega , inviting Nakayama Hayao and Suzuki Yu to participate in this year’s Mars Entertainment Carnival.

You know, Jester also invited many people to the carnival in previous years.

But most of these people have nothing to do with the gaming industry. Even if there are people from the gaming industry participating, they only come in their personal capacity.

After all, the definition of Mars Entertainment Carnival is a grand gathering between pure Mars entertainment and fans.

Therefore, other game companies will not be invited.

However, this time, Jester made an exception, and Hayao Nakayama who received Jester's call was also extremely surprised. He really didn't expect that Jester actually called him because of this matter.

At that time, Nakayama Hayao, who was still a little suspicious, just subconsciously asked: "Are Sony and Mr. Kutaragi also invited?"

"No."

Jester answered very simply and neatly.

However, this made Hayao Nakayama even more uncertain about paying attention.

In the end, Nakayama Hayao did not immediately agree to Jester's invitation. He said that he still needed to think about it, and Jester was not dissatisfied at all and just said that he was waiting for good news.

After hanging up the phone, Nakayama Hayao felt something was wrong the more he thought about it.

Originally, he wanted to contact Kutaragi Ken and discuss it, but then he thought about it, Jester said that he did not invite Sony, so this idea was quickly abandoned by Nakayama Hayao, but he thought about it for three days in a row. , Nakayama Hayao didn't even come up with a result.

He then thought that in the phone call Jester gave him, in addition to inviting him, he also said that he would invite Suzuki Yu.

"Is it related to Suzuki Yu?"

Nakayama Hayao thought so, so he called Suzuki Yu. After asking, Suzuki Yuya looked confused: "I haven't contacted Mr. Jester Li for a long time. During this time, he They haven’t contacted me either.”

Nakayama Hayao believes in Yu Suzuki, and he is not worried that Jester will poach Yu Suzuki.

Although Jester poached Shigeru Miyamoto and sent Hiroshi Yamauchi to the hospital, Sega is different from Nintendo. At least for now, Jester has not poached Yu Suzuki's soil.

"I think it might be another matter of co-developing a game?"

Suzuki Yu guessed and said this. When Suzuki Yu said this, Nakayama Hayao also pondered a little. He also thought that this was the greatest possibility.

However, although they have formed the World Electronic Games Association, everything seems peaceful.

In fact, under this peaceful atmosphere, there has been an undercurrent surging for a long time. It has not exploded yet, just because it is not the time yet. In this case, do you still need to jointly develop a game? Isn't this a bit whimsical?

"and……"

In addition to the "VR Warrior" series, Nakayama Hayao really can't think of any other games that Mars Entertainment or Jester can't handle on their own and have to cooperate with them, Sega or Yu Suzuki.

"Let's go take a look."

Finally, after some thought, Hayao Nakayama decided to go to the Mars Entertainment Carnival. (To be continued...)