Game Development Giant

When Jester said these words, both his tone and his eyes were extremely serious and enthusiastic.

However, Iwata heard this sentence with some disbelief. His brain seemed to have crashed at this moment, because Jester knew that the Hal Research Institute would soon cease to exist. Why do you still suggest that you stay in hal? Could it be...

Thinking of this, Satoru Iwata seemed to suddenly think of something. He looked at Jester with a somewhat excited expression and opened his mouth, but could not speak.

But Jester obviously knew that the other party had understood what he meant.

"Yes, I am in contact with Nintendo. We plan to acquire Hal and then merge it directly into our Japanese branch. And I want you to serve as the director of the new Hal Research Institute. Your work will still be with It’s the same as before, but before I was developing games for Nintendo’s game consoles or solving some technical problems, now I’m developing games for our home consoles and handheld consoles…”

Iwata Satoru didn't listen to what he said later, or to put it another way, he had no idea to listen.

Because he had completely fallen into ecstasy.

"Li...President Li, is what you said true?" He even stuttered and asked Jester to confirm, but Jester didn't feel dissatisfied, but nodded directly. Accept that this is true.

"Why... why?"

Iwata was still a little dissatisfied, but Jester just smiled.

"Because I think your research institute has great potential, I have asked someone to get some information about Hal Research Institute before. After Nintendo knew that we wanted to take over, they were not dissatisfied. Instead, they were very enthusiastic to follow us. From some information about your research institute, I found that your R\u0026D strength is actually very good. You haven’t come up with any particularly outstanding products before. In my opinion, it’s not that you don’t have this ability, or that you don’t have this technology, but Yes, Nintendo did not give you this opportunity."

As he said that, Jester's tone changed.

"So, this time, after we officially reorganize the Hal Research Institute, you will have the rights to be a truly independent game development company. You can propose your own projects, or you can complete your own projects, with our company's The treatment of independent studios is the same, and of course, they are responsible for their own profits and losses, which should also be noted.”

Iwata was silent for a long time, and then he hesitantly asked a strange question.

"President Li, I have one last question. Just like the first question I asked you before, I feel that what I did before was just my duty and nothing special. But you are doing it because of me. The things I did recognized me, but it’s still a little hard for me to understand…”

Facing this question from Satoru Iwata, Jester also pondered for a moment.

Then he said: "Actually, Iwata. I don't just look at a person's abilities, I also rely on my feelings. From your resume and previous chat with you, I can draw a conclusion, that That is, you and I are both the same kind of people."

What Jester said was very certain, but Satoru Iwata once again didn't understand. He didn't know what Jester meant when he said that he and Jester were the same kind of people.

But this time, Satoru Iwata didn't take the initiative to ask. After Jester paused for a moment, he gave his answer.

"That is, we all have a player's heart."

Iwata returned to the hotel in shock and joy.

Even for a whole night, he couldn't sleep. His mind was filled with the words Jester had said to him before.

Especially the promise to let him serve as the head of the Hal Research Institute made Iwata have the idea of ​​​​die from the bottom of his heart. He never thought that a nobody like him would actually do it. So taken seriously.

This kind of gratitude simply made him think of nothing to repay.

The GDC Global Game Developers Conference will be held at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. The first conference will be attended by more than 3,000 people. Although this number is not particularly large, it also includes people from all over the world. With developers from five continents developing games of all types, it can be said that this is the first and largest event in the video game industry this year.

Many people are also looking forward to the speech Jester will give before the first GDC conference.

Many people have already heard some of what Jester is going to say from their internal relationships, but it is not exact. All we can say is that Jester will give the developers who come to the GDC conference this time a message they have previously It is an unexpected surprise in any case, but as for what kind of surprise it is, it is unknown. Therefore, many developers are very curious about what kind of surprise this is.

The rest is about discussing the final winners of the major annual game awards.

However, the result will not be announced until tonight's banquet, so there is still a whole day to wait.

While waiting for the meeting to officially start, developers from all over the world are also having some short exchanges in English with various tones. Most of them are waiting for what Jester is going to say. What is it.

In a corner, there was a thin young man with black hair who was also chatting with others about this topic. He looked like he was only in his early twenties at most, but he was fluent in English. One of them should be When people from Western European countries asked him his name, he smiled and answered in English that his name was Ye Mingzhang.

"I'm an independent game producer, and our studio hasn't been established yet..."

This young man named Ye Mingzhang explained his situation to the people around him, and most of the same game producers around him came from this kind of hard-working personal studio, so they all can understand this called The situation of young people in Ye Mingzhang is still a bit strange to some people.

"Since you don't have the money to set up your studio yet, why should you spend money to participate in GDC instead of setting up your own studio first so that you can complete your first work as soon as possible?"

Ye Mingzhang smiled after hearing this.

"It is not our own money to participate. The works of several of us participated in a competition about games. The champion will get an opportunity to participate in GDC, and the travel expenses, food and accommodation are all the responsibility of the organizer of the competition, and Our work won first place, so we got such an opportunity, but there was only one free place, so a few of our friends gave this opportunity to me."

After hearing Ye Mingzhang's explanation, people around him also encouraged him.

"You will definitely be able to make great games in the future."

But everyone knew that this was just a word of comfort, and Ye Mingzhang also knew it, but he was still very grateful. After all, he and these people just met by chance.

He came to GDC this time because he wanted to communicate more. If possible, he even hoped to get an investment for their game. He hoped that their game could impress some investors. Otherwise, he would have to talk to It would be difficult for some of his friends to make the game they want to make good enough.

Ye Mingzhang's favorite producer is not Jester. Although he also likes to play Jester's games, and even regards Jester's "Fire Emblem" as an absolute masterpiece, but his favorite I think the producer is Matsuno Yasuki, who is not the most famous among the large number of producers trained by Jester, and Matsuno Yasuki's "Royal Knights" made him more famous. Friends never tire of playing.

The game they want to make is actually a game like "Royal Knights" by Matsuno Yasumi. Even the name of the game is based on "Royal Knights". It is called "Knights of the Flame Dragon".

He is the architect of this game.

However, Ye Mingzhang also knew that few investors were willing to invest in a new studio like them that had no achievements, but he didn't want to give up just like that.

No matter how difficult it is, you still have to try.

"Look, it's Sakaguchi Hironobu, Naka Yuji, Matsuno Yasumi..."

While Ye Mingzhang was deep in thought, someone beside him pointed in the direction of the intersection, and then everyone's eyes moved over.

"Naka ​​Yuji is so young. I heard that he is only twenty-four years old this year?"

Someone said with emotion, and someone immediately echoed: "Yes, it is said that when he was still a high school student, he joined the newly established Japanese branch of Mars Entertainment, and then he was spotted by Jester, and he followed Jester. Ste developed several games, and then he stepped out on his own..."

Ye Mingzhang didn't know whether the person who said this was envious or jealous, but he was extremely envious. After all, at the age of twenty-four, he became the world's top producer. What kind of honor is this?

But it's impossible for me to do it. Let's not talk about whether I have such strength and potential. At least I don't have such good luck. After all, not everyone can stay by Jester's side and get his personal guidance. , and it is said that the game that Jester is going to develop now will take five years. Basically, during these five years, Jester will not have any other energy to produce other games at the same time.

If Jester is going to make the right game, it must be a gathering of elites. It is said that the main players in the development teams of many large game companies would rather resign and then become ordinary participants in Jester's development team.

Finally, Ye Mingzhang set his sights on Matsuno Taimi.

That's his idol. (To be continued...)