Traveling Through the Tokyo Bubble Era

Chapter 258 Wal-Mart is Very Interested

Edwin Catmull complains about his boss, and Hideki Hanyu has nothing to say.

And he is not good at evaluating.

He is also a boss himself, and sometimes he can understand the methods of those capitalists. After being successful in the inherent field, he naturally does not want to venture into unfamiliar fields.

The advancement of 3D animation technology cannot be done by talking about it, but it will cost a lot of money.

Two years later, after Jobs bought this department and reorganized it as Pixar Animation Studios, he was also extremely annoyed by Pixar's burning of money.

Jobs, who originally wanted to rely on Pixar's computer graphics technology to help NeXT sell products, did not expect that Pixar Animation Studio would develop so well in the future.

How many years has it been so easy to use?
Counting from the current Industrial Light and Magic computer graphics department to the release of the first 3D animated film "Toy Story" by the future Pixar Animation Studio, it took a full 11 years.

Although there was some sporadic income and many awards during this period, most of the time was spent on burning money and accumulating technology.

In the case of making ends meet, finally relying on his commitment to Disney, he achieved later success.

Thinking about the future development of Pixar in their minds, listening to Edwin Catmull's complaints, they have already entered the office area where the computing and graphics department is located.

how to say.

It looks a bit shabby at first glance.

Whether it is equipment or office environment, it proves that this department is not taken seriously in Industrial Light and Magic.

They came here mainly for work. After Edwin Catmull entered the office area, he changed his previous attitude of "resentful woman" and quickly devoted himself to work.

Hideki Hanyu, the mascot, didn't go overboard to join in the fun, but quietly waited aside.

Fortunately, he had the foresight to bring a Pokeball 2 handheld from the R&D center ahead of time, which could be used to pass the time.

Turn on the game console, insert the "Pokémon" game cartridge, and start the adventure in the game with his pet.

Collecting, cultivating, fighting, and taking risks, Hideki Hanyu had a great time playing.

Traveling through such a long time, although he has made a lot of money and has a lot of beautiful women, his entertainment life is too poor.

He doesn't like golf, bowling, and billiards, nor is he good at them.

In addition to movies, TV, listening to music, reading books, the only way to pass the time is dancing.

Smartphones don't, the Internet doesn't...

This makes him a person of later generations, with a feeling of returning to the "primitive society".

Now that he has this handheld device, he can finally get back the feeling of a modern person.

I have to say that Satoshi Tajiri was really born for "Pokémon".

Under his guidance, Tajiri Satoshi did not know how many detours he took,

This "Pokémon Red/Green" is more mature and balanced than the original version of the previous generation.

Of course, he will never forget the marketing operation of Nintendo in his previous life about hiding the Pokémon "Dream".

Although later generations have many mysterious explanations for the appearance of "Dream".

Some say it was created by Shigeru Miyamoto, while others say it was created by Shigeru Morimoto.

But no matter who it is, the rumors say that due to the memory limit of the game cartridge, there is no way to put in this "dream" other than the 150 illustrated book.

But in the end, because of reluctance, I just saved 300 bytes of space and put "Dream" in it.

As a result, "Dream" has become a hidden Pokémon, which cannot be obtained normally. Only when there is a bug, "Dream" will appear in the illustrated book.

Such a mystery and scarcity naturally made "Fantasy" the Pokémon spirit that players most wanted to have in the first-generation Pokémon game, causing players to chase after it crazily.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Nintendo launched a marketing campaign called "Fantasy Gifts" and promoted a wave of games with great fanfare.

Now, as an insider in the industry, Hideki Hanyu knows that this kind of operation is deliberate.

But with the memory of success, he has no reason not to use it.

There is no need to make any accidental bugs, just manual operation.

At his request, a very small part of this "Pokémon Red/Green" cassette will have "dreams".

At that time, if some players are lucky and buy a Pokémon with "dreams", Fairy Entertainment can completely hype it up.

Learn from Nintendo again, compose a few short stories, and then launch some activities, give away "dream" cassettes and the like.

Of course, there will be a special version later.

The first-generation Pokémon of the previous Nintendo, in order to encourage players to socialize in the game, and of course to sell more sales, launched two versions of 'red' and 'green' that can collect different Pokémon spirits.

Later, a version of "Pokémon Blue" was released to fix the bugs of the red/green version, but it also sold a lot of sales.

Of course, Elf Entertainment can also play in this way, fix bugs, add special Pokémon, and harvest another wave of players' wallets.

Hideki Hanyu was so devoted to playing here, he didn't notice that a young white man stood behind him at some point.

The other party is tall and tall, with thinning hair on the top of his head, wearing a pair of round-frame glasses, and his body is a bit fat.

After the other party stood behind, seeing Hideki Hanyu playing Pokeball 2, he immediately poked his head out of curiosity.

It doesn't matter if you don't look at it, you can't look away immediately after seeing it.

In the eyes of Hideki Hanyu, a time traveler, the Pokeball 2 handheld is really simple.

The screen is miserable green, without even a color effect, and can only rely on four-color grayscale, using four different shades of black and white to construct the picture.

The machine body is bulky, and it is almost like half a brick in the hand.

But the problem is that he looks at it from the perspective of future generations.

But in the eyes of people of this age.

The body that Hideki Hanyu has in his hands can manipulate black and white pixel block screens, adventures and fights. It is simply black technology, and it looks so interesting.

However, Caucasian youths may not have been exposed to electronic pet Pokeballs, so they are not familiar with "Pokémon" played by Hideki Hanyu.

Although Hideki Hanyu's cassette is also an engineering version, and the version is not marked on the outside, it is actually "Pokémon Red".

So the other party is just watching the fun.

However, after playing "Pokémon" for a while, Hanyu Hideki decided to change the game.

While the young man next to him was stunned, he pulled out the Pokeball 2 cassette.

Then he took out the Tetris cassette that he carried with him and inserted it.

Start the game and happily eliminate the blocks.

Compared with Pokémon, the game mechanism of Tetris is much simpler and clearer.

After watching for a while, the young man behind him understood how the game was played.

The young man felt that although this game was simple, it seemed more interesting than the previous one.

After understanding the game, the young man wanted to play it himself.

Anxious in my heart, I scratched my head and ears, and finally couldn't help it, and asked directly to Hideki Hanyu.

"Sir, what exactly is this thing in your hand? Where can I buy it?"

Hanyu Hideki, who was concentrating on the game, had no idea that there was someone behind him, and was startled by the sudden voice.

The long cube in his hand should have been comfortably inserted into the space he had reserved, and disappeared into four rows in one go.

As a result, he was frightened by the opponent, shook his right hand, changed direction accidentally, and climbed sideways on the gap, completely blocking the elimination path.

Seeing that he frightened Hideki Hanyu and caused Hideki Hanyu to make a game error, the white youth hurriedly apologized, "Sorry, I didn't mean it."

Hideki Hanyu pressed the pause button and said nonchalantly, "It's okay, it's just a game."

The white youth reached out his hand to Hideki Hanyu at this time, "I'm John Lasseter. I just joined Industrial Light and Magic today. I used to work for Disney. Are you also an employee of Industrial Light and Magic?"

"Hanyu Hideki (Hideki Hanyu), I am not an employee of Industrial Light and Magic. My company provides graphics processing chips for the department here. I am here today to deal with some technical issues."

When Hideki Hanyu introduced himself, by the way, he complained in his heart that he could meet future celebrities just by playing a game.

If Edwin Catmull is the technical core of Pixar in the future.

The John Lasseter in front of him will be the creative core of Pixar in the future.

In my memory, the other party was from Industrial Light & Magic who joined this year.

After he joined, the computer graphics department of Industrial Light and Magic, under his direction, created the first animated short film, "The Adventures of Andrew and Willy".

Hideki Hanyu has seen this short film.

It's hard to imagine that in 1984, when even computers were rare gadgets, Edwin Catmull and John Lasseter created such amazing 3D animation.

No wonder people always say that Pixar is a bunch of cheating guys.

As long as you have watched this short film in this era, you may feel that this statement is not unreasonable.

After the first short film, "Little Desk Lamp", the source of Pixar's LOGO, was also directed by the other party.

Then a series of short films, as well as the "Toy Story" series, "A Bug's Life", "Cars" series...

Almost all of the cartoons that Pixar can name are produced by the other party.

It can be said that without John Lasseter, there would be no Pixar's many 3D animation ideas in the future.

While Hideki Hanyu was recalling the other party's amazing resume, John Lasseter asked Hideki Hanyu curiously.

"Mr. Hanyu, can you tell me where you bought the machine that can change the cassette in your hand?"

It can be seen that when Hideki Hanyu gave the address, the other party would definitely buy one immediately.

"Sorry, this is a product that my company hasn't launched yet, so I can't buy it for the time being," Hideki Hanyu said.

Hideki Hanyu was very happy with the other party's reaction, at least it proved that Pokeball 2 is still very attractive.

Although poke balls are also very popular, after all, electronic pets are mostly liked by children.

But the handheld is different, it is a killer for all age groups.

Among the competitors of Nintendo's GAME BOY handheld in the previous life, the first-generation machine sold more than 2000 million units.

Counting the follow-up series, the sales volume is more than [-] million units.

Now Pokeball 2 was born several years ahead of schedule, and there is no opponent on the market that can be played.

In the case of thriving, Hideki Hanyu is confident that he can create more brilliant sales than Nintendo.

"That's such a pity. I don't know when Mr. Hanyu's company plans to release this machine? And what's its name?"

John Lasseter asked repeatedly,
Hideki Hanyu showed an apologetic expression again and said, "I'm sorry, these are all commercial secrets now, and I can't tell you."

After Hanyu Hideki finished speaking, he put away Pokeball 2 casually.

It's not that he is stingy, but Pokeball 2 is too important to Pokemon Entertainment and must be treated with caution.

"That's such a pity."

said John Lasseter with all his heart.

Seeing this, Hideki Hanyu still told John Lasseter what he could know.

"My company is Elf Entertainment. If you are interested in the handheld I just played, you can follow our company's news."

"Spirit Entertainment?"

John Lasseter seemed to remember something, "Is that the company that sells Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle toys?"

Hanyu Hideki originally thought that the other party knew the name of Spirit Entertainment, and would think of electronic pets, but who would have thought that the other party's attention would be Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

It seems that he met a manga fan.

"Wait a minute, I remember the comic book creator of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, which has the same name as yours."

As a screenwriter and animation director, John Lasseter tends to pay more attention to the creators behind the scenes.

"That's right, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is my manga." Hideki Hanyu admitted generously.

"My God! I didn't expect to meet the author of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, please wait a moment..."

As John Lasseter spoke, he trotted away.

After a while, Hanyu Hideki saw the other party running back in a hurry, with an extra comic magazine in his hand.

Look carefully, it is the latest issue of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

"Mr. Hanyu, please sign my manga. I really like this manga, and I buy every issue."

John Lasseter handed the manga and pen to Hanyu Hideki while talking.

"Thank you Mr. Lasseter for your support." Hideki Hanyu skillfully signed his name.

And at the end, it also wrote, "To John Lasseter, I wish you good luck forever." Signed.

"I will definitely cherish this magazine."

John Lasseter put the magazine away carefully, then asked again.

"Have you ever thought about animating this manga, Mr. Hanyu? I worked in Disney before and know many excellent animation producers."

"Actually, we have already formed an animation production team, and animation production should start soon." Hideki Hanyu replied.

"That's really good, I can't wait to watch this animation, knowing that I like eating pizza like a few turtles, and..."

Hideki Hanyu really didn't expect that the future boss of Pixar would still be a talker.

Pulling him to talk about "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", he talked endlessly.

All the attention I paid to Pokeball 2 just now was forgotten at this time.

Having nothing to do, Hanyu Hideki simply chatted with the other party.

But after this chat, Hanyu Hideki realized that the other party was definitely not just an ordinary manga fan.

John Lasseter has a lot of personal thoughts on the development of the story.

He really deserves to be the big boss of Pixar in the future. Many ideas are extremely interesting and have brought inspiration to his creation.

This also made Hideki Hanyu more involved in the conversation.

But when the two were concentrating on chatting, a middle-aged woman suddenly walked up to them and said to John Lasseter.

"Mr. Lasseter, I have been looking for you for a long time, and you are hiding here."

"Sorry, Ms. Lana," said John Lasseter.

"Mr. Lasseter, come with me to meet new colleagues." The lady named Lana said.

"Ok."

After John Lasseter agreed, he turned his head and apologized to Hideki Hanyu, "It seems that we can only talk next time. I am going to meet new colleagues with Ms. Lana. Goodbye, Mr. Hanyu."

"It doesn't matter. I have gained a lot from discussing creation-related matters with Mr. Lasseter this time. I hope to have the opportunity next time."

After Hanyu Hideki finished speaking, he presented his business card.

"I'm looking forward to it too."

John Lasseter accepted the business card and gave Hideki Hanyu one in return, and then left.

Next, Hideki Hanyu took out Pokeball 2 and started playing again.

The team he led stayed here for two days at Industrial Light & Magic.

During the two days, apart from getting to know John Lasseter, there were no other unexpected gains.

The next day he bid farewell to Edwin Catmull and led the team back to Silicon Valley.

As for Chika Kawauchi who came together, after integrating the animation production team, he has already taken people to Los Angeles.

Because of the American branch of Yunshang Animation, the address is chosen in Los Angeles.

After all, as the headquarters of Hollywood, it is more suitable for the company to run than San Francisco.

City of San Jose.

Hanyu Hideki, who returned from San Francisco, saw that there was nothing in the company that required him to participate, so he was ready to take care of his personal affairs.

He contacted the real estate agent introduced by Michael Katz to buy a house in San Jose.

But what he didn't expect was that the agent introduced by Michael Katz turned out to be a lady.

The other party's name is Nadia Bellucci, who immigrated to the United States from Italy with her family ten years ago.

In his 40s, he has a fat body and looks quite friendly.

Judging from her appearance, she should have been a beautiful woman when she was young.

Nadia took Hideki Hanyu on a day trip around San Jose in an old Toyota, seeing more than ten houses.

But to Hideki Hanyu's disappointment, he didn't like any of them.

"I'm very sorry, these are the only listings I have suitable for Mr. Hanyu,"

Ms. Nadia was a little embarrassed that she failed to help Hideki Hanyu find a house.

"It's okay." Hideki Hanyu didn't care much.

At the end of the day, Hanyu Hideki realized a problem.

That was when he approached Michael Katz to introduce real estate agents, which seemed to be a mistake.

Although the other party has a good income, he is still in the middle class, with limited vision and financial resources.

The listings in Nadia's hands are not bad in Michael Katz's opinion.

But in the eyes of his "big capitalist", it is still a bit too ordinary.

After realizing this, Hanyu Hideki, who was too lazy to find another intermediary, thought of a way and asked Nadia.

"Ms. Nadia, in the community where the second house is located in the morning, please help me find out if there is any vacant land for sale."

The community he mentioned was the closest to the elf entertainment branch.

It is also a well-known wealthy community in San Jose.

As for why he bought the land, of course he didn't like the ready-made ones, so he simply built one he liked.

"Is Mr. Hanyu planning to build his own house?" Nadia asked.

"Yes."

"Is there a requirement for the size of the land?"

"The bigger the better, if there is a house for sale next to the land, it should also be taken into consideration. When the time comes, it will be bought, demolished and rebuilt together."

As soon as Hanyu Hideki said this, Nadia seemed to understand why Hanyu Hideki didn't fancy a house after running for a whole day.

This young man, who was younger than her daughter, was obviously a rich man.

If I knew it earlier, I should have called and asked Mr. Katz who the other party was.

"I've made a note of it. Does Hanyu-san have any other requests?" Nadia asked again.

"Can Ms. Nadia deal with the application procedures for house construction, contacting designers and builders, and problems during the construction process?"

As soon as Hanyu Hideki asked these questions, Nadia's breathing became rapid.

She understands that the opportunity to further her career has come.

It's like Hanyu Hideki looked down on the house in her hand because of the price gap.

She also couldn't get better resources because of her lack of qualifications.

As long as she can complete the commission of the rich man Hideki Hanyu, then this kind of experience will make her qualified to contact other rich people.

And after all this series of services, she can get a huge commission.

She really didn't expect that what she thought was just an ordinary intermediary service would be so rewarding.

Thinking of this, she suppressed her excitement and said calmly.

"I am familiar with all the house construction procedures in California and San Jose. I can help Mr. Hanyu Hideki contact Los Angeles and even New York designers. I also know several reliable builders. I can supervise the whole process of house construction."

"Very good, as long as Ms. Nadia helps me choose the land, I will entrust you with the follow-up services."

After finishing speaking, Hideki Hanyu handed over a business card, "Come and find me at this address tomorrow with the contract."

The address on the business card was the elf entertainment branch.

"I won't be late," Nadia said.

"You don't have to go too early, I ran all day today, and I want to sleep late."

Hanyu Hideki made a joke.

Then the two bid farewell, and Hideki Hanyu went back to the hotel to rest.

The next day, Hideki Hanyu slept in the hotel until ten o'clock before getting up, and when he arrived at the Silicon Valley company, it was almost twelve o'clock.

As a result, as soon as he entered the company's office building, he saw Nadia Bellucci in the leisure area.

Looking at the coffee cup in front of him, it was obvious that he had been here for a while.

"Ms. Nadia, sorry to keep you waiting."

Hanyu Hideki stepped forward to say hello.

"It's okay, this is what I should do." Nadia replied cautiously.

After going back yesterday, she specifically contacted Michael Katz and asked about Hideki Hanyu's identity.

Only then did I know that Hideki Hanyu was not an ordinary rich man at all, but a billionaire.

Elf Entertainment, where Michael Katz works, is nothing more than a branch of the other party.

The other party is in Neon, and has a bigger business.

It involves various industries such as film and television entertainment, game development, toy production and sales, electronic products, clothing, etc.

So even though Hanyu Hideki told her not to come too early today, she still came according to the working hours of Spirit Entertainment, and has been waiting until now.

"Did you bring the contract?" Hideki Hanyu asked.

"Bring it." Nadia said and took out the contract from her bag.

Then look around and ask, "Are we signing here?"

Hideki Hanyu pointed to the sofa in the leisure area, "Let's talk here, please sit down."

After inviting Nadia to sit down, Hideki Hanyu began to look through the contract.

Nadia picked up another contract and introduced the service content and related charges to Hideki Hanyu.

Hideki Hanyu flipped through it casually, and he could understand the content of the service, but he didn't quite understand some of the terms.

As for fees.

Nadia spoke cautiously, for fear that Hanyu Hideki would think her asking price was too high.

But Hideki Hanyu didn't care about money at all, and had no objection to the fee.

He didn't sign the document on the spot, but was going to show the branch's legal counsel to make sure there were no traps in the contract.

It's not that I feel sorry for the money, but mainly because I'm afraid that it will be too troublesome if there are problems later.

That's why he asked Nadia to come to the company to sign the contract.

Twenty minutes later, after the legal affairs confirmed that there was no problem, he signed the contract and entrusted his house to Nadia.

After getting her contract, Nadia left the Fairy Entertainment Division seemingly calmly.

But the moment she stepped out of the gate, she couldn't suppress her excitement any longer, and cheered excitedly.

But after the excitement, Nadia suddenly realized a problem.

That is, although she has obtained the opportunity, she also has the confidence to complete the service.

But her real estate agency family workshop is not enough manpower.

Finding suitable land, contacting designers and builders, going through the formalities, and supervising the construction process all have to be done by people.

Some things are unreliable to assign employees, and must be entrusted to trusted people.

Back home, Nadia told her husband about it.

As an Italian immigrant, Mr. Bellucci instinctively thought of asking his family for help.

"If you want to be reliable, then find someone from the family in Italy to help?"

"It's better to be an educated young man. We can pay the salary. Anyway, the commission this time is a lot of money."

"Let me call first and ask."

……

After entrusting the matter to Nadia, Hanyu Hideki ignored it.

Anyway, buying the land and confirming the design required his approval, so he didn't worry about anything he would be dissatisfied with.

And according to the legal counsel, the liquidated damages for that contract are not too much.

If you are not satisfied with the service, you can lose money and replace it.

But looking at the undisguised excitement in Nadia's eyes, Hanyu Hideki felt that the other party would definitely do his best to serve her, and would not be so stupid as to mess with her.

After all, Michael Katz commented that the other party is a very reliable person, and he still believes in Michael Katz in this regard.

And Italians are notoriously well-mannered whether they are engaged in gangsters or in business.

Except for the matter of the house, time passed and another four days passed.

During this period, Hideki Hanyu went to the research institute occasionally to pay attention to the development progress of the game console.

The rest of the time, he was writing the original comic book story for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

After the console team joined in the development of home consoles, the speed has been significantly improved.

In addition, Hideki Hanyu was worried about changes in Sega and Nintendo, and he was not stingy about R&D expenses.

Under various favorable conditions, Aragaki Tetsu also said that maybe at the end of the year, he will be able to produce the engineering machine for testing.

As for the comics of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", they are selling very well now, and the sales volume of each issue can be stable at more than one million copies.

So much so that academic publishing houses have the idea of ​​merging and acquiring the "TMNT" studio.

But now that "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" has become a major trend, even if it no longer relies on the channels of academic publishing houses, there is no shortage of publishers to cooperate.

Besides, as Elf Entertainment's toy sales channels in America have become more and more perfect, toy sales are increasing every day.

"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", a hen that can lay golden eggs, will only be sold unless the elves are out of their minds.

On this day, Hideki Hanyu came to the company very early.

The reason why I didn't sleep in is mainly because I have business to do today.

The internal new product trial meeting of dealers contacted by Michael Katz will be held today.

On the second floor of the office building, in a specially furnished room.

Tables and chairs are neatly arranged.

On each table, there is a Pokeball 2 handheld.

These handhelds are not rough engineering prototypes, but official release versions that have been painted.

Well-designed red and white color scheme, plus Elf Entertainment LOGO, and Elf Pokeball 2 words.

It is easy to associate it with the electronic pet Poke Ball.

At this time, next to the official release version of Pokeball 2, there are also power supplies and connecting cables.

As the time for the internal trial meeting approached, dealer representatives also arrived one after another.

In addition to Wal-Mart, Best Buy and other large supermarkets.

There are also representatives of some large wholesalers.

Finally, after everyone arrived, eleven sales representatives sat on the scene.

Before participating in the internal trial meeting, everyone is required to sign a non-disclosure agreement.

The protocol is simple,
That is, until Pokeball 2 is revealed at next month's Consumer Electronics Show, no details of the body will be revealed to the outside world.

After all the sales representatives were seated, Michael Katz and Hideki Hanyu also entered.

But the host of this internal trial meeting is not the two of them, but Satoru Iwata.

The arrangement was decided by Michael Katz.

The migrant worker could see that Hideki Hanyu asked Iwata Satoru to follow him, trying to train the young man.

Therefore, he did not hesitate to give each other various opportunities.

"Gentlemen and ladies, good morning, first of all welcome everyone to participate in the new product trial meeting of Elf Entertainment."

Iwata Satoru walked up to everyone and made an opening remark.

Then he didn't make a fool of himself, picked up a Pokeball 2 that was not turned on, and showed it to all the dealer representatives.

"On the table in front of everyone, there is a machine like this. This is the latest product that our Elf Entertainment will launch soon. Its name is Pokeball 2."

The Pokeball 2 handhelds on the table were seen by a group of dealer representatives when they came in.

However, from their point of view, this machine looks quite different from the Poké Ball.

Best Buy, which made a lot of money by relying on exclusive contracts and successfully completed its transformation.

The representative who came today was Brat Anderson who originally negotiated the exclusive contract.

He picked up the Pokeball 2 on the table and asked Iwata suspiciously.

"When Elf Entertainment notified us to participate in the trial meeting, it clearly stated that the new product is a new generation of electronic pet Poké Ball. Are you sure this is a Poké Ball? Why do I feel that it is more like a handheld game console."

Blatt Anderson's question is also a question of other representatives on the scene.

Iwata Satoshi said with a smile on hearing this.

"Mr. Blatter, as long as you and others follow my instructions, your questions will be answered soon."

After Iwata finished speaking, he nodded to the staff next to him.

The staff took out the prepared cassettes and distributed them to the on-site dealer representatives.

Everyone gets two discs, which are exactly the two versions of Pokémon Red and Green.

After watching the staff distribute the cassettes, Iwata picked up the handheld with one hand.

Pick up a "Pokémon Red" cassette in one hand.

"Everyone, please insert the cassette into the card slot on the back of the group according to the arrow on the cassette, and then turn on the power switch on the top of the machine."

Accompanied by Iwata Satoru's explanation and operation demonstration.

A group of dealer representatives then completed inserting the cassette and starting the machine.

Then Satoru Iwata guided everyone through a game experience after turning it on again.

Including the transition to the initial plot, selection of the initial Pokémon spirit, and combat experience.

When the experience is at the end, the dealer has already realized it.

The machine in their hands, apart from the name and the game played after inserting the cassette, which is related to the electronic pet Poké Ball, is a completely new product.

This is simply a handheld game console!

Because since this handheld game console can run Pokémon game cartridges, it can naturally run other game cartridges.

When Satoshi Iwata's game demonstration ended, before he introduced the parameters and functions of the body, some dealers couldn't help it.

A tall, middle-aged male dealer representative from Texas put Pokeball 2 on the table and said loudly impatiently.

"Damn! What the hell are you guys thinking? This is not an electronic pet at all, this is a game console!

Don't you guys know that no one is interested in game consoles at all these days?
My company will continue to sell Poké Balls, but sorry, we're not interested in consoles. "

After the middle-aged man finished speaking, he got up and left without giving face.

"Sorry, Aberly Wholesale Company is not interested in game consoles."

Another dealer representative got up and left.

"Sorry, my company isn't interested in game consoles either."

The third person to get up was a female dealer representative.

The other party seemed to be an old acquaintance with Michael Katz, and came to Michael Katz before leaving.

"Mr. Katz, we are old friends, why doesn't Fairy Entertainment continue to follow the mature business route?
After the collapse of Atari, consumers have given up on game consoles. Now everyone uses computers to play games. Your approach is really unwise.

Spirit Entertainment requires a one-month repayment period, which puts a lot of pressure on our funds, and we dare not take risks. "

After the female dealer representative left, four more dealer representatives left one after another.

There were eleven dealer representatives sitting in the room just now, but now there are only four people left.

Best Buy representative Bratt Anderson.

A female Walmart representative, and two male wholesaler representatives.

From beginning to end, neither Michael Katz nor Hideki Hanyu responded.

Hideki Hanyu looked at Satoru Iwata on the stage, wanting to see what kind of reaction this "brother Satoshi" he placed high hopes on would have.

However, judging from his expression, the other party's mood was fairly stable, and he didn't show any gaffes.

This made Hideki Hanyu sigh secretly, he deserves to be the "Brother Cong" who will lead Nintendo to a further step in the future, and this big heart alone is not comparable to ordinary people.

As for so many dealers leaving, it was completely within his and Michael Katz's expectations.

Because that's what's happening in the console market in America.

And the people in the room haven't finished their journey yet.

In the previous life, Nintendo sold FC, which was worse than they are now. There is not a single dealer willing to cooperate, so they can only conduct pilot sales within New York.

But they still have at least four of them, and there are even giant dealers like Wal-Mart and Best Buy.

This start, I don't know how much better than Nintendo.

Seeing that the remaining four families had no intention of leaving, Iwata Satoru planned to continue hosting the trial meeting.

But at this moment, a woman's voice sounded.

"Very good game."

It was none other than the female representative of Wal-Mart who spoke.

It turned out that when those people got together and left, the female representatives of Wal-Mart were concentrating on playing games.

Apparently she's a big fan of Pokémon games.

Iwata Satoshi, who originally wanted to introduce the unit, heard this and immediately said accordingly.

"This Pokémon game can be regarded as an upgraded version of electronic pets. What consumers can experience is no longer monotonous pet cultivation, but also includes plot adventures, different pet collocations, and a wonderful battle system. Game save..."

After talking about a bunch of game features of "Pokémon Red/Green", Iwata picked up a data connection cable.

"This data line is believed to be familiar to everyone, and Pokeball 2 can also be used for online battles.

And compared to the simple winning and losing mechanism of electronic pets, the duel of Pokémon games is more fair and more playable, it..."

Iwata Satoru briefly introduced the online system.

The female representative of Wal-Mart heard the news and simply used the data cable to connect with Best Buy's Bratt Anderson and tried to fight once.

Sure enough, on Pokeball 2, the battle system of Pokémon games is much more playable than electronic pets.

Brat Anderson ended the connection and said directly to Iwata Satoru.

"Now that this is the time, Elf Entertainment should stop fooling us with the next-generation electronic pets. This is a handheld game console."

Iwata Satoru did not answer the call, but directed the staff to send another cassette to the four of them.

This time it's a Tetris cassette.

"Pokeball 2 will be bundled with two games at the beginning of its release. In addition to Pokémon, there is also this tetromino. Please experience it first."

Satoru Iwata didn't answer, everyone could only change the cassette, and experienced Tetris again.

After all, they have already left, and they don't care about spending a little more time.

And the charm of classic games is really not blown out.

Compared with "Pokémon", Tetris is not too easy to get started.

A few people were just experiencing it at first, but soon became addicted to the charm of the game.

The four of them even went online two by two, playing duel mode.

Seeing that everyone was enjoying the game, Satoru Iwata had to cough twice to remind the four of them that they still had business to talk about.

"What do you guys think of this game?"

"It's more interesting than the Pokémon just now. It makes me think that Pokeball 2 is a very good game machine."

It was still the female representative of Wal-Mart who spoke.

After she finished speaking, without waiting for Iwata Satoshi to explain, she took the initiative to start asking.

"Let me introduce the configuration of Pokeball 2."

Satoru Iwata began to introduce, "Pokeball 2 uses a 2.45-inch black-and-white four-color grayscale screen, equipped with an external speaker and a 3.5 headphone jack..."

After Satoru Iwata's introduction, Bratt Anderson asked his concerns.

"How long is the battery life of Pokeball 2 without using the AC power supply system?"

After all, in his opinion, the handheld is very convenient, and he can play whenever and wherever he wants, but if the battery life is not enough, it is meaningless at all.

"Using four AA batteries for power supply, it can last for more than [-] hours when playing games continuously. If the sound is turned off, it can even last for [-] hours."

Brat Anderson nodded in satisfaction upon hearing this.

"Besides these two games, how many games have you prepared?"

A wholesaler representative inquired.

After all, if a game console only has two games, it is simply a joke.

"We still have seven games that have been completed or are in the process of porting, all of which are mature games that Elf Entertainment has proved on the arcade platform.

Moreover, we have completed the research and development of the third-party development platform, and can access third-party game developers at any time. "

Iwata Satoshi's answer made the wholesaler representatives quite satisfied.

He is not afraid that Elf Entertainment has too many games, he is only worried that Elf Entertainment is not prepared.

And at this moment, the female representative of Wal-Mart spoke.

But this time she did not ask, but expressed her intention with a smile.

"Walmart is very interested in this Pokeball 2."

　Thanks for the reward of Slow Travel Books.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)