Traveling Through the Tokyo Bubble Era

Chapter 362 The Chance to Break the Game

When Hideki Hanyu arrived at Tokyo Big Sight, the Tokyo Electric Power Show had officially begun.

I saw a sea of ​​people inside and outside the venue, and it was extremely lively.

The Tokyo Electric Power Exhibition is in its fourth edition, and the players and media attending are no longer limited to Neon’s hometown.

It has become a festival for game enthusiasts and media around the world.

No wonder the Governor of Tokyo was so concerned yesterday.

Such activities bring not only fame to Tokyo, but also economic boost.

Of course, for neon, which is not short of money today, the former is more important than the latter.

After all, for politicians, the former is the best qualification.

Nowadays, although the term cosplay has been born, the development of neon is not as common as in later generations.

At the exhibition, professional COS is rare, but many game enthusiasts can be seen decorated with peripheral items.

Such as Pokémon trainers and Mario Bros. hats.

Or something like the Dragon Quest shield.

Players are enthusiastic about TEPCO and their participation is still very high.

At least the entrance was blocked.

Fortunately, Hanyu Hideki could walk through the staff passage, otherwise it would have taken a lot of time just to get in.

Walking through the bustling exhibition hall, Hideki Hanyu first went to the booth of Elf Entertainment.

As expected, as the most popular game company at the exhibition, the booth of Elf Entertainment was crowded with people and was surrounded by people.

Especially in the experience area, the queue of waiting players almost reaches the door.

The boss, Hideki Hanyu, could only enter the backstage through the side door.

As a result, as soon as I entered the backstage, I saw Satoru Iwata walking out.

"Where are Iwata-san going?" Hanyu Hideki asked.

"President, come with me, Nintendo's press conference at the main booth is about to begin." Satoru Iwata replied.

"Didn't their booth display the new handheld console?"

"No, after the exhibition started, the Nintendo booth mainly displayed their disk drives and an RPG game called Earth Adventure. It was very interesting and the feedback from players was quite good."

Iwata talked about what he learned in the morning about Nintendo.

"Earth Adventure?"

Hanyu Hideki couldn't help but mutter to himself.

He didn't expect that Nintendo would develop this game.

Speaking of which, this specially designed RPG game is considered one of Nintendo's important IPs.

Influenced by the modern background story, this game is more popular overseas than Neon at home.

Iwata thought that Hanyu Hideki was curious about the game, so he explained.

"Looking at the information, it's a game developed by a producer named Itoi Shigesato."

Iwata Satoru said and looked at his president, "And this person and the president can be considered colleagues. They are both picture book writers."

"That's a coincidence." Hanyu Hideki said pretending to be surprised.

He had played the first two Earth Adventures in his previous life, so he naturally knew who the developer of this game was.

Although they are peers, Itoi Shigesato is not very well-known in the picture book world.

However, Hanyu Hideki had a deep impression on Itoi Shigesato.

All because this guy is a total jack of all trades.

Prose, poetry, novel, picture book, game design, music creation, newspaper writer...

He even moonlights as a singer and entertainer.

The most important thing is that this guy's current girlfriend and future wife is named Higuchi Kananko, a famous Showa beauty.

At this time, Satoru Iwata looked at his watch and said, "President, the main booth press conference is about to begin."

"Then let's go together."

After Hideki Hanyu finished speaking, he and Satoru Iwata left the Elf Entertainment booth and walked towards the main booth.

With their identities, it was naturally very easy for them to find a seat in the media area under the main booth.

But since we are here to gather information, there is no need to be too high-profile.

With the help of the game base staff, they found a corner and stood there, watching the Nintendo representatives walk up to the main booth.

The representative of Nintendo this time is not Hiroshi Yamauchi, nor his successor Minoru Arakawa.

It’s Nintendo’s ace game producer Shigeru Miyamoto.

At the beginning, Shigeru Miyamoto did not introduce the handheld console that Hideki Hanyu wanted to see most. Instead, he first introduced the new peripherals of the FC console, the disk drive.

Although on the disk drive, Nintendo was beaten to the punch by Genie Entertainment.

However, when Genie Entertainment launched the disk drive, it only regarded the disk drive as a simple game-size expansion peripheral and did not develop derivative functions.

This is because Hideki Hanyu knew that with the development of semiconductor technology, the storage capacity of cassettes would increase rapidly, and disk drives would be eliminated soon.

Of course, it is possible to expand the function of the disk drive, but it is obviously not possible to rely on words. It requires investment of real money, manpower and material resources.

The most important thing is that excessive tilt of game resources to disk drives can easily lead to uncontrollable piracy problems.

But Nintendo was different. Hiroshi Yamauchi was very optimistic about the disk drive, so he did not give up the development of the disk drive after Genie Entertainment took the lead in developing the disk drive.

They not only launched the disk drive, but also launched the accessory peripherals and functional services of the disk drive.

It can help players upload game data from the disk and help players rank points.

It also launched a game erasing and rewriting service for floppy disk cartridges.

Players only need to pay one-third of the price of the cartridge to erase the game on the original floppy disk and rewrite a new game.

When Shigeru Miyamoto announced the news on the stage, the audience immediately burst into cheers from the players.

For players, being able to play games cheaply is a joyful thing.

As for whether Nintendo's approach will dissatisfy players who buy cassette games, or further lead to the proliferation of piracy.

That can't be considered now.

Thanks to the disk drive and related ancillary services, Nintendo's press conference got off to a good start.

Taking advantage of the heightened interest among players, Shigeru Miyamoto entered the next stage.

There is still no news about the handheld console, but the introduction of new games has begun.

Next, Shigeru Miyamoto successively introduced three new Nintendo games of different types.

Among them is the RPG game "Earth Adventure" developed by Shigesato Itoi, mentioned by Satoru Iwata before.

In addition to Earth Adventure, Nintendo had another game that caught Hideki Hanyu's attention.

It was a Tetris-like elimination game called "King Kong Cubes".

It’s different from Elf Entertainment’s Tetris, but similar to the previous version of “Yoshi’s Tetris.”

The remaining game is a side-scrolling beat-'em-up action game.

The so-called clear version means that you have to kill all the monsters in the current game scene before you can enter the next screen.

It is very similar to "Hot Blooded Hardcore" from Elf Entertainment's FC console and the upcoming arcade game "Tornado Combat".

From puzzles to RPGs to beat-em-up action games.

During his introduction, Shigeru Miyamoto also used a videotape to demonstrate the game.

Since Elf Entertainment played this trick at the exhibition, other manufacturers have followed suit.

It is obvious that Nintendo is well prepared and attaches great importance to this exhibition.

After all, the PS console is king in Europe and the United States.

After being launched in Neon and Asia, it has continued to encroach on Nintendo's market.On the Tokyo Stock Exchange, the stock market is booming, but Nintendo's stock price is not only trading sideways, but even falling from time to time.

If Nintendo does not restore the market, its stock price may buck the trend and plummet when it releases its first-quarter earnings next month.

When Shigeru Miyamoto finished introducing the game, the audience cheered.

Hideki Hanyu and Satoru Iwata looked at Shigeru Miyamoto who was still on stage and waited quietly.

Because they all know that what comes next is the main event of the day.

as predicted.

Just when the media and audience in the audience felt that Nintendo was very sincere.

Shigeru Miyamoto said loudly, "Next, Nintendo has a more important product to launch, but before that, I would like to invite Nintendo's collaborator, Mr. Yamashina Shiro, the president of Bandai."

Following the introduction, Shigeru Miyamoto pointed his finger to the backstage.

Then, Shan Kecheng, dressed in a suit, young and smiling, walked up to the main booth.

"Good morning everyone, I'm Yamashina."

After Shan Kecheng came on stage, he first said hello to everyone in the audience.

Although everyone in the audience didn't know what Bandai and Nintendo were collaborating on, they still applauded in good faith.

The applause subsided, and Shan Kecheng took the microphone and began to speak.

“I am here today to tell all the players who love and care about video games that after a year-long research and development with Nintendo, Bandai has finally produced an epoch-making product, and it is... "

Shan Kecheng said, taking out a body made of blue transparent plastic from his pocket, with a screen embedded in the middle and buttons distributed on both sides.

"The world's first color handheld console, WonderSwan!"

As Yamashina read out his name, he raised his phone to all the audience.

The projection of this handheld machine also appeared on the big screen in the main booth.

The audience in the audience was stunned for a moment, and then started cheering to show off.

Amid the cheers, Hanyu Hideki couldn't help but complain in a low voice.

"I'll go! Yokoi Junpei, Nintendo, and Bandai, they really combined the conditions to create this Swan handheld console."

Although the appearance looks very different.

Noticeably more bulky.

But that's the horizontal button layout, and the same name.

Still, Hideki Hanyu couldn't help but think of the handheld console that would embarrass Nintendo in the future.

However, the handheld console released ten years later was a backstabbing effort by Gunpei Yokoi to stab Nintendo.

But in this time and space, the time is advanced, but it is the elf entertainment that people use to deal with him.

At this time, after Shan Kecheng on the stage showed off the appearance of the WS handheld machine, he began to introduce the information about the handheld machine.

"This handheld console has an unprecedented horizontal layout, making it easier for players to operate. It has a [-]-inch, [-]-color screen..."

Every time Shan Kecheng introduced a configuration, the audience cheered.

When Yamashina Castle's introduction came to the end, he talked about the topic that most interested Hideki Hanyu.

“This handheld device can not only use the AC power supply system, but also comes with the latest model of rechargeable battery provided by Panasonic, so that everyone no longer has to buy batteries..."

Hearing the word "Panasonic", Hanyu Hideki knew the response plan they had planned before.

Completely out of play.

They can't attack Panasonic's batteries just to attack Nintendo and Bandai's handheld consoles.

Just when Hideki Hanyu wanted to know the battery life of the rechargeable handheld model, Yamashina City deliberately avoided talking about it.

Instead, the topic changed, "In addition to the rechargeable model, in order to meet everyone's battery life needs, we also launched a battery model. Only four batteries are needed to give WonderSwan a steady stream of energy."

"Continuously flowing, how much battery life do you think it is?"

Hanyu Hideki wanted to grab the microphone from the reporters in the audience and question Yamashina Castle.

But once again, Yamashina City deliberately did not mention the battery life, but instead handed the talk to Shigeru Miyamoto, who was also on the stage. Miyamoto introduced the game to be launched in conjunction with this handheld console.

As soon as Shigeru Miyamoto opened his mouth, the players in the audience were completely climaxed, completely forgetting about Yamashina Castle's talk of battery life.

Because Nintendo used the copyrights of Takara Corporation and Bandai to directly develop a fighting game called "Super Robot Wars: Transformers VS Gundam".

"Gundam" links up with "Transformers".

In this era, the two most popular super IPs are.

Two rivals in the toy world caught each other and fought each other in the game.

How can one describe the extent of its explosion?

It is equivalent to seeing DC's Justice League and Marvel's Avengers fighting in the same movie in later generations.

With this game in front, Miyamoto Shigeru subsequently announced the previously announced Tetris-like elimination game "King Kong Cube".

And Nintendo helped Bandai re-create the "Digital Monster" training and battle game that "borrowed" from Pokémon Entertainment.

All will be logged into the WS handheld platform simultaneously.

Players no longer care at all.

In particular, Yamashina and Miyamoto Shigeru were on the stage, connecting two handheld consoles with data cables on the spot, demonstrating the battle between Optimus Prime and the Original Gundam in a color screen.

The video was also released on the big screen.

Honestly speaking, watching the two people demonstrating on the stage, Hanyu Hideki himself wanted to buy one to play with.

The excitement of ordinary players can be understood.

Listening to the unstoppable cheers of the players in the audience, Hideki Hanyu and Satoru Iwata looked at each other, and at the same time they felt solemn.

They understand that Elf Entertainment will encounter unprecedented challenges this time.

From the three high-quality games introduced by Shigeru Miyamoto, to Yamashina City’s colorful WS handheld console, to “Super Robot Wars: Transformers VS Gundam”.

Hideki Hanyu had to admit that he felt great pressure.

Although he has been working very hard to pluck the wool.

But you can hold your opponent down for a while, but you can't hold your opponent down for a lifetime.

Elf Entertainment has great advantages, but it does not mean that Elf Entertainment can sit back and relax.

None of the elites of this era live on a daily basis.

What's more, he has cards in his hand.

People also have it on hand.

He can seize IP, but he can't take away the copyright owned by others.

If people want to cooperate, Elf Entertainment is powerless to stop them.

In another time and space, Nintendo was the only company in the world, and it was even more exaggerated than Elf Entertainment is today.

There are still challengers such as Sega, Sony, Atari, and Microsoft.

Hanyu Hideki is not so arrogant that he thinks that the advantage that Elf Entertainment has achieved now is enough to scare away all opponents.

at this point.

Nintendo and Bandai, as well as Takara, have already announced their plans.

Elf Entertainment follows.

What's more, Hideki Hanyu keenly captured that when Yamashina City introduced the WS handheld machine, whether it was the rechargeable version or the battery version, they deliberately did not mention the battery life.

Lenovo's battery technology in this era, and the horrific power consumption of the color screen.

Hanyu Hideki realized that Elf Entertainment had an opportunity to break the game.

Maybe at this point.

　After installing the new computer, I forgot to export the input method font library of the old computer. The coding speed dropped sharply. I will try to get used to it.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)