Chapter 291 The Legend of Zelda II completed ahead of schedule
"The development of this game is different from all the games you have developed before, because we completed this development in two parts. The first part is the original version of the game, and the second part, I call it dlc, download-content, and additional content download package."
From the beginning, Jester talked about the difference between the game he was preparing to make and those games before, and everyone was listening quietly. Everyone looked at Jester with admiration, because the video of the demo they just saw was too shocking, and they seemed to have seen the game of the next era.
"The so-called original game is similar to the game you developed on the console before. The core is the level. However, when designing the level, what I need you to do is to know that you are completing the map in a 3D, the same deeds as the world we are in. You must fully consider this. This is not a 2D world. The second point, about dlc, I call it "Thor Arena". This is not our main task at present. First of all, you must understand what dlc is, as the name implies, this is something that will be announced to the public after the original version of our game is released. That is to say, this is an extension on the original game, and this extension is the core of our game, LAN battle."
After Jester said this, everyone present, except for Carmak who had known these for a long time, had a hint of doubt in their eyes. They seemed to not understand what LAN battles meant, or they could not understand them deeply.
But not all, there were also several senior programmers who seemed to have thought of something, and their eyes were full of colorful colors.
"hehe."
Jester clapped his hands and attracted everyone's attention. He was not afraid that these designers today would not understand the concept of LAN battle. After all, this was the first time this concept appeared in this world. In the original history, the concept of LAN battle was not first proposed by Carmack and completed. Naturally, these people could not grow up playing FPS games like him, and had an understanding of the core and battle of FPS that they could not match.
"Now, I will explain to you what LAN battle is."
Jester said this, and then began his explanation.
Just as Jester was teaching his brand new development team, introducing them to what a fps game is and how to develop a fps game, far away from Nintendo's headquarters in Kyoto, the people from the intelligence development headquarters were also looking at a game that had just been completed.
This is Miyamoto Shigeru's "The Legend of Zelda ii".
Looking at the game screen that kept flashing on the TV screen, Miyamoto frowned, and seemed not very satisfied. In fact, the reason why the production of "The Legend of Zelda Ii" was completed so quickly was because he received a personal notice from President Hiroshi Yamauchi that the crushing defeat of "Dragon Quest Ii" made Nintendo urgently need an excellent game to recover lost ground.
When choosing between companies and third-party development companies, the only option is Miyamoto Shigeru's "The Legend of Zelda ii".
However, the current "The Legend of Zelda II" seems to be less a RPG game than an act game, and it is a bit difficult, but this is also a common problem with act games. Such a game is natural.
"Minister, is this sure version of our Zelda?" said one of Miyamoto's subordinates.
Shigeru Miyamoto moved his lips, and he wanted to say, "How is that possible! This is just a semi-finished product!" Such words, but when he said that, he had to remember what President Yamauchi said to him a week ago when he summoned him.
"Miyamoto, the PC-E of Nec will be announced next month, and the two traitors Namco and Hudson will also announce that they will be released on the PC-E as soon as possible. We have just experienced an extremely painful blow. You know, the price we paid for "Dragon Quest II" is very high, so now we urgently need a game to save the market."
Although President Yamauchi's tone was very plain at that time, Miyamoto Shigeru, who knew his boss very well, could still hear the irrefutable meaning from the other party's weak tone.
Although Miyamoto Shigeru wanted to argue at that time, if this game was to be perfect, it would take at least two months or even three months. If it was released now, he would not be able to ensure the quality. But unexpectedly, before he could say this, it seemed that Hiroshi Yamauchi had already understood Miyamoto Shigeru's idea.
Yamauchi Hiroshi just waved his hand indifferently: "I won't blame you for the poor sales. I understand your level. Even if it is a semi-finished product, it may have sales of three to four million. Even if you do it perfectly, it will only have sales of six million. In order to exchange for the sales of more than two million copies, it is completely worth it to exchange for the stop of our share decline in terms of our share."
Having said that, Miyamoto Shigeru had nothing to say.
Shigeru Miyamoto glanced at his subordinate who was questioning him angrily, and he could only nod, "Yes, this is our final version."
"We will be scolded by players!" It seems that this subordinate still wants to argue.
But Shigeru Miyamoto could only shake his head helplessly: "This is the president's intention. Our Nintendo's current situation is very bad."
In fact, Nintendo's recent situation is really not optimistic. Not only has Dreambox started to have a full counterattack due to the big loss of "Dragon Quest II", but also in addition to Nec's first announcement that they will officially release to the public next month and also release new games from Namco and Hudson. Sega also announced that the world's first 16-yuan home game console, Sega MD, will be officially released in October. Before it is officially released, pre-orders will be made from next month. Sega will be responsible for free delivery, and will also give away a first masterpiece made by Yu Suzuki and Sega MD.
In other words, starting next month, Nintendo's opponent in the Japanese market will no longer be Mars Entertainment, but will join two other companies. In this case, Hiroshi Yamauchi has to let Miyamoto end the development of "The Legend of Zelda II" early, relying on new games to save the declining FC market share in Japan.
"How is the progress?"
Recently, since Sega announced that they will officially release 16 home consoles in October, Hiroshi Yamauchi, who usually rarely comes to the hardware development center, has been here five or six times in the past few days, and every time they come, they will ask such a question.
Even Masayuki Uemura was a little annoyed when he answered.
"President Yamauchi, hardware development is a fixed development plan. These are all planned before. If you want to come up with our finished machine, it will be at least February and March next year."
It just so long that Ken Toraki also came to understand the situation, and he took the initiative to explain.
It can be seen that Hiroshi Yamauchi was dissatisfied after hearing this answer, but Ken Kutaraki just smiled and said relaxedly: "Is Mr. Yamauchi worried about Sega's sixteen machines? In fact, he couldn't worry at all. They were just released for a few months ahead of us. Moreover, Sega has not yet reported that they cooperated with a third-party game company. Their previous MS console, the only third party is Mars Entertainment. Do you think that Mars Entertainment will still serve as a third-party development game for Sega, who has entered the market and is preparing to fight with them? Besides, I heard that even the game developed by Mars Entertainment for Sega is just a bet between Jester and Shiroozuo Nakayama."
After hearing what Ken Kutaraki said so clearly and simply, Hiroshi Yamauchi also realized that he was a little bit in the game and had not considered it clearly. He had said more than once at a Nintendo high-level meeting that a home game console is just a game platform, and whether this platform is powerful or useful is not to see whether the platform's own machine can be not powerful and advanced enough, but whether the games attached to this platform are outstanding enough, especially whether there are enough.
Sega has a strong development ability, and Yu Suzuki is also very capable in arcade game development. He is a figure in many best-selling arcade games. Such people who make home computer games must be of good quality as long as they dive into and study them carefully, because the principles of the game are all figured out, and it is said that he has received guidance from Jester for several months in the United States.
You know, those who are supporting the Japanese branch of Mars Entertainment, Sakaguchi Hiroshi, Nakayuki and others, were all unspoken people before. It was because after studying with Jester for a while, they suddenly changed their minds and made one game and one incredible classic game like a different person.
However, for Sega, relying solely on Yu Suzuki is useless.
Basically, there are few players who buy a brand new console just because of a game. Who would buy a console just to play a game? It’s just human nature.
Yamauchi Hiroshi figured this out and nodded gratefully to Ken Kutaraki.
"It's been more time for Mr.
Ken Kutaraki also smiled modestly and waved his hand and said, "You are polite to President Yamauchi." (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!
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