“……”

Yamauchi turned off the TV recording. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The content of what this sharp-eyed old man saw was the content of the previous press conference of the Order of the Phoenix.

"Iwata, what do you think?"

This is Yamauchi's office, and sitting next to him is Satoshi Iwata.

"Other aspects are not a problem, but the so-called 'handle' can be said to be a problem for us. ”

GBA。

This is a handheld that Nintendo will be on sale.

But how to say it......

"This machine ...... IT'S CALLED XBOX, RIGHT?"

Well, that's right, Mori Xia used the name XBOX.

Yes, the former XBOX, in the hands of Senxia, was treated as a handheld, XBOX handheld......

Senxia wanted to see what Microsoft's future machines would be called after he took the name.

It's going to be fun.

And it's not completely unreasonable for Senxia to do this.,The name of Senxia's handle here is called X-PLAYER.,And it's also a "X" series of BOX.,So why can't it?

Senxia's side has almost decided, and his side basically uses "X" as their label.

But Senxia probably wouldn't have thought of what kind of nickname this machine would be given to the masses of people in the future......

Of course, Yamauchi didn't care about this.

"ACCORDING TO THE INFORMATION WE GOT, THIS HANDHELD COMPUTER CALLED XBOX IS COMPLETELY INFERIOR TO GBA IN TERMS OF PERFORMANCE, BUT THEY HAVE MADE A SPECIAL DISPLAY EFFECT, SO IN TERMS OF GRAPHICS ALONE, IT MAY EVEN BE STRONGER THAN GBA. "Iwata Satoshi was talking about the information he had gathered.

Yamauchi nodded, but the majestic old man did not speak, but looked at the photos taken from the scene, as if in deep thought.

Satoshi Iwata looked at Pu Yamauchi cautiously.

Originally, this matter was completely torn apart by Sony and the Order of the Phoenix, and Nintendo was completely playing soy sauce.

But Nintendo, which plays soy sauce, didn't expect that it would affect its side.

The handheld that suddenly appeared, as well as the digital tyrannosaurus that cooperated with Bandai, these two products are not aimed at Sony, but Nintendo, which plays soy sauce.

Nintendo, who was also shot while lying down, naturally would not easily choose to swallow his anger, Yamauchi Pu is not that kind of person.

But before that, of course, they have to see what happened, why did the war suddenly reach Nintendo, which played soy sauce?

"If it's just a display effect, there's no problem. Yamauchi spoke.

"Hey," said Satoshi Iwata, "Phoenix Kaisha's strategy should be to use chess as a visual controller, and the game function is not very focused - on the contrary, they even sacrifice game performance for the sake of graphics and battery life, so this machine can only support some simple text adventure games at most." ”

Performance alone can't make a machine dominate the world, and both Nintendo and Sony understand this truth.

But if it is said that there is no performance at all, that kind of thing is also not desirable.

"Remote gaming, indeed, in this way, it is really interesting to have the handheld output the picture of the console. Yamauchi squinted at the screen, "Did you notice their handles?"

"Well, that product is already on sale, and it can completely replace the current DC controller, and it works really well. Satoshi Iwata has to admit, "I asked employees to use this controller to play, and he reported that even if he used it for a whole day, he didn't feel tired at all, and the more he used it, the smoother it became." ”

Yes, this controller is such a powerful thing, after all, another world line, Microsoft spent hundreds of millions of dollars to develop.

At first, Satoshi Iwata didn't know why they would use this handle as the first product of the conference, but after using it, it dawned on Satoshi Iwata: after using this kind of handle, there was really a feeling of "can't go back".

It's like a gamer who uses a mechanical keyboard or an electrostatic capacitive keyboard will find it difficult to go back to the era of membrane keyboards, and it's like a computer that is used to using solid-state drives and will be completely unbearable to go back to the era of mechanical hard disks.

After using this X handle, Satoshi Iwata also had a feeling that he "couldn't go back".

It feels so good.

"They're very focused on the user experience. Old man Yamauchi Pu saw through the actions of the Phoenix Club at a glance, "Whether it is the controller or this handheld, its purpose is to improve the user experience of players, this is not for the handheld market, but really the" handle ". ”

Satoshi Iwata nodded.

Of course, I have done these surveys myself.

But I can't say it now, and I have to pretend to be an old man.

Mr. Yamauchi continued: "But the connection cable still affects the experience very much, and if it can, wireless projection may be their pursuit." ”

"Hey, if the handheld and the host can be combined into one, this must be the best solution. ”

Satoshi Iwata thinks that the other party's remote output means seems to be a very good look, but this is actually just a compromise plan, if you can, a machine can be held in your hand at any time, and you can use it at home, this must be the most interesting, right?

"But that's impossible," Mr. Yamauchi said, "but there is something to learn from their plan." ”

"That'...... This machine doesn't pose a threat to us?" Iwata Satoshi asked.

"No, it's still necessary to fight back, what kind of Digimon is that, it was a Pokemon that followed us in the first place!" Yamauchi Pu said, "It's a shame that the Order of the Phoenix was able to convince Bandai and Nangong Yume......"

Whether the Digimon Tyrannosaurus follows the trend of Pokemon or not is a matter of opinion, but Nintendo must feel that the other party follows him, because this can not only produce a sense of superiority, but also put himself in a moral upper hand.

"That Tianhai Senxia seems to belong to the Tianhai family, probably because of this reason. ”

Satoshi Iwata is a native of Hokkaido, born in Sapporo City, and his father is also a mayor of Hokkaido, so of course he knows the "Emperor of the Land" in Hokkaido.

"You think the Order of the Phoenix has something to do with them?"

Satoshi Iwata shook his head: "There should be influence, but the relationship doesn't seem to be possible, this is not the style of the Tianhai family......"

Yamauchi continued: "We have to prepare countermeasures. ”

"For Bandai?"

"No, it's still the Order of the Phoenix. "Maybe they don't want to confront us head-on, but at this special time, we can't sit idly by, and since they threaten us, we must fight back." ”

At this time, the N64 machine is tepid, and the VR equipment launched before has failed, and now Nintendo is at a critical moment of internal and external troubles.

If you don't fight back at this time, in the eyes of others, this means that Nintendo is probably no longer good, and anyone can step on two feet, which is not okay.

"You'll come back to our headquarters next year. Yamauchi said again.

"Hi. ”

Satoshi Iwata is actually not at Nintendo's headquarters right now, but is developing games on a second party, such as the Pokemon Gold and Silver that was released this year.

Yamauchi did not continue to speak, but looked at the information in his hand.

This is the information that Digimon Adventure is able to collect right now.

This game is divided into two parts.

On console, this game is a cool adventure game, but on console, this game is a development game.

Players can raise their Digimon and use it as a character in Adventure Mode.

It's as if the player actually raised a Digimon themselves and threw it into battle.

He looked up at Satoshi Iwata, and then asked, "Our Pokemon, can you make this kind of system?"

Iwata Satoshi thought for a moment, and then said, "If you modify the agreement a little, it should be okay." ”

The GBA is also able to be connected to the machine, only need to be connected with a special data cable, and then the two machines can interact.

While the GBA hasn't been announced yet, they're designed to support four-player leveling - provided the game supports multiplayer and everyone online has a game cartridge.

But you look here -- this machine is designed to snap the handle here and then connect it through these metal contacts.

On top of the new console, there is a place where the handheld can be placed, and a few metal contacts on it can exchange data with the machine, which is convenient - although the cost is increased by $0.8.

Yamauchi also saw this advantage at a glance: "Directly embed the machine, and then the screen can be directly switched to handheld mode......"

The X-BOX handheld can not only be connected directly to the TV, but also can be connected through the DC, and can be switched to the handheld mode directly through the DC.

After connecting through this mode, the local CPU of the DC will interpolate the picture output by XBOX, that is, the picture will be stretched smoothly through a special algorithm, and then operations such as intermediate frames will be added to optimize the picture, so the display effect can be better.

You know, simply stretching the picture and relying on interpolation to optimize the picture are two completely different concepts.

"But they don't seem to be going to simply stretch the picture, I've looked at the specifications of the handheld and the announced technical specifications, and if it's through DC expansion, it seems to be using a different stretching mode......" Iwata Satoshi accidentally talked about the technical part, but after seeing that Yamauchi Pu didn't object, he continued, "The other party seems to be adjusting the picture through a DPI expansion technology." ”

The method that Iwata Satoshi is talking about here is actually a reference to Apple's future picture stretching technology.

Of course, it's not as simple as that.

To put it simply, Senxia's technique is not simply to stretch the picture, but also to divide the picture into three parts: pictures, vector pictures and text.

The picture will be interpolated and stretched, and then the vector image and text will be directly expanded, so that even if it is extended to the TV screen, the text and vector image can remain clear, and will not be directly stretched into an inferior picture.

Well,That's what many students who watch animated dramas often complain about those so-called 1080P video screens are "only subtitles are 1080P".

Of course, even if only the subtitles are 1090P, for players, at least this look and feel is better than all blurry.

However, this mode is only available when connected to DC, and when it is simply connected to a TV, it will not have this effect - because XBOX handhelds do not have such performance at all.

And what's more critical is the algorithm problem, the algorithm is the core, the algorithm is constantly optimized, Senxia is placed on the DC, there is still room for maneuver, but if the handheld itself is integrated with such an expansion module, then the algorithm can't be changed, and the most important thing is that the cost of Senxia can't be accepted.

"What do you see?" Yamauchi looked at Satoshi Iwata.

“…… Their control of third parties. Iwata Satoshi knew that this was what Yamauchi wanted to ask, and after seeing Yamauchi nodded, Iwata Satoshi breathed a sigh of relief. He continued: "This kind of scaling is very strict in terms of technical specifications, and it is absolutely impossible for third parties to do it if they do not follow theirs. ”

Yamauchi nodded: "That's right, if we look at the previous events, we can find that in fact, the Order of the Phoenix has gathered a group of third parties before, and that is the so-called 'Mithril Force'." ”

Mithril Forces.

This force that exists because of the Mithril platform is definitely a very powerful geometry.

Although they are all based on word games, these manufacturers combined, it is absolutely not to be underestimated - you know, ELF is a club, but it was once briefly comparable to Nintendo!

"Before the Order of the Phoenix appeared, these third parties had been honing on the Mithril platform for a long time, and this online platform was not very capacious, but it had great potential. ”

Yamauchi Pu doesn't know much about the Internet, but through this platform, Senxia has indeed gathered a group of game manufacturers, and this fact, Yamauchi Pu has to care.

"Mithril forces...... It's a bit of a hassle. ”

Satoshi Iwata also nodded.

This time in particular, the Order of the Phoenix also unveiled the so-called "Green Light Project".

This green light plan is to support independent game producers.

This solution even looks a little silly to other game manufacturers.

What game can one perceive?

The game development cycle of the game is very long, and it is also very troublesome, and it is useless for two independent developers of one person.

But Pu Yamauchi and Satoshi Iwata don't see it that way.

According to Animic's previous actions, they found that the other party was very purposeful in doing things.

And the Green Light Project seems useless, not at all - you know, the Mithril platform has been unknown all the time before it appeared!

And this time, the plans they are developing must also have their purpose.

But...... What is this purpose?

For Nintendo to fight back, it must figure out their purpose......

……

Today's festival, two in one~