Chapter 337: The Stars Are Bright
Eyes moved away from Yoshiki Okamoto's body, and Li Fangcheng looked at the second person next to him with burning eyes.
Kitaka Funamizu, this is another legendary figure.
He was a veteran of Capcom's founding days, and won the trust and respect of President Kenzo Tsujimoto for presiding over the development of Capcom's first arcade game, VULGUS.
At that time, the video game industry was actually very difficult to mix, and countless large companies laid off employees and even went bankrupt, and this was of course due to Atari ......
And Capcom's rise was during this period.
At that time, Kenzo Tsujimoto did not think that this was a disaster, but saw it as an opportunity, and in 1983, Capcom went to recruit talents with great fanfare, and it was because of this that Capcom obtained a large number of excellent talents, and it was at this time that Yoshiki Okamoto joined Capcom.
At that time, Capcom was founded in the most difficult winter years for the entire video game industry!
Capcom was founded on the "Atari Catastrophe", when small companies collapsed and even large companies had to lay off employees.
At that time, Konami even had to lay off a quarter of its workforce.
In 1984, Capcom released its first arcade game, VULGUS, and both the vertical STG game and the ACT game SONSON, which was developed by Yoshiki Okamoto, gave players a very strong Konami style.
Of course, this is not surprising, after all, if you look closely at the production team, it is not difficult to see the reason, including Fujiwara Tokuro and Okamoto Yoshiki, the two leaders, nearly two-thirds of the members are from Konami's disciples.
Therefore, although it has gained sales and recognition, it has not gained word of mouth.
So Kitaka Funamizu learned from the pain and made another game that swept the world.
And he himself was also crowned as a godfather.
The father of "Street Fighter" is none other than Kitaka Funamizu!
The game debuted two years ago, although it didn't do well in Japan.
But it is thriving in the United States!
The degree of popularity is far beyond the initial imagination!
And just recently, even the person in charge of the United States side is urging to speed up the research and development of the second generation of Street Fighter.
As if feeling Li Fangcheng's eyes, Funamizu Kitaka also smiled politely.
Li Fangcheng looked at the third person who was looking at him.
This unscrupulous vision, of course Li Fangcheng knows who it is, Fujiwara Tokuro!
This person who has never known anything about games since he entered the industry, and who doesn't even love them, has a unique insight!
It's different from other people who know a lot about games and want to do it.
Fujiwara Tokuro is a very practical person.
In 1982, when Fujiwara Tokuro, a design major, was about to graduate from junior high school, some companies came to the campus to recruit and saw that there was an interesting product planning position, so Fujiwara Tokuro went to take the entrance exam.
But in fact, the idea that "more money and less things close to home" is the main reason that really influenced Fujiwara's actions.
The salary for the position is very attractive, and the most important thing is that the company in Toyonaka City, Osaka is very close to home.
In the subsequent interview, Fujiwara Tokuro actually successfully passed the interview and written test.
When he joined Konami, he observed the company environment and the work of his colleagues, and suddenly found himself in an industry that he had never been interested in. Tokuro Fujiwara basically doesn't play games!
Although it was in the golden age of shooting games at the time, Tokuro Fujiwara, who was a design professional, actually wanted to create "tangible things", not the light of shooting games on the screen.
Such a situation, of course, is unstable and very difficult for Fujiwara's strength.
But in this case, it still made a game that was well received!
Fujiwara first worked on the design of arcade acrylic shells within his own capabilities, and then began to transform into game design.
At that time, the first game he took over was called "Little Pig Brother", which, of course, was actually a vertical mobile side-scrolling shooter with the story and image of "Three Little Pigs".
The birth of this game shows the talent of Tokuro Fujiwara.
Capcom immediately threw an olive branch, and finally after thinking twice, Fujiwara Tokuro joined the current Capcom!
And his addition has brought earth-shaking changes to Capcom!
In just a few years, the game project led by Fujiwara Tokuro is simply as excessive as Li Fangcheng!
Almost like a hanging, he broke Capcom's historical record again and again, and even launched two grossing games at the same time, "Commando" and "Demon Village" in 1985, after that, every time he released a new game, he was imitated by his peers in the industry.
And what's even more terrifying is that Li Fangcheng knows that this is by no means the end of him, this is precisely the starting point of Fujiwara Tokuro!
If you look at his leading projects in the future, then I am afraid that anyone will have a special mind like Li Fangcheng now!
Resident Evil......
Silent Hill ......
Although he is not the main creator, it is also a game project led by him!
Li Fangcheng touched his chin, now among the third parties, he is worth thinking about and even fearing, which is Capcom, who now has many star generals!
If you count the "Father of Mega Man" Keiji Inaufune who didn't come to the scene, and Shinji Mikami, the "Father of Resident Evil", ......
It can be said that if Capcom has a good opportunity, it may even become the new first party.
It's just that Capcom's ambitions are not so strong.
Otherwise...... It's hard to say whether Sega can fight Capcom!
Almost the talents that Capcom has in hand, as long as they are used well, it is almost enough for Capcom's glorious 20 years!
And in fact, history does.
It wasn't until these talented game producers left Capcom one after another that the whole Capcom really declined!
It can be said that today's Capcom is not an exaggeration to describe it as a star!
Today, these top game producers are gathered together, even if Li Fangcheng has extraordinary life experiences and experiences.
But I also feel a burst of pride at this moment!
In addition to Capcom, there are also many excellent game producers in the rest of the third parties.
I never thought I would be able to meet many of my favorite game producers on the same stage at this moment!
Such emotions are the excitement and excitement that is hard to resist as a game lover!
The people in front of you will be legendary in the future.
No one knew that the people present were holding up almost the entire Japanese video game industry!
In the world's fastest-growing video game industry.
It can be said that the entire Japanese game industry is able to stand among the world's top game producers by relying on this group of people in front of them.
(End of chapter)