Chapter 79: Mighty Capcom
Noko Arakawa left.
Time is ticking, and the Champagne Gold members are also giving out 15 units every hour, and those who get it are of course extremely happy, and those who don't get it are also frustrated, but the rules are the rules.
Before approaching 12 locations, a total of 45 copies were given away!
During this period, Sega's arcade sales soared! Finally, at 12 o'clock, 503 units were sold!
At this time, Nintendo, with the blessing of Contra, only sold 297 sets.
The reason is very simple, businessmen are profit-seeking, and the people present are not only players, but also game hall owners from all over the world.
If there's one place where you can best perceive a player's favorite game, it's Christmas night when players are all coming together, and this is the right time.
When merchants around the world see that so many players are having fun and looking at the second generation with everyone to find differences, they will definitely ask the players who have played, and the importance of word-of-mouth comes out at this time, a set of tens of thousands of dollars, no matter how careful you are.
The second generation of Happy Lianliankan and everyone come to find differences, the content is richer, and the three major modes of Lianliankan
Only the reputation of the people can drive these businessmen to pay for it.
After all, players don't lie, whether they play well or not, and even look at the player's expression when they play.
So after determining the player's liking, the next thing is simple, determine the quantity, and make the payment.
Seeing this result, no matter who is on Sega's side, they nodded with satisfaction, the Age of Wonders has won the trust and love of players for the company, and Sega has won dignity and profit.
For the entire Age of Wonders, winning players is the time to make a name for yourself.
The news of the Miracle Era's victory at this year's Sega Gala soon spread, and the Miracle Era, a company from the Chinese game desert, officially entered the sight of major companies, and in this world, fired the first shot from China!
It has aroused the interest of countless giants in this company.
When everyone's work was completed, Li Fangcheng and the others breathed a sigh of relief.
A series of actions in the Miracle Era on Christmas Night were planned and organized by Li Fangcheng and his entourage in the past two months, from the establishment of the fan club in the same city to the game conference on Christmas Night, and the next challenge of the limited edition tactics has been connected into a line, in order to cause a sensation in the entire game industry! After all, once Sega's financial statements are released, the Miracle Era will emerge in the entire industry anyway.
Once famous, known all over the world.
At this moment, Sega is already dispatching emergency plans and trying to find ways to retain the Age of Wonders, while other companies, in addition to Nintendo, Panasonic, and Sony are also the most active, and all of them have heard the news.
Early the next morning, Li Fangcheng called Lin Yinger to go to the subsidiary in Japan.
"Ying'er, let's talk about a basic situation now. Li Fangcheng rubbed his head, this night's carnival is really easy to get excited, and he didn't sleep well this time.
Lin Yinger took a few documents to Li Fangcheng and said: "This is the basic situation, let's have a general understanding." ”
The first thing that came into view was the Divine Thinker Combination.
One is called Akihiko Fukaura, and the other is Yukari Katsuki, and now the name of this group is still called "Sensitivity Project", which is also an emotional planning room. It wasn't until next year that he composed, arranged and performed the documentary "Sea Thoughts" for Japan, and it really began to become famous. Later, in order to deepen the impression of the fans, the name was changed to "S.E.N.S", which combines the two meanings of "SENSE" (sensibility) and "CENSE" (incense). This is the origin of the Chinese name of the Divine Thinker.
Now this group is still called the Sensual Planning Office.
Akihiko Fukaura, who is actually a rock musician, specializes in modern music, and is responsible for composing, mixing, synthesizing and arranging music. Yukari Katsuki, who graduated from the School of Music, prefers classical music, and is responsible for composition, arrangement, piano and voice acting.
For the construction of the music room for these two people, Lin Yinger was almost depressed, and prepared all the instruments that the two people needed to use, which was like preparing a team's instruments, but these two people were also the first people who agreed to enter Miracle Music, without him, because of Lin Yinger's sincere attitude towards musicians.
is in the same class as Lin Yinger, Yoko Shimomura, who is about to graduate, this is easier, a person who will graduate soon, at this time, as long as they are treated above the average level, there is basically no problem, it can be said that Lin Yinger is the most worry-free is her, and now she is the hardest working person, and she also has her share.
The difficulty of the problem now is that Lin Yinger has talked to Nobuo Uematsu several times, but her attitude is relatively vague and not very clear.
"Do you know the reason why this Nobuo Uematsu doesn't have a clear attitude now?" Li Fangcheng had no objections to the other three people, and he was a little puzzled by this person who had not yet decided.
After a while, Lin Yinger said: "After a few contacts, I think there is no problem with the salary, there is no problem with the environment, the family situation or something, there are no worries, the biggest concern, I think it is still a problem of the future, Capcom is already a third party with a certain reputation, especially recently, the reputation is getting bigger and bigger, and it seems that the future is also good, so leaving a promising company, from the perspective of human nature, is not a simple thing that can be decided." ”
After Lin Ying'er said this, Li Fangcheng suddenly realized what the problem was.
Capcom, this year is a year of full rise, starting from August 30, just like the current miracle era, overnight success.
A two-player arcade game that can be called the originator of fighting games has opened a new chapter in fighting games, and this game is called Street Fighter!
Although the first generation, that is, the first generation, is not the most famous version later, his position is significant.
The reason why it can be called is because there were also battle games before this, the same game "Kung Fu" made by Capcom for Nintendo FC, a game based on Li Xiaolong, on the one hand, to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Li Xiaolong's death, and on the other hand, to present the Asian kung fu stars of the past and Hollywood on the screen.
This game is a simple one-on-one setting with countless people, and it's more of an action game than a fighting game.
But in any case, Capcom has had a lot of fame since then, and has made a lot of interesting mini-games during this period, until the emergence of Street Fighter, which directly pulled down the identity of the founder of fighting games in the video game industry.
The basic concepts of fighting games are all established by this game, such as the setting of special moves, the concept of dividing light punches and heavy punches, the limitation of defense and stamina gauges, and the time limit of battles.
The emergence of these concepts not only did not make players feel restricted, but made players give affirmation and praise!
It was in the midst of these affirmations and acclaim that Capcom made the classic Street Fighter 2, which, of course, was a few years later.
But now Street Fighter has become famous, and it can be said that one of the reasons why Nintendo's arcade sales can force Sega to this extent on Christmas Night is precisely because of the existence of Street Fighter.
Something new is always something to look forward to, so there are a lot of players.
If there is only this one game, Capcom can only be regarded as doing a good job, but just last week, Capcom made another classic work for Nintendo's FC, which has already received a lot of praise in a short period of time.
Mega Man
Mega Man is a very difficult single-player puzzle game that is notoriously difficult throughout the video game world.
But there is no denying the classicism of this game, the wonderful and changeable protagonists, who can switch various forms and challenge different bosses, can allow players to find their own fun in it.
Two critically acclaimed works were released within a year, and it is no wonder that Nobuo Uematsu hesitated.
Not to mention that there is a third Final Fantasy released with Mega Man! Nobuo Uematsu is the head of the composition of an entire series, and seeing that there are many possibilities and futures, he will definitely not choose to give up music easily.
Of course, there are also the benefits of miracle music in Miracle Music, such as a generous salary, a creative environment that is not constrained at all, and a music room that is fully built for every musician.
It's just that for ambitious people, maybe these are not enough, he also needs to see the opposite side of the service, how likely is the future, once it is determined that there is a company that is not weaker than the potential of his owner, it is possible to choose to leave, people go to a high place and the water flows to a low place, this truth is placed in the high IQ crowd, it is a very common thing.
However, these were all built before Miracle Music was not famous, and now in the Miracle Era, after a night last night, anyone in the gaming circle will soon hear the name of this company in a short period of time.
This series of marketing methods will be repeatedly studied by Nintendo.
Nintendo is not a fool, where it falls, it often gets up somewhere, and its firm or stubborn attributes are the same as Yamauchi's insistence on cassette style.
It didn't take long, maybe a few minutes, maybe ten years, to beat Sega's Nintendo in the arcade, but under the influence of the miracle era that came out of nowhere, it ruined the situation.
Needless to say, at this moment, Nintendo's propaganda department is also full of horsepower to analyze a series of actions in the miracle era of last night's Christmas night.
Thinking of this, Li Fangcheng confidently said to Lin Yinger: "Make an appointment to meet Nobuo Uematsu, I think the result should be different this time." ”
"Different?" Lin Ying'er asked suspiciously.