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Four hundred thousand.

Half a million.

……

Seven hundred thousand.

Hudson's version of "Gold Digger" is expected to sell millions!]

News coverage has gone from contempt to boasting. It's like the news at the time of Napoleon's restoration.

The first message, "Monsters from Corsica have landed in Puerto Ruan." ”

The second message, "The unspeakable man-eating demon king is approaching Glas. ”

The third message, "The despicable and shameless thief has entered Gellenoble." ”

The fourth message, "Napoleon Bonaparte occupies Lyon." ”

The fifth message, "General Napoleon approached Fontainebleau." ”

The sixth news, "His Majesty the Supreme Emperor arrives today in his faithful Paris."

With the interplay of various forces, the sales of "Gold Digger" soon exceeded the 800,000 mark.

Hudson, a company that may even collapse and go bankrupt because of poor operations, was brought back to life because of a game.

Everyone in the company is full of energy. The work efficiency is unusually high, and even the speed at which the director helps people hand over the paper is a little faster.

"This is the game that will be released today. "It's Friday again, and before the game goes on sale in the store, the list of games that will be released today is on Takahashi's desk.

Takahashi in the pile of paper looked up, and he said to the errand, "Thank you." "The errand clerk left.

Picking up the list and looking at it, most of the game names on it, Takahashi didn't have any impression. It wasn't until he saw the end of the page that he saw a familiar name, Super Mario Bros.

It turns out that this game was released in '85......

Takahashi was shocked to think about the significance of this game for the red and white machine, and even redefined how the game should be designed. The release of this game will have an unusually big impact on Hudson's "Gold Digger".

There is so much money in the player's pocket, if it is a general game on the market, Takahashi will not care, the game is not as fun as "Gold Diggers", and the publicity is far from comparable.

In this case, which game the player will buy is simply a question of points.

But Super Mario Bros. is different. Not only because he's a first-party Nintendo, but also because it's really, really fun.

This kind of fun may be taken for granted by later people. But take a look at the games that were released before it.

Take the red and white machine version of "Gold Diggers" as an example, although the picture is much more delicate than other versions of "Gold Diggers". Single or black background.

What does Super Mario Bros. look like?

Red bricks, blue sky, green grass, white clouds.

Compared with this game, other games of the same period were simply killed to the scum.

Players have been exposed to this game, will they still buy Gold Diggers?

Even Takahashi couldn't come to a definite conclusion.

It's the middle of summer now, the more he thinks about it, the more sweat on his head, the original form is very good, and the sales volume is just around the corner, but suddenly such a game is killed, you must think of a way!

"I'll go back to the office!" Takahashi stood up, said to the comic editor next to him, and hurried downstairs to Hudson's building.

"What's going on?" asked a comics editor.

"I don't know. Another comic editor shook his head.

The third manga editor walked to Takahashi's desk, picked up the piece of paper that Takahashi had just put down, and pondered, "Maybe it has something to do with the game that will be released today, maybe it's something amazing!"

"Then what is he nervous about, their company's "Gold Digger" has sold almost 800,000 copies and is not satisfied. We can't reach this sales volume in one issue of the comics. ”

"Haven't you heard of Hudson's bet with an American company, if a very interesting new work comes out, "Gold Digger" will sell less than a million copies, Takahashi will be miserable!"

"All work! work! Look at Takahashi, look at you. A bunch of garbage, a bunch of rice buckets!" the editor-in-chief walked out of the office and reprimanded the gossipy editors.

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"I'm looking for the president. Takahashi said a word at the front desk, and went straight upstairs to Yuji Kudo's office.

The entire Hudson Tokyo branch, even if the president's younger brother, President Hiroshi Kudo, wants to see the president, they have to go through the process of making an appointment and reporting. Takahashi, on the other hand, has the privilege of meeting the president whenever he wants.

Open the door and a cool breeze will greet you.

Yuji Kudo put down the report, looked at Takahashi and said, "What's the matter? Look at your sweat." ”

"President, have you read the list of games that Nintendo will release today? Takahashi didn't answer, but said directly.

Yuji Kudo turned up the temperature of the air conditioner to prevent Takahashi, Hudson's most capable fighter, from catching a cold. He took out a handkerchief from the cabinet and threw it to Takahashi and said, "Look, what's wrong? What game is worth your surprise?"

"Super Mario Bros. Takahashi said while wiping his sweat, "This game will sell very well." I'm afraid that because of this game, the sales of Gold Digger will not grow anymore. ”

"What else are you afraid of? Nintendo Honsha games?" said Yuji Kudo picked up the form and looked at it.

"I don't think we can sit still. Now "Gold Diggers" has sold nearly 800,000 copies. In order to resist the sales shock caused by the release of Super Mario Bros., I felt that an event should be held. ”

"What activity?" asked Yuji Kudo with a serious expression. Although he didn't see what kind of game Super Mario Bros. was, he knew that the game that would make Takahashi "scared" would not be a simple game.

"Level Design Competition!" Takahashi said loudly, "although our cassette doesn't have the function of recording information. However, we can add a loose leaf to the magazine in the Shogakukan. Have players fill in the levels.

They mailed us the loose-leaf, and we picked fifty excellent levels and made a new Gold Digger.

This event could be called the 'Gold Digger Tournament'.

The cassette can include a card that records the passcode for New Gold Digger. Let's determine the order of customs clearance according to the time of postmark mailing, and issue rewards to each customs clearer.

I think such a player-made level with players clearing should be able to maintain the popularity of Gold Digger for a while and survive the crisis of Super Mario Bros.

I think that's the way to get Gold Digger to sell more than a million!"

Yuji Kudo pondered the feasibility of Takahashi's plan, and just as he was thinking, Takahashi said, "We can also use this event to promote another game idol!"