After hesitating for a moment, Gunhei Yokoi suddenly laughed.

Just as Jester was still curious about why the other party suddenly laughed, his outstretched palm was held by Yokoi Junhei.

Then, Yokoi's voice rang in Jester's ears.

"Actually, when I was at Nintendo, President Yamauchi asked me what I would do in the future, and I was very confused, because I was just interested in designing something strange, so I told him, I'll go back and make what I said, the palm machine that was vetoed by you, to prove to you that what I said was correct, but what I didn't expect was that you, unexpectedly, had already started research in this area."

Saying that, Yokoi Junhei let go of Jester's palm, he smiled bitterly again, and then sighed and said: "But fortunately, my construction was vetoed by Mr. Yamauchi, I never expected that there would be other people who were also conducting research on the palm machine, and even the research and development process was more than half completed, if President Yamauchi really took my construction and temporarily slowed down the development of the home console, and the right to develop the palm machine to open up new markets and use the profits obtained from the new market, If you make up for the strategy of competing with traditional home consoles, the final result is that not only will the previous market be grabbed by emerging home console manufacturers such as Sega, but also lose the opportunity in the new handheld market, and eventually fall into a dilemma. ”

In the end, Yokoi Junhei was also embarrassed.

For Jester, being able to get Yokoi Junhei is almost the biggest victory he has achieved in his direct confrontation with Nintendo, because no one in this world knows better than him, this man who has been called the god of hardware by countless game developers in later generations. What a powerful inspiration for the development of game consoles, especially the development of handheld consoles.

Able to get Yokoi Gunpei. For Jester, it not only enhances the soft power of his handheld computer development infinitely in an instant. It is also in the infinite weakening of Nintendo's hard power in the development of the palm machine, and when Nintendo sees its own palm machine on sale, and with an irresistible momentum, swept out a new game market, and regrets it, they want to re-enter the development of the palm machine, but without Yokoi Junhei, they can still come up with a good enough in a short period of time. Is it a handheld machine that is on par with yourself?

Yes, the Nintendo of later generations, after the departure of Yokoi Junhei, did use the strength of the handheld machine to make up for their decline in the home machine, although there were times when they were beaten miserably by Sony's PSP, but there were also invincible days after the advent of 3DS.

But the problem is that after the loss of Yokoi Junhei, a person who does not understand the development of handhelds both now and in the future, there is no handheld development team that has been led by this hardware development master for more than ten years. With countless development elites, can they still make a difference in the palm of their hand?

Jester didn't know, but he knew. He got Yokoi Gunpei.

Less than a month after leaving Nintendo, Gunhei Yokoi rejected invitations from NEC and Sega to join the news of Mars Entertainment, which once again made him a front-page figure in some magazines.

Nintendo declined to comment on this, only wishing Yokoi all the best in his next career.

But the real situation is not the case at all, after knowing the news that Yokoi Junhei joined Mars Entertainment, Yamauchi Pu once again held a high-level emergency meeting in Nintendo, which also made him feel very funny, he felt that the high-level meeting held in the last two months. More than he has held in the last few years.

Gunhei Yokoi was previously the number two person within Nintendo, and he was still ranked above Minoru Arakawa, Pu Yamauchi's son-in-law. The understanding of Nintendo's interior is extremely clear, and such an absolute high-level has joined Nintendo's direct enemies. It's impossible not to cause a shock on Nintendo's side.

However, Yamauchi also knew that from the moment he agreed to Gunpei Yokoi to leave Nintendo, he would have to endure problems in this regard.

It's just that before that, he didn't know that Junhei Yokoi would definitely join Mars Entertainment.

"At the time of his departure, he promised to sign a non-compete clause and that he would not be involved in any development of the game program." Seeing some ugly faces of the company's senior executives, Yamauchi Pu said lightly.

As soon as he finished saying this, the faces of the senior executives of these companies looked a little better.

Although Yokoi Junhei is a hardware development engineer, but the current Jester Mars Entertainment, the development of a new generation of home consoles, according to their own statement, has entered the final stage, at this time according to the management of hardware development, it is unlikely to arrange senior personnel into the development, because there is no need.

According to Gunpei Yokoi's status at Nintendo, it is impossible for him to join a development team as an ordinary developer after joining a new company in the same industry.

At this time, Yamauchi thought of the development plan of the handheld machine that Yokoi Junhei said.

To say that Yamauchi Pu is not at all interested in this plan, it is absolutely impossible, he agreed to Yokoi Junpei's development plan for the handheld computer before Sega was exposed to the news of the new sixteen home consoles, and also mobilized more than half of the hardware elites from within the entire company to participate in the research and development.

Because he was very excited about the new game market described by Gunhei Yokoi and the potential market in this market.

But as soon as the news of Sega's new console is exposed, in Yamauchi's view, this is a choice between the lesser of two evils, in his opinion, the home console is the foundation of Nintendo, if he can't launch his own sixteen consoles as much as possible, then the situation he finally laid down in Japan is very likely to be completely occupied by Sega, a spoiler.

On the other hand, what Junhei said about opening up a new market, although the prospects described are very attractive, but they are only prospects, and no one can be sure that the market for handheld machines is really as big as Yokoi Junhei said.

Although Mars Entertainment has proved that it is the right decision to use the principle of fragmented time to develop the same type of game console by relying on the hot sales of electronic pets, it is still very doubtful how big this potential market is, if it can only be as big as the market of electronic pets.

In Yamauchi's eyes, it is not worth the risk.

The most important thing is that if Nintendo still wants to continue to go in the video game industry, he will never be able to take risks, which is completely different from the situation when he just led Nintendo into the electronics industry, when he started a business from scratch, and in the video game industry, Nintendo was zero, so he was able to make crazy decisions again and again that seemed extremely risky to outsiders.

But now, it's completely different.

He wants to ensure the normal operation of Nintendo, that is, in the eyes of Yamauchi, it is much more important to maintain the existing market share and not be encroached upon by the newly joined Sega than to open up a market that is enough for himself and the symbol of Martian entertainment.

Because between the two, one is life and death, and the other is not.

The question is, does Mars Entertainment also think that the market for handheld machines is promising? They have a number of electronic pets that have been on sale for a few years as a basis, and it is not impossible for Gunpei Yokoi to convince the other party with his words to convince him.

At this time, it is no longer possible for Yamauchi Pu to restart the suspended handheld plan, because the departure of Junhei Yokoi is the first, and second, that is, the development elite of the entire company is now cooperating with Sony on the development of the next generation of consoles, and there is no ability or possibility, to restart the research and development of the handheld machine.

However, Yamauchi Pu still made his own decision at the end of this meeting.

"Yokoi's departure is only because of the inconsistency with the policies and guidelines we have set now, his talent is beyond doubt, in fact, if it weren't for Sega's sudden incurrence, then he would definitely still be one of our colleagues now, and he said that the handheld machine will definitely occupy an extremely important position in the future game console market, I also agree with it."

This is Yamauchi Pu after rejecting the development plan of Yokoi Gunpei's handheld machine, and he was the first to admit his attitude towards the handheld machine in front of the entire high-level.

Therefore, his remarks also made many people a little puzzled.

Because of this, it is not much different from Pu Yamauchi to admit his mistakes within a certain distance.

Sure enough, after Yamauchi Pu finished saying this, his voice suddenly changed, and he continued: "However, things are priorities, and this is where the biggest contradiction between me and Yokoi lies, so I decided that after the development of the new console is completed, I will restart the development of the handheld machine, which can be included in the plan, I don't know what your opinions are." ”

Unexpectedly, Masayuki Uemura, who had been opposed to Yokoi Junhei before, stood up immediately after Yamauchi Pu said this sentence and said: "I agree with the president's opinion, in fact, at the beginning, when the president decided to mobilize all the development elites within the group for the development of the handheld machine, I personally supported it, and even I talked to Yokoi all night for several days about how the handheld machine should be developed and what functions it should have, and the reason why I opposed Yokoi Junhei before was only because I felt that the development of a new home console, It's just more important. ”

Shigeru Miyamoto was a subordinate of Yokoi Junhei before he became famous in one fell swoop when he developed "Donkey Kong", and the reason why he was able to develop "Donkey Kong" was also because of Yokoi Junpei's recommendation to Yamauchi Pu, so he had a lot of opinions about Yokoi Junhei's departure.

This opinion was also actively transferred to Yamauchi Pu and Uemura Masayuki with the resignation of Yokoi Junhei. (To be continued) R466