"I wanted to make a game that was simple to play, but fun to play."

After thinking about it for a while, Yuji Nakatsu didn't seem to be able to think of a better way to describe his thoughts, so he could only say it truthfully according to his thoughts, even though this sentence sounded a little awkward to other people's ears.

If people from other industries listen to it, I think what Yuji Naka said is not nonsense, but if you listen to it as an experienced designer, you can understand the difficulty, making the simple game mode endlessly fun, easy to say, but how difficult to do?

At this time, Jester remembered Yuji Naka's game called "Sonic".

But Jester thought about it again, and felt that this game looked simple, but it was extremely complicated to make it, according to the current function and computing power of the eight-bit machine, I'm afraid it was not enough, but he didn't have any good ideas for the time being, and he wasn't a machine qì cat, and he could remember what similar excellent games with a pat on his head, if he had to say it, he really had one, a simple, interesting and fun game, but ......

After hesitating for a moment, Jester looked at Yuji Naka, and said: "I have an idea here, but it's not a new game, but a part of a series of games, the protagonist is a character who has appeared in the Balotelli series of games, and the protagonist is still Balotelli, or this game does not have a supporting role as a protagonist, what I envision now is a racing game......"

As soon as Jester said this, Yuji Naka, who was still very interested, immediately showed a look of disappointment on his face, and the racing games had nothing in common with the simple gameplay games he wanted to make.

But out of respect for Jester, he still listened attentively.

And Jester also saw the expression on Yuji's face at this time, and he didn't care, because what he said was not a strict racing game at all, although he had just made a simulation racing game that was incomparably strict in this era. But this game is very special.

So, Jester continued to smile and said: "This is a party game, the best time to play this game is when a lot of friends come to play, when it's okay to have dinner, well, I call it Balotelli racing, and the characters in it will be all the characters in the games where Balotelli is the protagonist - including the villain, and the way of racing in this is of course to reach the finish line before anyone, but it is displayed on the same screen......"

Speaking of which. Although Jester hasn't said the gameplay of this very special racing game in his mouth, when he just heard Jester say that it was displayed on the same screen, Yuji Naka's face showed a very wonderful look.

Previous racing games, whether arcade or home consoles, have never been split screens, which means that these previous racing games could only be played on TV screens. Display a picture, which represents, at the same time, on a machine qì. Only one person can play the game.

"How many are displayed at the same time?" Yuji almost blurted out.

Jester only glanced at him slightly, and then said in a light tone: "There are four game slots designed in the dreambox, so my initial plan is to play up to four players on the same screen at the same time." ”

As a game designer, Yuji Naka naturally understands the playability of multiplayer games. It's far more entertaining than a single-player game.

After hearing Jester say this, Yuji Naka's interest was completely aroused, and he couldn't wait to ask: "So what is the special gameplay of this game?" ”

"Huh."

Jester chuckled at first. He took a sip of water and moistened his throat, and said: "Actually, I also had a temporary idea for this game just now, I only had such an idea of making a home machine racing game when designing that somatosensory simulation arcade game, but that idea is very imperfect, I have been thinking about how to make a racing game as rigorous as "Tour of America", until you just said that you want to make a fun, simple but playable game, I guess there was this idea suddenly. ”

Yuji listened very carefully, and Jester was also considering his own words.

In fact, he really hasn't played the game "Super Mario Kart", but he's heard about it, after all, the status of this game is there, and he hasn't played the new carriage on the Wii, although this game later set a horror record of 38 million in a single game, and the sales record of this single game was not broken until GTA5 seven or eight years later, and the final sales of GTA5 Jester is not clear, because when he crossed, the PC version of GTA5 was not released.

However, he's played a lot of games designed with Super Mario Kart in mind, well, let's say, Kart Run.

According to his understanding of this kind of game, Jester changed his own words to Yuji Naka, and after Yuji heard Jester's description of this game, his eyes became brighter and brighter, and in the end, he even picked up the pen from Jester's desk and quickly memorized it.

He was really impressed by the game that Jester was talking about.

"Genius idea!"

Yuji Nakatsu applauded Jester even more after he finished talking about the basic gameplay of this game that he himself called "Balotelli Racing", this game that Jester almost completed the basic gameplay and setting at his fingertips, almost the simplest and most interesting typical in his mind, just like the "American Cubes" back then, opened a door to him in designing games that he had never opened.

"Can I make this game?"

Almost in a trembling tone, Yuji asked with longing, his eyes looking at Jester sincerely, he was most expecting Jester to give the answer he expected.

Jester was a little furious by Yuji's eyes, and he coughed and asked Yuji not to look at him with this kind of gaze, and then asked, "Would you like to make a series of games?" I was going to sit in the Balotelli set for this game, because this cartoonish style of humor is best suited to the game. ”

Obviously, when Jester asked, Yuji Naka was visibly hesitant.

After all, he is not a little-known designer now, after the instant hit of "Phantasy Star", his popularity in Renben is very high, and some game media almost make him an RPG game designer on the same level as Yuji Tsuii, Hironobu Sakaguchi, and Shigeru Miyamoto, and even put his "Phantasy Star" on the same high status as "Dragon Quest", "Final Fantasy", and "The Legend of Zelda".

It is called the Four Great Japanese RPGs, and there are some fanatical fans who even call it the Four Great National RPGs.

As for Jester, who is not inferior to these four games, or even surpasses, and has given these game designers unimaginable inspiration when designing similar games, Jester and several of his RPGs have been automatically forgotten by many Japanese media and Japanese fanatics.

Because Jester is not Japanese, the game he makes is naturally not a Japanese-style game.

What the? You said that three of our four major RPGs have a strong reference to Jester's Fire Emblem in terms of style? Isn't this nonsense? It's just that some talented designers have come up with a place when designing games.

What the? You said that Yuji Hikai himself said that he burned his original design plan for Dragon Quest after playing Fire Emblem, and then played Fire Emblem for a month before completing the new project for Dragon Quest? Isn't this nonsense, how did I not know that Yuji Mikai said these things.

What the? You said that Hironobu Sakaguchi and Yuji Naka are both disciples of Jester? Do you have to call someone a master if someone does something to you? It's just a mouthful.

Yuji Nakatsu obviously wants to take away this idea, but he has to set the content of the game himself, obviously, he wants to make a ** game, and he doesn't want to just be a vassal of Balotelli, and, in his opinion, such a good idea, enough to make a series, why do you want to be popular with Balotelli?

Yes, Yuji Nakatsu also knows that the sales curve of the game "Balotelli's Otherworldly Adventure" is simply terrifying, so far, this game has sold fifteen million copies, and the second-ranked "Fire Emblem" has only sold just 10 million copies so far, and there are unusually many fans of this game, ABC recently did a survey, Balotelli's popularity is second only to Disney's Mickey, far more than the Transformers that have swept the United States in recent years.

Despite some understanding that Jester wanted to use the fame of the Balotelli series to make the new racing game more popular, Yuji Naka said, "Boss, I think this game is enough as a series on its own, and it doesn't have a character attached to it at all......."

But before Yuji Nakaji finished speaking, Jester interrupted him, Jester said very seriously: "Nakayu, you know, we have a game before that is very similar to the game we are going to make Zuò in terms of both graphics and style, if we are in a game with such graphics and style, whether it is to re-set the characters or complete some other work, it is a waste, and besides, with such a good reputation as the Balotelli series, isn't it too stupid?" ”

Jester's words, Yuji Naka, who spoke for a while, was speechless. (To be continued......) R752