At the first glance of Hironobu Sakaguchi's dormitory, Tamahide Yoshiro first frowned, he was used to his home being cleaned up by his wife, and it was really difficult to enter a messy place that looked like a dirty and messy garbage dump in his eyes.

But he knew that he was trying to convince the young man in front of him to join Mars Entertainment, although he didn't know how his boss knew that the other party would be talented, and he didn't realize what potential this young man had from the other party's previous games, at least far worse than the Yoichi Kazukawa he had met before.

At least he was obsessed with playing "Nobunaga's Ambition", and of course, it may also have something to do with his interest in history.

"You are Mr. Tamahide, the president of Mars Entertainment Japan!"

Before Tamahide Yoshiro could introduce himself, Hironobu Sakaguchi exclaimed in surprise, but Tamahide Yoshiro was a little surprised, he was very surprised that this young man could call his name, he was not a celebrity.

So, he said with some curiosity: "You know me?" ”

"Yes!" Hironobu Sakaguchi nodded very seriously, and he said with a respectful face, "You are the president of Mars Entertainment Japan, and I have seen your photos. ”

After speaking, he found that Yuxiu Yoshiro was still outside his door, he immediately said sorry with some embarrassment, and then let him in, but his room was too chaotic, Yuxiu Yoshiro just came in, Sakaguchi Hironobu's face showed a look of annoyance, he immediately bent down towards Yuxiu Yoshiro, his expression became more and more respectful, and he said in an extremely humble tone: "I'm really sorry, because I live alone, the house is too messy, and I ask President Yuxiu to take care of it." ”

Seeing that the other party's attitude was so sincere, and that this time he was instructed by Jester, although he was a little dissatisfied with Sakaguchi Hironobu's room being so dirty for personal reasons, Tamahide Yoshiro still walked in with the same face.

Sitting down on a couch, Hironobu Sakaguchi was in a hurry to pour water for the guests, but he tried a few kettles and found that they were all empty.

Then, Hironobu Sakaguchi's face showed an embarrassed look.

"Don't bother." Sighing, Tamahide Yoshiro could only say this, he didn't want to embarrass the other party, and then he continued, "Don't you want to ask why I came to you?" ”

That's right!

At this time, Hironobu Sakaguchi showed a look of sudden realization, because of the great success of Pokemon electronic pet machine and Mars Entertainment's four arcade games in Japan, the status of Mars Entertainment Japan Branch has risen greatly, and there must be a reason why a big man like Tamahide Yoshiro in the Japanese video game industry came to him, but Hironobu Sakaguchi thought about it, and he really couldn't think of any intersection he would have with the other party, he was just a graduate of Yokohama National University who didn't even graduate. The only thing that can relate to each other is that he has only made a few very bad games.

is such an achievement, in the eyes of the other party, not to mention a small person, even a character can't be called.

But...... In that case, why did the other party come to him?

Hironobu Sakaguchi was also puzzled.

"Mr. Jester Lee became interested in you after watching one of your previous games, and he said that although your current work is clumsy, you can still see the talent of the designer, so he asked me to ask you if you are interested in joining Mars Entertainment." Tamahide Yoshiro doesn't beat around the bush either, because young people like Hironobu Sakaguchi, who have just developed a game and have experienced failure, don't need to do this, just tell him directly, after all, their Mars Entertainment is not a small company.

And from the fact that he had gone out to buy GAME magazines, which were not readily available in Japan, and the first issue of GAME magazines on the computer desk that was spread out next to him, it was clear that he was not ignorant of the name Jester Lee.

The reality is exactly the same as Tamahidejiro's, with only a slight difference, and Hironobu Sakaguchi has not just heard the name Jester Lee, but ......

"Mr. Jester Lee actually played my game!"

Hironobu Sakaguchi's tone is no longer like the reverence that he used to have for his predecessors, which is common in Japan, but has become reverent, giving Tamaki Yoshiro the feeling that when a believer talks about the name of Jesus, it seems that the name Jester Lee has a completely different meaning to him, like the faith of a believer.

Tamahide Yoshiro felt that Hironobu Sakaguchi's tone was different from before, he glanced at the other party with some surprise, and then nodded: "Yes, he played your game, and this time he asked me to come, he told me that you are very talented in making zuò games, and the temporary failure is just that you haven't understood how to make a good game, and you won't know how to make a really good game in this place where you are not even a formal game company." ”

After a pause, Tamahideyoshiro cleared his throat and looked at Hironobu Sakaguchi, whose eyes were still a little immersed in what he had just said, so he said a condition that Jester had specially asked him to tell the other party before he came.

"Mr. Jester Lee asked me to tell you that if you want to go further in game production, he hopes that you can go to the United States to intern with him for a period of time, and he will personally lead you to learn how to make a great game, and if your internship results can satisfy Mr. Jester Lee, he will let you go back to Japan and set up your own studio for you at Mars Entertainment, all the treatment is the same as when you were in the Dianyu Club."

This sentence directly made Hironobu Sakaguchi, who was still a little distracted, stand up from his seat violently, his eyes became red, and he couldn't control himself from stepping forward and grabbed Yuxiu Yoshiro's palm, and said excitedly, and even spoke a little incoherently.

It was really Jester who gave him this condition that was too unexpected for him.

"President Yuxiu, since I played the game called "Guild Wars" that came with the first issue of "GAME", I can't help but like the games of Master Jester Lee, I have played every game he made, I can't believe how he can make such an incredible work, the first time I played "Guild Wars", it brought me a much stronger feeling than when I played "Witchcraft" and "Genesis" a few years ago......"

As he spoke, he took a breath and his expression gradually quieted down: "I knew then that the games I made before were not worthy of being called games at all, and being able to be guided by Master Jester Lee was the opportunity I dreamed of. ”

"Then ......" Tamahide Yoshiro heard Hironobu Sakaguchi's statement, and knew that the purpose of his visit this time had been secured.

"Thank you very much Mr. Jester Lee for giving me this opportunity." Sure enough, Hironobu Sakaguchi nodded without hesitation, and he said very seriously.

Tamahide Yoshiro saw that Hironobu Sakaguchi seemed to have something to say, so he made a gesture to signal that he could continue.

Then, Hironobu Sakaguchi nodded and continued.

"Actually, Mr. Yuxiu,Because I spent all my energy on the game development department of the Dianyu Club for more than a year before.,So I didn't pass the graduation exam that I just finished after abandoning my studies.,Of course, I didn't get a graduation certificate.,I can only drop out.,You know,A college student who has dropped out of school is not even as easy to find a job as a high school student.,Fortunately, Mr. Miyamoto continues to trust me.,Let me continue to work in the Dianyu Club.,Continue to let me develop games.,But the previous failure made me very negative., I didn't have the confidence to stay at the company anymore, so I wanted to do an internship at a big game company and see how they made games, but you know, a big company like Namco and Jericho couldn't accept a college student like me. ”

After that, Tamahideyoshiro chatted with Hironobu Sakaguchi for a few more words, and after explaining the date of going to Mars Entertainment Japan to report, he left.

And after he left, Hironobu Sakaguchi could no longer suppress the excitement in his heart, being able to be favored by his idol, and being able to let him get the guidance he dreamed of, it was too rare for a young man like him who was still in the confusion period of how to make a good game, so that he couldn't suppress tears of excitement.

By the time Jester received a call from Tamahidejiro, it was already the next day, and he had just had breakfast.

He had chatted with Claudia late the previous night, and had not left until the closing time of the traditional English pub, and he had drunk a lot of beer, which was not very large, and the Irish stout had a lot of stamina, so he was not drunk when he left, but he was also a little delirious.

So he doesn't know exactly how he got back.

But I can probably figure out that Claudia should have sent her back to the hotel, and I don't blame myself for the strange stares of her colleagues when I was eating breakfast in the cafeteria.

Actually, he really had nothing to do with Claudia, but he didn't bother to explain.

This kind of thing, the more you talk about it, the more chaotic it becomes.

For the choice of Dark Rong that Yuxiu Yoshiro said on the phone was in his expectations, Yoichi Kashikawa was originally very talented in business, otherwise it would be impossible for Dark Rong to develop into a game giant in the early days of history only by relying on PC games, you know, in the real history, Dark Rong did not compromise with Nintendo's royalties at the beginning, but put all his energy into the research and development of PC games.

A few years later, their Shinno 2 was a big success, and it was the best-selling PC game in Japan for two consecutive years, which led to the later classic FC version of the Shinno national version, and the national version is just a transplant of Shinno 2, and Jester is not clear about the cooperation process between Dark Glory and Nintendo, but with his understanding of Yoichi Kagawa, Nintendo did not give him any benefits in private, so he is unlikely to pay attention to Nintendo.

After all, Nintendo's biggest competitor at that time, Sega's classic console MD had just been released, and it was the period of the greatest pressure on Nintendo, and Sega at that time was also frantically snatching developers from Nintendo who had long been dissatisfied with the royalty.

The conditions offered by Sega are much more generous than those offered by Nintendo.

In his mind, it was very likely that Dark Rong would agree to his conditions, after all, his conditions were generous enough, but it was unlikely that he would be a shareholder.

It's not that Yoichi Kashikawa doesn't want to take his own shares, after all, the treatment of first-party and third-party games is absolutely different, and he is deeply aware of this as a game developer, but he is afraid that after having his own shares, if his console loses as big as Sega's SG-1000, he wants to cooperate with Nintendo, it will be impossible.

Nintendo will not allow a game development company that owns its own rival shares to participate in the development of FC games.

For Hironobu Sakaguchi to join without hesitation, this is actually in Jester's expectations, but listening to Tamahideyoshiro say that he has become his die-hard fan, Jester has a little fluttering feeling, after all, this is the father of "Final Fantasy", one of the most outstanding RPG game masters.

And "Final Fantasy", one of the three major Japanese RPGs that had a great influence on later generations, was once Jester's favorite Japanese RPG game before, and his love for "Final Fantasy" even surpassed the other two "Dragon Quest" and "The Legend of Zelda" of the three major Japanese RPGs, although DQ is a Japanese national RPG, and the rating and sales of the cuckold are the top of these three games.

Such a legend became a fan of his own, how could this not excite Jester.

However, Jester knows that the current Sakaguchi Hironobu's understanding of the game is still very primitive, and it is still very unrealistic for him to work on an epic RPG game like "Final Fantasy" now, and he simply does not have the ability to control such a large and complex game, especially RPG games, which is the most difficult game genre in this era, even in the future era.

But if you can really make an epic RPG, then it is almost self-evident that the impact of a game company will be enhanced, far more than any other game genre.

Because RPG fans are the most die-hard.

Thinking that Hironobu Sakaguchi has entered his own group, Jester can't help but get excited, he knows how difficult it is to be able to lead an epic RPG game, talent, ability, experience, vision, team, etc., etc., etc., etc., and most importantly, Jester knows that he himself does not have this ability, this is not arrogant, but realistic.

Because making a good RPG is too complicated, it's not that he can't make an RPG, but he's confident that he definitely can't make an RPG that can be compared to Dragon Quest, The Legend of Zelda, or Final Fantasy in his contemporaries, and it's not something you can do if you've played it.

To call an RPG game broad and profound is not an lie at all.

The core of RPG games cannot be solved by plagiarism, which requires a game maker to give an RPG game its own spiritual connotation, which is very important, or the most important, in this era when the picture is simple and can only be won by plot.

However, even with a very good game producer, it is impossible to make an epic RPG without a super strong team. And when you have a good enough producer, a team that is willing to pay a lot for this game, and the strength is still extremely strong, then success will come naturally.

It's like Hironobu Sakaguchi's Final Fantasy.

The origin of the name of this game is that Hironobu Sakaguchi intends to make the last game, and if this game will fail, then Square will close its doors, so, for this game, Hironobu Sakaguchi has almost devoted all his dreams and all the abilities of the entire Square Enix team.

Just like the name of this game, this is their Square Enix's Final Fantasy.

It was in this tragic atmosphere that "Final Fantasy", a game that went down in the history of video games, was officially developed.

At the beginning of the creation of the game, Hironobu Sakaguchi pointed out to the members of their development team that this is a game that is a challenge to the already successful Dragon Quest.

At that time, Enix was already a giant of RPG games, and Square Enix was just a small game company that couldn't be smaller, and Hirobu Sakaguchi has been making games for so many years, and no game can be called a success.

If it's not easy to understand, you can understand it, it's as ridiculous as Shangyang Electronics saying that the "Blood Lion" they are going to make will be comparable to Blizzard's "StarCraft".

It's even a face.

It was in this context that Final Fantasy began its development.

Of course, Square Enix under the leadership of Hironobu Sakaguchi is not qualified to hire big names like Akira Toriyama and Koichi Sugiyama, but every employee of Square Enix is personally recruited by Hironobu Sakaguchi, he clearly knows the abilities of these people, knows what these people are good at, and these people have given full play to their talents without reservation throughout the research and development process.

Playwright Kenshi Terada is in charge of writing the script, his brushstrokes are dignified and gloomy, and the characters' personalities are vivid and vivid, compared with the later "Final Fantasy" series, the dialogue between the characters in the first three works of Kenshi Terada is more philosophical about life, and has a profound ideological connotation that is worth savoring again and again. Yoshitaka Amano's whimsical and unique style of art is undoubtedly a perfect match for Final Fantasy's fantastical mystery, and regardless of the characters and monsters, his elaborate game sleeve for Final Fantasy is a work of art. Nobuo Uematsu's soundtrack is ethereal and ethereal, with a dynamic feeling of flowing water, which makes it difficult for players to fully immerse themselves in the atmosphere created by the game.

Of course, the biggest contributors to the ultimate success of "Final Fantasy" are the other two.

The god-level programming skills of the bug god Gibelli are brought to full play in this work, and the capacity of just 2M gives players a fantasy world that can be praised by adjectives such as 'magnificent' and 'beautiful', and his realistic sense of space when flying an airship is particularly impressive.

Hironobu Sakaguchi has always been committed to communicating with all the participants as the master of the overall situation, and he was able to express his true intentions clearly and unmistakably to everyone, so that he finally made an epoch-making and immortal work.

Compared with the DQ series, the original Final Fantasy has a far more complex plot and character composition, creating a unique concept of time and space, the players control the heroes must travel back in time to defeat the demon king Kaos across the year 2000, and the four characters played by the player can freely combine various classes, and can improve their abilities through guò' upper classes, these novel settings make the fun and variety of combat exponentially increased.

If only the original generation is concerned, Final Fantasy is a work that completely surpasses DQ.

It can even be said that if "Final Fantasy" and "Dragon Quest" can be released at the same time, then it is still unknown who will win the supreme title of Japan's national RPG, and who will die.

Jester thought back to this 'future' that had happened in the past and was destined not to happen in the present history, and suddenly felt a little emotional.

I don't know if Hironobu Sakaguchi, who is gradually maturing under his **, can make a "Final Fantasy" and "Dragon Quest" showdown in advance after taking so many detours? Jester didn't know, but he could wait and see.

However, the good news of harvesting Hironobu Sakaguchi's little brother had just excited Jester for a few minutes, and a new phone call completely made his spirits go down.

It also put him in a dilemma.

The call came from his mother in California, and his mother just relayed the contents of a letter sent to him by UCLA, which explained the school's decision in very harsh terms, because UCLA had been open for nearly a month, but Jester had not been to the school to report, so they gave Jester this ultimatum, if Jester did not go to school within a week to explain his situation and officially return to school, then they decided to expel Jester.

This made Jester a little dumbfounded, he knew that he didn't go to school because he did it wrong, but because he was too busy to forget about it, he thought that the school would give him a little privilege, but he didn't expect the school to mercilessly give himself this ultimatum.

In fact, Jester still thought wrong about this, UCLA officials had given him enough privileges, and it took a month to give him an ultimatum, and even vaguely said that as long as he went back to school, it would be fine, if ordinary people didn't report to school for a month, then what they were waiting for would not be an ultimatum at all, but a merciless expulsion notice.

The problem is that Jester has already said on the show before that he will not drop out of school like Jobs or Gates, and now in this situation, the company's affairs are getting busier and busier, and it is not very realistic for him to stay in school all day, which is really bragging.

Do you really want to drop out?

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