"Huh."

Seeing this situation, Hironobu Sakaguchi was not too worried, he had discussed with Jester when he was preparing for this press conference before, and Jester had also told him, if he used this excuse to reply, then it would definitely cause public anger, but Jester immediately sued Hironobu Sakaguchi with a new excuse, which is basically a default between Mars Entertainment and Nintendo.

It is the evaluation of "game" and "famitsu" to know each other's games in advance.

So, Hironobu Sakaguchi just smiled, he looked at the reporter of the "Asahi Shimbun", and said in a very flat tone: "Of course it's not so simple, Mr. Reporter, this is just an inducement, the real reason why we made the following decision is that we found that "FAMITSU" violated the contract we signed before, and handed over the official version of the game cartridge we gave to the other party to our direct competitor without authorization, which is what we make today, refuse to ban the report of "FAMITSU" in the future, Interview all the real reasons for the announcements about our confidence. ”

As soon as Hironobu Sakaguchi's words came out, the audience was in an uproar.

Although he did not say who the direct competitor of the game cassette of "Famitsu" was to get their Final Fantasy game, in the current video game environment, the only one that can be called a direct competitor by Mars Entertainment is Nintendo.

"Is this true[?" The female reporter of the Asahi Shimbun was also shocked by Hironobu Sakaguchi's answer, and after this kind of thing is exposed, it will inevitably be a scandal.

Hironobu Sakaguchi continued to smile, still saying in a confident tone: "We can confront each other face to face." ”

In fact, the reason why Jester asked Hironobu Sakaguchi to say this is because this is just an unspoken rule that both sides tacitly acquiesce, and in the previous reviews, both sides have gotten each other's games in advance through the two magazines, and the quality of the game. I also had a general understanding before, but this time I didn't give the game cartridge of "Fami Pass" Final Fantasy at the Tokyo branch of Mars Entertainment, "Game" was managed as usual and was ready to ask Nintendo for the cartridge of "Dragon Quest" for evaluation, but it was politely rejected by Nintendo.

Nintendo replied that this game is not their Nintendo's work, so it is not their right to leave it to you for review. There's nothing wrong with saying this.,"Game" is just like Enix asking about the game review.,But Enix asked very strangely.,Their game has been delivered to Nintendo.,Who to review.,How to burn the cassette.,So that the release is all operated by Nintendo.,It has little to do with them.,And they signed an agreement with Nintendo.。 They are also not qualified to give Game magazine games to review.

When Jester saw the report from his magazine, he was furious, and it was at this time that Hironobu Sakaguchi also sued him for taking their game cartridge from Famitsu. But the news of the evaluation and report was not given, which made him even more angry, this was originally mutually beneficial for both parties, but Nintendo did it this time. It's no different from actively breaking the unspoken rules.

Therefore, this time, Hironobu Sakaguchi did not have the slightest scruples to tear up the press conference.

A day later. At Nintendo's Kyoto headquarters, Yamauchi kept roaring at the high-level meeting, while the Nintendo executives sitting below were silent, and no one dared to look up at the angry Nintendo leader.

"How can it be!" Pu Yamauchi has been repeating this sentence, he has received dozens of interview requests in just one day, and it is indeed true that Mars Entertainment said at their press conference that they got the game cassette of "Final Fantasy" through "Famitsu", which also makes them speechless.

However, he didn't know about this before, otherwise, he would definitely not destroy such a thing that maintains the traditions of both sides, as a Kyoto person, known as the most rigid Kyoto company in Japan, Yamauchi's favorite thing is to maintain all kinds of established rules, not to destroy it, but to defend him.

This time, it was completely the marketing department that colluded with Famitong to do it, wanting to let their side have a comprehensive understanding of each other's games before the official release, and let the other party know nothing about their own games.

This is indeed for Nintendo's sake.

However, this kind of consideration is the most despised by Yamauchi.

After Yamauchi finished scolding, he looked around the scene with sharp eyes, everyone was like a chicken in the water, with their heads down, and they didn't dare to gasp, he had to sigh and said: "Since we have fallen behind public opinion this time, and it is untenable in terms of reason, I will put pressure on those big newspapers through guò relations, but externally, we must not admit this matter, and I don't think Mars Entertainment will want to expand this matter, after all, They didn't get the cassette of our game in advance this time, but they didn't take it less before, we can pass on this matter through our relationship, and since they want to tear their faces, we don't need to show them mercy, it's good to give them a little pressure. ”

Time passed quickly in this war between Nintendo and Mars Entertainment, more than 20 days passed quickly, this time the scandal came quickly, but it also went quickly, after Mars Entertainment broke Nintendo Pass guò "Famitsu" got their "Final Fantasy" game cartridge in advance, there were also some media reports, in fact, before that, Mars Entertainment also got Nintendo game cartridge through "Game".

And the reason Jester did this, in addition to making his development team in Japan angry because he was despised, the most important thing is to cause a sensation in Japan, and now that this goal has been achieved, he will not continue to hype, because this is not a bright means in the first place, just use it once, and such mutual exposure, Nintendo is not a vegetarian.

Both Mars Entertainment and Nintendo don't want to expand this matter, and if the owner doesn't want this matter to expand, it can't be hyped up by relying on the media alone.

By the twentieth of next month, the turmoil caused by this incident will basically disappear.

However, for Mars Entertainment, it has also relied on this matter to get the attention of many players.

"Dragon Quest" is the most well prepared, for this release, they set a date a month and a half ago, and the date of "Final Fantasy" was arranged after "Dragon Quest" was confirmed.

Unlike "Dragon Quest", where almost all resources are placed in Japan, "Final Fantasy" is promoted in the United States, Japan, and Europe, but in Japan it is the development team of Hironobu Sakaguchi, and the United States and Europe also have different teams, and this is the first time that Mars Entertainment has been released in three different sales regions at the same time.

The previous one was also released at the same time in the United States and Japan, while Europe will delay for a while.

The news of the simultaneous release this time has also been supported by many European players, Europe is in charge of Claudia, Jester can rest assured, and he also knows Claudia's ability, the United States is responsible for the popular release, he is only responsible for publicity, and Jester also unexpectedly accepted an interview with "Game" for the game "Final Fantasy".

In this interview, he talks in detail about the development of Final Fantasy.

Originally, many players just thought that this game was developed by a Japanese team that was not well-known, and the only thing in the team that could get the job was that the makers and soundtracks had worked in the "Fire Emblem" development team, and this kind of experience could not reassure players, so although many players knew about this game, there were not too many people who really wanted to buy it.

The vast majority of people want to see the reviews before deciding whether they can buy enough.

Although a game magazine that was able to convince players gave the game a rating of 39.

But when Jester said that the game was being created, he also participated in the creation of the game's main framework, background, and system, which suddenly caused a surge in the number of players who wanted to buy this "Final Fantasy" - the pre-sale column opened in Mars Entertainment's flagship store doubled from the original pre-sale of only 40,000 copies in just one day, and exceeded 100,000 copies the next day.

This number is staggering.

It also fully reflects Jester's unrivaled prestige in the minds of North American players, "Dragon Quest" is scheduled to be released on July 20, and "Final Fantasy" is scheduled to be released on July 25.

Nintendo's position in the minds of Japanese gamers is equivalent to Mars Entertainment in the minds of North American gamers, and both companies have re-established new rules from the ruins of video games destroyed by the Atari Shock, without making the term video game a term that can only be seen in encyclopedias.

On July 20th, due to the international date change line, the official release in Japan will be one day earlier than in the United States.

In front of the Nintendo flagship store in Ginza, Tokyo, there was a long queue from the evening of the 19th, and by 8 o'clock in the morning on the 20th, when "Dragon Quest" was officially released, a whole team of thousands of people had gathered, and such a scene was not only in Tokyo, but also in Osaka, in Kobe, and in Yokohama. This is true anywhere you have a Nintendo flagship store.

It's not at all like a phenomenon that a game developed by an obscure game company can cause.

On the first day, "Dragon Quest" only sold 190,000 copies in Japan! (To be continued......) R1292