The president was hospitalized, the chief designer of the R&D department committed suicide by jumping off the building, and the rest of Capcom's employees were like frightened birds, uneasy, and did not know what their fate would be in the future.

After learning that Yoshiki Okamoto committed suicide by jumping off a building, Morita Cang, the deputy head of the R&D department, did not sleep all night.

His eyes were bloodshot, his eyes were blank, his heart was full of unwillingness, and he looked at the Street Fighter project team whose military morale was shattered, and his heart was full of anger.

They have worked hard for nearly 1 year of research and development, although there is no possibility of defeating the King of Fighters 91, but this is also the brainchild of Capcom's 12 best software engineers!

Street Fighter 2 is our best achievement, not to be desecrated!

Morita Cang called the team members over, slapped everyone on the back of the head, woke them up, and scolded: "Could it be that if the president is not here, we can do nothing?" Wouldn't it be that without Team Leader Okamoto, we would have to kneel down and beg for mercy from our opponents? ”

One of the team members wept and asked, "So what should we do?" Forced launch of Street Fighter 2? Fulfill that bet? We are not the ones who make the decisions! ”

"Baga!" Sheng Tiancang was furious: "The president is hospitalized, so we can't take the initiative to share it for him?" If you have any good ideas, you can tell me and I will present them to him in person! ”

But the hearts of the people are scattered, the team is not easy to lead, and there is no backbone to sit in, Capcom is like a plate of loose sand.

After some team members made a few painless suggestions, Morita Cang no longer counted on them, he gritted his teeth and said to everyone: "When Chinese game companies invade on a large scale, maybe the only thing to do is to ignore the previous suspicions......

Forgive and forget? Is it a request for help from Nintendo? Or just surrender to Sega and throw in the towel? Or is it ......

President...... There may be only one way to really fight the King of Fighters......"

Kenzo Tsujimoto was out of danger. After getting permission from the doctor, Morita met with the old man. and talked about Capcom's business in the past few days.

Yoshiki Okamoto is dead, and the bet is naturally unfulfilled. Capcom paid the price of a human life in exchange for temporary stability, and I don't know whether it is a blessing or a curse.

And this is just a small defeat in the fighting game, and it will not affect the overall business situation of Capcom, the big deal is that Capcom's strong men cut their wrists, avoid the edge of Fengyun Games, and no longer enter the production of fighting games.

It's just that Kenzo Tsujimoto heard Morita Cang's suggestion, and his emotions instantly became excited, and the data of the monitoring instruments around him rose rapidly. And the alarm setting was triggered, which caused doctors and nurses to run over quickly and violently drive away the Mori Tian Cang next to the hospital bed to provide emergency treatment for the patient.

Watching the angry family members drag Morita Kura out, Kenzo Tsujimoto struggled to raise his hand and motioned for his children to let him go.

Kenzo Tsujimoto is not unreasonable, but because he was too emotional, he couldn't hold back his anger for a while.

Morita Kura's suggestion, regardless of previous suspicions, turned out to be a collaboration with SNK to develop a fighting game!

It's a good move. With the prestige of the Street Fighter series and SNK's fighting game design experience, the two companies worked together on a fighting game on a dual 16-bit substrate that was not much inferior to a 32-bit independent board. And there is a buffer time of about 1 year, and the new fighting game made by cooperation does not necessarily fall behind the King of Fighters!

But emotionally, Kenzo Tsujimoto can't accept it at all!

One reason is that SNK's Yoshihiko Takado used to be his nemesis. The two fought to the death in IRM, and finally ended with Kenzo Tsujimoto leaving the scene. He couldn't stand this anger.

Another reason is that Street Fighter is a brand that Capcom has carefully built. can be called the originator of fighting games, just take it out and cooperate with other companies, Kenzo Tsuji is reluctant, not to mention the former enemy SNK!

President...... If this continues, I'm afraid the company's morale will collapse......"

Morita Cang couldn't help crying and persuaded: "Now only NEOGEO can compete with Sega's 32-bit substrate, and only our Street Fighter can compete with the King of Fighters in fame." If we hesitate any longer, Street Fighter 2 can launch normally, but the negative impact is not something we can bear! If we maintain cooperation in the project situation, we still have a chance to retain this brand......"

Everyone knows that the King of Fighters in Sega's 32-bit substrate can't find any opponents at this stage, and after a period of research in Sega's terrifying hardware laboratory, it can even make the game into a 3D effect, which is not comparable to ordinary games at that time.

It's not impossible for Capcom's Street Fighter 2 to be launched as usual, but if even the King of Fighters 91 and The King of Fighters 92 can be demonstrated in 3D, after their 2D game Street Fighter 2 on a 16-bit substrate comes out, won't it stand in the arcade and be ignored and show people jokes?

How can Capcom break the game? Is it necessary to invest money and continue to develop 16+16 substrates? What if it's developed? I don't know how many years behind Sega!

Is it possible to develop a 32-bit substrate in one step? It sounds more like a joke!

Only before the Sega 32-bit substrate has become a climate, cooperate with the slightly inferior 16+16-bit NEOGEO substrate to keep the Street Fighter brand first, otherwise in another two or three years, who will remember them?

Kenzo Tsujimoto closed his eyes, his heart struggled violently, and the data on the monitor was unstable again, but it was still under control, which made the people around him panic.

Tsujimoto Yanlang held his father's hand with a nervous expression, he also knew that the company was in a difficult situation now, and it was a bit cruel to make such a difficult decision to let such an old man who was still lying on the hospital bed make a decision.

But except for himself, no one else has the right to take out his life's work so easily, and hand it over to his former mortal enemy!

This kind of tangled inner struggle is probably only understood by the parties who are at the center of the storm whirlpool!

After a long time, Kenzo Tsujimoto slowly opened his eyes: "Yanlang, you and Morita Cang will deal with this matter......

Kenzo Tsujimoto has given in!

He agreed to take out the Street Fighter brand, share it with SNK, and create a fighting game that rivals The King of Fighters 91!

Pain is the first feeling, hate is the second feeling, and the complex emotions of sadness and helplessness appear in the hearts of everyone in Capcom.

Before this news came out, there was also an undercurrent among the top management of SNK.

Gao Tang Yoshihiko's fist was clenched tightly, and his lower lip was almost bitten by him until it bleed: "Fengyun! Sega! Hayao Nakayama! I finally understood Kenzo Tsujimoto's ghost-like mood when the famous general was released! It turns out that this group of Chinese is really the devil! ”

His deputies, the section chiefs of various departments, are at a loss, they really didn't expect that Fengyun Games, which had just been established for a year, had no design foundation similar to fighting games, and they were unknown when they didn't shoot, and they would come out with such a fighting game when they made a move!

Sega's substrate upgrade was as they expected, but it was the King of Fighters......

If you don't want to, Takado Yoshihiko has a headache, but he personally said that Capcom and Fengyun are not as good as him, and the strongest fighting game production company on this shijie is SNK.

Now, I really don't know how to end it.

As soon as the King of Fighters came out, SNK just needed to find someone to replace the protagonist Terry, and the loss was quite small, but Takado Yoshihiko knew that Capcom had suffered heavy losses, fell ill and died one by one, and his heart was unstable and he jumped ship, and he was struggling.

Takado Yoshihiko actually had a sense of fear in his heart, and he didn't dare to compete with Sega for the top spot anymore, so he had the idea of retreating......

"President, Capcom has sent us a message of goodwill, and we hope to sit down together and discuss the matter of fighting Sega together." A vice president said.

"President, Sega has also sent someone to convey the meaning of Hayao Nakayama, and he wants to invite you to dinner...... another executive followed.

"President, Nintendo ......"

Boom!

"Enough!" Takado Yoshihiko slapped the table and sneered: "What are these people talking about, don't I know in my heart?" Except for Capcom, everyone else gave me a refusal! ”

Everyone is awe-inspiring, and the president's temper has been getting bigger and bigger recently, and it seems to be on the verge of going berserk.

A number of companies came to the door, of course Takado Yoshihiko would pick up soft persimmons and pinch them, from the heart, he was full of fear of Sega and Nintendo, he only dared to face Capcom, the defeated subordinate of the year, and he was also the son of the defeated subordinate.

In the small living room, Yoshihiko Takado entertained Tsujimoto Yanro and Morita Kura.

After asking about the condition of this old opponent, Takado Yoshihiko sighed: "He is old, I am also old, Shijie belongs to your group of young people!" Look at Sega, Fengyun, and that Longteng, all of them are a group of young people in charge of the world! ”

Tsujimoto Yanlang's attitude is neither humble nor arrogant: "President Takado, in order to resist the invasion of Chinese fighting games, my father believes that Japanese companies should join forces, put aside past prejudices, and our two companies cooperate to jointly produce a local fighting game with Japanese people as the protagonist and can compete with The King of Fighters 91." ”

Takado Yoshihiko secretly laughed at Capcom's drunkard in his heart, put on a very serious expression on the surface, and asked, "How is Capcom going to cooperate?" ”

Tsujimoto said Jihua: "With the cooperation of the project situation, we can set up a third-party company to run this fighting game, make it a combined version of Street Fighter and Hungry Wolf Legend, and run it on the NEOGEO substrate to fight against the King of Fighters game!" ”

Takado Yoshihiko was expressionless: "Don't be so troublesome, why don't you go back and discuss with your father, make a price, and I will buy the full copyright of Street Fighter." Or is it...... The task of fighting the King of Fighters is left to me, and you Capcom can continue to play your own game! ”

Seeing that the former sworn enemy is now begging for him, Takado Yoshihiko doesn't want to mention how proud he is, and he has already blossomed happily in his heart! (To be continued......)