"President, did you really promise them to print 1 million cassettes for the first time?" After Tajiri and Jia Yapeng left, Miyamoto Shigeru said in disbelief.

The first printing of 1 million cassettes is such a ferocious print run, Miyamoto Shigeru has not seen it.

But the problem is that these are the sequels of those well-known game IPs, and only the number of burns that can be had, you must know that when Super Mario Bros. first burned it, it was only 100,000 burns.

Of course, in less than a week, all the 100,000 copies were sold out, so much so that they had to step up to burn 2 million copies.

After Super Mario Bros., each sequel was released, and the first issue was burned around 5 million.

But that's Super Mario Bros., the scariest game ever, Pokemon is on par with Super Mario Bros.

"I don't know, Tajiri-kun, when did you become so arrogant!" Shigeru Miyamoto sighed and said, he felt that this Tajiri Chi, and the Tajiri Chi he knew, seemed to be no longer a person.

"No, they are not arrogant, I believe that in less than a year, Pokemon will be able to sell a total of 1 million Fuso! They see their game very thoroughly. Yamauchi shook his head, "It's a very good game, and it's also a game genre that has never been seen before, it's really a game full of genius and creativity, and it's a huge loss that it can't make it into our Nintendo's hands!" ”

"Actually, I could have already bagged this game today, but it's all to blame on the secretary who ruined my plan!" Yamauchi's expression darkened, then he looked at Shigeru Miyamoto and asked, "Miyamoto-kun, you said that you and Tajiri-kun are friends, do you know that secretary?" ”

"I don't know!" Shigeru Miyamoto shook his head, "I've never met this person, in fact, I went to Tajiri-kun once three months ago and talked to him about the production process of the game, but I didn't see this secretary in the company." ”

"It seems that he is new to the company, and this person is a big obstacle for us!" Yamauchi Pu shook his head and said, "Miyamoto-kun, you said that if we directly buy Tajiri's company, will Tajiri be willing to sell?" ”

"I think I need the time!" Shigeru Miyamoto said, "I know Tajiri-kun very well, he doesn't really care much about money, he only cares about his games. ”

"I heard that the development of Pokemon had encountered difficulties before, and I wanted to suggest that the company invest in Tajiri-kun's company in exchange for equity."

"But Tajiri-kun seems to have received financial support from other capitals, and I think it's very likely that the secretary was sent by the investor to supervise Tajiri-kun. I asked Tajiri what the current shareholding composition of the company is and how many shares he has, but Tajiri-kun always avoided talking about it, it should be an agreement that binds him, so he can't answer this question! ”

"From this point of view, this foreign capital, even if it does not control the company, at least occupies a considerable part of the equity, which can restrict Tajiri-kun's behavior!"

"If we can't defeat the capital behind this, it will become very difficult to buy Tajiri-kun's company and then get the rights to Pokemon!" Shigeru Miyamoto said.

"That's exactly what I'm worried about!" Yamauchi Pu nodded and said, "So I agreed to their request, they want to print 1 million copies for the first time, then give them 1 million points, anyway, we can make a net profit of 1 billion in burning fees, why not?" ”

"But when we make the first settlement with them a month after the sale, the 1 billion expenses will be deducted from their sales proceeds. And if their sales together are not enough for 1 billion, then they have to pay this fee! Having said this, Yamauchi Pu showed a smile, "No capital will like a company that does not make money, but loses money." And this is our opportunity, as long as we communicate with them at this time and offer to buy their company, I don't think they will refuse! ”

"Hey!" Shigeru Miyamoto's mouth replied immediately, but his heart was cold.

Such an opportunity is obviously based on the initial release of Pokemon and the extremely dismal results, otherwise the other party's capital will not give up the game of Pokemon.

And as a game platform, if Nintendo wants to suppress the sales of a game, it is simply too easy.

As long as you don't give any publicity, and then put the game cartridge in the most inconspicuous position in the store, then no matter how good a game is, it will become the tears of the times.

At that time, it was very normal that the sales volume did not even reach 1000, and Nintendo had a lot of such games.

When the Pokemon first print is one million, but the sales volume is less than 1,000, the capital behind it will definitely lose Pokemon and Team Rocket like garbage, and this is the opportunity that Pu Yamauchi wants.

It's just a pity for Tajiri Tomo, a good friend, I'm afraid that he will become a victim of the competition between the two sides, which is so sad!

Although Miyamoto Shigeru pities his friend in his heart, Miyamoto Shigeru's loyalty to Nintendo is undoubted, so he will only faithfully carry out Yamauchi's orders.

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"Famitsu" is one of the most famous game magazines in Fuso, with the most comprehensive game information in Fuso, Fuso's game die-hard fanatics will choose to order a copy of "Famitsu" as their own reference for the game.

And there is a program in "Famitsu" that attracts the attention of readers, that is, "Famitsu" will announce the list of games that Nintendo will release in the next month in the third issue of each month.

Because Nintendo is invincible in the home console market and handheld market at this time, and there is no competitor in the world, Nintendo's latest game released by "Famitsu" basically represents most of the console games in the world in the next month, which is an unmissable piece of information for enthusiasts.

But in fact, those famous masterpieces don't need to wait until this time to release the news, they have already begun to warm up a few months ago. But once you get on the trailer for next month, the release will become a sure thing, and readers will habitually choose the game they want to buy next month based on the information on Famitsu.

Even for many extreme Nintendo game lovers, buying two or three game cartridges a month is already a very luxurious thing, after all, the price of a game cartridge is about 5,000 yen on average, which is equivalent to 1/10 of the average person's monthly salary.

Therefore, you should be very cautious when buying games, and be sure to pick out those games that are interesting and fun, otherwise it will be a waste of your precious money.

And in this issue of the weekly, "Famitsu" often devotes dozens of pages to introduce these newly released games.

Although there is no explicit rule, familiar readers will know that Famitsu has different expectations for these games.

The game with the highest expectation value can have four full color pages, thousands of words of game information, and all aspects of the game's information to introduce all the news of the game, so as to arouse the curiosity of readers.

This time, the first place is naturally the news of the GB version of "Final Fantasy 5", which is a full four color pages.

However, because the Fc version of "Final Fantasy 5" has already been released, everyone is clear about the specific gameplay and content, and "Famitsu" has no new information to write, so I can only guess whether there will be any exciting changes in this GB version compared to the FC version, whether it will add an additional story ending, or add some new monsters or characters, weapons and props or something.

Anyway, all kinds of speculations have written 4 color pages, even if they are wrong, it doesn't matter, the other is just a guess.

Below the highest expectation of four pages of coloring is the popular game with two pages of coloring introduction.

Then there are the featured games with a one-page coloring page.

After that, it's an anticipation game that shares a color page with 1~2 works.

As for all the remaining games that are not mentioned, they will be concentrated on the last page, and there will be no specific content or comments on it, just a simple line of game names and development companies.

This page is habitually referred to by Famitsu readers as the garbage heap, meaning that only garbage appears in the introduction of this page.

In the April 21, 1993 issue of "Famitsu", the game "Pokemon" produced by Team Rocket appeared in this garbage heap, and it was the last position in the garbage heap.

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