Shortly after the time entered August, a big event happened in the world of video games.

Namco, a well-known arcade game manufacturer, sued Nintendo, another giant in the arcade industry, for infringement and plagiarism!

Neon video games are in the development stage of toddlers, and suddenly such a big news broke out.

And it also involves two major players in the arcade world, and the media in the entertainment industry have turned their cameras on this place.

According to the "Game Console Daily", Nintendo produced the game "Thunder Hail" without permission, which is very similar to the gameplay and materials of Shirakawa Electric's "Thunderbolt".

And the arcade copyright of the "Thunderbolt" game has been authorized by Shirakawa Electric to Nangong Meng.

That's why Namco sued Nintendo for infringement.

It is said that in order to cooperate with Namco's lawsuit, Shirakawa Electric provided detailed gameplay data and production materials for the game "Raiden".

even made a detailed comparison of the similarities and similarities between "Thunder" and "Thunder and Hail".

At present, these data have been submitted to the Tokyo District Court with a complaint filed by Namco.

As expected, Nintendo also came forward to deny it for the first time, and there is no infringement and plagiarism in its own games.

The sudden pinching of the two sides also made passers-by stunned.

It's good, why did you suddenly go to court.

There have been cases of accusing each other of plagiarism before, but that is at most a war of words.

It's time to do business, and everyone should continue to do business.

Although the mouths are a little poisonous between friends and businessmen in small days, there are not many things that really move the real thing.

In fact, Namco had the same idea before, and Masaya Nakamura first contacted Yamauchi Pu privately.

Let's sit down and talk about it, and if Nintendo is interested, give a compensation, and then stop the sale of the relevant arcade machine.

Then this matter is over, after all, everyone is a peer, look up and don't look down, there is no need to be so stiff.

But who is Yamauchi, who can say things like, "Gameplay is not a patent, so if you want to copy the idea, then plagiarize", can you expect him to admit to plagiarism?

So he didn't even agree to Masaya Nakamura's request to meet, and directly vetoed the other party's plagiarism on the phone.

"Smack" Masaya Nakamura, who was hung up, was so angry, if it was usual, it would be okay.

Everyone's plagiarism is also the follow-up of the other party after the relevant game was launched first.

In fact, this does relatively little damage to the original creator, at most picking up some cheap soup behind the former.

But this time Namco is different, my own authentic arcade machine has not yet been launched, and you have eaten the first knock-off, and the loss is big.

Plus the-stirring stick Shirakawa... Phew, plus the upright Shirakawa Kaede is supporting in the back.

Masaya Nakamura immediately launched a lawsuit against Nintendo, and since he couldn't sit down and talk, he would talk about it in court.

Not only that, Namco also posted various similarities with Nintendo's "Thunder" game in detail in the newspaper.

Even along with the newspaper, there is also a formal power of attorney from Shirakawa Electric regarding "Thunderbolt".

And really. The upright Shirakawa Electric also personally confirmed the news to reporters and the media.

Then the people who came to their senses and ate melons poured into the game hall curiously.

They wanted to see what exactly was so magical about the two games, or what were the similarities.

So a magical scene happened, whether it was Namco's game hall or Nintendo's game hall was full every day.

Everyone lined up to experience Namco's "Thunderbolt" and Nintendo's "Thunder and Hail".

Even the first handheld GAME BOY with Shirakawa Electric has a second spring.

This...

To be honest, neither the plaintiff Namco, nor the defendant Nintendo, nor Shirakawa Electric, which was secretly arching the fire on the side, did not expect this scene.

We are fighting bayonets in real terms, how can you passers-by who eat melons look like they are watching the excitement~

The three fools in the gaming industry are full of question marks...

And it seems that this phenomenon is not just a day or two, since the first day of each other's verbal war in the newspaper, the game hall has been full of customers every day.

Looks like both games are on fire?

The two arcade bigwigs who pinched up at this moment finally reacted.

So the two clubs worked overtime to produce their own themed arcades, while continuing to fight in the newspapers.

It is not wrong to earn money and fight, everyone is a multi-faceted little expert.

In this regard, Shirakawa Kaede said, hit! Keep playing! It's good to hit the dog's brain.

The two sides do not make enemies, how can Nangong Meng honestly make games for Shirakawa Electric in the future.

If its thoughts are broken, it will follow Shirakawa Electric with all its heart.

Shirakawa Kaede's wishful abacus crackled.

However, just when he hid aside and secretly ate melons, and arched the fire twice from time to time, the fire finally burned to his own body.

Just when Nangong Meng and Nintendo were talking to each other, Nintendo, as the defendant, suddenly changed direction and accused Shirakawa Electric's handheld of plagiarizing its own GAME WATCH!

Regarding Nintendo's accusations, whether it was Shirakawa Electric, Nangong Meng, or melon-eating passers-by were stunned.

What does this have to do with Shirakawa Electric? What about Nintendo's plagiarism of Shirakawa's game? How did it turn the other way around?

And the reason why Nintendo did this was because Yamauchi Pu was also annoyed.

Everyone used to do this, so why would you sue me?

The left one plagiarized, the right one infringed, pointing at my face and scolding, I also want to be faced.

Coupled with the fact that Shirakawa's handheld and Nintendo's handheld do have some similarities.

And Nintendo was the first club in Japan to launch a handheld, so well, isn't that the reason for this?

Regarding Nintendo's accusation, Shirakawa Kaede took a sip directly, shameless guy.

It's as if it was invented by your family.

So under the instruction of Shirakawa Kaede, Shirakawa Electric directly refuted it.

Shirakawa Electric's handheld is a tribute to the pioneer of the handheld industry, Mattel!

Who is Mattel?

Mattel is your Dad's game console manufacturer, and the world's first handheld computer came from it.

So Shirakawa Electric borrowed the newspaper to popularize Mattel's information for everyone.

There are even photos of Mattel's handhelds, you see, the screen, buttons, and gameplay are all there, which is the forerunner of the handheld.

Even Shirakawa Electric took out Mattel's so-called power of attorney, cough, this power of attorney is almost for nothing.

Because Mattel's development was not good at this time, it was almost about to withdraw from the field of video games and concentrate on returning to its old business in the toy industry.

Last time Shirakawa Kaede went to the United States, he visited Mattel by the way, and it didn't take much effort to get this.

To be honest, this power of attorney doesn't really do much, but the concept is really the concept of a handheld.

It's just that it's actually a little different from the handheld they make now, but it's enough to fool the melon-eating masses and Nintendo who don't know the truth.

Now that the facts are in front of us, Nintendo doesn't speak.

And Nintendo obviously knows that it is not the inventor of the handheld concept, so it is just a mouthpiece.

Otherwise, when the evidence is conclusive, Shirakawa Kaede does not believe that the other party will be so generous, and direct prosecution is its style.

However, Nintendo's flag died down, and Shirakawa Kaede didn't think about it.

So Shirakawa Electric called on everyone to respect intellectual property rights in the newspaper.

Video games are also artistic creations, and their original content deserves to be protected.

This is the first time Shirakawa Electric has shouted the slogan "Video games are also an art".

Others don't say that the game industry yearns for Shirakawa Electric.

Because they feel respected and recognized, video games are not out of business.

That's right, in the neon moment, video games are also generally considered by adults to be a kind of unbusiness.

In fact, the situation is almost the same as that of the Celestial Empire in the future.

In addition to shouting slogans, Shirakawa Electric also hinted that friends came out to say a few words.

Everyone is a game content creator, and this is the time to set up the archway, don't you say it?

It's you, Taidong!

As the boss of the arcade industry, shouldn't you be disgusted by copycat plagiarism?

Don't forget who your Space Invaders was copied from!

Oh, that's him! Lao Ren!

Their "Space Fanatics" and your games are not like any other.

This is a repeat offender!

So Cohen, the president of Taidong, who has been hinted at many times, finally came out to speak.

This is a good old man with a thin sky, this is not irony, it is true!

Cohen is actually very famous in the neon business world, and his character is even more famous than his club.

The legend of this Jew, who sought his bones for thousands of miles in order to repay his "kindness", once caused a sensation in the entire business world.

He advocated that everyone respect each other's original content, and suggested that Namco and Nintendo sit down to settle their disputes.

For Cohen, everyone still gives some face. So Nintendo stopped talking, and Nangong Meng didn't chase after him.

This matter has been put on hold for the time being, and it is unknown whether it will be turned out again in the future.

However, this kind of dispute, this kind of lawsuit, is also a common thing to fight for several years.

Seeing that things had no result for the time being, Bai Chuanfeng put down his mind of eating melons and planned to do another thing.

He is going to go to the United States again, in addition to the launch of the new Walkman, and by the way, he will also promote his own handheld.

These channels are ready-made, and if you don't sell a wave of handhelds, you're too sorry for your determination to hang up street lights.

In addition to that, he has to visit a big guy.

On this trip to the United States, he invited Kobayashi to go with him as usual.

However, when he spoke, Kobayashi politely refused.

"Huh?" Shirakawa Kaede looked at her in surprise, "Have you been too tired lately?" It's good to rest and rest. ”

Asuka Kobayashi nodded first, then shook her head.

"I haven't been home for a long time, and I want to go home to see it before the summer vacation is over."

Only then did Shirakawa Kaede react, he patronized the summoner, but forgot that she was still a student.

"It's good that way, and it's nice to go home and relax.

In addition, please say sorry to my uncle and aunt on my behalf, because it is Shirakawa's fault that their daughter is tired and is only coming home now. ”

Kobayashi Asuka listened to him with a smile, and nodded from time to time in agreement, "It's good to know."

Looking at the back of Asuka Kobayashi leaving, Shirakawa Kaede sighed boringly.

Alas, it's really boring without Kobayashi-san.

But I don't know if it's his delusion, Shirakawa Kaede always feels that Asuka Kobayashi rejects the country very much.

The first time he went there before, he had a vague feeling like this.

Although he said that he wanted to go home and see it this time, Shirakawa Kaede always felt that maybe there was more than that.

It seems that when I go to the United States in the future, I still try not to force her.

At this time, Shirakawa Kaede suddenly remembered that he still didn't seem to know enough about Asuka Kobayashi.

(End of chapter)