Edwin Cartum complains about his boss, and Hideki Hanyu really can't interject.

And he's not easy to evaluate.

He is also a boss himself, and sometimes he can understand the approach of those capitalists, and after success in the inherent field, he naturally does not want to venture into unfamiliar territory.

The technological advancement of 3D animation is not just a matter of words, it is a big amount of real money.

Two years later, after Jobs bought the department and reorganized it into Pixar Animation Studios, he was also extremely annoyed by Pixar's money.

Jobs, who originally wanted to rely on Pixar's computer graphics technology to help NeXT sell products, didn't expect Pixar Animation Studio to develop so well in the future.

But how many years has it been so good?

It took 11 years from the current ILM computer graphics department to the future Pixar Animation Studios to launch the first 3D animated film "Toy Story".

During this period, although there was some sporadic income and won a lot of awards, more time was spent burning money and accumulating technology.

In the case of making ends meet, he finally relied on his commitment to Disney to achieve his later success.

With their minds thinking about the future of Pixar, and listening to Edwin Catem's complaints, they have entered the office area where the computing and graphics department is located.

How to say it.

At first glance, it looks a little shabby.

Whether it is the equipment or the office environment, it proves that this department is not taken seriously in ILM.

They came here mainly for work, and after Edwin Cartum entered the office area, he changed his previous "resentful woman" posture and quickly threw himself into work.

Hideki Hanyu, who acts as the mascot, did not go out of his way to join in the fun, but waited quietly on the sidelines.

Fortunately, he had the foresight to bring a Pokeball 2 handheld from the R&D center in advance, which was just right to pass the time.

Turn on the console, insert the Pokémon game cartridge, take his pet with him, and start the adventure in the game.

Collecting, cultivating, fighting, adventuring, and having fun with Hideki Hanyu.

After such a long time, although I have made a lot of money and there is no shortage of beautiful women, the entertainment life is too poor.

Golf, bowling, billiards are other pastimes that he doesn't like and are not good at.

In addition to movies, TV, listening to songs, and reading books, the only way to pass the time is to dance.

Smartphones don't have it, the internet doesn't have it......

This made him, a later generation, feel like he was returning to a "primitive society".

Now that he has this handheld machine, he finally gets back a bit of a modern feeling.

I have to say that this guy Tajiri was really born for "Pokémon".

Under his guidance, Tajiri didn't know how many detours he had taken.

This "Pokémon Red/Green" is more mature and balanced than the original version of the previous life.

Of course, he will certainly not forget Nintendo's marketing operation about the hidden Pokémon elf "Dream" in his previous life.

Although later generations have many mysterious explanations for the emergence of "dreams".

Some say that it was created by Shigeru Miyamoto, and some say that it was created by Shigeru Morimoto.

But no matter who it is, rumors say that because of the memory limitation of the game cartridge, there is no way to put this "fantasy" outside of this one hundred and fifty illustrated book.

But in the end, because I was reluctant, I saved 300 bytes of space and put the "dream" in.

As a result, "Fantasy" became a hidden Pokémon Spirit, which could not be obtained normally, and only appeared in the Pokédex when there was a bug.

is so mysterious and so scarce, which naturally makes "Fantasy" the Pokémon spirit that players want to have the most in the original Pokémon game, causing players to chase wildly.

Nintendo even took advantage of the hype to launch a "fantasy gift" marketing campaign, which promoted a wave of games.

Now, as an industry insider, Hanyu knows that this kind of operation is deliberate.

But with the memory of success, there's no reason why he shouldn't use it.

There is no need to make any accidental bugs, just operate it manually.

At his request, a very small part of the cartridge of this "Pokémon Red/Green" will have "Dream".

When the time comes, some players will be lucky enough to buy a Pokémon elf with a "dream", and the elf entertainment can also be completely hyped.

Learn from Nintendo, make up a few short stories, and then launch some activities, give away "dream" cartridges and the like.

Of course, there will be a special version in the future.

In the previous life, Nintendo's original Pokémon, in order to encourage players to socialize in the game, and of course, to sell more sales, launched two versions of 'red' and 'green' that can collect different Pokémon sprites.

Later, a "Pokémon Blue" version was also released in order to fix the bugs of the red/green version, but it also took advantage of the situation to sell a large wave of sales.

Of course, Elf Entertainment can also play like this, fix bugs, plus special Pokémon Elves, and harvest another wave of players' wallets.

Hanyu Hideki was playing here, but he didn't notice that a young white man was standing behind him at some point.

The other party is tall, with slightly sparse hair on the top of his head, wearing a pair of round-framed glasses, and his body is a little fat.

After the other party stood behind, he saw Hideki Hanyu playing Pokeball 2, so he immediately poked his head out curiously to look.

It doesn't matter if you don't look at it, you can't take your eyes off it immediately after seeing it.

In the eyes of Hideki Hanyu, the Pokeball 2 handheld, is really simple.

The screen is miserable green, and there is not even a color effect, so it can only rely on the four-color gray scale, with four different shades of black and white to build the picture.

The body is bulky, and it is about the same as half a brick in the hand.

But the problem is what he sees from the eyes of future generations.

And in the eyes of today's people.

Hideki Hanyu has this body that can operate black and white pixel block screens, adventures and battles, it's simply black technology, and it looks so interesting.

However, the white youth may not have been exposed to electronic Poké Balls, so he is not familiar with the Pokémon played by Hideki Hanyu.

Although Hideki Hanyu's cassette is also an engineering version, and there is no version marked on the appearance, it is actually "Pokémon Red".

Therefore, the other party is just watching the fun.

However, after playing Pokémon for a while, Hideki Hanyu plans to change the game.

In the stunned eyes of the young man next to him, he pulled out the Pokeball 2 cassette directly.

Then he took out the Tetris cassette he had with him and plugged it in.

Launch the game and happily remove the blocks.

Compared to Pokémon, Tetris' game mechanics are much simpler and clearer.

The young man behind him looked at it for a while and understood how the game was played.

The young man felt that although this game was simple, it seemed to be more interesting than the previous game.

And after understanding the game, the young people want to play it themselves.

I was in a hurry, scratching my ears and cheeks, and finally I couldn't help it, so I asked directly at Hanyu Hideki.

"What the hell is this thing in your hand, sir? Where can I buy it? ”

Hanyu Hideki, who was concentrating on the game, didn't know that there was someone behind him, and was immediately startled by the sudden sound.

The long square in his hand should have been comfortably inserted into the space he had reserved, and it was eliminated in four rows in one go.

As a result, he was frightened by the other party, his right hand shook, he accidentally changed direction, and climbed sideways on top of the gap, completely blocking the way to elimination.

Seeing that he scared Hideki Hanyu and caused Hideki Hanyu to make a mistake in the game, the white young man hurriedly apologized, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to." ”

Hideki Hanyu pressed the pause with his hand and said nonchalantly, "It's okay, it's just a game." ”

The white youth stretched out his hand to Hideki Hanyu at this time, "I'm John Lasseter, I just joined ILM today, I worked for Disney before, are you also an employee of ILM?" ”

"Hanyu Hideki, I'm not an employee of ILM, my company supplies graphics processing chips for the department here, and I'm here today to deal with some technical issues."

When Hideki Hanyu introduced himself, he complained in his heart by the way, he really could meet future celebrities by playing a game.

If Edwin Cutham is the technical core of Pixar in the future.

The John Lasseter in front of him will be the creative core of Pixar in the future.

In my memory, the other party joined ILM this year.

After he joined, ILM's computer graphics department worked under his direction to create the first animated short, The Adventures of Andrew and Willy.

Hideki Hanyu has seen this short film.

It's hard to imagine that in 1984, when computers were a rarity, Edwin Cartum and John Lasseter could have created 3D animations that looked so amazing.

No wonder some people say that Pixar is a bunch of open-minded guys.

As long as you have watched this short film in this era, I am afraid that this statement is not unreasonable.

After the first short film, "Little Table Lamp", which is the source of the Pixar LOGO, was also directed by the other party.

This was followed by a series of short films, as well as the "Toy Story" series, the "Bug Crisis", and the "Cars" series......

But almost all of the cartoons that Pixar can name are made by the other party.

It can be said that without John Lasseter, there would be no creativity for many of Pixar's 3D animations in the future.

And just as Hideki Hanyu recalled the other party's amazing resume, John Lasseter asked Hideki Hanyu curiously.

"Hanyu-sama, can you tell me where you bought that cassette machine?"

It can be seen that when Hideki Hanyu says the address, the other party will definitely buy one immediately.

"Sorry, this is a product that my company has not yet launched, and I cannot purchase it at the moment." Hideki Hanyu said.

The reaction of the other party made Hanyu Hideki very happy, at least proving that Pokeball 2 is still very attractive.

Although Poké Balls are also very popular, after all, most of the people who like electronic pets are children.

But the handheld machine is different, it is a kill for all ages.

IN THE PREVIOUS LIFE, NINTENDO'S GAME BOY HANDHELD SOLD MORE THAN 120 MILLION UNITS OF THE ORIGINAL GENERATION AMONG ITS COMPETITORS.

Including the follow-up series, the sales volume exceeded 200 million units.

Now that Pokeball 2 was released years earlier, there is not a single opponent on the market that can fight.

In the case of a single outstanding, Hideki Hanyu is confident that he will be able to create even more brilliant sales than Nintendo.

"It's a shame that I don't know when Hanyu-sama's company is going to release this machine? And what is its name? ”

John Lassett asked repeatedly,

Hideki Hanyu said with an apologetic expression again, "I'm sorry, but these are all trade secrets now, and I can't tell you." ”

After Hanyu finished speaking, he casually put away the Pokeball 2.

It's not that he's stingy, but Pokeball 2 is too important for elf entertainment and must be treated with caution.

"That's a shame."

John Lassett said sincerely.

Seeing this, Hideki Hanyu told John Lasseter something he could know.

"My company is Genie Entertainment, if you are interested in the handheld I just played, you can follow our company's dynamics."

"Elf Entertainment?"

John Lasseter seemed to remember something, "Is that the company that sells Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles toys?" ”

Hanyu Hideki thought that the other party knew the name of Elf Entertainment and would think of electronic pets, but who would have thought that the other party's attention was actually the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

Looks like he's met a comic book fan.

"Wait a minute, I remember the author of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles manga, the same name as you."

As a screenwriter and animation director, John Lasseter tends to pay more attention to the creators behind the scenes.

"That's right, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are my comics." Hideki Hanyu graciously admitted.

"My God! I didn't expect to meet the author of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, please wait a minute......"

John Lasseter said as he trotted away.

After a while, Hideki Hanyu saw the other party running back in a hurry, with an extra comic magazine in his hand.

If you look closely, it's the latest installment of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

"Please Hanyu-san sign my manga, I really like this manga and I buy it every issue."

John Lasseter said as he handed the manga and pen to Hideki Hanyu.

"Thank you, Mr. Lassett, for your support." Hideki Hanyu expertly signed his name.

And at the end, it was written, "To John Lasseter, good luck forever." Signature.

"I'll definitely treasure this magazine."

John Lasseter carefully put away the magazine, then asked.

"Did Mr. Hanyu ever think about animating this manga, I used to work at Disney and knew a lot of good animators."

"Actually, we have already formed an animation production team, and the animation should start production soon." Hideki Hanyu replied.

"That's great, I can't wait to see this anime, knowing that I'm just as much like a couple of turtles, I love pizza and ......"

Hanyu Hideki really didn't expect that the future Pixar boss would still be a chatterbox.

Pulled him to talk about "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", and as soon as he said it, he gushed endlessly.

The attention to Pokeball 2 just now is all behind at this time.

Idle, Hanyu Hideki simply chatted with the other party.

However, after this chat, Hanyu Hideki realized that the other party was by no means a simple ordinary comic book fan.

John Lasseter has a lot of personal ideas about the development of the story.

He is really worthy of Pixar's future big man, and many of his ideas are extremely interesting and bring inspiration to his creations.

This also made Hideki Hanyu more and more engaged the more he talked.

But just as the two were concentrating on chatting, a middle-aged woman suddenly walked up to them and said to John Lasseter.

"Mr. Lasseter, I've been looking for you for a long time, and you're hiding here."

"I'm sorry, Ms. Lana." John Lasseter said.

"Mr. Lassett, come with me to meet your new colleague." Said the lady known as Lana.

"Okay."

After John Lasseter agreed, he turned to Hideki Hanyu and apologized, "It seems that we can only talk next time, I'm going to meet a new colleague with Ms. Lana, goodbye Mr. Hanyu." ”

"It's okay, I learned a lot from discussing things related to creation with Mr. Lasseter this time, and I hope I will have the opportunity next time."

After Hanyu Hideki finished speaking, he handed over his business card.

"I'm looking forward to it too."

John Lasseter accepted the business card and gave Hideki Hanyu a gift in return, and then took his leave.

Next, Hideki Hanyu took out Pokeball 2 and played it again.

He led the team to stay here for two days.

During the two days, there was no other unexpected gain other than getting to know John Lasseter.

The next day he said goodbye to Edwin Catum and led the team back to Silicon Valley.

As for Chika Kawauchi, who came with him, after integrating the animation production team, he has already taken people to Los Angeles.

Because of the America branch of the cloud animation, the address was chosen in Los Angeles.

After all, as the home base of Hollywood, it is more suitable for companies to run than San Francisco.

San jose.

Returning from San Francisco, Hideki Hanyu saw that the company had nothing to do with his involvement, so he was ready to get busy with his personal affairs.

He contacted the real estate agent introduced by Michael Katz to buy a house in San Jose.

But what he didn't expect was that the intermediary introduced by Michael Katz turned out to be a lady.

Nadia Bellucci immigrated to the United States from Italy with her family ten years ago.

At the age of forty, his figure is a little fat, and his temperament looks quite kind.

Judging by her appearance, she should have been a beautiful woman when she was young.

Nadia drove a vintage Toyota and took Hideki Hanyu for a day in San Jose and looked at more than a dozen houses.

But to Hanyu's disappointment, he didn't like anything.

"I'm sorry, but that's all I have for Mr. Hanyu,"

Ms. Nadia was embarrassed that she couldn't help Hanyu find a house.

"It's okay." Hideki Hanyu didn't care too much.

At the end of the day, Hideki Hanyu recognized a problem.

That is, he asked Michael Katz to introduce a real estate agent, which seemed to be a mistake.

Although the other party's income is good, it is still in the middle class, and its vision and financial resources are limited.

Nadia has those listings, which are not bad in Michael Katz's opinion.

But in the eyes of him, a "big capitalist", it is still a little too ordinary.

After realizing this, Hideki Hanyu, who was too lazy to find another intermediary, thought of a way and asked Nadia.

"Ms. Nadia, in the community where the second house is located in the morning, you can help me inquire if there is any vacant land for sale."

The neighborhood he spoke of was the closest to the Elf Entertainment Division.

It was also a well-known wealthy neighborhood in San Jose City in later generations.

As for why he bought the land, of course, he couldn't look at it ready-made, so he simply built a set of what he liked.

"Is Mr. Hanyu planning to build his own house?" Nadia asked.

"That's right."

"Is there a requirement for the size of the land?"

"The bigger the better, if there is a house for sale next to the land, it will also be considered together, and when the time comes, it will be bought and demolished and rebuilt."

As soon as Hideki Hanyu said this, Nadia seemed to understand why Hideki Hanyu didn't fancy a house after running for a day.

The young man, who was younger than her daughter, was clearly a wealthy man.

I should have called Mr. Katz and asked him who he was.

"I've written it down, does Mr. Hanyu have any other requests?" Nadia asked again.

"Can Ms. Nadia handle the application procedures for the construction of the house, the contact with the designer and builder, and the problems during the construction process?"

As soon as Hideki Hanyu had these questions, Nadia's breathing couldn't help but become short.

She knew that the opportunity to go further in her career had come.

It's like because of the difference in value, Hanyu Hideki can't look down on the house in her hand.

She also lacks qualifications and is unable to get better resources.

As long as she can fulfill the commission of Hideki Hanyu, a wealthy man, then this kind of resume will make her eligible to contact other rich people.

And after all this series of services, she can also receive a huge commission.

She really didn't expect that she would have such a harvest when she thought it was just an ordinary intermediary service.

Thinking of this, she forcibly suppressed the excitement in her heart and said in a calm tone.

"I know all the house building procedures in California and San Jose, I can help Mr. Hanyu connect with designers in Los Angeles and even New York, and I know several reliable builders, and I can supervise the whole process of building houses."

"Very good, Ms. Nadia only needs to help me choose the land, and I will entrust you with the follow-up services."

Hideki Hanyu handed over a business card after speaking, "Come to this address tomorrow with the contract to find me." ”

The business card is the address of the Genie Entertainment branch.

"I'm not going to be late." Nadia said.

"I don't have to go too early, I want to sleep after a day of running today."

Hideki Hanyu made a joke.

Then the two said goodbye, and Hanyu returned to the hotel to rest.

The next day, Hideki Hanyu slept in the hotel until ten o'clock before getting up, and by the time he arrived at the Silicon Valley company, it was almost twelve o'clock.

As a result, as soon as I entered the company's office building, I saw Nadia Bellucci in the leisure area.

Looking at the coffee cup in front of the other party, it was obvious that he had been here for a while.

"Sorry to keep you waiting, Ms. Nadia."

Hideki Hanyu stepped forward to say hello.

"It's okay, it's what I'm supposed to do." Nadia replied with some caution.

After returning yesterday, she made a point of contacting Michael Katz to inquire about Hideki Hanyu's identity.

Only then did I know that Hideki Hanyu was not an ordinary rich man at all, but a billionaire.

Michael Katz's Elf Entertainment is just a branch of the other party.

The other party is in Neon, and there is a bigger business.

It involves film and television entertainment, game development, toy production and sales, electronic products, clothing and other industries.

So even though Hideki Hanyu told her not to come too early today, she still came according to the working hours of Elf Entertainment and waited until now.

"Did you bring the contract?" Hideki Hanyu asked.

"Brought." Nadia said as she pulled out the contract from her bag.

Then he looked around and asked, "Are we signing here?" ”

Hideki Hanyu pointed to the sofa in the relaxation area, "Let's talk here, please take a seat." ”

After inviting Nadia to sit down, Hideki Hanyu began to look through the contract.

Nadia picked up another contract and introduced Hanyu to the service and the related fees.

Hanyu Hideki looked through it casually, and he could understand the content of the service, but he didn't understand some of the terms.

As for the charges.

Nadia said cautiously, for fear that Hideki Hanyu would think she was asking too much.

But Hideki Hanyu didn't care about money at all and didn't have any objections to the charges.

He didn't sign the documents on the spot, but was going to show the branch counsel to make sure that there were no traps in the contract.

It's not that I'm worried about money, but I'm afraid that there will be problems in the future, and it's too troublesome.

That's why he asked Nadia to sign a contract with the company.

Twenty minutes later, after the legal counsel was sure that there were no problems, he signed the contract and entrusted his house to Nadia with carte blien.

And Nadia got the contract that belonged to her, and left the Elf Entertainment branch seemingly calmly.

But the moment she stepped out of the door, she couldn't suppress her excitement anymore and cheered excitedly.

But after the excitement, Nadia suddenly realized a problem.

That is, although she has been given the opportunity, she is also confident to complete the service.

But her real estate agency family workshop is understaffed.

Finding the right land, contacting designers and builders, running the formalities, and supervising the construction process all have to be done by people.

There are some things that are unreliable and must be done by people who trust them.

Back home, Nadia told her husband about it.

As an Italian immigrant, Mr. Bellucci instinctively wanted to ask his family for help.

"If you want to be reliable, then get someone from your family from Italy to help?"

"It's better to be educated young people, we can pay the salary, anyway, this commission is a lot of money."

"Let me give you a call first."

……

After entrusting the matter to Nadia, Hideki Hanyu ignored it.

Anyway, he needs to agree to buy the land and confirm the design, and he is not worried about anything that he is not satisfied with.

And according to the legal counsel, the liquidated damages in that contract are not much.

If you are not satisfied with the service, you can lose money and replace people.

However, looking at the undisguised excitement in Nadia's eyes, Hanyu Hideki felt that the other party would definitely do his best to serve, and he would not be stupid enough to fix any moths.

After all, Michael Katz evaluates the other party as a very reliable person, and he still trusts Michael Katz in this regard.

And whether Italians are gangsters or businessmen, they are known for their rules.

Except for the aftermath of the house, time flickered, and another four days passed.

During this period, Hideki Hanyu paid attention to the development progress of the game console except for occasional research institutes.

The rest of the time, he worked on the original manga story for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

The research and development of home hosts, after the handheld team joined, the speed has obviously improved qualitatively.

In addition, Hideki Hanyu is worried about changes in Sega and Nintendo, so he is not stingy with R&D expenses.

Under various favorable conditions, Tetsuya Aragaki said that perhaps by the end of the year, he would be able to come up with an engineering machine for testing.

As for the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" manga, they are selling extremely well now, and the sales of each issue can stabilize at more than one million copies.

So much so that academic publishers have the idea of acquiring the "TMNT" studio.

However, now that Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is a big trend, there is no shortage of publishers to cooperate, even if they no longer rely on the channels of academic publishers.

Besides, as Genie Entertainment's toy sales channels in America become more and more perfect, toy sales are increasing every day.

"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", a hen that can lay golden eggs, will only sell it unless the elf entertainment brain is not normal.

On this day, Hideki Hanyu came to the company very early.

The reason why I didn't sleep lazy was mainly because I had something to do today.

Michael Katz contacted the dealer's in-house new product trial meeting, which will be held today.

On the second floor of the office building, in a specially furnished room.

Tables and chairs are neatly arranged.

On top of each table, there is a Pokeball 2 handheld machine.

These handhelds are not rough engineering prototypes, but official release versions with finished liveries.

The well-designed red and white color scheme, plus the Elf Entertainment LOGO, and the Elf Pokeball 2 lettering.

It's easy to associate it with an electronic Poké Ball.

At this time, next to the official release version of the Pokeball 2, there is also a power supply and cable.

As the time of the internal trial meeting approached, dealer representatives also arrived.

In addition to large supermarkets such as Wal-Mart and Best Buy.

There are also some representatives of large wholesalers.

In the end, after everyone arrived, there were eleven representatives of the sellers.

Everyone is required to sign a non-disclosure agreement before participating in the internal trial meeting.

The protocol is simple,

That is, until Pokeball 2 is released at next month's Consumer Electronics Show, no details about the body will be revealed to the outside world.

When all the vendor representatives were seated, Michael Katz and Hideki Hanyu joined in.

However, the host of this internal trial meeting was not the two of them, but Satoshi Iwata.

This arrangement was decided by Michael Katz.

This part-time worker can see that Hideki Hanyu asked Satoshi Iwata to follow him, and he is trying his best to train this young man.

Therefore, he did not hesitate to give each other various opportunities.

"Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, first of all, welcome to the new product trial of Elf Entertainment."

Satoshi Iwata walked up to everyone and made an opening statement.

Then he didn't sell it, picked up a Pokeball 2 that hadn't been turned on yet, and showed it to all dealer representatives.

"On the table in front of everyone, there is one such body, this is the latest product that our Genie Entertainment is about to launch, and its name is Pokeball 2."

The Pokeball 2 handheld on the table, which was seen when a group of dealer representatives came in.

However, in their opinion, the machine looks like a big gap from Poké Balls.

Best Buy, which made a lot of money on an exclusive contract and successfully completed the transformation.

Today's representative is none other than Blatter Anderson, who first negotiated an exclusive contract.

He picked up the Pokeball 2 on the table and asked Satoshi Iwata suspiciously.

"When Elf Entertainment notified us to come to the trial meeting, it was clear that the new product is a new generation of electronic Poke Balls, are you sure this is a Poke Ball? Why I feel more like a handheld console. ”

Blatter Anderson's question was also the question of the other delegates on the scene.

Hearing this, Satoshi Iwata said with a smile.

"Mr. Blatter, as long as you and the others follow my instructions, your questions will soon be answered."

After Satoshi Iwata finished speaking, he nodded to the staff next to him.

The staff took out the prepared cassettes and distributed them to the dealer representatives on site.

Everyone gets two discs, exactly the two versions of Pokémon Red/Green cartridges.

After watching the staff distribute the cassette, Satoshi Iwata picked up the handheld with one hand.

Pick up a Pokémon Red cartridge in one hand.

"Guys, now follow the arrows on the cassette, insert the cassette into the card slot behind the group, and then turn on the power switch above the body."

Accompanied by Satoshi Iwata's explanation and operation demonstration.

A group of dealer representatives followed suit to insert the cassette and turn it on.

Then Satoshi Iwata turned on the camera and instructed everyone to have a game experience.

This includes transitioning to the initial story, picking initial Pokémon Pokémon, and experiencing battles.

By the end of the experience, the dealer has realized.

The mech in their hands, in addition to the name and the game they played after inserting the cassette, is related to the electronic Poké Ball, and it is a completely new product.

It's just a handheld gaming console!

Because since this handheld game console can run Pokémon game cartridges, it can naturally run other game cartridges.

When Satoshi Iwata's game demo ended, before he could introduce the parameters and functions of the body, some dealers couldn't help it.

A tall, middle-aged male dealer representative from Texas put Pokeball 2 on the table and said loudly with an impatient face.

"Damn it! What the hell are you elves entertaining thinking? It's not an electronic pet at all, it's a console!

Don't you know that no one is interested in consoles at all these days?

My company will continue to sell electronic Poké Balls, but unfortunately we are not interested in consoles. ”

After the middle-aged man finished speaking, he got up and left directly without giving face.

"I'm sorry, but Abeli Wholesale is not interested in consoles."

Another dealer representative got up and left.

"Sorry, but my company isn't interested in consoles either."

The third person to stand up was a female dealer representative.

The other party seems to be an old acquaintance with Michael Katz, and came to Michael Katz before leaving.

"Mr. Katz, we're old friends, why don't Genie Entertainment continue on a mature business route?

After the collapse of Atari, consumers have become dead set on consoles, and everyone is now playing games on computers, and you are really unwise.

Genie Entertainment requires a one-month payment cycle, which is very stressful on our funds, and we dare not take risks. ”

After the female dealer representative left, four more dealer representatives left one after another.

There were still eleven dealer representatives in the room just now, and only four people were left at this time.

They are Blatter Anderson, the representative of Best Buy.

One female representative from Walmart, and two male wholesaler representatives.

Throughout, neither Michael Katz nor Hideki Hanyu reacted.

Hideki Hanyu looked at Satoshi Iwata on the stage, wanting to see how this "Brother Cong", who he had high hopes for, would react.

However, judging from the expression, the other party's mood is quite stable, and there is no gaffe.

This made Hanyu Hideki sigh secretly, worthy of being the "Satoshi brother" who will lead Nintendo to go further in the future, this big heart alone is not comparable to ordinary people.

As for so many dealers leaving, it was completely expected by him and Michael Katz.

Because that's where the America console market is.

And the people in the room aren't finished yet.

In the previous life, Nintendo sold FC, which was even worse than they are now, and there was no dealer willing to cooperate, so they could only engage in pilot sales in New York.

But they still have at least four that haven't left, and there are even dealer giants like Walmart and Best Buy.

This start, I don't know how much stronger than Nintendo.

Seeing that the remaining four families had no intention of leaving, Satoshi Iwata planned to continue to preside over the trial meeting.

But at this moment, a woman's voice sounded.

"Very good game."

It wasn't someone else who spoke, it was the female representative of Wal-Mart.

It turned out that when those people were leaving together, the female representatives of Walmart were concentrating on playing games.

Apparently she approves of the Pokémon game.

Satoshi Iwata, who originally wanted to introduce the body, immediately said improvisedly when he heard this.

"This Pokémon game, you can think of it as an upgraded version of the electronic pet, what consumers can experience is no longer a monotonous pet cultivation, but also includes plot adventure, different pet collocation, wonderful combat system, game archiving ......"

After talking about a bunch of Pokémon Red/Green game features, Satoshi Iwata picked up a data cable.

"I believe you are familiar with this data line, and Pokeball 2 can also be played online.

And compared to the simple win-lose mechanics of animatronic pets, the matchups in Pokémon games are fairer and more playable, and it ......"

Satoshi Iwata briefly introduced the online system.

When the female representative of Walmart heard this, she simply used the data cable to connect with Best Buy's Blatter Anderson and tried to play against each other.

Sure enough, on Pokeball 2, the Pokémon game's battle system is much more playable than that of electronic pets.

Blatter Anderson ended the online and said directly to Satoshi Iwata.

"Now that it's all at this time, Elf Entertainment won't use any next-generation electronic pets to deceive us, this is a handheld game console."

Satoshi Iwata didn't answer either, but instructed the staff to give the four of them a cassette again.

This time it's Tetris' cassette.

"At the beginning of the release of Pokeball 2, two games will be bundled, in addition to Pokémon, there is also this tetromino, please try it first."

Satoshi Iwata didn't answer, and everyone had to change the cassette and experience Tetris again.

After all, it's all left, and I don't care about spending a little more time.

And the charm of classic games is really not blown out.

Compared to Pokémon, Tetris is not too easy to get started.

A few people started out as an experience, but soon became addicted to the game.

The four of them even played in pairs and played in duel mode.

Seeing that everyone was having fun, Satoshi Iwata had to cough lightly twice to remind the four of them that they still had something to say.

"What do you guys think of this game?"

"It's more interesting than the Pokémon just now, and it makes me think that Pokeball 2 is a very good console."

It was the same female Wal-Mart representative who spoke.

After she finished speaking, she didn't wait for Iwata Satoshi to explain, and took the initiative to start asking.

"Tell me about the Pokeball 2 configuration."

"The Pokeball 2 features a 2.45-inch black-and-white four-color grayscale screen with an external speaker pass and a 3.5 headphone jack......"

After Iwata's introduction, Blatter Anderson asked his concerns.

"How long does the Pokeball 2 last without using an AC power supply system?"

After all, in his opinion, the handheld is very convenient, and he can play whenever and wherever he wants, but if the battery life is not good, it makes no sense at all.

"Powered by four No. 5 batteries, you can play games for more than fifteen hours continuously, and even twenty hours if you turn off the sound."

Blatter Anderson nodded in satisfaction.

"In addition to these two games, how many other games have you prepared."

A wholesaler representative asked.

After all, if there are only two games on one console, it's a joke.

"We have seven more games that have been completed or are in the process of being ported, all of which are proven mature titles by Genie Entertainment on the arcade platform.

Moreover, we have completed the research and development of a third-party development platform, and can access third-party game developers at any time. ”

Satoshi Iwata's answer satisfied the wholesaler representative.

He is not afraid that there are many games of Elf Entertainment, but he is only worried that Elf Entertainment is not prepared.

And just then, the female representative of Walmart spoke.

However, this time she did not ask, but smiled and expressed her intention.

"Walmart is very interested in this Pokeball 2."

Thank you for the tip.

(End of chapter)