Time has developed to the present, Ren Heaven has not only suffered a setback in the console field, but also a slump in the handheld market.

GB is in decline, but the next generation of handheld computers has not been able to be developed for a long time.

In this market, Sega's GPs still hold a strong leading position.

One of the most important reasons is that the [Pokémon] series of games, which were supposed to help Ren Heaven recover his decline and even directly establish their dominance in the handheld field, have become rival games in this life.

Pokeni siphoned off the Pokémon and developed it ahead of schedule, almost announcing Renten's death sentence in the handheld realm.

In July of this year, Ren Heaven released a new handheld console: the Game Boy Pocket

This new console compared to GB uses TFT black and white liquid crystal, including the weight of 150 grams of battery, two No. 7 batteries can work continuously for 8 hours, becoming the main source of income for Ren Tiantian's handheld.

However, players who are now accustomed to the color screen of the Sega GP don't buy it at all, thinking that the new handheld of Rentendo is simply insincere, and compared to the Sega GP, Rentendo's new handheld is simply like an old antique that has been eliminated by the times.

Only a small number of players with feelings chose to buy GBP because they could play exclusive games like Mario in the handheld.

So, all kinds of reasons add up.

After the launch of GBP, sales were unusually dismal.

It can even be described as a blood loss.

Yamauchi only felt exhausted.

Now he is equivalent to suffering a double blow.

In the console market, it was strangled by Sony, and in the handheld market, due to its misjudgment of the situation, it failed to develop a color game console that was enough to compete with Sega's handheld in the first time.

What's more, in GBP, there are no good enough games to compete with Pokémon, which has led to Renten's repeated defeats.

And in the end, President Yamauchi, who was furious, vented all his anger on the company's Yokoi Junpei.

"It's all your fault!!"

In the president's office, Pu Yamauchi, who had just finished the interview and became angry, scolded Junhei Yokoi.

The latter stood in place the whole time, and the atmosphere did not dare to come out.

The whole body was already scared out of a cold sweat.

Who would have thought,

Back then, Ren Heaven was still in full swing, and it could even be described as covering the sky with one hand.

Such a powerful Ren Heaven actually has a time of defeat.

And it was a succession of defeats in two very important areas.

No, in terms of handhelds, it can no longer be described as a loss.

"Who told me that Sega's handheld was nothing to fear?

Who said that Sega's new handheld would allow them to make a color screen, but it is impossible to keep up with the battery life anyway.

Now, have you kept up? ”

Junhei Yokoi flattened his mouth uncomfortably, who would have thought that Sony would later cooperate with Sega and help them solve the battery problem?

But who pushed Sony over to Sega's side?

Who pushed Sega and Sony, as well as Pokeni, to the opposite side of Renten?

Isn't it you yet?

President Yamauchi?

But......

This kind of thing, Yokoi Junhei can only think about it himself, and he doesn't dare to say it at all.

Now Yamauchi Pu is angry, who would dare to anger him.

Even Mr. Shigeru Miyamoto can only watch from outside the president's office now, and he doesn't dare to come out at all, let alone come over to help Yokoi intercede.

Therefore, this scolding, Yokoi can only be next to himself.

"Who said that we should develop a new next-generation game console and engage in virtual VB?"

Yamauchi raised his voice again.

The latter trembled with fright.

It's no wonder that Yamauchi Pu is not angry with Yokoi, although all of this is more or less Yamauchi's own responsibility, but in terms of direct causes, Yokoi Junhei is definitely the first to bear the brunt.

If it weren't for Yokoi Junhei talking next to President Yamauchi's ear, maybe he wouldn't have made such a light judgment.

Therefore, when everything has become irreparable, Yamauchi Pu directly vented his anger on Yokoi Junhei.

The battery problem has not been solved until now, and naturally there is no talk of the color screen.

"I will definitely work hard to develop a color handheld." General Yokoi bowed and folded his waist to 90 degrees.

Yamauchi Pu didn't speak, just silently looked at the middle-aged man in front of him, who was over half a hundred years old.

Counting up, Yokoi Junhei is not young anymore, he was born in 41 years, and he is now 55 years old, and he has already walked most of his life.

From the earliest days, 65 years ago, Yokoi Gunpei has been following Yamauchi Pu to create GAME BOY, and has grown the company all the way to the present.

Anyway, Yamauchi has feelings for him.

But......

"Forget it," Yamauchi waved his hand, a little overwhelmed, "Yokoi, you've also been working for Rentendo for so long. ”

"Hmm."

Yokoi Junhei raised his head, and before he knew it, his voice was already crying.

Even if he was as strong as him, he felt some kind of fate deeply at this time, so that his throat choked and his eyes were filled with tears.

Looking at the president's expression, there is a sense of determination.

"Excuse me and resign, Yokoi. I really can't help you this time. Yamauchi said with a sigh.

Yokoi only felt a blockage in his chest, and he couldn't breathe.

It was unusually uncomfortable.

It's like being hit hard by a car.

He tried to restrain himself, but he couldn't let the tears fall.

After a while, Yokoi put his hands on the seams of his pants and bowed deeply.

"Thank you, President, for your continued support.

In Yokoi's absence, I hope that the president will take care of his health and live a long and healthy life. ”

After saying this, Yokoi raised his head, "Then, I'll take my leave first." ”

Looking at the back of Yokoi leaving, Yamauchi couldn't help but sigh, and the whole person seemed to be a few years older.

……

The next day, Mr. Gunhei Yokoi, the head of the first development department of Rentendo Tenten, handed over his resignation letter to President Yamauchi because of the unfavorable decision.

Yamauchi also accepted his resignation letter.

To be precise, it was Yokoi Junhei, as the head of the company's R&D department, who at the same time had the power of life and death in charge of the camera, but he made major decision-making mistakes in a few years, wasting a lot of the company's resources, but failing to achieve enough results.

All this is enough to discredit Yokoi Junhei and lose face.

It is precisely under such circumstances that no matter whether the president is disappointed in him or not, Yokoi Junhei himself will take the blame and resign.

So, the end result is-

Yokoi Junpei, the minister of Renten, the earliest patriarch, and the father of GAME BOY, left Renten.

……

After that, various news outlets reported on the time.

The main reason is that Yokoi Junhei's identity is too special.

"I'm sorry to hear that—

Mr. Gunhei Yokoi, the head of the First Development Department, who was the first employee of Rentendo and left Rentendo the day before.

The inside news was caused by the failure of the VB and GBP projects led by Mr. Yokoi, and Mr. Yokoi, as the head of the department, voluntarily proposed to resign.

Such a thing can't help but make people sigh.

In the history of the game, Gunpei Yokoi is definitely a name that has an important place and can go down in history.

Let's take a look back at Mr. Yokoi's contributions during his time at Minonten......"

"It's really surprising, but it seems to be reasonable.

Mr. Gunhei Yokoi left Renten.

……

I hope that in the future, Yokoi will continue to engage in the business he likes and bring us more excellent products.

Although Yokoi has left Renten, it does not mean that the name of Yokoi Gunpei will be dim from now on, on the contrary, we interviewed Mr. Yokoi Gunpei.

He said that he still has infinite hopes for the future.

Although he is now 55 years old, Mr. Yokoi still hopes to continue to contribute to the world.

In the near future, Mr. Gunhei Yokoi will be devoting himself to a new business.

We also wish him another great success. ”

"What was the real motivation for Gunpei Yokoi to leave Renten?

We can see this incident as an inevitable consequence of the formalization of the TV game industry, and Yokoi was born with an artist's exuberant creative desire.

Some of these people made outstanding contributions to the embryonic days of the TV game industry.

However, when a listed company such as Ren Tiantian becomes a listed company, it will inevitably take more objective factors such as product profit returns and shareholder interests into account, and the space that can be provided to those artists to create freely will become increasingly narrow.

In addition, at the beginning of his business, Yokoi often overtook his boss and directly stated his opinions to the president Yamauchi Pu, and he had a unique sense of superiority in Rentendo Society, but after the company expanded, this special treatment gradually disappeared, and he felt a strong sense of loss. ”

Neon critic Hisakazu Hirabayashi analyzed Yokoi's departure this way: "In the past, in the game industry, one or two clubs were able to create a personalized game product on their own.

But as the times change, the industry will become more and more large-scale, and those who still have the sense of handicraft will be forced to withdraw from this stage..."

In an interview with Nikkei, Gunhei Yokoi explained his opinion on Rentendo as follows: "In the beginning, President Yamauchi guided us to invent unique products with the idea of short, small, light, and thin.

I think it's a great honor.

Today's paradise, too much pursuit of luxury and Zhengda and completely detached from the original intention of the past, relying on the huge profits of a single product will inevitably make the enterprise gradually lose its creative vitality.

Pursuing the essence of the past is the real reason for me to leave Renten! ”

In the Nikkei report, it is described as follows:

"The so-called luxury Zhengda refers to the new host launched by Rentendo at that time NINTENDO64.

Yokoi's tragic career is the inevitable result of the violent conflict between his innate artist's temperament and the reality of the commercial society. ”

……

The media coverage was like a storm that quickly swept through the neon, and even the whole world heard about it.

Yokoi's identity and experience are too special for everyone to treat and deal with him as a general resignation.

Even Yokoi's words that he wanted to start a business were selectively ignored.

What everyone sees is nothing more than the minister of [Ren Heaven is missing a general].

President Pu Yamauchi is a completely cold machine with no feelings, and he only knows how to make money.

Gunhei Yokoi resigned from Rentendo on the grounds that he had worked for more than 30 years on the grounds that he was responsible for the failure of VR BOY, triggering a panic sell-off of Rentendo stock on the same day.

As a result, Ren Tiantian's stock price suffered a setback and plummeted.

However, at this time, although Yamauchi Pu was exhausted, even if he knew the result of driving Yokoi Gunpei out of Renten, he had to make up his mind to make such a decision.

Just like Zhuge Liang back then, he slashed Ma Jian with tears.

There is a deep sense of helplessness and powerlessness.

……

However, Qing Zhiyuan, who learned the news, said that what kind of tears are this, this is clearly a tearful slash Huaxiong.

At this point, the Yokoi era of Rentendo is over, and a new chapter may be rewritten.

In November, it's a changeable time.

Sony's PS console has established its supremacy, but at the same time, the newly developed 3D game of Rentendo -

Super Mario 3D Adventure is also officially on the shelves.

It was a little too late, and it didn't let the world see the dawn of Ren Heaven first.

Many players have exclaimed that Mario 3D is so fun.

It is worthy of the game of Ren Heaven pressing the bottom of the box.

In this game, it can support 4 players to play at the same time, and all the scenes, levels and characters are 3D, showing an unprecedented freshness.

At the same time, on the basis of retaining Mario's classic top mushroom and mushroom stepping on the classic gameplay, some other interesting elements have been added to the game, such as being able to eat and transform into a cat, and can climb trees......

The elements of the levels are also more diverse and rich.

As soon as such a very sincere and creative game was launched, it immediately attracted a large number of players.

After the game was released, the sales exceeded one million in just one month.

And it successfully increased the sales of N64 by a cut.

"Super Mario 3D Adventure" can be regarded as a city for Renten.

……

The Internet is full of praise from players:

"It's great to see Ren Tian's new works, especially the Super Mario series, which I really like, it's really touching."

"I've loved Mario since I was a kid, and Super Mario is a game I've been playing all the time.

This 3D transformation reflects the creativity and imagination of Ren Tian.

I love this game so much. ”

"Ren Heaven is Ren Heaven, or the guy who makes the game full of fun and playability, Super Mario 3D Adventure, has added a lot of new elements, and has not lost itself because of 3D, and even has more innovative content.

Each of these levels has a strong imagination, and my friends and I had a lot of fun the whole time.

This is probably the most fun multiplayer indoor game played since Pokémon 3D. ”

"It's a real blessing to be able to play Super Mario 3D Adventure with my peers."

However, there are also a lot of negative voices on the Internet.

The biggest doubt is that the sense of déjà vu of "Pokémon 3D World" in "Super Mario 3D Adventure" is too strong.

"Have you noticed that Super Mario 3D Adventure has a heavy shadow of Pokémon 3D World?"

"Well, in terms of camera angle and operation mode, it's really too similar."

"The point is that the N64's controller is really not as easy to use as Sony's PS, which makes it very difficult for us to play.

However, in the N64 there is only one joystick underneath, and the walking or D-pad is uncomfortable, because you only have 4 directions to choose from.

Fortunately, the game itself is good, and it can be regarded as a childhood dream that has continued to this day.

If Lao Ren can improve it again, it would be nice to put the handle on par with Sony. ”

"When I played Super Mario 3D Adventure by Ren Heaven, I really felt like I was playing a revised version of Pokémon 3D World.

Of course, it's just a sense of déjà vu.

Maybe it's because they're all game-clearing.,It's all action games.,And they're all lightweight plus a variety of eating props.,Open the box......

I always feel that there are some similarities, but if you dig deeper, you can still find that the two are very different.

Each Pokémon in Pokémon has its own special abilities, and you can also get the right to use new Pokémon after clearing the level.

By the way, it can evolve.

These are all characteristics of Pokémon.

In Mario, it is also Mario's own characteristics.

Well...... I wish there were more games like this, there are still too few games on the market that we can play together.

And in the process of the game, it was really fun the whole time. ”

“……”

Overall, "Super Mario 3D Adventure" is the most beautiful battle in the past two years, not only revitalizing the classic IP, but also making the 3D Mario glow with strong vitality.

At the same time, it increased revenue and increased sales of N64.

It's a pity that it wasn't so timely, and if it had been half a year earlier, maybe everything would have been different.

Just when Shigeru Miyamoto and the others were happy that the game had achieved gratifying results,

They don't know yet that a huge wave of Pokémon is coming.

……

First of all, after signing the cooperation agreement, Pokeni's president Aoi Chiyuan and Studio Ghibli's Mr. Toshio Suzuki announced the news that Pokémon and Totoro will cooperate and linkage.

My Neighbor Totoro:

After this incident was reported, it immediately caused an uproar.

Countless players and people in the gaming industry were stunned:

"What? My Neighbor Totoro wants to join Pokémon?! ”

"It seems like this. Qing Zhiyuan and Toshio Suzuki have already confirmed the authenticity of the news, and what has been officially announced. ”

"Oh my God, what kind of dream combination is this?!"

"It's so imaginative, President Sei Chi Won, I really admire him, I can actually think of seeking cooperation with Ghibli and absorbing Totoro into Pokémon."

"When the news was released: What?! My Neighbor Totoro actually wants to join Pokémon?

What is this?

But the next second:

What?!

My Neighbor Totoro wants to join Pokémon!

Oh my God, what a genius idea!

My Neighbor Totoro really fits too well with Pokémon. ”

"Hahaha,It's true.,I used to watch animation.,My neighbor totoro is really cute.,I still have a collection of chinchillas.,What pillows.,Dolls.,I have it.。

I just think this guy is so cute.

I didn't expect my favorite to appear in another game I love one day.

It's really a dream come true. ”

"What kind of dream combination is this, and it's too suitable, right?

I feel like my life is complete. ”

"This time it's really the double chef ecstasy, and players who like Totoro and Pokémon have gained great satisfaction.

Hopefully there will be more similar things in the future! ”

"I'm really going to cry to death, I love Totoro so much. When I used to play Pokémon, I was thinking-

If only My Neighbor Totoro were also a Pokémon.

I didn't expect that there would be a dream come true one day!

ポケニ Saigao!

Qingzhiyuan race high! ”

……

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There is another chapter in the afternoon

The historical Yokoi Junhei also took this route almost like this:

First of all, the decision-making was wrong, and VB, which led the research and development, chased the loss because the concept was too advanced.

In '96, Gunpei Yokoi resigned, left Rentendo and established his own KOTO Co., Ltd.

On October 4, 1997, Gunhei Yokoi passed away in a car accident. At that time, because the vehicle broke down, he got out of the car to check the damage to the car, and was hit by another car during the inspection, and died of his injuries.

ended a life of legend.

(End of chapter)