"Taji-kun is willing to give up the dark side and join Nintendo's side. This old man is very pleased and happy!" Yamauchi forced a smile as he looked at Tajiri.
"That's right. Actually, I was a loyal player of Nintendo. However, I was a little embarrassed at that time. Plus, Jia Yapeng gave me too much money. So, I went down the wrong path and let this guy take advantage of me!" Tajiri said bitterly.
"Haha, alright, let's not talk about the past. Now that Taji-kun has joined Nintendo, we are a family. It's not too late to catch up now. We can work together to take back what we lost! "Yamauchi's eyes shone with a glimmer of light.
As for Pokemon, Yamauchi was very regretful.
However, he did not regret using the ban to anger the Daqian. With the release of Qianji, Yamauchi understood that the Daqian would sooner or later part ways with him. Even if he did not ban the Daqian, the Daqian would fall out with him and take Pokemon away from him.
Otherwise, the Daqian would not have released such a mature handheld game after only one or two months. It was obvious that the Daqian had been researching handheld games for a long time. It was only because Yamauchi was banned that they were able to release it.
In the end, although the Daqian lost one billion USD, they earned the sympathy and tears of players all over the world. This allowed the Qianji handheld game to be promoted all over the world at the same speed as before, completely crushing Yamauchi's GB platform.
Thinking up to this point, Yamauchi was filled with regret. He regretted not being more forceful and rejecting the release of Pokemon on the platform. Pokemon, which had lost its GB platform, might have remained as a niche game until now.
Yamauchi was even more regretful. After seeing Pokemon, why didn't he create a similar game for Nintendo earlier? Then, he could have quietly replaced Pokemon. That way, he would not have to suffer the pain of losing Pokemon.
But Yamauchi also knew that no matter how regretful he was, since it had already happened, there was nothing he could do about it. Yamauchi also understood that he didn't have much time left. In the remaining years of his life, he had to pilot the last ship for Nintendo and take back Pokemon for Nintendo.
Of course, the original version of Pokemon was impossible, but it wasn't a problem to create a similar game.
However, Yamauchi also knew that with Pokemon's current popularity and popularity, simply creating a knock-off game would never be able to take away Pokemon's original position.
After all, gamers these days had begun to hate pirated and plagiarized games. If Nintendo hastily imitated them, it would make Nintendo's reputation even worse, and they would become the target of disdain from all gamers.
Even many of Nintendo's loyal fans wouldn't be able to handle this kind of plagiarism. This was something that Yamauchi couldn't accept.
Moreover, none of the previous imitations of popular games could really take away the position of the original. Therefore, simply creating a knock-off game wouldn't benefit Nintendo at all. Instead, it would only make Nintendo eat sh * t.
However, Yamauchi was indeed a veteran in the gaming industry. He knew very well that if the gamers didn't dislike it, creating a knock-off game of Pokemon would be a good idea.
The answer was simple, and that was to let the creator of Pokemon create a new version of Pokemon.
Say, if the creator of a game created a similar game, could it be called plagiarism?
Was there a reason to copy your own game?
Of course not. This kind of game had a very nice sounding name, and it was called a spiritual sequel.
There were many such examples. For example, the creator of Demon's Castle, Takashi Igarashi, created Bloodstain after he jumped ship.
Demon's Soul's spiritual sequel, Dark Souls.
Wasteland's spiritual sequel, Radiation, and so on were actually similar games. However, because the developers were the creators of the games, not only were they not criticized by the gamers, but they were also welcomed by the gamers and were deeply loved by the gamers.
Yamauchi understood this point. Therefore, Yamauchi ordered people to do everything they could to poach the creator of Pokemon, Tajiri, to Nintendo.
This way, as long as Tajiri made another game similar to Pokemon, not only would he not be opposed by the players, but he would also be welcomed by the players. He might even be able to pull a large number of players away from Pokemon and return to Nintendo.
One had to admit that Yamauchi's plan was perfect. It was just right because Tajiri was in a state of conflict with the Daqian.
What Nintendo wanted to do was to amplify this conflict.
Therefore, Yamauchi ordered a professional and beautiful public relations lady to be bribed in Ginza. As the saying goes, it's easy for a woman to chase a man. This public relations lady was specially created to be Tajiri's loyal admirer. How could Tajiri resist such temptation? He quickly fell in love and listened to his girlfriend's every word.
Of course, this public relations lady did not directly ask Tajiri to resign. Instead, she constantly provoked him with words and pillow talk, exaggerating the fact that he was marginalized by the company. In any case, she provoked Tajiri's inner anger. Then, there was the scene of him reporting to his boss.
What if Boss Jia chose to fire Morimoto Shigeki to keep Tajiri? Wouldn't all their previous efforts be wasted?
Of course not. This was because Yamauchi knew very well that Boss Jia would never keep Tajiri. This was because if he was Jia Yapeng, he would have kicked this bastard out of the company and would not give him a chance to resign.
Now, Yamauchi had finally succeeded in getting Tajiri. As long as he had this treasure in his hands, he could viciously tear a piece of flesh from the Daqian.
"Then, I'll leave the next game to you, Tajiri!" After chatting with Tajiri for a while, Yamauchi lost the mood to chat with him and said directly.
"No problem. I have more than ten ideas for new games. The best of them is a game called Spiral Disintegrator. Players will drive a disintegrator and solve puzzles at the same time. We just need to …" Tajiri began to think about the ideas for his next game. In Tajiri's opinion, as long as he could come up with this godly idea, it would definitely be a game that could defeat Pokemon and regain his reputation!
Unfortunately, Yamauchi was not interested in the idea of a disintegrator game. He said directly, "Tajiri, why don't we create a game called Pokemon?"
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