"This is bad. Did I get used by that little bastard?!" Sakaguchi Hironobu was not a fool. After his anger, Sakaguchi Hironobu, who had calmed down, gradually came back to his senses.
However, Sakaguchi Hironobu did not understand what traffic marketing was, so although he felt that something was wrong, he did not grasp the main point. Instead, he decided to contact some of his friends in the industry and the editor-in-chief of some magazines to scold "Pokemon" so that the game's reputation would explode before it had even been released.
Of course, the premise was that "Pokemon" had to pass Nintendo's review. Otherwise, there was no need to scold it.
Just as Sakaguchi Hironobu was pondering, the door of the conference room was finally pushed open, and a middle-aged man walked in. This man was naturally Tajiri Tomo's good friend, Miyamoto Shigeru.
"Hello, gentlemen!" Miyamoto Shigeru first greeted the two people at the same time, then winked at Tajiri Tomo.
"Mr. Miyamoto, what is the final review result?" Sakaguchi Hironobu was very proud and arrogant in front of Tajiri Tomo, but in front of Miyamoto Shigeru, he could not be arrogant because Miyamoto Shigeru had already made Super Mario Brothers. At this time, the final sales of various versions of Super Mario Brothers exceeded 100 million copies, which was an unimaginable number.
One must know that the price of a copy of Super Mario Brothers was as high as 49 USD. This meant that Nintendo sold Super Mario Brothers for at least 4.9 billion USD. It was simply the number one money-making machine in the world!
And for Miyamoto Shigeru, who could develop such a game, Sakaguchi Hironobu absolutely did not dare to be disrespectful.
"Well, there is naturally no problem with Final Fantasy!" Miyamoto Shigeru nodded and said, "We have carried out a bug test on the GB version of Final Fantasy 5 for 10 days, and finally got 19 points on the system stability, which perfectly passed the preliminary review test!
"In the review segment, after being reviewed by three game editors, the game received 15 points for gameplay, 16 points for art, 18 points for maneuverability, and 16 points for other aspects. The final score is 84 points, which is quite a beautiful result. It successfully passed the review evaluation!"
"The review score is 84 points!" Sakaguchi Hironobu nodded. This score was within his expectations, and it was considered a relatively high score.
One had to know that Nintendo's internal evaluation standards were very strict. Out of 100 points, only 30% of the games would be able to get a passing score of 60 points. As for games that scored 80 points and above, they could basically be ranked in the top 10 games of the year.
For example, the final review score for Final Fantasy 5FC was 83 points, which was one point lower than the current one. The main reason was that the game was in a rush to be released at that time, and there were some bugs in the game, so the system stability was one point lower.
This time, there were fewer bugs in the GB version. The other aspects were the same as the F version. There were no changes, so there would be no change in the score.
"What about the final evaluation?" Sakaguchi Hironobu asked again.
"After the final review by me and a few other colleagues, we believe that 84 points is in line with the final rating of this game. It will pass the final review. As long as Mr. Sakaguchi signs this agreement, I can arrange for the recording factory to record the cartridges. It can be sold next month!" Shigeru Miyamoto said with a smile.
"Thank you, Mr. Miyamoto!" Although Sakaguchi Hironobu had already guessed this result, he still let out a long sigh of relief when he heard the final news. After all, as long as the tyrant Yamauchi Hiroshi was there, everything would be unstable.
After his game passed the review, Sakaguchi Hironobu turned his hateful gaze to Jia Yapeng and the others on the other side.
"Did this guy, Tajiri Tomoaki, offend Sakaguchi Hironobu?" Seeing Sakaguchi Hironobu's gaze, even Shigeru Miyamoto, who was born somewhat careless, felt that something was wrong.
However, he couldn't care less about this. He looked at the expectant Tajiri Tomoaki and said with a smile, "Mr. Tajiri, we have conducted a stability review for the GB version of Pokemon for 20 days. The final stability score is 18 points!"
"Phew!" Hearing this, Tajiri Tomoaki breathed a sigh of relief. The full score for stability was 20 points, and the passing score was 16 points. If it couldn't reach the passing score of 16 points, it meant that the game's operation was unstable, and there was a great possibility of collapse. It couldn't even pass the preliminary review, let alone the review score.
"18 points, rubbish!" Sakaguchi Hironobu cursed in his heart when he heard the stability score of 18 points. In his opinion, if his game got a stability score of 19 points, it was already better than the opponent.
As for Final Fantasy 5, in the initial F&C version, it only had a stability score of 18 points, which Sakaguchi Hironobu directly ignored.
"After the review of 10 editors, the final review score is as follows!" Shigeru Miyamoto immediately said.
From this, it could be seen that a new game produced by a small factory was treated harshly by Nintendo.
Sakaguchi Hironobu's Final Fantasy 5 only went through a stability review for 10 days, and there were only three editors who reviewed it. This was the minimum number of people who reviewed a game.
On the contrary, Pokemon went through a stability review that lasted 20 days and was reviewed by 10 editors.
This meant that Nintendo had great trust in Final Fantasy 5, and the so-called review was basically just a formality. For Pokemon, it was really harsh to the extreme.
However, this was also a very normal thing. After all, Final Fantasy was the sequel of a product that had gone through the test of the market, and this review was only a revision of a product, so it didn't need to be tested too much.
As for Pokemon, it was a completely unfamiliar game, and Nintendo had to review it carefully without any mercy.
Now, it was finally time for Nintendo to give the game a score.
"After averaging the scores of the 10 editors, the system stability score is 17 points, the gameplay score is 19 points, the art performance score is 19 points, the game control score is 16 points, and the other scores are 18 points."
"The final review score is 89 points!" Shigeru Miyamoto gave the final score.
"What! 89 points! " The game cartridge in Sakaguchi Hironobu's hand unconsciously fell on the table, making a crisp sound.
"This is impossible, how can it get 89 points? It's just a new game, how can it get such a high score!" Sakaguchi Hironobu's hair stood on end.
89 points didn't sound like an absolute high score. After all, for a top student, if they didn't get 99 points in an exam, they would fail!
However, for Nintendo's rating system, 89 points was definitely an extremely high score.
As mentioned before, any game that scored more than 80 points was basically ranked in the top ten games of the year, and a game that scored 89 points was basically locked in the top three positions of the year. In some years, it was not even a problem to get first place.
According to Hironobu Sakaguchi's information, the highest review score so far this year was Kart of Stars, with a score of 88 points. It was actually one point lower than Pokemon. Could it be that Pokemon would become the highest rated Nintendo game this year?
As for a game that could score 90 points, it was basically a masterpiece.
This is simply ridiculous! Sakaguchi Hironobu cursed in his heart, and at the same time, an ominous premonition surged in his heart. Could it be that he would lose?
No, at most, this game has a high score. The review score is high, but there are a lot of games that sell poorly. So what if it has a high score? It still can't sell! Sakaguchi Hironobu said in his heart.
Indeed, although Nintendo's rating standards were very strict, it couldn't stop the players' tastes from being unpredictable. Among the top ten rated games in Nintendo's year, it was already very good if three of them could sell well. The rest were basically all dead.
There were also some games that had low scores, but their sales skyrocketed.
For example, Duck Hunt was often given a score of 75 points, but in the end, the global sales exceeded 20 million copies. This was something that no one expected!
Therefore, Sakaguchi Hironobu felt that this Pokemon was most likely a trash game with a high score and low sales.
And it was absolutely impossible for a game that could score 89 points to fail the final review.
Therefore, Miyamoto Shigeru said, "Congratulations, Mr. Tanaka, and congratulations to Pokemon for successfully passing the review. Next month, you can …"
"Wait!!" Before Miyamoto Shigeru could finish his words, a voice that made Sakaguchi Hironobu tremble all over appeared. Then, an old man walked in. Even though his hair was white, he still exuded a powerful aura.
"President, you're here!" Miyamoto Shigeru said expressionlessly when he saw the old man.
It seemed that the chairman was going to personally intervene in the game review this time, but this was a very normal thing, and everyone was used to it.
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