When Yamauchi returned to the company, he angrily called the company's legal department over. Yamauchi explained what had just happened, then asked if the company could sue those damned bookstores!
The company's legal department was put in a difficult position. Of course, they could sue, but it was completely unnecessary.
First of all, they couldn't win this lawsuit at all. As long as the bookstores insisted that they were selling light novels, and that the game cartridges were just free gifts, then the bookstores wouldn't have any legal liability, and there wouldn't be any breach of contract.
Moreover, even if the court determined that they weren't selling light novels but game cartridges, the game cartridges came with the magazine, and the game cartridges were authentic products produced by Nintendo. There wouldn't be any problems with piracy, and they wouldn't be charged with breach of contract.
Most importantly, this time, bookstores all over the country were selling the game at the same time. If Yamauchi wanted to buy tickets, then he would have to sue all the bookstores in the country. Even an idiot would know that the court wouldn't want to offend all the bookstore owners in the country.
After all, the law couldn't punish the majority.
Therefore, it wasn't that they couldn't sue, but if they did, Nintendo would definitely lose money and lose face. There wouldn't be any benefits.
"You can go, I understand!" Yamauchi finally nodded helplessly. He could only accept this result.
He had to admit that selling the game cartridges along with the light novel as a free gift was an extremely clever move.
First of all, they could openly sell it to bookstores, which were the main gaming channel, and at the same time, Nintendo wouldn't be able to say anything.
Most importantly, they could convert the popularity of the two.
After all, light novels and Pokemon were both hot topics that Boss Jia had spent a total of 200 to 300 million yen to promote. With this free gift sales strategy, the two hot topics were combined, and at the same time, the users of both sides were miraculously mixed and transformed.
First of all, there were game enthusiasts. These people originally didn't like to read light novels, and recently, novels weren't as fun as games.
But if it was a free novel that came with the game, then it would be a waste not to take it.
Moreover, it was impossible for a person to play games all the time. They also needed some other means of entertainment to pass the time. This way, the free novel would be picked up by the customers in the end.
Although some readers might not be interested in light novels, there would always be another group of readers who would become loyal readers of light novels and become unstoppable.
In fact, because Pokemon was basically tied to the Sword and Saber Divine Realm game novel, the readers and users of both sides were highly overlapping. The conversion rate was as high as 50%.
Many players who had originally bought the game had turned into loyal fans after watching the Sword and Saber Dominion. Later on, when the second and third volumes were published, and even the countless sequels, they would generously fork out money to buy it.
On the other hand, many light novel readers would give up on the Special Edition due to the high price of the Special Edition and directly purchase the Normal Edition. However, there would always be some who would buy the Special Edition because they felt that it was more affordable. As a result, they would naturally become loyal fans of Pokemon.
"How's their sales over the past three days?" Yamauchi was definitely more concerned about the sales of Pokemon than Boss Jia.
Because Nintendo had worked with bookstores nationwide for more than 20 years, Nintendo's information and data collection were much faster. Therefore, before Boss Jia received the combined sales for the past three days, Yamauchi had already received the data from the bookstores.
"100,000 copies?!" This data made Yamauchi feel a little uneasy. In three days, 100,000 copies had been sold.
The price of 3999 copies determined that the 100,000 copies were basically bought by customers who had paid for Pokemon. It seemed that the effect of the hype that Nintendo had invested a lot of money in the newspaper was outstanding.
Just by relying on the hype, they had sold 100,000 copies.
Next was the most important moment. Yamauchi knocked on the table. Three days was enough for the reputation of the game to grow. The reviews and spontaneously promotion of the game by the players who had already bought the game would determine whether or not the game would sell well.
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"Hahaha! I caught Meow Meow! I finally caught Meow Meow! " In the Suigunhara Academy, in the classroom of Year 1 Class 2, a group of students were in class.
Among the students who looked like they were in class, a student suddenly jumped up from his seat and shouted ecstatically. He looked as if he had won the 100 million yen lottery.
"Get out of here!" The angry teacher threw a piece of chalk at the unlucky student. Then, the teacher chased him out of the classroom as punishment.
But it didn't matter. After the class, the student came back in high spirits. Several students around him immediately surrounded him and asked, "Fujimura, why were you shouting just now? What made you so excited? "
"I caught Meow Meow! I caught Meow Meow!!" Fujimura said excitedly.
However, this sentence made many students around him confused and puzzled. What did he mean by catching Meow Meow? What the hell was that?
But it wasn't like no one understood. For example, a classmate who wasn't familiar with Fujimura and hadn't spoken more than five sentences in the whole semester suddenly ran over excitedly and said, "Fujimura, you really caught Meow Meow!"
"Yes!" Fujimura took out his GB and operated it crazily. Then, he showed a small elf to his classmate.
"It really is Meow Meow! I'm so envious!! "The student's eyes were straight.
Meow Meow was a pet elf. Although it was quite weak and its attributes weren't high, the problem was that it was super difficult to catch.
First of all, only one map would spawn Meow Meow, and the spawn rate of Meow Meow was less than 5%. Basically, you had to fight 20 battles in a row to meet one Meow Meow.
Not only was it very difficult to meet, but this Meow Meow also had a special escape skill. If it wasn't subdued after the first time, Meow Meow would escape on the spot and end the battle.
If you want to catch a second Meow Meow, you have to wait until 20 battles.
In fact, these students had been waiting for a day to catch Meow Meow, and his requirements were very low. He didn't care about Meow Meow's race at all. He only wanted to catch one Meow Meow as a collection.
The result was quite tragic. Now that his classmate had caught Meow Meow, he was naturally envious.
"Fujimura, sell your Meow Meow to me. I'm willing to pay 100 yen!" This student decided that it was better to buy it than to catch it.
Pokemon had a very rare communication function even in GB games. Between two GB computers, you could trade Meow Meow Meow, so this student directly opened his mouth and planned to buy it.
"I'm not selling. Even if you give me 500 yen, I won't sell it!" Fujimura immediately refused.
At this time, the surrounding students were already dumbfounded. What the hell was this?
How could an item in the game be sold for 500 yen?
What the hell was this?
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