Rebirth Tokyo 1986

Chapter 152 Genius Character
"These are the three games I thought of. Take a look at them first. If you think they are good, I will arrange for someone to make them."

After discussing the poaching, Masato Takeshita handed Rogers three documents titled "Snowman Brothers", "Farm Story" and "Billiards".

These are all his carefully selected works.

There is no need to say much about "Snowman Brothers", a classic casual game masterpiece on the FC red and white console, a two-player vertical version of the game that has been loved by countless players.

"Farm Story" is a farming game designed by Masato Takeshita based on classic farming games such as "Sand Town", "Stardew Valley", and "QQ Farm". It meets the requirements of 8-bit machines.

This will be the first farming game in the gaming field. Even if it doesn’t sell well now, it can still make countless money in the future with this title.

People always have feelings for classics, and as long as they are not too bad, countless people will pay for them.

"Billiards" was designed by Masato Takeshita based on the PC billiards game. It is the simplest of the three games.

There is no billiard game on FC now, so if you make one, you can make a lot of money.

Sports games are very profitable these days.

Whether it is football, baseball, golf or tennis, sales in the Japanese market alone exceed one million copies.

Billiards is a little bit more niche, but it should be no problem to sell 50 copies.

"Well, I'd better take a good look at it."

Rogers originally thought that his own president just wanted to get involved.

As a result, the more I watched, the more surprised I was.

"Why didn't I think of this?"

The first thing Rogers watched was "Billiards".

His intuition told him that this game had a high chance of success.

Currently, Nintendo FC game consoles lack high-quality sports games. As the pioneer of billiards games, it can definitely get a piece of the pie.

If he had thought of such a simple game, he could definitely make a lot of money.

Heartache.

If "Billiards" only made him feel that the president was quick-witted, then "Snowman Brothers" really made him admire him completely.

"Awesome, this game is so fun."

The setting of beating monsters into snowballs and then using the snowballs to push monsters to get potions looks very interesting.

I guess it will be very fun to play.

As for the final "Farm Story", it completely crushed all of Rogers' pride.

“Is this the genius that transcends human cognition?”

"Farm Story" is definitely the world's first farm farming and management game.

Every producer who creates a new game type is great.

And today, he witnessed the birth of a new legend.

Rogers' mind was in turmoil, and he couldn't help but speak respectfully.

"As expected of you, President. You are really awesome. With these three games, I have more confidence in Star Ocean Games."

"Ah That's good."

Seeing Rogers carefully put away the three game planning proposals, Masato Takeshita nodded with satisfaction.

The next morning, Masato Takeshita held a meeting.

Then, at his instruction, Rogers directly divided the groups according to the production capabilities.

He distributed the three game production plans to the three young section chiefs he promoted: Hideyuki Aoki, Hayato Arai, and Shigeru Ikeda.

As for the employees of Bulletproof Software, they worked together with three people to produce it.

He wanted to strengthen his own direct forces to avoid being sidelined by Rogers.

After arranging the internal work of Star Ocean Games, the two began to recruit talents. Rogers was mainly responsible for public relations for Toru Iwatani, while Masato Takeshita's targets were Hideo Kojima, Yoshiki Okamoto, and Takashi Nishiyama.

"Mr. Kojima, it's been a while now, you should know what kind of company Konami is. As long as you join our Star Ocean Games, you will immediately have the opportunity to make games independently."

“I’m committed here.”

"For your first three games, the company will not make any requirements. You can do it completely according to your own ideas."

"If the game is successful, your project team can reserve a portion of the funds. You can spend this money as you like, even if you use it for fun."

When it comes to talent, you have to invest a lot of money.

Hideo Kojima is the one who is worth the huge price.

"Okay, I agree."

Hideo Kojima is actually stupid.

When he heard that Star Ocean Game employees would hold 30% of the shares and that he would become the head of the third development department, he wanted to agree immediately.

Unexpectedly, before he could say anything, Masato Takeshita offered a lot of better conditions.

If the young man wasn't so well-known, Matsumoto Manufacturing and Xinghai Semiconductor are also large companies, and they are backed by veterans in the gaming industry.

He thought he had met a scammer.

This condition is so good that it makes people suspicious.

You have to know that Hideo Kojima is not very famous now and is still a newcomer.

"Very good. I believe you will never regret your choice today."

A dog will always eat shit. A garbage company like Konami will sooner or later do disgusting things in its treatment of game developers.

By then, Hideo Kojima will definitely be glad that he made the job change.

In order to avoid any further complications, Masato Takeshita directly took out the contract that had been prepared long ago.

Hideo Kojima is also a straightforward person. When he found that there was no problem with the contract, he immediately stamped his seal and wrote his name.

After successfully poaching the talent, Masato Takeshita immediately left Kobe and rushed to Osaka, where Capcom was located.

"Mr. Okamoto, Mr. Nishiyama, what do you think of this condition?"

"Well, I'm sorry. Although I really want to agree, we are currently working on a project."

Yoshiki Okamoto and Takashi Nishiyama looked at each other, but finally resisted the temptation, shaking their heads and refusing.

"It's okay. You two can come back after you finish your project. Xinghai Games is always open to you."

Masato Takeshita knew that the two were now fully engaged in the production of Street Fighter 1. The game was expected to be released in two months.

However, the operation of Street Fighter 1 is very awkward, and the skills and moves must be determined by the pressure of the buttons.

Therefore, in order to use the skills they want, players need to keep tapping the buttons.

The loud banging noises not only annoyed the store owner and other gamers, but also made the Street Fighter players' hands hurt.

Naturally, Street Fighter flopped in Japan.

But Americans think this setting is cool.

After more than a year of settling down, it finally became popular in the United States and then counterattacked in Japan.

Okamoto Yoshiki said sincerely: "Thank you for your recognition, President Takeshita. If I am interested, I will contact you."

Nishiyama Takashi also chimed in, “Me too.”

Although it’s a little regrettable that I wasn’t able to directly poach these two talents, it doesn’t matter.

When Street Fighter 1 failed, he simply bought the game and the talent all in one package.

I guess Capcom is still willing to make up for some of the losses.

(End of this chapter)