Chapter 33
Chapter 33 : Case by Case (1)
“Woah~ It’s miraculous . It’s a system to restore deleted data~ I know . This is easy . I can do it with my toes . ”
I lurched at the scene of Chandra engineering the system using his feet, and fiercely shook my head .
This is not that important, so why is he thinking so deeply into this…
“Ah… And I will also put the brief clip into the sequel as well . You can spread it around in the market by using your contacts . ”
“Okay, okay Chandra . I understand it 100% . Don’t worry~”
After the Indian native stared intently at the picture and nodded his head, he extended a hand toward me .
He was signalling to give him the retainer fee .
I took a white envelope full of cash out of my jacket and handed it to Chandra .
“Kang Junhyuk definitely has credit . That’s why Chandra likes Kang Junhyuk . ”
“Here is your mega curry, esteemed customer~!!”
-Crash
Along with a sudden vibration, a plate the size of a fruit bowl containing curry was placed in front of me . What is this… enormous amount of curry?
“Excuse me, I ordered the regular size?”
“Yes~ this is the regular size for the mega curry . The super-sized plate is that over there…”
I did a double-take after looking at the plate of the person who was eating beside me . The size of the plate that he was digging his spoon into was at least 1 . 5 times bigger than mine .
As I sat there with a spoon in my hand strategizing about where to start, Chandra stifled his laughter and opened his mouth .
“If you eat this, you won’t be hungry for the rest of the day~ Pumala eats two of these plates . Eat quickly, Kang Junhyuk . ”
Ah… I won’t be eating curry for a while after this…
Due to the expansion cartridges that the Indian natives produced, the price of Dragon Emblem was falling to my desired price tag .
The final price of it was 9800 Yen between the black market exchange . The custom chip inside the cartridge had set the price higher compared to the average game, but, thanks to FamiTong magazine explaining the secret of Dragon Emblem’s unusually high price in an article, the players were able to accept the high price tag .
Of course, there would be a problem if the price had kept increasing but, by using the expansion cartridge, game shops were able to reset the game data .
In the beginning, game shops doubted the efficacy of the expansion package for Dragon Emblem because it was impossible to play as a single “That’s right . First party games from Mintendo like Super Marigee and The Legend of Karin are excellent, but the quality of recent games developed by third parties definitely can’t be ignored . ”
“Correct . Our Mintendo and various other game companies will have to exist in a symbiotic relationship with the third parties to lead the game industry to a brighter future together . Following this, we have made the decision to cut the initial stock quantity requirement by half and reduce a portion of the royalties from games . ”
“This news will be highly welcomed by the game industry . ”
“We’ve made this difficult decision with the mindset of letting even more players enjoy great games such as Dragon Emblem . I thank the wonderful developer of Dragon Emblem, and we hope that his future projects will be released through our Mintendo’s Family . ”
President Yamauchi concluded the interview with a solemn atmosphere in a completely different tone from his discussion with us .
His last comment in the interview expressed his fear of Dragon Emblem moving to Nega was truly a spectacular scene .
Mr . Shige and I barely suppressed our bursting laughter, and we darted to the back of the headquarters building after we finished watching the interview .
“Wahaha, did you see the president’s face!? Kukekeke~!!”
“Ah~ I almost died from laughter too . ”
“But Dragon Emblem is truly incredible too, making our president beg with such sincerity like that . ”
“That’s what I mean . Thanks to that, the situation regarding the initial quantity was taken care of, and with the royalties being reduced, the game industry should be rejoicing as well . ”
“The competition will become much fiercer . I should also hurry up with the production of Super Marigee 3…”
“The 2nd release was a bit lacking, right…?”
“That’s… I did something slightly crazy so…”
The game of misfortune, Super Marigee 2 .
When the fans of the Super Marigee series were asked to choose their favorite release, players had chosen the 1st and the 3rd as the best . However, in retrospect, the 2nd one was ambiguous in their memory . Did it really come out? And if it did, what kind of game was it…?
Actually, riding off of the success of the 1st, Super Marigee 2 boasted a significantly higher difficulty level, and it was dubbed a stress maker .
At that time, Mr . Shige was inspired by comments from players of games being too easy, and he went into producing a mad level of difficulty . There were no noticeable changes to the graphics, and, with the failure to properly adjust the difficulty level, he received a cold reception from the Japanese players .
Meanwhile, the American branch of Mintendo was intently waiting on the release of Super Marigee 2; however, seeing the bland reactions from Japan, and, with Mr . Shigeru admitting that the game was not good enough, he did an incredulous thing to Super Marigee .
He replaced the characters of another Super Marigee-like game with characters from Super Marigee . The rip-off was called Hokihoki Panic, and the gameplay was that of picking radishes in the desert and throwing it at enemies in an Arabian night setting .
In the end, it was released with the title of Super Marigee USA, but players simply could not understand why Super Marigee was killing his enemies by picking radishes and throwing it at them instead of stepping on them, like he did in the first game .
Some rumors, that said that Mr . Shigeru wasn’t involved in the development of the game, even, sprung up due to the glaring differences between the first and the second game; thus, it was remembered as such .
“Well, I don’t have any other projects to work on, so I’ll focus my attention on developing the third one…”
“If you’d want, I can lend you a hand, too . ”
“Kuh~ If Kang-kun wants to help, I’ll definitely agree~!! Should we go have some udon for lunch? Let’s talk about the next release while we’re there . ”
“Oh? Then you’re buying this time, right? Mr . Shige?”
“… You always have to say the last word . ”
“Treat me to some gyoza too . ”
“Alright, alright~!!”