Game Development Giant

In the end, after a fierce psychological struggle, Hideo Kojima chose the second one.

Jester didn’t know why Kojima would choose the second one. In fact, for him, for a real genius like Hideo Kojima, no matter which one of the two options he chooses, Jester will fully support it. Of course, in In Jester's heart, he naturally hopes that Hideo Kojima will choose the second one. After all, Hideo Kojima is still too immature now. He is even so immature that he has never officially participated in the development of a game. Let him have in-depth contact with a game. How big games are made from scratch is very useful for a newcomer.

After recalling the conversation that just passed, Jester took a shower and prepared to go to bed. He still has a lot to do tomorrow, especially since there is an interview for new employees tomorrow, and several of them are applying for R\u0026D personnel. Jester also wanted to see what Tamahide Yoshiro said before, how poor the quality of the people who applied for the job was, especially the R\u0026D personnel.

When Jester arrived at his Japanese branch the next day, he unexpectedly got good news.

The call came back from Hironobu Sakaguchi, who left immediately after arriving in Japan. He is now in Hokkaido and went to a hot spring with his composer friend Nobuo Uematsu to find inspiration. However, under his persuasion, he had not been there yet. The interested Nobuo Uematsu has promised to come to Jester after he returns from Hokkaido to see if he can take on the soundtrack work this time. Compare it to the top Japanese composers who are now successful, such as Soujiro, Yoshiro Mori, Joe Hisaishi, and even Tetsuro Oda, who has just emerged and is known as a genius. Acquiring Nobuo Uematsu, who is not very famous yet, is the most profitable deal for Jester, because Jester clearly knows that although Nobuo Uematsu is not as famous as the above, he can still be the same for more than ten or twenty years. The soundtrack for Final Fantasy has been completed with consistent quality.

It is impossible for the above people to focus all their energy on game soundtracks for decades, because for these people, the stage for game soundtracks is really too small.

As for whether Nobuo Uematsu can complete the soundtrack for "Fire Emblem", Jester has no doubts. Because the music Nobuo Uematsu showed in "Final Fantasy" is elegant and ethereal, like flowing clouds and flowing water, and full of a Western romantic atmosphere, which is very suitable for his "Fire Emblem". He really didn't expect that he would unintentionally kill so many legendary figures. All were recruited.

This is a legendary R\u0026D team.

With such a powerful camp working together, what height can "Fire Emblem" reach in this world?

When he thought of this, Jester was particularly looking forward to it.

After two hours.

Jester and Tamahide Yoshiro have interviewed four people in succession to apply for game developers. Although the academic qualifications of these four people are not high, and the best one is just a graduate from a university that even Tamahide Yoshiro has never heard of, the game making industry has little to do with academic qualifications. Stet knows many famous designers who did not graduate from well-known schools, did not even go to college, or dropped out of college.

Therefore, he didn't care much at first.

But after four people in a row, although three of them were fans of Jester or Mars Entertainment, they knew very little about the game or even the basic common sense that some of the most basic R\u0026D personnel should have. After the personal interview, Jester suddenly felt a sense of despair. If it was all at this level, then there was no need to continue.

But he also thought that Tamahide Yoshiro found Hideo Kojima in this situation, so Jester still had to endure the interview and continue.

There were ten people applying for game development this time. Jester took advantage of the opportunity when the previous interviewer left to look through the resumes below.

However, the resumes are all in Japanese. Most of the content on it is not very clear to Jester. However, in the name column, the real names are used - the characters in Japanese are divided into real names and kana, and the real names are Chinese characters. , and those other than Chinese characters are called kana. In Japan, although their names can be written in the form of kana spelling, in truly formal occasions, in order to show their respect for this matter, this person or this occasion, they usually write their real names.

For example, Japanese people use their real names on their business cards, their real names on their invitations, and their real names on their resumes.

So just by looking at his name, Jester would still recognize him.

After quickly turning the page, he saw a very familiar name. He was startled and couldn't help but pull out the resume and looked at the black and white photo on the resume carefully. The slightly childish appearance in this photo gradually overlapped with the appearance of a person in his memory.

Matsuno Yasuki.

At this time, a new applicant pushed in the door. This was a young applicant with a very young face, slightly disheveled hair, a freshly shaved beard and a slightly blue chin.

After he came in, he bowed and said his name.

He spoke in Japanese, and Jester didn't know what he was talking about, but judging from his appearance, it was Matsuno Yasuki.

Tamahide Yoshiro, who was sitting next to Jester, glanced at Matsuno Yasuki's resume that Jester was holding in his hand, and reminded him in a low voice: "He is Matsuno Yasuki, a top student at Japan University of Political Science and Law, but He has dropped out of school. His hobbies are very similar to those of Hideo Kojima. He hoped to become a director or a game designer, but the results were not very successful, so he originally planned to resume school again, but after seeing our recruitment notice After that, I postponed my return to school and came all the way from Tokyo to participate in our recruitment."

Hearing Tamahideyoshiro's words, Jester took a serious look at the young man in front of him. To be honest, the young Matsuno Yasuki was still very similar to the Matsuno Yasuki twenty or thirty years later, even There aren't many changes in body shape. Just as thin.

Looking at the slightly familiar young man in front of him, Jester couldn't help but have some scattered memories about Matsuno Taiji flashing through his mind.

If Matsuno Yasuki's favorite thing besides movies and video games is DND and rock, especially Queen, which is his favorite. This is the same as Jester, but Matsuno Yasuki likes it the most. Queen's song is queen-ii. This song perfectly showcases Freddie MacRae's ethereal and clear voice and the natural sound of weird and jumping heavy metal rhythms.

Among the information that Jester has read about Matsuno Taiki, the famous one is also his masterpiece "ogre-battle". It was during the boring day and night that he continued to revel in the Queen's music album called queen-ii. The creation is completed. Matsuno Yasuki was so deeply affected that he created a mythical novel "ogre-battle-saga" with eight chapters. The name of "ogre-battle" was taken from the first song of the B-side of the record.

This English name may not be familiar to many domestic players, but after it is translated into Chinese, many senior players who have experienced that era will know this game in an instant - the Chinese translation of "ogre-battle" is "Royal Knights" 》.

A true masterpiece.

And he. This is exactly what Jester needs most, someone who can write a Western fantasy game plot script that is magnificent, shocking and acceptable to the Japanese. He uses a lot of cinematic narrative techniques to depict characters and characters from multiple angles. Promote the way the plot is written. It also fits Jester’s understanding of Fire Emblem very well.

After Tamahideyoshiro asked Matsuno Yasuki some simple personal questions, Jester made a gesture to Tamahideyoshiro, and they had made an appointment before. As long as Jester makes this gesture, it means that Jester wants to ask the question himself.

"Can you speak English?" Jester asked first. This condition is very important in Jester's eyes. After all, his team will start developing "Fire Emblem" in the United States. There must be a large number of Americans among the employees. All employees must be able to communicate normally and exchange ideas. Therefore, English is a skill that must be mastered.

Hearing Jester's words, Matsuno Yasuki nodded. His English was very stiff, especially the biggest shortcoming of English speaking in Japan, which was the inability to pronounce many voiced sounds, which was also clearly reflected in him, but after all, Jester After listening hard, I could still understand what he said.

For example, just now, when Jester asked him if he could speak English, he stammered and replied that he could speak a little but not very proficiently.

Jester frowned after hearing this reply.

"So can we have a daily conversation?".

This time Matsuno Yasuki nodded: "If you don't speak fast, it won't be a big problem."

"Okay, let me ask you a few questions first." Jester responded. At the same time, he picked up the copy of Matsuno Yasuki's resume that he had placed on the table, and then said, "I saw You said that you like role-playing games with DND rules, and you also like to read Western fantasy novels, and you are also very confident in your writing. You said that when you were in school, you often earned Internet fees by publishing articles for the school newspaper—— So, if I ask you to write a Western fantasy novel, can you do it?"

As soon as Jester finished speaking, a strange look appeared on Matsuno Yasuki's face.

He looked at Jester's deliberately serious expression on his face, swallowed, thought for a few seconds, and replied: "Mr. Interviewer, in fact, I am currently working on a film similar to what you are talking about. A novel of this style, but only two chapters have been written. If you agree, I can show it to you right away - the two chapters of the novel are in my briefcase, and my briefcase is in the room. Outside."

This surprised Jester. He didn't know when "ogre-battle-saga" was written by Matsuno Yasuki. Therefore, Jester paused and asked about this book written by Matsuno Yasuki. The title of the novel.

And Matsuno Yasuki didn't doubt him, he answered simply and clearly.

"ogre-battle-saga."