Chapter 182 Under the Eyes

Author: Quiet Thought

Chapter 182 Under the Eyes

As Nintendo's first portable gaming console, it is also the creative inventor of GAME WATCH.

Yokoi Junhei has high expectations for the performance of GAME WATCH, so he pays attention to the sales of handheld machines every week.

As usual, it is time for the sales summary results to come out in the week.

Yokoi Junhei also sat in his office, checking the latest sales data.

80,000 pieces are another satisfactory number. Yokoi Junhei comfortably picked up the teacup and took a sip.

Since the launch of G&W in early May, as of the end of June, the total sales of G&W have exceeded 500,000 units in two months.

This number not only shocked the group of colleagues with a stern face at the seminar at the beginning of development.

Even Nintendo's big boss, Yamauchi Koto, felt it was unexpected.

Because when Yokoi Junhei told him in the car that he wanted to make a game console that adults can also play in the size of a calculator.

Yamauchi didn't take it seriously at all. He just didn't want to hit Yokoi Junpei's enthusiasm.

Thinking of asking him to give it a try, he introduced Sharp to him so that the two could solve the problem of LCD screen together.

Unexpectedly, G&W's performance exceeded everyone's expectations.

It sold 200,000 units in the first month of its release. When I saw it, I couldn’t even sit there.

Immediately ordered Yokoi Jun to start developing the second game.

One game and one handheld console, priced at 5,800 yen for G&W.

Nintendo's profit per handheld console exceeds 1,000 yen, making a fortune.

So for every game developed, there is a reason to launch a GAME WATCH.

Then what else is there to hesitate about? The second game is about to be released.

As the head coach of the GAME WATCH victory, Yokoi's status in Nintendo has also risen.

Regarding the subsequent game to be equipped with handheld consoles, he had some different ideas in his mind.

Can the game arcades that are very good sold in the club be ported?

However, the guys in charge of game design in the arcade department are a little stubborn, and it is not easy to convince them.

No matter what, with GW's current performance, it's not difficult to accomplish this.

Just convince President Yamauchi. After all, as long as it can make a profit, the president will definitely agree.

Thinking of this, Yokoi Junping put down his sales report and decided to go out for a walk.

Nintendo's headquarters in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto City, is surrounded by game halls and karaoke entertainment venues.

As a game practitioner, these places in the game hall are also frequented by Yokoi Junhei.

It’s not that he likes to play games, but just to see what games are popular now.

Maybe you can get some inspiration from it and provide some good ideas for future game design.

Moreover, there are Nintendo arcades in these game halls, and some of them are even Yokoi Junhei who are involved in the design.

The action-oriented man came out of the Nintendo building soon and walked in when he passed by the convenience store to buy a glass of iced coffee.

In June and July, Japan is in the hot summer. Yokoi Junhei, who had just come out of the building for a while, was already sweating profusely.

He took a glass of iced coffee and walked to the bar facing the transparent glass. Yokoi Junhei was about to sit down and rest for a while.

However, his eyes were attracted by the two chattering children in the bar area.

"Kenta, let me play for a while. Please, can I use my gaming console to exchange it with you?"

Hengtai took his hand machine to his good friend Kenta and looked at him eagerly.

Unfortunately, Kenta's eyes were still staring at his hands.

"No, Hengtai. Your game is not fun at all, you'll get tired of it in five minutes."

While talking, Kenta kept pressing the attack button on the handheld machine with his fingers.

As he moved, a "biubiubiu" sound made people curious.

"Haha, my anger is full again. Go to the death, aliens!"

Jianta suddenly exerted force with both hands, pressing and holding the arrow keys and attack keys at the same time.

A wave of light on the screen slowly spreads upward from bottom to top, and wherever it goes, the light spots that act as enemy planes disappear one after another.

"Si Guoyi!" At this time, Hengtai didn't care about asking to change and play with his friends.

He simply threw his game console to the side of the bar, stretched his neck and squeezed his head with Jianta's head, and looked at the screen together and shouted excitedly.

However, the two little guys were so excited that they couldn't help themselves. Yokoi Junpei, who was sitting next to them, had a serious expression.

If he read it correctly, the one who was thrown on the bar was his proud work GAME WATCH.

The red and red borders and silver interfaces were designed by myself.

Now it was thrown aside like a mustard of grass, which has to be said to have deeply stimulated Junpei Yokoi.

This is the first time he has seen him treat GAME WATCH customers like this.

Moreover, this customer is a group like children, and they have the most direct feedback on the fun to some extent.

Fun is fun, and not fun is fun.

You can't force it, and you can't do it.

Yokoi Junhei turned his gaze again, a mysterious machine that attracted the attention of the two children.

At first glance, the appearance seems to be somewhat similar to the GAME WATCH, both of which are palm-sized rectangular handheld machines.

In order to see more details, Yokoi Junhei couldn't help but stretch his head.

"Hey, uncle, what do you want to do?!"

Suddenly, Kenta, who noticed a shadow in front of him, looked up and saw a strange uncle unknowingly approaching him.

The alert Kenta immediately put away his game console and made the moves of ready to retreat at any time.

He remembered his mother's explanation. When he met a strange uncle, it was best to stay away immediately.

"Uh" Yokoi Junhei, who was regarded as a suspect, retracted his head awkwardly.

"Little kid, don't get me wrong, I'm attracted to it."

As he said that, Junhei Yokoi pointed at Kenta's hand, which was already covered by him.

"Eh?" Kenta and Hengta looked at each other in surprise.

The strange uncle also likes to play games? Didn’t his mother buy it for him?

"You also like "Thunder and Lightning"?" Jian Tai looked at the suspicious uncle in front of him suspiciously.

Yokoi Junhei was stunned for a moment, then nodded quickly. "Hay, I like thunder and lightning, too."

"That's how it's?" Jiantai nodded like a little adult, then turned around and pointed to the shelf not far behind him.

"Hey, there is it there. But I can't help you with uncle. If you don't have money, you can only go home and ask your mother for it."

Yokoi Junhei subconsciously looked at Kenta and pointed at the shelves. It seemed that there was indeed a similar handheld machine there.

He turned his head and was about to thank him, but there were no two little guys in front of him.

With another look, they were making all kinds of faces at themselves outside the glass window.

Yokoi Junhei smiled in silence. He was so naughty.

But the matter is important. After a little sigh, he stood up with a serious expression and headed straight for the shelves.

Before he arrived at the shelves, a specially customized publicity billboard attracted his attention.

"Really. Two games! Not the one that impersonates the two ways of playing!"

Yokoi Junhei's face turned hot, but he immediately reacted.

What does my face have to do with hot? What does it have to do with me?

However, when he saw the game console next to the billboard, he became furious again and then his face turned red.

Why?

Because right next to that strange handheld machine, there is my own GAME WATCH.

And by chance, there was a tilted thumb next to the second half of the sentence on the billboard that pretended to be two games.

The place where your thumb points is the location of your own GAME WATCH.

This thumb is upside down, quite sarcastic. Let's look at where it is pointing in secret.

Junhei Yokoi, who was already a little guilty, was of course angry and embarrassed.
To be continued...