88 < EP. 20: Production Presentation (1) >

Mid-October 1990. An event hall situated within Tokyo Ueno Park.

“Sir, I'll turn on the lights. ”

“Okay. Turn it on from the left. ”

As my signature fell, the intense spotlight poured down and suddenly brightened up inside the event chairman who had darkened.

Then elasticity flowed from the mouths of the Pentagon Soft staff who decorated the event hall together.

It was not a big event hall, but it was enough space to announce the creation of the Pentagon Soft Game.

“No problem on the left, the next right. ”

Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii! When the lights were on both ceilings, it lit up like daylight inside the chairman.

After checking all the lights on either side, I shouted to the people on the distribution plate from a distance, circling with my arms.

“Okay!! Both are fine. So let's turn the lights off again and play the video that we've prepared. ”

The ceiling lights go out at the same time, and a sudden, invisible darkness approaches.

And after a while. The promotional animation of the Tamago monsters was played on the large screen installed on the front.

“I invite you to join the world's first monster battle!! ”

Along with the voice of a woman reading it, numerous monsters appearing on the Tamago-san began to fill the screen at a rapid rate, showing off their skills.

Immediately, from a darkened screen, Bahamut, the best transmitter, soared high in the sky, opened his big mouth in the air and cast the best technique called "Mega Flair."

“Gruoo!!! ”

As the nervous monsters enter battle position at the Brest of Bahamut, they are about to swallow all the monsters, lightning strikes from the sky, and Odin, the thunder god, in front of them, stops Brest of Bahamut.

Then Hayashi, who was watching the video, admired it and swept up his glasses.

“Yaaaa! This is not a quality joke. Sir?”

“So this is how much promotional footage...”

“But, sir, When is my snoring coming out? ”

Kaori, a monster designer, asked me a finger, and Hayashi, who was next to me, answered on my behalf.

“You passed away the first time, but you were buried in the characters in 0.1 seconds. ”

“Ugh, really? ”

At that moment, Kaori's horrific words ended, and as he leaped up behind Odin's back, Bikachu started shooting lightning and cannons at Bahamut, and numerous monsters followed behind him.

Those are the main characters of the Tamago monsters.

When I saw the promotional video running smoothly like water with my arms folded, I smiled.

Finally, Odin raises his staff toward the flying Bahamut, overlooking the giant wings, and a huge lightning bolt strikes the Black Dragon from the sky.

“Khoo!!! ”

Along with the agonizing roar of dragons, his epidermis was torn, and at the same time, Bahamut evolved into the ultimate evolutionary form of 'Bahamut’ and exhibited a full screen of pressure.

The staff of Lord Odin of Thunder moves once again as a nervous monster army watches over Bahamut, and Bahamut announces the end of the epic promotional footage of launching the ultimate skill, Giga Flair, towards Odin.

-1991 Spring Animation Coming-

“Whoa!”

As they watched the promotional footage of the Tamago monsters, Pentagon employees started applauding each other with a resilience.

As I expected, one quality is outstanding...

After a few more videos of the Pentagon Soft production announcement tomorrow, we left the presidency after all preparations were made.

“Wow, I'm looking forward to this tomorrow. ”

Morita and Hayashi returned after sending their employees to work late at night. And Kaori was waiting for me.

“Kaori, are you there yet? ”

Eighteen-year-old girl, who had not yet fallen short of her hair, looked up at Hayashi and replied.

“I heard that if you wait here with the chiefs, the chiefs will buy you dinner. ”

“How about a quick beer? Khaori is a joke, and I'll buy it today. ”

I laughed when I saw them looking at me with their eyes full of hope.

“Okay, let's go. ”

After a while, we moved to a skewered house near the station, where we sat around a small table and shared the boat.

“Khh ~ ~ I work for this flavor. ”

“Hayashi, haven't you been drinking lately? ”

Maurita looks worried as she looks at Hayashi emptying half a 500cc cup of beer in a heartbeat.

“Don't you think I should drink because you can't drink? ”

When we first met, Hayashi, who was a little nervous, entered the Pentagon Soft and changed a lot. Maurita has always been a poor alcoholic, so she was always the substitute for Oolong tea at the banquet.

At that time, Kaori, who had a red face on a sip of beer, opened his mouth.

“I'm worried about tomorrow. ”

“Yes? Why? ”

“The Valentine's Day campaign. I thought I was actually going to faint from that. ”

“Well, that scares the hell out of me. ”

According to Kaori, Morita, who was drinking Urong tea, trembles.

The reason they have this reaction is because the promotional footage of Valentine's Day was taken by actual actors in special costumes, not by game screens or animations, directly at the school.

Among them, it was a scene where the protagonist who was hiding in the bathroom looked through the door of the floor to see the ghost chasing him.

In broad daylight, when I saw the projector in Pentagon Soft's conference room, everyone was screaming and screaming.

Suddenly, the memory of that day came to my mind, and Hayashi asked me as she was choking and smiling.

“You said it was used in that video TV commercial. ”

“Cut it into three slices? ”

“Will that pass through the broadcast? ”

“I asked Yuki about it.”

After talking about Yuki working in the field, all three of them were waiting for my words.

“Well, I heard it's going to be a little difficult. ”

Kaori nods and opens his mouth.

“Look at that. I knew it. ”

“Still, I'm going to revise the content bit by bit and send it out until it's cleared for review.”

“Anyway, I'm looking forward to tomorrow. Valentine's Day in a Tamago monster. And then final-frontier four, developed by the first development team, and then finally...”

Hayashi, who was sitting next to her, quickly stopped her.

“Shh... I can hear people nearby. ”

“Oh, I'm sorry. ”

I knew there was a way to clean up after a drink. I smiled at the mouth of the iceberg and lifted the beer. Everyone came out and smashed the cup and prayed for tomorrow's propaganda.

&

The next day, 11: 00 a.m.

To facilitate the event, Pentagon Soft's marketing associates went to the event alone instead of their headquarters.

One of the staff members found me while checking the schedule for a production presentation starting at 1: 00.

“Sir, I got a call from Miyazaki at the Tamago Shop. ”

“Miyazaki?”

I checked a few important points and escalated them to the staff and headed to the staff room.

“Hello, I've changed my phone. ”

“Ah, sir. I'm sorry you're so busy preparing for the presentation. ”

“No, thank you. So what's going on at the store? ”

“Oh, it's not about the store, Uchimura came to see me. I want to see the deputy director.”

“Mr. Uchimura asked me? ”

“Yes, what do I do? I have a production presentation today, so should I tell him to come back later? ”

I answered Miyazaki's question after summarizing my thoughts for a moment.

“Miyazaki, can you bring Mr. Uchimura here now? ”

“Yes? Today's presentation is open only to gaming industry professionals, right? ”

“That's okay. I want to hear what you think about Valentine's Day, and I have a story to tell you, too. I'll see you at the event. ”

In Akihabara, where Tamago Shop is headquartered, Ueno doesn't catch a few stops by train, so it should be close by soon...

&

Shortly after, industry workers who sent invitations began visiting the venue at 12: 30 pm.

Among them, there used to be a mix of people who were happy to leave Mintendo to support technology. Mr. Hojima at Fox Soft, Mr. Kawata at HEG Labs. Yuji from Phoenix Soft and many others attended.

But is it because he refused to offer me a second party the other day?

We sent out invitations, but none of Minten's employees showed up.

“Joon-Hyuk!”

Turning his head to the familiar voice, today's news reporter Junpei, who came out wearing a baseball cap, was approaching me from a distance.

“Wow! Seeing you in a place like this reminds me of the Mintendo Production Conference. ”

“It's a lot more comfortable than that. How much did it cost to rent an event hall here? ”

“It's a nice atmosphere compared to that. I think the screen system is pretty good, too. ”

“We've prepared a tea party, so eat it yourself if you're hungry. ”

“Yes, I look forward to the presentation. ”

Since then, while shaking hands with industry members visiting the venue, the lights of the venue have dimmed slightly and a moderator announced the beginning of the production presentation has been heard.

“The Pentagon Soft production announcement is coming up soon, so please take your seats. Again, Soon.

While I was talking to Yuji in Phoenix Soft about Dragon Warrior 5, which will be released in the super family, I saved my understanding and headed to the Pentagon Soft executives.

In the middle of the round table prepared in the event hall was the name of each company, while officials from Mintendo or the NEGA did not attend, almost all tables were filled with officials.

In Japan's current gaming industry, the Pentagon Soft has proven to be overwhelming.

A few moments later, the Kawaguchi representative steps onto the stage on the right-hand side of the stage with a theme song from the Final Frontier announcing the start of the event.

“In the meantime, I want to thank you all for attending our Pentagon Soft production presentation. Our Pentagon Soft started with Final Frontier 1 in 1986, and at the end of last year we launched the Mintendo Super Family's launch title, 'The Walk Without Me’ and the Tamago Monster, which started selling in mid-July this year. And today is exactly the 100th day of Tamago-san's launch. ”

A lot of applause started pouring in from industry members gathered in the hall in Kawaguchi's comments.

He smiles awkwardly as he takes a moment to rest his words until the atmosphere subsides.

“Thank you so much for the applause. But I think you already know that there's someone else who deserves this applause. I've also had a lot of help from this guy for a long time, and now as the Second Development Team Manager at Pentagon Soft, I am the best director of my company who has planned for the streets and the Tamago monsters. Meet Kang Jun-hyuk.”

“Ooooo!! ”

People reacted hot because they were already famous in this industry in their own way.

I swallowed deep breaths and slowly began to climb up the single phase.

The Kawaguchi leader held my hand and whispered in a small voice until he reached the top of the platform.

“Please take good care of it. The real boss.”

On behalf of the Kawaguchi Representative, I stepped up on the platform and waited for a moment for Park Sook to recede before slowly opening my mouth.

“I guess I used to have a lot of technical support back in Minten. There are so many familiar faces, I can't help but feel like I'm at a reflex. ”

You hear laughter in the words to relax you.

“Those of you who know me personally know that I'm not a supportive person. It's the same for this presentation. All questions will be answered after the presentation. Enjoy it. Oh, and one thing. If you have a heart condition, please wear the eye patch and earplugs we prepared for you at the start of the second promotion, Valentine's Day. So... here we go. ”