Game Market 1983

< EP. 41: D-125 (6) >

The demo footage prepared by Mr. Hojima shows that the protagonist Snake, who broke into the lab basement, headed for the elevator to avoid enemy surveillance.

I showed them all the stylish acts from the movie 007, either by knocking on the wall while hiding in a corner or by using a first-person tranquilizer gun while hiding in a vent.

Moreover, in the case of anesthetic guns, the precision of the effect is slow-acting depending on the area of the head or legs, indicating that it is different from the game so far.

“Wow, that's amazing.”

“Is that really the full metal gear I knew...? ”

The main character in the game 'Solid Snake’ was one of the charismatic characters that was always in the top 10 in popular game characters until the 90s and early 2000s.

His presence, tied tightly to a Bandana (hairband) and infiltrated the camp alone, was someplace lonely, lonely, but full of the charm of the solid-snake bay.

However, Houjima's innate sense of humor stood in front of an enemy on guard, either distracting his gaze or disguising himself as a pack of paper boxes.

Although opening the enemy's cabinet could replenish potions, "racing" or ammunition, devices such as hot actress bromide were enough to bring out the laughter of students gathered in the auditorium.

The promotional video, which was held in harmony while enjoying a little tension and wit, reached its peak with the emergence of 'Cyborg Ninja’, who simultaneously emitted an enormous presence while saving Dr. Otakon.

Snake, who pushed the Ottacon with the slow motion technique used in the movie, shot his pistol at the distance from the ninja.

Tsk!! Tinting!!!

The ninja in the white armor bounces off all of the protagonist's bullets with a single Katana in her hand.

“Huff, puff, puff...”

“Wow!!!! ”

Ha... It's really creepy to see that scene again.

After halving the last flying bullet, Cyborg Ninja turns Katana around between her arms and turns the tip of the sword to Snake in reverse.

As the camera angles gradually drifted away, a white title appeared between them pointing a gun and a sword at each other.

-Full Metal solid-

Soon after the promotion video ended, thunderous applause started pouring out from the students. Thus, the first third-party title of Complex Raon completed a successful debut with great interest from students.

“I... I'm creeped out.”

“Really. Awesome. ”

“Does this mean that the Pentagon's next generation of machines is also a 3D specialized console? ”

“Of course. Don't you see that graphic? That cyborg ninja is awesome... Is that a playable character, too? ”

Guns and Katanas... what better way to make a man's gamer boil blood?

Mr. Houjima looked at me with a satisfactory smile, whether he was impressed by their reactions.

His planning skills, which originally loved movies, tended to be way ahead of the times.

Traditional 2D sprite graphics were hard to capture in his head.

Houjima has adapted the direction of the game to top view format to ensure optimal gaming with fewer polygons by appropriately combining the instrument performance of Complete Raon with his performance. In the event scene, he performed his own unique look using camera angles, which recently became incredibly popular inside the Pentagon.

At the end of the title screen, in the bonus cookie footage, Snake exited the vent and hid himself in a nearby wooden box.

As an enemy soldier on patrol passes by him, howling his nostrils, he hears a radio from the headquarters.

“Cheeky. Snake. Do you have any idea what that soldier just sang? ”

“No, I have no idea. Do I need to know?”

“Being alone in a hostile camp can be overwhelming. Sometimes singing a nostril helps ease tension. ”

“I don't need it. You can burn a cigarette then. ”

“Oh, snap. I wouldn't recommend smoking personal DNA on a stealth mission. Smoking in particular includes carcinogens such as naphthylamine, nickel and benzene…”

“Commander... Commander!! ”

“Hmm? What? ”

“Are you on the radio right now to talk about it? ”

“Oh, well, I have business to attend to, so why don't you radio me? When I heard that soldier singing his nostrils, I remembered the old days. ”

“Old school? ”

“Oh, yeah. That song is 1995. This is the first song by Virtual Idol, from Pentagon Soft, Japan. Maybe the title was" Cheerleader for You "? ”

“I don't care. ”

“Oh my... Snake. Your emotions are pretty dull. ”

“Virgil Idol. The Colonel's personality seems a little unique to me. You used to love that song? ”

“Snake. If you make it back alive on this mission, I recommend you play. ”

“Phew... I'll keep that in mind. ”

“I beg your pardon, Snake. Cheerful!!"

After the radio talk between Solid Snake and Commander Zero, Houjima stepped off the stage in applause with a simple goodbye. And after a while. The students in the auditorium began to murmur with a puzzled look on their faces.

“What was that...? ”

“A cheerleader for you... Did you promote another game using a game called Full Metal Gear Solid? ”

“Something very fresh...? ”

“It's ridiculous and ridiculous for serious characters to talk like that. ”

I took a step towards the students and pulled out a mini album that was in the suit's pocket.

“For those of you who are here, I think you know what this album is. ”

As I held up the case of longitudinal paper containing the CD and presented it to the students, voices poured out with cheer.

“Ah! I really wanted to save it, but I couldn't in the end...”

“I solved that for free, and now it's worth 6,000 yen...”

“I wanted to buy it for 6,000, but I didn't see anyone selling it...”

“There was a guy who had dozens of those in each of the local gaming shops to save them, I saw on the PC. They're selling it in the Gulf of China...”

“Oh, I hate it when people like that...”

“Who says...”

I smiled bitterly at their reactions. There is a "repeat blower" in every age. Sold for 10,000 yen for free.

The students who looked at the CD in my hands with jealous eyes felt sad.

I straightened my neck for a moment and put the microphone in my mouth.

“When this mini-album was first released in the game shop, it was D-125. And the D-DAY is 100 days from today. In the next 100 days, you will be raising one virtual idol to suit your tastes. ”

“Raise an idol? Is this a new breeding simulation game? ”

“Hey, the genre doesn't matter right now. Did you not just hear that? It's a ‘one’ virtual idol to your liking...”

“One? Hey... have you seen this scenario before? ”

“A second coming in the streets without me.”

“So you're saying there's another singer who sings a different song than the one who came out for you the first time?

“What, what? I like anything, so I need you to open up about the content of the game...”

I barely swallowed the smiles on the faces of the struggling students, and I smoothed my throat for a moment and calmed the mood of the left.

“The 'Virtual Idol’ project, prepared as the launch of the Complete Raon, was built on a new way of gaming than ever before. With this game, you will become a manager for one of the organisers, debut her and schedule concerts and events. More information about the game will be in the next month's game magazine, and today we will unveil the first character, Katagiri Erica, who has been on the veil. ”

“Oh!!! Finally!!"

The students in the auditorium were impressed by the fact that they could see the character illustration that had been hidden in the silhouette, and they looked at the screen with excited eyes.

And after a while. 2D animations made for promotional use on white screens were played.

After pulling out the vent, the girl surrounded by her shoulder then bounced the guitar string a few times, clearing her voice, and sat on a small bench underneath the cherry tree.

“Hello, I'm Erica Katagiri. ”

You hear Kanna's voice playing the character through the speakers, and a smile is drawn on your mouth without even knowing it. Erica pulls the microphone in front of her and touches the tip of her lip.

Her close-up lips, full of screens, hear a tingling saliva.

“I'm going to play you a song today called ‘Cheerleader,’ which I wrote. For those of you who are tired from a hard day, I will try to comfort you for a while. ”

Later, her pretty hand bounces off the guitar strap, and a brown, single girl flashes across the screen.

No one spoke, no one listened to her voice, as she sings with her eyes closed.

Some of the professors who attended the seminar together showed an uncomfortable look on their faces that the students' reactions didn't make any sense, but they didn't say anything.

You've had a hard day.

A day like that when you don't do anything at all.

I know your sad heart...

Like a scattered pink cherry blossom in a promotional video, her cozy voice had the power to comfort the mind by listening.

So? At first, even the professors with hard expressions nodded and whispered to their neighbors as they approached the middle of the song.

Perhaps he told me that the song was better than I thought, and the professor who was listening to the whisper nodded and agreed.

With a brown single braid and a long braid, Erica was as good a character image as she imagined.

When I smiled at the students outside the middle screen, some seemed to have already become her followers.

“Ah... I'll definitely live as Erica once I launch Virtue Idol...”

“I... think Erica would be the best for anyone else to come out. ”

Soon after her cheerleader ended, she got up from the bench and greeted the students with a whistle and applause. I don't know if it's for me or Erica, but...

It was then that the sound of the whip resounded in the promotional footage that only knew it was over, and another charming voice resounded with Erica.

“Listen to my song!! ”

At the same time, another protagonist, whose whole body was covered with silhouettes, appeared.