Silence filled the meeting room.
Takata stared at the grid on the whiteboard, his mind racing at top speed.
This kind of gameplay completely shattered existing game classifications.
It was neither an action game nor a traditional tactical battle game.
It perfectly blended the resource management of real-time strategy, the positional defense of tower defense, and a light, casual art style.
"Keep single-match times around five minutes," Nakayama Takuya said as he sat back down in his chair and took a sip of coffee. "It can be paused at any time. No infrared communication needed, no playing against others. It relies on a pure, addictive single-player gameplay loop."
Hisao Oguchi drew a heavy circle around the words Plants vs. Zombies in his notebook.
"This pitch is indeed very well-suited for a handheld." Oguchi offered his evaluation.
He raised his head and looked at the other team leads.
"Did you understand? What does it mean to break out of the framework? Your minds are always thinking about how to make more complex systems, how to pile on more numbers. The Senior Managing Director's pitch only uses up, down, left, right, and AB buttons, but the strategic depth is by no means low."
Several team leads nodded one after another, thoroughly convinced.
This design approach of using four ounces to move a thousand pounds truly gave them a lesson.
"Oguchi-san, implement the personnel transfers before the end of work today." Nakayama Takuya pushed that development kit toward his side. "Tomorrow morning, I want to see those ten newbies sitting in my temporary office."
"No problem." Oguchi closed his notebook.
The meeting ended.
The various team leads hugged their development kits and left the meeting room one after another, their footsteps hurried.
Everyone had been stimulated by Nakayama Takuya's words and was anxious