KNMC said:
In the contect of the Ogha Shrugs timeline, we need to study a lot of divergences.... but making a little resume. Gunpei Yokoi is still with Nintendo(with no pressure of the Playstation, Nintendo will easily delay or even outright cancel the virtual boy for the technology being pretty in infancy)? If yes, them the Wonderswam will never be released thus Bandai will save some money(the same money who they won with Digimon games was used to push the wonderswam without sucess), thus that must be cleared. So, SEGA want to merge with Bandai in OTL, Until the failure of the Saturn blocked that decission, maybe will be the merge possible? here for more info http://www.eidolons-inn.net/tiki-index.php?page=SegaBase+Saturn+p4&bl=y . If that so, maybe Bandai will push the Game Gear or Nomad with Digimon as much Pokemon Change the fortunes of the ailing gameboy(thus delaying both Color and Advance a few years) maybe keeping SEGA handled for some type of third parties. What happened to Square? in OTL with the money of PS1 they went so Bold that make the infamous movie final fantasy the spirit within, here being more moderate they will not make that mistake as OTL? and unlike OTL, they have more friendship with Nintendo thus yamauchi will not turn them off of the Gameboy/COlor & Advance until Enix merge change that? Enix take advantage of that, with Dragon quest remakes and new games, plus a pretty interesting game, Star OCean blue sphere: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeCYG12hMHs (yes that is gameboy & GBC game who looks and play as good as famicom, even super famicom game) Those thing are good to discuss be free to share ideas my friend |
I planned on Yokoi dying in a car crash around the same time, but in retrospect that makes little sense. I guess he could still be with Nintendo, but maybe he'd work with Bandai. My guess is he'd still be at Nintendo, but would have a less active role, mostly focusing on new handheld hardware.
As for the Sega/Bandai merger, I still don't think that would have happened. According to what I read from your helpful link, the problems were more on Bandai's side than Sega's. Maybe Sega could have still pushed a takeover through, thanks to the sheer amount of money they would have had, but Nintendo would have potentially been able to counter it.
My plan for Square takes note for what you said. The different direction of Final Fantasy 7 through 9, along with the reduced income, means that the Spirits Within movie is never made. Therefore, it never becomes a major loss, and Square remains independent through this day. Various Square games would thus appear on the Game Boy and Game Boy Color that didn't come in real life. However, I doubt any of these projects would have been groundbreaking. It's something to think about though.
Anyhow, thanks for the thoughts. I'll keep them in mind. And welcome to VGChartz!
