Playing with Power
The Gameboy release of Pokemon Silver and Gold almost didn't have the Kanto region included until this man came in and saved the day.
Who is Satoru Iwata?
How 'bout dem apples? You can keep dem apples! The vastly superior Genesis version of this game doesn't need them.
What is Aladdin?
While originally being introduced as a boring, although child friendly racer and platforming mascot, this character became mostly known for his lewd adventure of trying to return home to his girlfriend after a night of binge drinking.
Who is Conker (the Squirrel)?
After being banned from the circus after a failed prank almost killed a lion, this character's nemesis gets his revenge by kidnapping all the circus performers.
Who is Aero the Acro-bat?
This prolific composer has music that people who have never touched a video game would know. Even Grams would recognize tracks such as 'Overworld' and 'Athletic Theme'!
Who is Koji Kondo?
Being late to the party doesn't mean you had to have a large library! The SNES only launched with these three games in Japan.
What are Pilotwings, Super Mario World and F-Zero?
Release dates were basically unheard of for video games until this Genesis game, which also set the standard for the Tuesday release date for most games.
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Sonic2sday!)
Who needs time for retailers and consumers to prepare? This system is available today!
What is the Sega Saturn?
Originally designed as 'Yoshi Racing', this game was created after Nintendo rejected the project, which was then retooled and eventually found a home on the Sony Playstation.
What is Croc: Legend of the Gobbos?
While mostly being known for composing the background music associated with thugs getting punched in the face, this composer has also composed other great soundtracks for games such as 'ActRaiser' and 'Beyond Oasis'.
Who is Yuzo Koshiro?
While eventually leading to the creation of the Gameboy, the Game and Watch series of handhelds was Gunpei Yokoi's original foray into the handheld games market. This was the first release in that series.
What is Ball?
To gain more favorable licensing fees from Sega, this company reverse engineered a Genesis development kit and threatened to self publish if Sega didn't play ball.
Who is EA?
Originally marketed as the 'third pillar' in a line of product, this device caught mainstream attention and became an unexpected massive success.
What is the Nintendo DS?
Help this young man regain his grandfathers stolen bracelet by defeating an army of evil pigs in this criminally forgotten Playstation platformer.
What is Tomba!?
While now mostly being known for the composition of the 'Kingdom Hearts' series, it is less known that this composer scored most of the Street Fighter II soundtrack.
Who is Yoko Shimomura?
While Wii Sports is the official highest selling game on the Nintendo Wii, the sales numbers are artificially inflated due to the game being a free pack in with the console in most regions. This game is the actual highest selling game on the Wii with 37 million units sold.
What is Mario Kart Wii?
Who needs physical? While getting an American cartridge release on the Super Nintendo, this licensed Disney game only saw a USA release on the Genesis via the Sega Channel service.
What is (Donald in) Maui Mallard (in Cold Shadow)?
Originally under the title 'Monkey Nuts', this game was originally revealed at a Mac conference as a real time strategy game. A few years later, it took the console gaming world by storm and became a massive success.
What is Halo? (Halo: Combat Evolve if you want to be picky!)
Several Wii shovelware platformers such as Anubis II and Ninjabread Man were based off of an unreleased sequel to this mascot platformer, originally released on the Amiga.
What is ZooL (Ninja of the Nth Dimension)?
After being fired from Bungiee after years of composing multiple award winning scores, this composer went off to found Highwire Games.
Who is Martin O'Donnell?
Piracy is bad, unless you live in China. To try and combat piracy in the country, Nintendo developed this line of systems which involved downloading games to a memory card at designated Kiosks.
What is the iQue Player?
The 32X didn't exactly set the world on fire with it's high price tag and late release. This was the total number of games that were ultimately released for the ill-fated add-on in the USA. (Hint, its a multiple of 9).
What is 36 games?
Originally developed as a licensed Aliens game, negotiations went sour after the team requested more creative freedom from 20th Century Fox and thus, this title was born.
What is Doom?
Fake memories and princes in disguise, this titular character had quite the adventure in stopping his world from turning into a place of nightmares in this dream themed first outing.
Who is Klonoa?
While their current output feels a bit phoned in, this composer has shown he has more than what it takes to put out amazing soundtracks with scores for video games such as 'Valkyrie Profile', 'Star Ocean 2' and 'Shining the Holy Ark'.
Who is Matoi Sakuraba?