BANDAI WONDERSWAN - The *REAL* Sequel To The NINTENDO GAMEBOY ?! - Gaming History Documentary
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In today's episode of Handhelds Round The World, Lady Decade looks back at the Bandai Wonderswan, Bandai Wonder Swan Color & Bandai Wonder Swan Crystal. The Wonderswan was created by Gunpei Yokoi, the father of the Nintendo Gameboy. Let us look back at this system, what it has to offer and how it is remembered today.
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Ah, the Wonderswan. It's a shame they didn't think it would take off in America; there's a lot of exclusives it had that looked pretty good.
Also, never forget how it never getting released in the states confused the hell out of a lot of Digimon Tamers fans over who exactly Ryo is.
3.5 million isn't too bad for a Japan-only handheld system. People often forget that Nintendo is the only company that has had consistent success in handheld gaming. Sony did very well with the PSP as the best selling non-Nintendo handheld, but that was the outlier. Next to PSP's 85 million sales, the next is a long drop to the PSVita which sold 16 million, then the Game Gear at 10 million.
@@Stevie-J The point I was making is that a lot of people assume the handheld market is very lucrative. That's only been the case for Nintendo.
So when people say they want Sony to make another handheld or for Microsoft to enter that market, they don't realize that it probably wouldn't work out well for them.
"81+ million PSP sales"
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I’m actually surprised to learn that GameGear sold only 10 million.
Rest In Peace Gunpei Yokoi & Satoru Iwata. Thank you both for your incredible contributions and changing this beautiful world for the better. You both will be severely missed but your impact never to be forgotten.
I would have grabbed Wonderswan Color just for final fantasy alone.
Literally always wanted a Wonderswan. Wish they'd brought them out over here at the time when I was big into handheld gaming. Great video as always LD!
So get one then.
Wow, so many systems ive never heard of. So cool, i love learning about video game history.
Glad you enjoyed!
6:59 “withered technology,” shows Zordon dying 😂. Great video as always! Thank you very much.
I was waiting for you to do this vid! Thank you I enjoyed it.
Been going back watching all your old content after being recommended your channel, love the effort put into all these videos. Top notch quality, Keep up the great work!
R.i.p Gunpei Yokio, man's an underrated visionary when it comes to the handhelds he envisioned and produced.
I knew about the Wonderswan but I didn't know Gunpei was the creator,also what he said about Nintendo makes everything they've done in terms of hardware make sense now
I remember seeing the WonderSwan in stores. But they weren't readily available, most were sold out already. Knowing its vast library was pretty cool. Just a bummer it did not last long. The Game Boy was a tough rival.
Yokoi's last project, always and forever a memory for all to keep in their gaming hearts
I enjoy seeing you cover "handhelds around the world" too. Love this
Have fond memories of importing my Wonderswan Crystal in the early 00s and playing Front Mission on it, years and years before the DS remaster. Even though it was in Japanese I knew the script well enough to get through the game. It seemed like a big deal at the time that a game like that was portable. Great video!
@Lady Decade I like how yours and your husbands content compliments each other but is still presented in your own unique styles. Keep up the good work!
Great video as always! Always learn rare tidbits of info from your videos that I never see anywhere else on RUclips or on the internet in general. Great look at back at video game history.
I remember having to choose between a Wonderswan and Neo Geo Pocket as a kid. Chose a Wonderswan and went on to regret it on one hand as for years only had one Japanese game.
But have remained fascinated by it and grown to love it. One of my favourite consoles to collect for. Really enjoyed this look back at it.
Watched til the end... I was obsessed with Twisted Metal 2. I also played Sims because of my sister always playing it. I loved the video but it is too bad about the Wonder Swan because it seemed to be a very good handheld with good game selection.
Great video, Lady Decade!
Can't believe how long it's taken for this channel to make its way onto my suggested videos but I'm pleased it does. Really enjoyed this thanks :D
Your videos are such a treat after a long day at work
Just discovered your channel. I really enjoy your documentary videos. I always wondered what the deal was from this fantastic handheld. I noticed you were holding an Evercade at the end of the video. I am obsessed with the Evercade and dedicated my channel to it.
Amazing video, always wanted to know more about this thing!
Gunpei was spot-on about technology. You don't need your hardware to be anything close to top of the line, you just need creativity and innovation. He's been proven right time and time again. Remember those very popular Tiger LCD games in the late 80's and throughout the 90's? Those things were using what had to be early or mid 70's tech, but it didn't matter. They took off because they were a much cheaper alternative to buying a console game, plus they looked cool. They had nice art on them and were very collectable.
Clicked for the WonderSwan video ... re-watched the opening for the beautiful buildings. I can't wait to visit Europe again!!
I guess you can say the Wonderswan was Yokoi's swan song.
Nintendo's dominence over the handheld market is probably the reason Bandai held a petty grudge against Nintendo for a while and only supported Nintendo very limitedly before merging with Namco.
I knew of the Bandai Wonderswan, but I'll admit that my knowledge of it was slim. It had many cool aspects to it so it was nice learning more about it, as well as how plans were considered to release it elsewhere.
I do recognise a handful of the Wonderswan games that did later release on GBA (and even PSP in one case).
Gunpei Yokoi died in early October of 1997.
I was born in late December that same year.
His death still makes me feel heartbroken.
Great video!! I remember the wonderswan made a cameo in one of the Street fighter alpha anime movies.
Yokoi's death is one of the shadiest deaths I've ever heard if. The literally survived a car accident involving a car to eventually get hit by a car right after. No wonders why some people believe that it was planned by Yamaguchi
13:30 "...There was a Wonderswan for YOU"
Fixed😂 Need that dad humor
Polish viewer says "hi" 🙃
It's very nice that you visited Poland, these buildings seemed very familiar to me :)
Excellent video! I own one of these out of eBay and it does feel like a natural evolution of the Game Boy. Some games really do deserve to be played by the American audience, too bad they decided to skip us.
WonderSwan would have sold more than 3.5 million if they marketed it outside Japan.
My fav Joy Division record is warsaw, hadnt gave it a listen in a while. Thanks for the reminder!
Funny fact this system is actually featured in the street fighter alpha anime movie.
I just watched it last night and I noticed
It’s also on Neón Genesis Evangelion,Asuka plays it all the time. Neon Genesis Evangelion also shows the Sega Saturn.
Everyone knows, the GameBoy successor is the GameMan. Ba-dum-dum-tsssss. Great video :D
Enjoy the holidays
Nice Guilty Gear Petit rendition of Holy Orders as BGM ;)
Nice to see you in my country. Greeting from Łódź (city "near" Warsaw)
i love all your content Lady Decade
I've had my hot tea and I'm still here and I'm still watching and I'm still here and I'm writing a comment and I'm looking forward to the next one yeeeeeaaaah. I never paid much attention to Kelsey Lewin but from the detail here I can see why she likes the Wonder Swan.
It blows my mind that they didn't pursue a color LCD from the outset seeing as it would have given them an obvious leg up over the original Gameboy.
Your show is so informative thank you
There! I told the comment section before, this type of content switched to lady decade's channel! Love the videos either way from both channels tho
Best regards from Poland!!! I love you
Not sure why this turned up in my feed today. Would love to see a return of handhelds around the world. But only if we get a theme song.
Awesome Video, Lady Decade 😎
Thank you! 😁
Another great video❤
Lady Decade always reminds me of the coolest consoles 👍😎😎
I loved the use of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers SNES soundtrack for the background music. (by the way, that game was distributed by Bandai.) I played the heck out of that game when I was a kid and it was one of my favorite SNES games. Took me a while, but I eventually beat it. I couldn't beat it without using passwords, though. lol
Anyway, the Bandai WonderSwan is an interesting piece of gaming hardware. I've heard of it before, but I never delved into the history behind it, so thanks for making this video. The shape of the console looks really cool and I like the idea of being able to hold the console horizontally or vertically and play certain games in either landscape mode or portrait mode, with the buttons designed for playing in either orientation. Having a device that can play games in either landscape or portrait mode is commonplace nowadays with smartphones and tablets, but back when the WonderSwan was first released, this was innovative stuff. Gunpei Yokoi was ahead of his time.
It's a shame the WonderSwan wasn't released outside of Japan. This would've been something I would've wanted as a kid and probably would've had fun with if I owned one. Why is it that so much cool gaming related stuff made in Japan doesn't get released outside of the country? 🙁
I knew I recognized that music from the MMPR game!
Love the Final Fantasy music at the beginning of the video. Have you heard the rendition on Symphonic Suite? It’s an album of orchestral arrangements from the first three games and I believe it’s the first concert ever put together of Uematsu’s music. There’s an early draft of the Prelude melody on there, totally worth a listen.
You wonder if it would have been better for Bandai and SNK to combine forces to take on Nintendo. The Wonderswan is a great looking console, the button layout is very clever and there were some interesting titles - but it was just too late to market.
What a beautiful city. Do you have a new camera ? The footage is gorgeous
Nah, just used my phone lol. I suppose natural light looks better than the lights I use at home xx
RIP Yakoi but damn, that pic of him on the 2Pac mural had me 💀💀💀
So thankful for the D-Pad. It's my favorite way to play.
Thank you.
P.S glad you were squiffy after the hot wine.
The wonderswan was a fantastic little system with alot going for it. From its Final Fantasy Exclusive bundle to its beautiful ports, it's something many of us dream of holding- if its price point and collectability wasn't so high!
I knew of the WanderSwan color through a RUclipsr comparing the differences between various versions of Final Fantasy and he shows the WonderSwan version and the audio sounds great. Too bad they didn't release it in the west it would provided the GBA with stiff competition.
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This console has an angle opportunity that is being put to waste. You can also hold this console diagonal. It funny angle but I think it could work
It's odd how the wonderswan is coming back in the public eye in 2021. Multiple RUclips videos,a feature in the new evangelion movie and more interest in the English speaking community in translation rom hacks (including one I worked on "Neon Genesis Evangelion- Angel raising project".shameless plug!) Even new battery packs for the IPS screens just came out. Excellent time to be a WS fan.
Kept you waiting, huh?
I'm familiar with Gunpei Yokoi and how he met his end unfortunately. 😔
Wonderswan was an interesting Handheld.
Pozdrowienia z Polski 🇵🇱
I wonder what else would've Mr. Yokoi brought to the handheld gaming scene, maybe a Switch before the Switch? I mean the wonderswan is as versatile as an smartphone, with the idea of either playing in vertical or landscape mode with buttons that let you play in either orientation, so many different kind of games or even gameplay modes in a same game can take advantage of it, and before smartphone no other portable console was made with the idea of let you play in any screen orientation with buttons (physical or on touchscreen) that can lead to whichever mode is used.
I think if Yokoi survived, there would've been a GBA Equivalent for the wonderswan.
Maybe it would've even gotten a western release.
Great, now I want one.
Another well done video. Keep it up!
Thanks, will do!
Wide Gunpei isn‘t real he can‘t hurt you
Every picture of him in this video:
Gunpei be W-I-D-E
I now wish I had a Wonderswan! :)
Would love one of these but with the lan.... wait, handhelds around the world.
Did THGM miss the WS in his series?
I was feeling sad hearing the story then this pops up 12:17 😂
I’d kill for a translation of the gundam games
Kelsey Lewin needs to team up with ya for this ep.
Really competitive sega game gear,Nomad and neo geo pocket which sold millions my fav game gear with portable battery
R.I.P. Gunpei Yokoi!
"Equal or as prejudiced as astrology", very good one Lady ;)
YES!! BRING US MORE!!
Man that sucked that this didn't arrive in Europe, and it had Final Fantasy I & II. Well, at least we got FF Origins in 2003, I still love the PS1 remakes of those.
Your husband is the luckiest man in the world :))
Nice episode.
Wow 40 hour battery life! Thats good tech.
Always wanted a wonderswan color
I know very little about the WonderSwan, but it’s definitely interesting. I’ve been tempted to look into buying one, but it might be awhile before I go there, for real, haha!… have you done a video about the Apple/Bandai Pippin?
Beautiful city enjoy your time there lady decade 👍
Good video, not sure how Warsaw is related to the wonderswan
I think the main problem with the Wonderswan was, ironically, its weight. Because the technology was so matured, it just felt flimsy in your hand. It didn't help that the cartridges had their pin connectors exposed. I honestly think it would have sold better if they had snuck some metal weights into the shell. It would have been perceived as higher quality.
I would be smiling if i passed a pot shop also @4:06
Where does lady decade come from? Before RUclips? Such professionalism can't be just spontaneous creation.
Oh how I wish I had one, I totally will one day.
I would have loved to see you visiting GOG’s headquarters while you were visiting Warsaw. 😁
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The Wonderswan is a charming little unit compared to the brickish GB, GBP, and GBL. Definitely more elegant than the toylike GBC and og GBA.
Nintendo did always kept an eye on their competitors,so it’s sno surprise that they were always able to stand their competitors in the way,including their gameboycolor,gameboy advance,nintendo DS etc,, just to name a few.
I agree with Gunpei Yokoi about games and creative use of technology mattering more than having the latest tech. My phone is far more powerful than my 3DS, and has a far better resolution screen. Yet if I want to do any sort of serious gaming on the go, I'm pulling out the 3DS. The games are better, the controls are better, and it's a lot less clunky to take out and put away than if I used one of those Bluetooth controllers with a bracket to hold a phone.
That death didn't sound like no accident???
Always wanted a wonderswan to go with my wonderborg
It's a shame we didn't get this because so many good DIGIMON games.
I think this is my favorite failure of a system. I think Nintendo used spies personally to watch what they let go. To bad they didn't do that with their N64 Programmer. Maybe Switch Online might work then.
For fixing N64 emulation, they could also headhunt some of the devs from successful emulator projects, or even license and port the emulator code.
Wonder Swan sounds like a working title.
Hey! I love the wonderswan!
Me too!