Ok this entry is taking you into an alternate universe. One where the Playstation failed, Everybody hated pokemon and as a result Nintendo almost goes bankrupt. The XBOX still existed but nobody cared.

Now you might get confused the Playstation failed in this timeline so many games for it never game out or made it stateside also since Mega Man X5 and X6 were on PS1 they never existed either so in this time X5 is X7 and X8 is X6. Also Final Fantasy VII never made it stateside in this timeline either so X is IV. and so on.

Also hard as it is to accept the Dreamcast doesn't exist in this timeline either.

Ok step through the portal and enjoy.


Looking back on The Saturn 2
March 7th AC 15




Many people thought with the iffy launch of the Saturn. Every one thought that walkman maker Sony was going to be the new king of Gaming. However with high falure rates and few games at launch the Playstation failed. Sony soon pulled out of the Market. It was Nintendo VS Sega All over again. The Saturn flourished as Gamers were intrigued by Games like Nights and the AMAZING Sonic Xtreme. The Virtua Fighter Series took over the world and Pai and Lau Cosplays became common place as Anime Conventions grew in popularity. Meenwhile Nintendo Struggled Nintendo thought they could create a new Franchise, Called Pokemon these extremely boring RPGs Had your trainer wander around aimlessly collecting these ulgy creatures and then having them battle. It was a stupid premise and Nintendo pushing it as the next big thing led to their downfall. Who really throught an RPG about collecting "Pocket Monsters" was going to catch on. The tie in Anime was silly as well and bombed in the raitings. Coupled with multiple versions of it's Gameboy and an Uninspired 3d Mario Game Nintendo Lost tons of money and the follow up the Gamecube only helped to shape Nintendo as a 3rd party developer. Microsoft Also tried it's hands at console making. But few found a generic Sci Fi FPS about Relgious fanatic Aliens
and some boring ass green armored space marine to be all the endearing. With Halo a falure and DOA fans begging tecmo to bring it back to Sega. Microsoft had nothing and even the bottomless pit of money had to pull the plug. What with all the pressure on them trying to Make Windows ME the most stable OS ever created and all they couldn't afford to make a console and Maintain the greatness that was Windows ME.

So with that the Saturn 2 Reigned supreme Ken Kutaragi from Sony jumped to Sega after the Playstation Failed and helped Sega build the Saturn 2. Like the Saturn it was quite difficult to develop for but developers decided it was best to stick with Sega as by now they saw Nintendo as a sinking ship. Soon the Games would Trinkle in. Virtua Fighter 4 wowed gamers and 4 Evolution it's follow up amazed. Fighting Fans were in for a bigger treat when Guilty Gear X and X2 hit the system as well as a collection from one of the Saturn's best
the Street Fighter Alpha Anthology. Street Fighter III never got a Home port but 3rd strike
the 3rd arcade version hit the Saturn 2 with some degree of success as well as Hyper Street Fighter II. SNK also started to port most of

Fighters weren't all Sega had up their sleeves. Final Fantasy the obscure yet popular RPG series which has 12 installments in Japan finally returned to the US with Final Fantasy IV (Number 10 in Japan) and Final Fantasy V (which in Japan was 12) Star Ocean also made it's US debut along with Persona which was actually the 3rd installment in that series.

Mega Man Fans were shocked to see X in 3d with Mega Man X5 A strange Hybird 2d and 3d Game. It's Sequel X8 went 3d but stuck with 2d Gameplay. Sonic's 2nd 3d Romp since Sonic Xtreme hit with Sonic Heroes it's unique gameplay dynamic went overwell but it's Follow up a Game starring secondary character Shadow didn't do as well. Shinobi returned with a decent but Flawed 3d romp and it's follow up Kunoichi fared a little better. Sega Also reissued an enhanced Virtual On and a Sequel Virtual on Mars also made it out. A very unique Brawler/RPG Hybird came out as well called Yakuza it was a very interesting look into the Japanese Underworld.

God Of War and it's Sequel also hit Sega's monster as finally video games had nudity to go with all that blood. Though Breif the Sex scenes in the 2 God of War games changed the way games were made.

The Music Game Fad came and went. Konami's Dance Dance Revolution was fun at first but leg cramps and a few heart attacks later Konami stopped the music. Frequency and Amplitude were far more successful however the follow up Guitar Hero was a miserable MISERABLE falure. Soon developers realized if we want to make music we'll just actually buy insturments and do it our selves and the Music Game fad fadded away.

Another huge Falure was Rockstar Games' confusing Grand Theft Auto III. Players felt that GTA III for short took away everything that made the original 2d top down games fun. The Freeform gameplay and cartoony shock value didn't go over very well.

The Saturn 3 has been out for about a year now and it's had a slow start with games final starting to trinkle in. However Sega hasn't forgotten about it's fans who haven't made the switch and Many remake titles are hitting the system, Nights Deluxe, Black Belt 2, Virtua Fighter 2 Plus and many other under the Sega ages label. It's a good time to be a Sega fan and keep an Eye on the Saturn 3, It's going to do some amazing things.