Player Two Start: An SNES-CD Timeline

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Pyro

MightyMatilda said:
Prediction for this timeline: the N64 Superman game is released for the Ultra Nintendo, so a lot of people call it Ultra Superman, as awkward as that sounds. DC is more accepting of a 3D game where Supes fights real people, so the developers aren't forced to set the game in a virtual reality simulation. Even with a far less stressful deadline, the game is still buggy and awkward to control - just not as much, and the game gets fives and sixes across the board. In other words, the game is merely bad, rather than a punchline to jokes about licensed video games.
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On Earth-3 it would be Super Ultraman. :p
 

RySenkari

I noticed a mention of SNK's NeoGeo Pocket; OTL SEGA partnered with them to try and keep a stake in the handheld market, with Dreamcast compatibility for certain NGP Color games, and even releasing a Sonic game for it (Sonic Pocket Adventure), does something like that still happen ITTL? Or does that hint that the much debated Third Console might be a new NeoGeo system?
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It's not a NeoGeo system, I'll go ahead and confirm that right now :p We DO have a pretty good idea about what the next major handheld to challenge the Game Boy will be, but it may not be revealed for a while.

With the mention of Dwayne Johnson, I'm musing how his acting career will unfold ITTL. He did get his first big break as the Scorpion King in The Mummy Returns OTL. Wouldn't be interesting if DC/Warner Bros. tapped him for an earlier Shazam film.
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Right now his career is going the same as OTL, but with butterflies things might change for him later on.

I'd love to see TTL's equivalent of this timeline.

I'm sure the TTL AH.com'ers would call it a Sony-wank of the highest order and accuse the author of handing Nintendo the idiot ball for the N64.
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Oh, absolutely. And yes, TTL's Alternatehistory.com does have a TL based on OTL.

Great update, as usual. Loved the "beer bash" with Ted and Stone Cold. Does Vince McMahon still win the '99 Rumble?

Also, does Stone Cold still appear on Celebrity Deathmatch ITTL...or does that show even exist? (If it doesn't, at least it butterflies away the terrible PS2 video game...)
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Vince wins after Owen screws Stone Cold at the end of the Rumble, Owen tosses Stone Cold and thinks he's won, only for Vince to reveal that he's still in the Rumble, tossing Owen over as he's celebrating.

And yeah, Celebrity Deathmatch does indeed still exist and Stone Cold still appears on there.

Will we still see Who Wants to Be a Millionaire ITTL?
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Yes we do!

Personally, I would've thought that Bowser would make it to SSB before Zelda. I heard that the developers considered adding Bowser IOTL, but that could just be a false rumor. Also, it's pretty glaring that both of the TTL-only characters come at the end of the list (what games were Shad and Woofle from again?). On that note, I'm sure Smashers would later call this game Ultra Smash Bros. to prevent confusion.
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Shad's the star of Squad Four which is fairly major ITTL actually. And yeah, Woofle is from Dog Dash. There's actually a couple more TTL only characters in the unlockables, they'll be revealed in April's update.
 

Nivek

MightyMatilda said:
Even if Valis gets a mediocre installment, that's still better than the series choking on its own filth and releasing a porn title.


Roger Redux said:
Wait what?:eek: Mainstream porn release on Nintendo!?
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MightyMatilda said:
Not quite that bad. It was a 2006 visual novel, for PC.
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That was Telenet Itself was so bad killed the zombie of telenet forever, as someone played valis in genesis found that was... insulting is short but i will not say more for fear of ban, here at worst she will be in Nintendo Vault alongside other old franchises(Spoiler: That will not happen here)

So for now, the game was rushed, but if you fail, try again.


MightyMatilda said:
Prediction for this timeline: the N64 Superman game is released for the Ultra Nintendo, so a lot of people call it Ultra Superman, as awkward as that sounds. DC is more accepting of a 3D game where Supes fights real people, so the developers aren't forced to set the game in a virtual reality simulation. Even with a far less stressful deadline, the game is still buggy and awkward to control - just not as much, and the game gets fives and sixes across the board. In other words, the game is merely bad, rather than a punchline to jokes about licensed video games.
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Well, Superman 64 is that infamous affair otl, but we didn't pay attention to it, maybe was never in production or was just another beat em up for the superman movie. Here the worst game is Bubsy 3D in Saturn so far.
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woweed

I just realized: ITTL, whenever Kid Icarus is released, it's in a month where Sega beat Nintendo for once. Kid Icarus CD was released the same month that Sonic 3 outsold the competition 11 to 1 and then, Kid Icarus Guardian was released in a month wherein Commander Keen beat both it and Metal Clash.
 

Nivek

woweed said:
I just realized: ITTL, whenever Kid Icarus is released, it's in a month where Sega beat Nintendo for once. Kid Icarus CD was released the same month that Sonic 3 outsold the competition 11 to 1 and then, Kid Icarus Guardian was released in a month wherein Commander Keen beat both it and Metal Clash.
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Meaning we need to Scheduele Next one when Sonic 5 or 6 or other big game come? Jeez and even CD sold well but was more slow burn.
 
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Lavanya Six

RySenkari said:
And yeah, Celebrity Deathmatch does indeed still exist and Stone Cold still appears on there.
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Given how that show eventually scrapped the bottom of the barrel in search of celebrities, I can imagine our MTV game reviews could get an episode featuring a few of them.
 

RySenkari

Given how that show eventually scrapped the bottom of the barrel in search of celebrities, I can imagine our MTV game reviews could get an episode featuring a few of them.
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There absolutely is aCelebrity Deathmatch GameTV special (with the hosts voicing themselves)! It airs in May 1999.
 
Crunch Buttsteak

Crunch Buttsteak

What patents do Nintendo and Sony hold that they might not otherwise have compared to OTL?

Obviously the d-pad patent predates the POD so Nintendo still has that. But like, I wonder if Namco still has a patent on loading screen minigames?
 

Nivek

Crunch Buttsteak said:
What patents do Nintendo and Sony hold that they might not otherwise have compared to OTL?

Obviously the d-pad patent predates the POD so Nintendo still has that. But like, I wonder if Namco still has a patent on loading screen minigames?
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That is too much to answer and some will be answered as the tl comes. Techical Stuff and related come to the console are own by both, Ballistic Limit Gameplay is fully owned by sony in that regard too.

If someone make it first(for snes-cd games), namco as otl should keep it too
 

TehIrishSoap

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Think I remember reading early on in the TL that GameTv lasted from 1995 to 2000. Why did it end so soon? Do games go into a decline around then? Low ratings? On air joke goes too far? I'm intrigued, and I have to compliment the writers on including it as part of the TL, really sucks you into the culture of this alternate 90's...
 

Pyro

Just some thoughts on TTL's "Ultra Smash Bros."; I wonder what the Sega fandom's reaction would be to the game since Commander Keen: Mars' Most Wanted predated it as a franchise crossover by around six months. Granted, it was largely "bonus content" and not a part of the game proper (though to get the real ending of the the game, you had to complete Sonic's level.)
 

Nivek

Pyro said:
Just some thoughts on TTL's "Ultra Smash Bros."; I wonder what the Sega fandom's reaction would be to the game since Commander Keen: Mars' Most Wanted predated it as a franchise crossover by around six months. Granted, it was largely "bonus content" and not a part of the game proper (though to get the real ending of the the game, you had to complete Sonic's level.)
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Etto we've figther Megamix who is older by far 2 years and reactions were like that, Smash feels like Figther Megamix in nintendo ballpark(more consoleish even if not used that work), when FM was more traditional figther with multiple style figthers.
 
Roger Redux

Roger Redux

Pyro said:
Just some thoughts on TTL's "Ultra Smash Bros."; I wonder what the Sega fandom's reaction would be to the game since Commander Keen: Mars' Most Wanted predated it as a franchise crossover by around six months. Granted, it was largely "bonus content" and not a part of the game proper (though to get the real ending of the the game, you had to complete Sonic's level.)
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I think they'd more likely see it as a ripoff of Fighters Megamix.
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Pyro

Darn, forgot about Fighters Megamix. :p I guess the more hardcore Sega fans will say Smash Bros. is an admission that Nintendo ran out of ideas. My TTL self included, knowing how stupid and immature I was back in 9th grade. ;)
 

Nivek

Pyro said:
Darn, forgot about Fighters Megamix. :p I guess the more hardcore Sega fans will say Smash Bros. is an admission that Nintendo ran out of ideas. My TTL self included, knowing how stupid and immature I was back in 9th grade. ;)
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Your 9th grade self will be enjoying this TL a lot here, if someone found otl he will only ask: how and why?;)
 
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