FFII has defenders, but the general opinion of the game in the West is that it's a mess, a disaster. This isn't fair at all, FFII's character progression system is actually really ahead of its time and has a lot going for it. For example, there is no need to grind in FFII at all, the progression system is quite cleverly "self-balancing", whereas in FFI you'll probably need to grind to get through the game unless you *really* know what you're doing. Akitoshi Kawazu designed FFII's battle system, and he later perfected it in "Romancing SaGa". He deserves more credit as a designer, he was always willing to experiment with unusual ideas.
I took knowledge of WonderSwan (B/W and Color) existence recently this year. If the console had a backlight maybe it would be more successful given the fact that GBA didn't have until the SP release. Cool review!
Good job on the videos as always my friend the Wonderswan looks neat i will forever miss Gunpei Yukoi he was a genius well take care my friend keep up the awesome work i look forward to your next video i hope you have an awesome day
Thank you so much Jake! I too really miss Gunpei Yokoi, what happened is so sad. It's thanks to him that portable gaming is what it is today! I'm glad you enjoyed the video though. Take care!
I had a chance to buy a Wonder Swan Color when I was in 4th grade, but I eventually chose to go with a GBA. While I liked it, I have to say the marketing strategies of Wonder Swan were disastrous. First, coming up with a black and white console when the handheld market was already making its transition to color; Gameboy color had been on the market for quite some time then. Second, they realized their console was obsolete upon release, so they quickly ditched the original customer base that supported them a year ago and released the Color. I can only imagine how pissed off the customers would have been. Third, released the Crystal 2 years after the Color but quickly pulled out of the market. Bet all those people who supported this company back in the day will never wanna come back. But, if this console had a backlight, it may have been a different story. I don't know what the design team was thinking, adding a backlight would greatly increase its competitiveness in the market. Gunpei Yokoi must have been too content with the glory from the Gameboy days... PS: someone actually said Gunpei Yokoi correctly, it bugs me when people don't make an effort to say people's name right when introducing them. Subscribed!
Thank you so much for watching, commenting, and subscribing! That's some very excellent insight into what went on back in the day, and you make a lot of really fantastic points! It reminds me a lot of how the TurboGrafx-16 did in North America, arriving just a little too late to really capture the attention of people. Had things gone differently, it would have been cool to see what the Wonder Swan could have been! Thank you very much once again! I hope that you enjoy my content. :)
Thank you for watching! It is a really cool box. Please consider checking out some of my other retro game unboxings as well: ua-cam.com/play/PL-jlj9Ml5skPzmKmCYKky48mjVWS4ksNP.html
Seems like a really cool handheld from Japan. I wish these had a usa release cause i would of loved to have one. I got into final fantasy a few years back, so having that on the go be cool. Luckily switch has a few and i still own a vita where i can play the ps1 ff games. Thanks for showing off this little gem. I actually had heard of this from RGT85 who showed it off too. Either way, good video as always.
Thank you for watching and commenting! There really were some interesting handheld consoles back in the day. Sega, Atari, SNK, Bandai...the number of companies attempting to take away attention from the Game Boy was huge! I think that competition in that area was definitely a good thing. It's a shame that this one never came to North America though!
@@TheGameDisplay Companies definitely wanted to rival the gameboy, Nintendo has always been the king of handheld systems. There still doing it to this day with the Switch.
@@alexanderoglesby1985 Absolutely! Only now, Nintendo's main portable competitors are phones rather than other gaming companies. I really miss the earlier days of portable gaming.
A friend and I were going to look into translating Klonoa on the WonderSwan, but it turned out it had already been translated! Klonoa is awesome though. Thank you very much for watching and commenting! :)
@@TheGameDisplay How did you learn Japanese? Your website makes it sound like you've somewhat recently learned (2012?), so if that's the case I would guess you picked it up pretty quickly?
Wish game boxes now looked this good.
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OMG is that the Wild Rose!? It looks so beautiful!!
It is! Thank you very much for watching. I've done many other unboxings, please consider checking them out as well. :)
FF II is very underated. Unique battle system.
FFII has defenders, but the general opinion of the game in the West is that it's a mess, a disaster. This isn't fair at all, FFII's character progression system is actually really ahead of its time and has a lot going for it. For example, there is no need to grind in FFII at all, the progression system is quite cleverly "self-balancing", whereas in FFI you'll probably need to grind to get through the game unless you *really* know what you're doing.
Akitoshi Kawazu designed FFII's battle system, and he later perfected it in "Romancing SaGa". He deserves more credit as a designer, he was always willing to experiment with unusual ideas.
I took knowledge of WonderSwan (B/W and Color) existence recently this year. If the console had a backlight maybe it would be more successful given the fact that GBA didn't have until the SP release. Cool review!
Good job on the videos as always my friend the Wonderswan looks neat i will forever miss Gunpei Yukoi he was a genius well take care my friend keep up the awesome work i look forward to your next video i hope you have an awesome day
Thank you so much Jake! I too really miss Gunpei Yokoi, what happened is so sad. It's thanks to him that portable gaming is what it is today! I'm glad you enjoyed the video though. Take care!
Noooo i taught my black mage to use Ultima. What a waste of 30 hours. Well, start all over again for the 3rd time. Damn.
This was really cool
Thank you so much for watching! I'm very happy you enjoyed it. :)
I had a chance to buy a Wonder Swan Color when I was in 4th grade, but I eventually chose to go with a GBA. While I liked it, I have to say the marketing strategies of Wonder Swan were disastrous. First, coming up with a black and white console when the handheld market was already making its transition to color; Gameboy color had been on the market for quite some time then. Second, they realized their console was obsolete upon release, so they quickly ditched the original customer base that supported them a year ago and released the Color. I can only imagine how pissed off the customers would have been. Third, released the Crystal 2 years after the Color but quickly pulled out of the market. Bet all those people who supported this company back in the day will never wanna come back.
But, if this console had a backlight, it may have been a different story. I don't know what the design team was thinking, adding a backlight would greatly increase its competitiveness in the market. Gunpei Yokoi must have been too content with the glory from the Gameboy days...
PS: someone actually said Gunpei Yokoi correctly, it bugs me when people don't make an effort to say people's name right when introducing them. Subscribed!
Thank you so much for watching, commenting, and subscribing! That's some very excellent insight into what went on back in the day, and you make a lot of really fantastic points! It reminds me a lot of how the TurboGrafx-16 did in North America, arriving just a little too late to really capture the attention of people. Had things gone differently, it would have been cool to see what the Wonder Swan could have been!
Thank you very much once again! I hope that you enjoy my content. :)
i think if they putted front light it could have been a huge different results. too bad they didnt know what they were doing
The box looks cool!
Thank you for watching! It is a really cool box. Please consider checking out some of my other retro game unboxings as well: ua-cam.com/play/PL-jlj9Ml5skPzmKmCYKky48mjVWS4ksNP.html
Seems like a really cool handheld from Japan. I wish these had a usa release cause i would of loved to have one. I got into final fantasy a few years back, so having that on the go be cool. Luckily switch has a few and i still own a vita where i can play the ps1 ff games. Thanks for showing off this little gem. I actually had heard of this from RGT85 who showed it off too. Either way, good video as always.
Thank you for watching and commenting! There really were some interesting handheld consoles back in the day. Sega, Atari, SNK, Bandai...the number of companies attempting to take away attention from the Game Boy was huge! I think that competition in that area was definitely a good thing. It's a shame that this one never came to North America though!
@@TheGameDisplay Companies definitely wanted to rival the gameboy, Nintendo has always been the king of handheld systems. There still doing it to this day with the Switch.
@@alexanderoglesby1985 Absolutely! Only now, Nintendo's main portable competitors are phones rather than other gaming companies. I really miss the earlier days of portable gaming.
@@TheGameDisplay Same here, I think Sony made some great handhelds but were never popular enough. The Vita is super under rated in my opinion.
man this is sick! is it possible to play eu Wonderswan games on this console?
Thanks for watching! The Wonderswan was only released in Japan, so if there are somehow EU games I've never heard of them.
i miss the old days
when will the prototype of Final Fantasy 3 for the WonderSwan Color ever be found?
a great console
is there a website that lists all the models and bundles of the WonderSwan family and the Neo Geo Pocket family?
Love klonoa on Wonderswan.
A friend and I were going to look into translating Klonoa on the WonderSwan, but it turned out it had already been translated! Klonoa is awesome though. Thank you very much for watching and commenting! :)
Cheers
Cheers! Thank you for watching. :)
First yay! Awesome video BTW 😄
Thank you for watching! :)
Great console
The WonderSwan looks like a toy, the GBA looks like the ultimate 2D console.
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Can you actually read Japanese?
I can! Please check out www.higsby.net where you can find some of the things I have translated. :)
@@TheGameDisplay How did you learn Japanese? Your website makes it sound like you've somewhat recently learned (2012?), so if that's the case I would guess you picked it up pretty quickly?