Would retiring the SNES around 1993 for a GBA console mean no Super Metroid in this alternate universe? I don't think I want to live in that universe...
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Would retiring the SNES around 1993 for a GBA console mean no Super Metroid in this alternate universe? I don't think I want to live in that universe...
I meant library wise. I mentioned "shooters" in the same sentence, I posted a freaking 3D GBA game on this very page sarcastically replying to a guy who said it was only 8% better than the SNES. In fact, I've posted on a 32X vs GBA thread there was awhile back where you also replied, and we pretty much agreed the 32X and the GBA were around the same level hardware wise.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chilly Willy
Notice what you're replying to and who you are replying to next time.
Your post said nothing about libraries, and even if that were the case, the GBA library is extremely good. Also, for this thread to be reality, the libraries for both the Genesis and SNES would be by necessity curtailed quite a bit, especially the SNES. The thread premise is a "what if" situation where the SNES is quickly replaced by the GBA, which would limit its library. To compete, SEGA would have to push the SCD and push forward the 32X, which would probaby have limited the Genesis library as well. So in the terms of this thread, even going by libraries the GBA would be better.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kamahl
I love the GBA - the SP is just about perfect as a piece of hardware in terms of balance between battery life, usability, durability, capability etc. Before the GBA came out I kind of thought of it as portable Super NES but with a built in Super FX 3 chip (ie a refined version of the FX chip like the latest one which would provide the 3d muscle)
I think the most likely scenario to try to imagine it as a home console back in the day (instead of a handheld) is to think of it coming out in 95. The logic of this would be:
1) N64 was delayed (and the SnesCd deals with Sony and Philips had fallen through by this point) so it would be the stop gap machine between generations
2) it would be in competition with 32X effectively
3) it could maybe be marketed as SNES+ (even better if compatible with Snes games and controllers) I.e it would have it's own library but also be able to play Snes carts
4) presumably Virtual Boy wouldn't be released
The alternative is a 32X style up grade including a Super FX 3 chip as well as the compression chips etc used for later games.
Obviously you need to use your imagination a fair but here and the cost might be prohibitive. Logically it would have a similar library to the actual GBA (possibly minus some of the entries that wouldn't make sense out of context although these could be re-skinned with the appropriate intellectual properties of the mid 90's
The alternative to all the above scenario's is to imagine many of the GBA's more memorable games coming out on SNES between 94 to say 97. So effectively giving SNES it's own versions of Mario and Luigi, Wario Ware, 3 more Castlevania's, couple more Metroid games, Minish Cap, Ninja Cop, Street Fighter Alpha 3, another Mario Kart etc
And actually release Star Fox 2......... ;)
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Originally Posted by Chilly Willy
Come on now...Quote:
Originally Posted by Kamahl
Your statement was only on the GBA library, which as the quote shows, you thought would be bad although the thread specifically calls for it to be the same. Then in a different paragraph - which shows a change in topic as defined by the rules of grammar - you state that the order in which you thought the consoles were in some unspoken quality, the PCE, the GBA, and then the MD/etc and SNES at the top.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kamahl
EDIT: Well, I guess we're just reading the thread in different manners... kinda like I read that post of yours differently. I guess we're both right depending on how you read the question presented.
Maybe the SNES would have came out a year ealier.Quote:
Originally Posted by TrekkiesUnite118
This is a stupid thread.
No, it is not
It's no so much stupid as it is ridiculously contrived. It's artificial enough that most folks just can't follow it, or just don't want to follow it.
Are we assuming that the 1993-4 GBA would have upgraded resolution capabilities?
^THIS.Quote:
Originally Posted by GreyFox
Oh well, GBA rocks, but you can't really try to imagine it as a 4th gen system. Close this thread.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chilly Willy
You guys are overthinking too much. Just compare the goddamn libraries, lol.
I think people are arguing more over the hypothetical release date of the GBA in the early 90's, in relation to the Genesis and SNES.
Regardless, 1989-1997 was the "Golden Age" of gaming for me.