Games that could have saved the Sega Saturn

The Sega Saturn is best known for being a commercial failure. However, its sales figures in Japan tells a far different story from the Western markets.

But what if there were games that could have saved the Sega Saturn? If such games existed, what could those games be, and what would they look like?

Knuckles Chaotix: The only Sonic game the 32X would ever have throughout its entire lifespan. It could have done better if it was on the Sega Saturn. It was also the Sonic game that saw the return of Mighty the Armadillo, who last appeared in SegaSonic the Hedgehog, a Japan-only arcade title. This game would have ended up a Sega Saturn title if the dismal 32X did not exist...

A Segata Sanshiro martial arts game: Segata Sanshiro. The patron saint of the Sega Saturn, and someone who would have probably been considered a worthy opponent to F-Zero's Captain Falcon. He was conceived as the advertising mascot for the Sega Saturn, and this helped the Sega Saturn overtake the Nintendo 64 in the Japanese market. The Sega Saturn would probably have done far better if Segata Sanshiro had his very own martial arts game similar to Chuck Norris Superkicks.

Zaxxon's Motherbase 2000: This 32X-exclusive title received mixed reviews, mostly negative after its initial release. It has never seen a re-release to this very day. Maybe Zaxxon's Motherbase 2000 would have done far better if the 32X did not exist and the game was released on the Sega Saturn instead...

With all that said, if the Sega Saturn had these three games, the Sega Saturn's story would probably have taken a far different course. On a side note, Happy 30th Anniversary, Sega Saturn!

Sega games and characters © Sega.

Sega's Colossal Mistake

Author's Note: This comic was made using the Gru's Plan meme from Despicable Me.

Sega had no idea that Sony and Squaresoft were planning to release Final Fantasy VIII on the 9/9/1999 as well when Sega proposed to launch the Dreamcast in the North American market on that very day itself. This fateful decision happened amid the discontinuation of the Sega Saturn in Western markets.

Despicable Me © Universal Pictures/Illumination Studios.

At World's End

Have you ever wondered what would you do on the day of world's end? Well, that is exactly what this weekend's Splatoon 3 Splatfest is all about.

Blondette, Brunetta and Turquoise would treat the day of world's end like any other day. Red Cap, Amethyst, Sabriel and Magenta would prefer to check off their bucket lists on the day of world's end. For Red Cap, it would be to collect one copy of every Sega Saturn game from all regions (North America, PAL regions, Japan, South Korea) while Amethyst, Sabriel and Magenta would rather get 100% completion rate on Soldam: Drop, Connect, Erase. Major Duncan, Captain Rodney and Oberon, however, would do anything to avert world's end by taking down the villains responsible for bringing about this apocalyptic event.

For those wondering what a bucket list is, it is a list of things somebody would like to do or achieve before they die.

Nichitsu's Forgotten Consoles and Computers

A sad fate for these great gaming consoles and computers...

Nobody knows if the abandoned consoles and computers left behind in Nichitsu belonged to the last group of people who left the town for the last time or people who came to the ghost town and stayed there for a while.

Perhaps somebody will claim these retro treasures and give them a new home.