WonderSwan Color: Japanese Handheld Game Console - Rare Obsure or Retro - Rerez

The WonderSwan Color was a Japanese handheld from 1999 that was unreleased in North America. Produced by Bandai, this portable video game system was from Gunpei Yokoi the original creator of the Nintendo Game boy! Considered rare and uncommon in regions outside of Japan, today we will have a mixed history lesson/review of this pretty awesome gaming system!

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[sewaprolo]

Blood type in Japan has a connotation that western cultures do not have. For the Japanese, blood type is a way of determining someone's personality, behavior and even compatibility with others. Of course, there is no scientific basis for it, so it's just superstition. At any rate, I think they ask for your blood type because it is part of a cultural, common thing.

[davidsomoza]

Oh man, Shane sound so much chill in this video than nowadays. He seems always angry about everything in the newer videos much but these are kinda relaxing.

[XGames-]

Too late to explain and probably someone else has filled you in, but the blood type is important in Japan because they think people's personalities are based on what blood type you have.

[AlphaOmegaSin]

One of those systems I have always been interested in, just wish there was a lot more games that weren't as text heavy. Still though would've been a neat release outside of Japan if it did happen

[LoneWolfZakuro]

"why do they need your blood type?"
Answer: Just as constellation signs are a fun way to show somebody's personality, in Japan, it's believed fairly strongly that a person's blood type decides someone's personality. The blood type question shows up on a lot of surveys and profiles.

[demonhunter]

"Now I bet you've never heard of the Wonderswan color"

Some say, all the Ashens fans laughed that day.

[rerez]

Take a look at the Bandai Wonderswan Color, a hand held video game console only ever released in Japan from the creator of the Nintendo's Gameboy!

WonderSwan Color Review (Japanese Handheld!) - Rerez

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[Wertzel]

there are many Digimon games for the wonderswan

[rerez]

Most of the English speaking majority of gamers have never heard of the Wonderswan. It's not common knowledge.

[grimakis]

Each game originally came with a little plastic case that the cartridge snaps into. It protects the contacts absolutely. The choice to have exposed contacts is what gave the handheld a slim profile. if they were in some sort of housing, the console would have been a bit thicker.

[AlexTenThousand]

The bloodtype question is based on a popular belief in Japan, according to it, the bloodtype affects your personalities, that's why in manga, anime and videogames in the artbooks or question and aswer sections the characters bloodtype is revealed in their personal information.

[Clesarie]

I remember being in Japan when the system came out. One of the best times in my life. Played the hell out of this thing on the trains. 

[rmgb-tv]

One of my favourite games, Riviera came out on the WonderSwan first before it was released on the GBA and the PSP.

[InazumaDash]

Japan believes your blood type explains your personality. Look it up. ;)

[CinemageddonReviews]

I only know of the Wonderswan Color because one of my favorite games of all time, Riviera: The Promised Land, started off as a Wonderswan Color game before being released both in Japan and America on the GBA.

(It also got re-released on the PSP in HD with revamped music and voice acting in both English and Japanese. I can’t recommend it enough)

[RetroRevisited]

Randomly found this channel, and i've got to say - you deserve more views, as these videos are very well put together. Keep up the good work!

[NitroIndigo]

DS and 3DS cards have exposed connectors.

There's also Klonoa: Moonlight Museum, the first game on this system I heard of. ExoParadigmGamer did a review of it.

If a company other than Nintendo, Sony or Microsoft releases a console in Europe next gen, I might get it.

[Nada-fjij]

This system seems really cool, and I'm kinda bummed out that it wasn't more popular. It looks like a great platform

[jdcatabas]

Nice video, as usual coming from Rerez.

I may be wrong, but I think the detachable battery compartment may have been to protect the system from damage due to battery corrosion/leaking. That way one could easily clean or replace the plastic piece instead of messing with the WonderSwan itself.

[WalcomS]

There's Beatmania on the Wonderswan, which is why I want one. I haven't ever seen one though.