History Platform / WonderSwan

Yokoi had recently retired from Creator/{{Nintendo}} and wanted to do something different in the game business. He left for Bandai in order to get it off the ground, and imbued it with his successful Game Boy design paradigm of size, cost and battery life; the original model lasted 30 hours off a single AA battery for the whopping price of ¥4800. Unfortunately, after Yokoi's untimely death in a car crash, the project lost a great deal of momentum... at a point when Nintendo was releasing the Game Boy Advance, which eclipsed the [=WonderSwan=] family quite quickly. In the end Yokoi's last creation [[NoExportForYou never left Japan]].

The system gave Nintendo a run for their money in the Japanese portable market; indeed, it's believed that the success of the [=WonderSwan=] Color gave the Big N enough of a fright to release the Advance so quickly on the heels of the UsefulNotes/GameBoyColor.

The '''[=WonderSwan=]''' was [[Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment Bandai]]'s entrant into the handheld console market in Japan and the final brainchild of Creator/GunpeiYokoi, father of the UsefulNotes/GameBoy, released in 1999. Visually, it looks like somebody crossed an iMac of the era (Bondi Blue!) with a UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance, and was released with a variety of colors. Like the UsefulNotes/AtariLynx, it can be played in both horizontal and vertical orientations. Originally a monochromatic screen handheld (with eight shades of gray comapred to the Game Boy's four), it eventually got a color upgrade with the [=WonderSwan=] Color and a further ProductFacelift with the [=SwanCrystal=], which employs a TFT screen in place of the previous models' LCD screen.

* The Videogame/DigimonWonderSwanSeries
** ''VideoGame/DigimonAdventureAnodeCathodeTamer''
** ''VideoGame/DigimonAdventure02TagTamers''
** ''VideoGame/DigimonAdventure02D1Tamers''
** ''VideoGame/DigimonTamersBraveTamer''
* ''VideoGame/DigimonBattleSpirit'' 1 and 2
* ''Final Fantasy''

* ''[[VideoGame/RockmanAndForteMiraiKaraNoChosensha Rockman & Forte: Challenger from the Future]]''
* ''[[VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork Rockman.EXE]] WS''
** ''[[VideoGame/MegaManBattleChipChallenge Rockman.EXE N1 Battle]]''

* ''[[VideoGame/SuperGemFighter Pocket Fighter]]''

* ''VideoGame/{{SaGa|RPG}}''

* ''VideoGame/SDGundamGGeneration'':

* ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsCompact'' (both a monochrome version and a color remake)

The '''[=WonderSwan=]''' was [[Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment Bandai]]'s entrant into the handheld console market in Japan and the final brainchild of Creator/GunpeiYokoi, father of the UsefulNotes/GameBoy, released in 1999. Visually, it looks like somebody crossed an iMac of the era (Bondi Blue!) with a UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance, and was released with a variety of colors. Like the UsefulNotes/AtariLynx, it can be played in both horizontal and vertical orientations. Originally a monochromatic screen handheld (with eight shades of gray comapred to the Game Boy's four), it eventually got a color upgrade with the [=WonderSwan=] Color and a further ProductFacelift with the [=SwanCrystal=], which boasts an improved LCD screen.

[[caption-width-right:350:From top to bottom: the original model [=WonderSwan=], the [=WonderSwan=] Color, and the [=SwanCrystal=]]]

The '''[=WonderSwan=]''' was [[Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment Bandai's]] entrant into the handheld console market in Japan, released in 1999. Visually, it looks like somebody crossed an iMac of the era (Bondi Blue!) with a UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance. Like the UsefulNotes/AtariLynx, it can be played in both horizontal and vertical orientations. It came in a multitude of colors, and eventually got an upgrade with the [=WonderSwan=] Color and another with the [=SwanCrystal=].

The system was the brainchild of Creator/GunpeiYokoi, father of the UsefulNotes/GameBoy, who had recently retired from Creator/{{Nintendo}} and wanted to do something different in the game business. He left for Bandai in order to get it off the ground, and imbued it with his successful Game Boy design paradigm of size, cost and battery life; the original model lasted 30 hours off a single AA battery for the whopping price of ¥4800. Unfortunately, after Yokoi's untimely death in a car crash, the project lost a great deal of momentum... at a point when Nintendo was releasing the Game Boy Advance, which eclipsed the [=WonderSwan=] family quite quickly. In the end Yokoi's last creation [[NoExportForYou never left Japan]].

[[Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment Bandai's]] entrant into the handheld console market in Japan. Visually, it looks like somebody crossed an iMac of the era (Bondi Blue!) with a UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance. It came in a multitude of colors, and eventually got an upgrade with the [=WonderSwan=] Color and another with the [=SwanCrystal=].

The system was the brainchild of Creator/GunpeiYokoi, father of the UsefulNotes/GameBoy, who had recently retired from Creator/{{Nintendo}} and wanted to do something different in the game business. He left for Bandai in order to get it off the ground. Unfortunately, after Yokoi's untimely death in a car crash, the project lost a great deal of momentum... at a point when Nintendo was releasing the Game Boy Advance, which eclipsed the [=WonderSwan=] family quite quickly. In the end Yokoi's last creation [[NoExportForYou never left Japan]].

* ''VideoGame/FrontMission''

Bandai's entrant into the handheld console market which never received a release outside of Japan. In style, it looks like somebody crossed an iMac of the era (Bondi Blue!) with a UsefulNotes/GameBoy. It came in a multitude of colors, and eventually got an upgrade with the [=WonderSwan=] Color and another upgrade with the [=SwanCrystal=].

The system was the brainchild of Creator/GunpeiYokoi, father of the Game Boy, who had recently retired from Creator/{{Nintendo}} and wanted to do something different in the game business, and went to Bandai to get it off the ground. Unfortunately, after Yokoi's untimely death in a car crash, the project lost a great deal of momentum... at a point when Nintendo was releasing the UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance, which eclipsed the [=WonderSwan=] family quite quickly. In the end Yokoi's last creation [[NoExportForYou never left Japan]].

The system gave Nintendo the first thing like a challenge in Japan's portable market — indeed, it's believed that the success of the [=WonderSwan=] (Color) gave the Big N just enough of a nudge to release the UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance so quickly on the heels of the Game Boy Color.

** ''Rockman.EXE N1 Battle''

* ''VideoGame/SDGundamGGeneration''

* ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsCompact''

* ''VideoGame/ClockTower: The First Fear''

* ''[[Franchise/SaGaRPG SaGa]]''

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* ''VideoGame/SaGa''

The system was the brainchild of Creator/GunpeiYokoi, father of the Game Boy, who had recently retired from Creator/{{Nintendo}} and wanted to do something different in the game business, and accordingly left for their main competitor. Unfortunately, after Yokoi's untimely death in a car crash, the project lost a great deal of momentum... at a point when Nintendo was releasing the UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance, which eclipsed the [=WonderSwan=] family quite quickly. In the end Yokoi's last creation [[NoExportForYou never left Japan]].

The system was the brainchild of Creator/GunpeiYokoi, father of the Game Boy, who was unhappy with being KickedUpstairs at the [[Creator/{{Nintendo}} Big N]] after the failure of UsefulNotes/VirtualBoy (which was the company's fault for making him release it early) and accordingly left for their main competitor. Unfortunately, after Yokoi's untimely death in a car crash, the project lost a great deal of momentum... at a point when Nintendo was releasing the UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance, which eclipsed the [=WonderSwan=] family quite quickly. In the end Yokoi's last creation [[NoExportForYou never left Japan]].

* ''[[VideoGame/MegaManClassic Rockman & Forte: Challenger from the Future]]''

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* ''VideoGame/DigimonBattleSpirit''

The system was the brainchild of Creator/GunpeiYokoi, father of the Game Boy, who was unhappy with being KickedUpstairs at the [[Creator/{{Nintendo}} Big N]] after the failure of UsefulNotes/VirtualBoy (which was the company's fault for making him release it early) and accordingly left for their main competitor. Unfortunately, after Yokoi's untimely death in a car crash, the project kinda lost momentum...at a point when Nintendo was releasing the UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance, which eclipsed the [=WonderSwan=] family quite quickly and in the end Yokoi's last creation [[NoExportForYou never reached western shores]].

Bandai's entrant into the handheld console market which never received a release in the United States. In style, it looks like somebody crossed an iMac of the era (Bondi Blue!) with a UsefulNotes/GameBoy. It came in a multitude of colors, and eventually got an upgrade with the [=WonderSwan=] Color and another upgrade with the [=SwanCrystal=].

Creator/{{Bandai}}'s entrant into the handheld console market which never received a release in the United States. In style, it looks like somebody crossed an iMac of the era (Bondi Blue!) with a UsefulNotes/GameBoy. It came in a multitude of colors, and eventually got an upgrade with the [=WonderSwan=] Color and another upgrade with the [=SwanCrystal=].

* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy''

** ''VideoGame/{{Digimon Adventure 02 D-1 Tamers}}''

*** ''VideoGame/DigimonAdventureAnodeCathodeTamer''
*** ''VideoGame/DigimonAdventure02TagTamers''
*** ''VideoGame/{{Digimon Adventure 02 D-1 Tamers}}''
*** ''VideoGame/DigimonTamersBraveTamer''
** ''VideoGame/DigimonBattleSpirit''

* [[/index]]''Franchise/{{Digimon}}''
** The DigimonWonderSwanSeries[[index]]