Line #27 Literature/OhgaShrugs


1	In 1991, Nintendo shocked Creator/{{Sony}} executives by announcing that they were cancelling their deal to make the Nintendo Platform/PlayStation, instead collaborating with Philips. In real life, Norio Ohga sought revenge, and created the [=PlayStation=] brand to compete in the competitive games industry. The product was arguably the best known brand in video game history.
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3	In this timeline, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Ohga Shrugs]].
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5	This alternate history deviates from the usual political and military focus of the genre, instead focusing on, of all things, video game history. The history is presented through an encyclopedia format.
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7	Read it [[http://ohga-shrugs.wikia.com/wiki/Ohga_Shrugs_Wiki here]].
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9	Compare ''Literature/PlayerTwoStart'', a timeline on Website/AlternateHistoryDotCom that covers the same subject matter as ''Ohga Shrugs'' with a ton of focus on the political and social aspects of a world where the Nintendo-Playstation partnership never fell apart.
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11	!!Tropes included in this series :
12	%%* AlternateHistory
13	* AlternateTechline: Seventh generation consoles Revolution and Pluto are more powerful than our timeline's Wii, but weaker than the Platform/PlayStation3 or Platform/XBox360.
14	* AlwaysSecondBest: Sega to Nintendo, even if it is only by a small amount in the Dreamcast-era.
15	* TheAnimeOfTheGame: ''Franchise/StarFox'' of all things gets one.
16	* ArcadePerfectPort: What this timeline's more powerful version of the Dreamcast becomes known for.
17	* BalkanizeMe: Inverted, as companies such as Square and Enix never become united.
18	* CocaPepsiInc: ANS is a recently formed combination of Atlus, Namco, and Sammy. It makes sense in context.
19	* UsefulNotes/ConsoleWars: It's been Nintendo vs. Sega for over two decades, with neither side ever gaining a decisive victory.
20	* CurbStompBattle: Basically, every time the Game Boy series has a competitor, this happens to it.
21	* DifferentWorldDifferentMovies: Some games like ''VideoGame/Mother3'' are on different platforms and released at different times than in our timeline.
22	%%* DuelingGames
23	* InSpiteOfANail: Nintendo still manages to decline and rise at similar times as in our timeline, albeit to a lesser extent.
24	* IstanbulNotConstantinople: The Wii equivalent keeps its original codename "Revolution," and the Wii U equivalent keeps the codename "Stream." Also, it's the "Game Boy 3DS."
25	* MediaWatchdog: More prevalent than in real life, thanks to gaming's lesser popularity bringing less defenders.
26	* MultiPlatform: Less common than in real life up until the seventh generation of consoles. And even then, there is still a wide PC/Console divide.
27	* OddballInTheSeries: ''Mother 4'' takes a very different tone than ''[=EarthBound=]''. What else would you suspect from the guy who made ''VideoGame/ShadowOfTheColossus'' in real life?
28	* PointOfDivergence: One man's ability to let a grudge go changed an industry.
29	* RetroUniverse: 20 years after the point of divergence, a lot of the big names in gaming are still big.
30	* RichardNixonTheUsedCarSalesman: Not everybody entering the gaming industry ends up in the same place. Some don't ever enter it at all.
31	%%* SlidingScaleOfAlternateHistoryPlausibility: Types I and II.
32	%%* SpritePolygonMix: Used frequently on the Saturn.
33	* SuperTitle64Advance: Game Boy 3DS games use the phrase "3D" a lot. ''Mario Kart'' is named "Nitro" on the Game Boy Nitro.

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