Pokejedservo
06-02-2005, 06:01 PM
The Intellivsion while had its prime in the pre-Video Game Crash era of the 80's but survived throughout the remainder of the decade and went on until 1990. The Intellivision was made by the folks from Mattel, whom was back then a prominent toy-company most known for the He-Man toyline.
Now here is the question what if Hasbro made a console back then as well? Hasbro is most known for the Transformers and G.I Joe toylines, granted Mattel layed low on the Intellivision during the mid & later 80's when the NES ruled supreme. Though if their frequent competitior in the toy business made an arrival in the console business I'm sure Mattel would've tried a bit harder to regain their status in the game industry.
How could Hasbro have a good chance in the console industry back then? Their chances would've actually been pretty darn good in all consideration. They got Transformers, G.I Joe, JEM! and more. Not too mention they have very good relations with Japanese companies such as Takara and TOEI Animation. (In which the latter had a game-making division back then.) And they could get more, while their ways of getting good relations with Japanese companies are good nowadays they were excellent back then. Heck in actual NES history while getting TAXAN for one of the G.I Joe games wasn't thought of all that much by anyone nowadays they did get Capcom for one of the latter G.I Joe games and Konami for its Arcade game. Though its not just for Japanese companies either, they also got great support from MARVEL back in the 80's as well. (Heck they were quite involved in the productions of G.I Joe and Transformers back then.) So a potentially extensive library of MARVEL comic book based games was defintely possible.
While its most likely not enough to truly beat Nintendo. (The TMNT games for example would go to the NES unless Hasbro made some alliance with Playmates Toys which is quite unlikely for one example.) Though to be fair now against the Sega Master System on the other hand... But in all consideration they certainly had the potential to at least make a good mark on it.
Now here is the question what if Hasbro made a console back then as well? Hasbro is most known for the Transformers and G.I Joe toylines, granted Mattel layed low on the Intellivision during the mid & later 80's when the NES ruled supreme. Though if their frequent competitior in the toy business made an arrival in the console business I'm sure Mattel would've tried a bit harder to regain their status in the game industry.
How could Hasbro have a good chance in the console industry back then? Their chances would've actually been pretty darn good in all consideration. They got Transformers, G.I Joe, JEM! and more. Not too mention they have very good relations with Japanese companies such as Takara and TOEI Animation. (In which the latter had a game-making division back then.) And they could get more, while their ways of getting good relations with Japanese companies are good nowadays they were excellent back then. Heck in actual NES history while getting TAXAN for one of the G.I Joe games wasn't thought of all that much by anyone nowadays they did get Capcom for one of the latter G.I Joe games and Konami for its Arcade game. Though its not just for Japanese companies either, they also got great support from MARVEL back in the 80's as well. (Heck they were quite involved in the productions of G.I Joe and Transformers back then.) So a potentially extensive library of MARVEL comic book based games was defintely possible.
While its most likely not enough to truly beat Nintendo. (The TMNT games for example would go to the NES unless Hasbro made some alliance with Playmates Toys which is quite unlikely for one example.) Though to be fair now against the Sega Master System on the other hand... But in all consideration they certainly had the potential to at least make a good mark on it.