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Console Wars

It was 1990: Sega, startup gaming co. assembled a team to take on Nintendo, world's greatest video game company. A make or break conflict pit brother against brother, Sonic against Mario and, American capitalism against Japanese trad

Director

Blake J. Harris, Jonah Tulis

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Genre

Box Office

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Production

Scott Rudin Productions,Point Grey Pictures,Flying Penguin Pictures,Legendary Television

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Self - Gamemaster, Nintendo of America

Howard Phillips

Self - Executive VP, Sega of America

Self - Executive VP, Sega of America

Self - President & CEO, Sega of America

Self - Director of Marketing, Nintendo of America; VP of Marketing, Sega of America

Self - VP of Sales, Nintendo of America

Randy Peretzman

Self - Editor-in-Chief, Nintendo Power

Self - SVP of Marketing, Nintendo of America

Self - Director of Marketing, Sega of America

Self

Ellen Beth Van Buskirk

Self - Marketing, Sega of America; President, Sony Computer Entertainment of America

Self - Goodby, Silverstein and Partners

Self - Nintendo's Senior Vice President of Marketing and Corporate Communications

George Harrison

Self

Self

Self

Self

Self

Roseanne Conner

Self

Self

Zachery Ty Bryan

Self

Self

Self

Self - Marketing, Nintendo of America

Self

Self

Self

Scotty Logan

Self

Self

Nic

Christopher Fairbank

D.J. Conner

Michael Fishman

Self

Self

Self

William H. Harrison

Self

Self

Self

Self

Self

John F. Kennedy

Self

Self

Self

Self

Estelle Winslow

Rosetta LeNoire

Self

Self - Senior VP, Nintendo of America

Yukie

Self - Game designer, Nintendo Co, Ltd.

Shigeru Miyamoto

Self

Self

Radio Raheem

Self

Self - President & CEO, Sony Computer Entertainment

Self

Self

Rich Silverstein

Self

Self

Rita Repulsa

Self

Self

Jonathan Taylor Thomas

Self

Ghost

David Underwood

Self

Dan Van Elderen

Self

Self

Self

Self

Self

Self

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The Japanese-U.S. relationship
is kind of confusing. - Console Wars

The Japanese-U.S. relationship is kind of confusing.

It really kind of starts
with an American serviceman, - Console Wars

It really kind of starts with an American serviceman,

- I don't think
anyone in Japan thought - Console Wars

- I don't think anyone in Japan thought

You know, if I go to a party
and I say I'm a filmmaker, - Console Wars

You know, if I go to a party and I say I'm a filmmaker,

And you say,
"Oh, I'm an author," - Console Wars

And you say, "Oh, I'm an author,"

And if you say
you're in advertising, - Console Wars

And if you say you're in advertising,

- We had four agencies
pitching to us, big names, - Console Wars

- We had four agencies pitching to us, big names,

- We, at the time, had just had - Console Wars

- We, at the time, had just had

The pitch to Sega
was probably one - Console Wars

The pitch to Sega was probably one

We had every person
in the company become an expert - Console Wars

We had every person in the company become an expert

So everybody came out - Console Wars

So everybody came out

The agencies
we were up against - Console Wars

The agencies we were up against

- This work is the best work - Console Wars

- This work is the best work

This is your brain
on Nintendo. - Console Wars

This is your brain on Nintendo.

- And it worked. - Console Wars

- And it worked.

- We did
the first commercials, - Console Wars

- We did the first commercials,

- And then transformed
into a really cool guy... - Console Wars

- And then transformed into a really cool guy...

- I thought
"Welcome to the next level" - Console Wars

- I thought "Welcome to the next level"

- It was also saying
to the competition - Console Wars

- It was also saying to the competition

You're behind." - Console Wars

You're behind."

- But I don't think
it would have worked - Console Wars

- But I don't think it would have worked

The Sega Scream was what really
drove the thing in the end. - Console Wars

The Sega Scream was what really drove the thing in the end.

- I would go pick up
my daughters at school, - Console Wars

- I would go pick up my daughters at school,

- Sega!
- We kind of owned - Console Wars

- Sega! - We kind of owned

They were kind of scrubbed
and clean - Console Wars

They were kind of scrubbed and clean

I mean, we made a lot of fun
of Nintendo. - Console Wars

I mean, we made a lot of fun of Nintendo.

Nintendo was the Soviet Union,
and Sega were the guys - Console Wars

Nintendo was the Soviet Union, and Sega were the guys

- Huh?
- What are you waiting for, - Console Wars

- Huh? - What are you waiting for,

- And you just try not
to respond - Console Wars

- And you just try not to respond

When I first arrived,
there was still sort of a-- - Console Wars

When I first arrived, there was still sort of a--

- This "blast processing"
thing, - Console Wars

- This "blast processing" thing,

- Kids would come into
focus groups, and they'd go, - Console Wars

- Kids would come into focus groups, and they'd go,

- I would have loved to have
seen the faces - Console Wars

- I would have loved to have seen the faces

- "Blast processing," - Console Wars

- "Blast processing,"

It tended to make it uncool
to play Nintendo. - Console Wars

It tended to make it uncool to play Nintendo.

- Which is fine, really, - Console Wars

- Which is fine, really,

- What Sega has been doingto make these ads, - Console Wars

- What Sega has been doingto make these ads,

- Nintendo's like,
"Where have they been?" - Console Wars

- Nintendo's like, "Where have they been?"

People were picking up
the popularity of Sega. - Console Wars

People were picking up the popularity of Sega.

- She doesn't even have Sega.She's such a troglodyte. - Console Wars

- She doesn't even have Sega.She's such a...

- I mean, we were becoming - Console Wars

- I mean, we were becoming

- To Sega,
we say congratulations - Console Wars

- To Sega, we say congratulations

- I got a call the other day
that an 18-year-old was saying - Console Wars

- I got a call the other day that an 18-year-old was saying

So I consider that
a great achievement. - Console Wars

So I consider that a great achievement.

- When the very first
Sonic game came - Console Wars

- When the very first Sonic game came

- And part and parcel
with making that successful - Console Wars

- And part and parcel with making that successful

How are we going
to support it?" - Console Wars

How are we going to support it?"

Let's do a world
distribution date." - Console Wars

Let's do a world distribution date."

I know this sounds silly today,
but it was hard to do. - Console Wars

I know this sounds silly today, but it was hard to do.

- "We'll do it on a Tuesday... - Console Wars

- "We'll do it on a Tuesday...

Sonic Two-sday." - Console Wars

Sonic Two-sday."

He has a natural sense
about what it will take - Console Wars

He has a natural sense about what it will take

He's charismatic,
and he knows it and uses it. - Console Wars

He's charismatic, and he knows it and uses it.

- We believe "Sonic 2" will be
America's hottest video game - Console Wars

- We believe "Sonic 2" will be America's hott...

Both: We project to sell
more than 2 million copies... - Console Wars

Both: We project to sell more than 2 million copies...

- In the United States
between now and Christmas. - Console Wars

- In the United States between now and Christmas.

- We have Tom speaking,
and then I have Joey Lawrence - Console Wars

- We have Tom speaking, and then I have Joey Lawrence

You know, we could never afford
the big Hollywood names. - Console Wars

You know, we could never afford the big Hollywood names.

- And if you thought
the first one was good, - Console Wars

- And if you thought the first one was good,

Sonic has a new friend
called Tails, - Console Wars

Sonic has a new friend called Tails,

- Sonic Two-sday was so big. - Console Wars

- Sonic Two-sday was so big.

- But she's--but this is
the exact same board, - Console Wars

- But she's--but this is the exact same board,

- We launched in Japan, - Console Wars

- We launched in Japan,

- It's comparable
to the launch - Console Wars

- It's comparable to the launch

- When Genesis succeeded
so much - Console Wars

- When Genesis succeeded so much

So that way,
I think Sega of America - Console Wars

So that way, I think Sega of America

- Sega was able to make a dent
in the U.S., - Console Wars

- Sega was able to make a dent in the U.S.,

- As we grew,
as we added more people, - Console Wars

- As we grew, as we added more people,

It became a kind of
"Spy vs. Spy." - Console Wars

It became a kind of "Spy vs. Spy."

- With the Sega Menacer
in my hands, - Console Wars

- With the Sega Menacer in my hands,

- At one point, I was told
there was a dartboard - Console Wars

- At one point, I was told there was a dartboard

- When we went
to analyst meetings, - Console Wars

- When we went to analyst meetings,

- I remember getting up
to speak - Console Wars

- I remember getting up to speak

Thank goodness third-party
intervention happened. - Console Wars

Thank goodness third-party intervention happened.

- As '93 started,
there was a big game coming... - Console Wars

- As '93 started, there was a big game coming...

And it's gonna be available
not just for Super NES - Console Wars

And it's gonna be available not just for Super NES

For once, we get a big title. - Console Wars

For once, we get a big title.

- We had "Mortal Kombat"
in its original version - Console Wars

- We had "Mortal Kombat" in its original version

- There has been so much
violence swallowed into my soul - Console Wars

- There has been so much violence swallowed into my soul

I mean, consider Roadrunner. - Console Wars

I mean, consider Roadrunner.

- "Mortal Kombat" went
into a graphic violence area - Console Wars

- "Mortal Kombat" went into a graphic violence are...

- We had long discussions
about whether - Console Wars

- We had long discussions about whether

- I was expecting
we might actually get - Console Wars

- I was expecting we might actually get

"You kept the violence - Console Wars

"You kept the violence

- Tom wins!
- We outsold them five to one. - Console Wars

- Tom wins! - We outsold them five to one.

- Whoa! - Console Wars

- "Mortal Kombat"
on Sega Genesis - Console Wars

- "Mortal Kombat" on Sega Genesis

- The most complimentary thing
I can say about Nintendo - Console Wars

- The most complimentary thing I can say about Nintendo

- They had to create,
out of nothing, an industry. - Console Wars

- They had to create, out of nothing, an industry.

They not only did that;
they did it well. - Console Wars

They not only did that; they did it well.

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It was 1990: Sega, startup gaming co. assembled a team to take on Nintendo, world's greatest video game company. A make or break conflict pit brother against brother, Sonic against Mario and, American capitalism against Japanese trad

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Director: Blake J. Harris, Jonah Tulis

Writer: N/A

Production: Scott Rudin Productions,Point Grey Pictures,Flying Penguin Pictures,Legendary Television

Genre: documentary

Year: 2020

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ImdbRating: 7.0

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Released: 23 Sep 2020

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