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For Christmas, I'm gonna ask my mom for a Sega Genesis
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Console Wars

For Christmas, I'm gonnaask my mom for a Sega Genesis because it's way betterthan Nintendo

For Christmas, I'm gonna
ask my mom for a Sega Genesis because it's way better
than Nintendo

Full Transcript

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- For Christmas, I'm gonna ask my mom for a Sega Genesis
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because it's way better than Nintendo.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:32:04
Uploaded
May 31, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Scott Rudin Productions,Point Grey Pictures,Flying Penguin Pictures,Legendary Television

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Movie Summary

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
- Mario was a very slow-moving, - Console Wars 00:08
- Mario was a very slow-moving,
- Sega Genesis is way better - Console Wars 00:04
- Sega Genesis is way better
- When Sonic was first released, - Console Wars 00:11
- When Sonic was first released,
I don't know. You know, for me, - Console Wars 00:06
I don't know. You know, for me,
- But for a lot of people, they found it really fun - Console Wars 00:10
- But for a lot of people, they found it really fun
He had that little bit of edgy kind of wiseness - Console Wars 00:07
He had that little bit of edgy kind of wiseness
- It wasn't empirical science when you say, - Console Wars 00:08
- It wasn't empirical science when you say,
- In speed of action, we looked better; - Console Wars 00:05
- In speed of action, we looked better;
- I don't think Sonic the Hedgehog - Console Wars 00:08
- I don't think Sonic the Hedgehog
- By then, I knew we had a winner, - Console Wars 00:06
- By then, I knew we had a winner,
- ♪ Wal-Mart's one of those - Console Wars 00:07
- ♪ Wal-Mart's one of those
- Wal-Mart was making a lot of money from Nintendo, - Console Wars 00:08
- Wal-Mart was making a lot of money from Nintendo,
- And Wal-Mart just refused because of this pressure - Console Wars 00:05
- And Wal-Mart just refused because of this pressure
- We were fanatics about retail space, okay? - Console Wars 00:05
- We were fanatics about retail space, okay?
"Hey, you're really doing well with the product, Mr. Retailer, - Console Wars 00:13
"Hey, you're really doing well with the product, M...
- So we developed a strategy on how to change this. - Console Wars 00:05
- So we developed a strategy on how to change this.
- I came up with an idea of opening a Sega Game Store - Console Wars 00:09
- I came up with an idea of opening a Sega Game Store
- We rented a store in a shopping mall - Console Wars 00:21
- We rented a store in a shopping mall
- The store became very popular for Wal-Mart employees. - Console Wars 00:05
- The store became very popular for Wal-Mart employees.
- We bought every billboard leading in and out - Console Wars 00:06
- We bought every billboard leading in and out