Has there ever been another game that become super-popular so late into its console's lifespan?The GB was nearly 10 years old when it got released for it and it had been underpowered and weak since 1990/1991.
>>12308083There are caveats, but maybe San Andreas on the PS2?
GTA V (PS3/Xbox 360): Released just 2 months before the PS4 and Xbox One arrived. It sold ~32.5 million copies on those "obsolete" consoles alone within its first year.
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12308104seethe
"late into its console's lifespan" is when the install base is the largest (not to mention when developers are the most experienced at exploiting the platform). It makes sense that some of the best selling games come out at that point in the lifecycle.
>>12308101Not retro
>>12308107>pokemon thread>posts final fantasyonly on fucking vr could you find retards like this lmaoeither post on topic or get out
>>12308118>thirdy reading comprehensiongrim
>>12308083Kirby's Adventure was released in 1993 for the FC way into the SFC life.>>12308104>>12308118See>>12308152
>>12308290>not pokemonnice try backseat janny
>>12308083That Harry Poter game on PSX which became a system best seller's after the PS2 came outWith that said, no, there is nothing quite comparable to Pokémon. The Game Boy had been dead for almost 3 years when it released and it singlehandeldy revived it, lead to other games being released/re-released, and was probably the entire reason behind the Pocket and GBC
>>12308393GB Pocket came out in '96, just after the Japanese release of Pokemon. They started working on the GB Color in the early '90s in response to the Lynx and the Game Gear.
Guitar Hero.
>>12308426Good answer
>>12308083Most people I know got it for their GB Pocket or Color.
>>12308823Yeah I first got Red for my GB Pocket. At that point seeing the bulky original Game Boy felt like a novelty. I only knew one kid with one.
>>12308083Maybe some Switch games. Pokemon RBY and GS were basically GBC games.
>>12309448Red/Blue/Yellow weren't color-enhanced, but instead were enhanced for the Super Game Boy.Gold/Silver were color-enhanced for play on GBC. Kind of weird that they weren't GBC games from the get-go, yet Crystal was.
>>12308083Pokémon single-handedly revived the system. It was wild.
>>12308083The fact of the matter is, the Game Boy was just THAT good. Simplicity and elegance. The GBA was a mistake. If the industry were healthier, we would still be getting new official Game Boy (not romhack/GBstudio slop) games for it to this day.
>>12308426>>12308769I wouldn't call 2005 late into the PS2's lifespan
Persona 4 was released after the PS3 had launched iirc
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>>12309635And yet, it was. The PS2 has a lot of examples of these hugely popular late-cycle games though, for this reason >>12308107
>>12308083> it had been underpowered and weak since 1990/1991.Compared to hardware that didn't have a fraction of the market share? That doesn't mean its underpowered, it means the other hardware was overpowered. And I love my Game Gear.
>>12309668Yeah it didn't come out until 2008. Even Persona 3 came out in America after the PS3 launched.
>>12309668P4 also wuz my furst rpg after I dropped all square eni and sega rpgs.2 weeks later I got fes in the mail. Got them all except rule of rose must be pirated for obvious reasons.
