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After the failure of the exceptional WonderMega, Sega and Victor/JVC set about making a sequel. God knows why, since the second one was hardly a success story in itself, however the idea was also to ship the console in America, opening up the possible sales market.
The Wondermega II was not designed with the same eye as it's original however, the look no longer resembled a music system, but had a more simple CD based console look. Despite a sleeker and more rounded form it didn't have the looks of it's original and also cut down on the features. The Midi player input was removed, as were the Kareoke and sound options. The Wondermega II then, was simply a combined console without the looks, style or features of it's predeccesor. However the Japanese WonderMega II had one distinct addition, not seen since until the XBox 360. Wireless Controllers out of the box. Not quite as sophisticated as newer Radiowave/Bluetooth controllers, instead these ran on Infra-red sensors much like a standard TV Remote control. While this meant that the controller had to be facing the sensor at all times, it did mean no more wires, which was a big bonus. The American X-Eye, which was basically a Wondermega II, was even more budget than that, however. Where the Infra-Red sensor bar was at the front of the console was replaced with two controller ports and it came packaged with only wired controllers. Wireless Infra-red controllers were still available in America for Mega Drive, but had to be an additional accessory and never made it into hardware bundles on US shores. Despite the price cutbacks with the Wondermega II, it seemed that everyone who was interested in WonderMega already had the original, and with the removal of the music influence it lost even more user market. Anybody still left in the CD hardware market was looking at the Atari Jaguar, Amiga CD32 or even the next generation of consoles such as PlayStation and Saturn, as such the WonderMega bombed again. | |
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