Decide the Destiny for October 1989.
The following games are eligible for the Tetra Adapter bonus. Their value is multiplied by four.
The following games are eligible for the VRC bonus. They will start with seven die:
The following games are eligible for Relevancy Bonus. They will start with an additional die
Awareness
[X] Sega is still looking into helping getting their names out there, and while the best play Sega, there is no shame in admitting that other consoles can give you vastly different experiences to what you had expected. Due to their success, it would be prudent to make sure people get more pieces of the pie. Sega begins releasing games for competing consoles. it costs 2,000,000 per game, and brings in 1,500,000 in revenue each month the game is on shelves.
[X] Sega's always on the hunt for new and upcoming talent.... and there's a lot of talent in America. Sega establishes the Sega Technical Institute, a dedicated American development studio meant to bridge the gap between the American and Japanese branches, in San Francisco, California. Costs $15mil to start, but all Sega Technical Institute-developed games will be free and have an extra two dice, regardless of OTL release. Unlocks "SegaTech R&D" Research Path.
[X] Hey, it's football season right now, right? So, why not go after one of the biggest names in Football? No, not John Madden. Sega spends $5.5mil on Joe Montana's likeness. Unlocks "Joe Montana Football" on the List. Unlocks "Sega Sports" Research Path. Can spend an additional $20mil for the NFL license
[X] Viacom's Nickelodeon game show team is planning to do a game show based around video games, and Sega's a major partner. While the show will be focused mainly around trivia and assorted challenges, there will be segments where video games will be played -console agnostic, but Sega could partially fund the show... and they have ideas on how to tie in with the show. Sega plans to invest in the show until its release in January 1992, and the more they spend, the longer the show will last... Spend $Xmil to invest in Nick Arcade, where X is an integer between 1-9. Unlocks "Nick Arcade Adventure" and "Nick Arcade Face-Off" for release. Needs at least $30mil to launch one season and $10mil after that per season.
[X] Write In
Support
[X] With how successful Sega has been these past two months, maybe it's time to start buying some development teams to bolster their resources. Unlocks "Acquisitions" Support Paths.
[X] Codemasters' Camerica division recently put out a game called Micro Machines that came with a unique J-Cart design; coming out of the box with two additional control ports. So... six player racing game? Sega might be interested. Costs $2mil, adds one Codemasters J-Cart every year until 1993, and unlocks "Nonstandard Cartridges" Research.
[X] Nintendo currently has Capcom locked down... or do they? Sega is hoping to license some Capcom games to develop for the Sega Genesis on their own. Costs 2,000,000 per game, but guarantees an additional 1,000,000 for each game, and adds Sega-Developed Capcom games to the list until 1990.
[X] SNK recently put out this red behemoth in the arcades that's doing numbers over all other 16-bit consoles. There's an opportunity there. Spend $1.5mil to get SNK support. Guarantees at least three SNK games a year until 1995. Unlocks "Sega on SNK" Research Path
[X] Psygnosis, a popular British computer programming house has been tapped to work on Nick Arcade's Face-Off. Because of this, they were brought to Sega's attention. Spend $2mil to get Psygnosis developer support. Unlocks Psygnosis-developed games.
[X] That Final Fantasy thing sure sounds like a hoot, why don't we give them kits for our shiny new toy. That'll ruffle that plumber's feathers! Costs $10mil, adds at least three Square titles on the list every year until End of Cycle, and unlocks "Final Fantasy I & II" and "Final Fantasy III" for voting. Also unlocks Enix in future Support paths.
[X] Everyone's gotta start somewhere, and for future star of the video game world Playstation Studios, that's Sony Imagesoft... and they've brought their own films to the party. Adds at least one Columbia Pictures licensed title on the list every year until December 1994.
Research
[X] Might it be possible to invest in some of our plans to get some of our new tech out sooner? Sega has a lot of capital just sitting there. Invest $Xmil into one of the following projects: Super Scaler Upgrade Path, Sega CD Upgrade Path. Every $5mil is one month shaved off of development time.
Genesis Super Scaler is planned for July 1991
Sega Mega CD is planned for October 1992
[X] Since talks have begun with Nickelodeon on their game show, perhaps you could use this to plug some cool new stuff... including upcoming releases. Unlocks "Nick Arcade Plug" Development Path.
[X] So, the Game Boy. It's been doing numbers for a hot minute. Atari's Lynx handheld came out last month and that was a bit of a beef. What does Sega have up their sleeve? Perhaps looking at the competition would reveal some clues. Begin developing "Sega Game Gear" handheld system.
[X] Sega isn't a stranger to the home computer world; though perhaps it's not the right time... then again, with Windows 3.1 on the horizon, maybe it is. Unlocks "Sega PC" Development Path.
[X] Soon enough, Super Scaler won't be enough. Soon enough, Sega will have to start looking into polygonal graphics. Unlocks "Sega Model 1" Development Path.
Development
Due to recent revelations, a possibility has opened... but the window is only open for so long.
Yikes. Shouzou Kaga's strategy game Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light ran into a lot of trouble with development, even with Nintendo's assistance and Gunpei Yokoi's expertise. The game came out, was good, but could have been even better. While the original game will be a Nintendo exclusive, there is a possibility to change history and brand Fire Emblem with the blue and white mark of Sega over the red and white of Nintendo... or perhaps...
[X] Offer $50mil to Shouzou Kaga to purchase Fire Emblem as an in-house Sega franchise. Fire Emblem will replace all instances of the Shining series. Release at least one Fire Emblem game every year until End of Cycle. Each Fire Emblem game will start with seven dice.
[X] Offer $25mil to Nintendo to co-purchase Fire Emblem as a joint venture between Nintendo and Sega. Fire Emblem games will alternate consoles until end of Quest. The games will release once every two years, but in return, Fire Emblem will double in value.
[X] Invest $Xmil in Shouzou Kaga to improve development of Fire Emblem as an independent contractor. Sega will gain royalties on each copy of Fire Emblem sold on Nintendo platforms; and retain the option to purchase the series outright. If this is done, replace all further instances of the Shining series with Fire Emblem.
[X] Do nothing. The offer is only available for the next two months.
Plan
[X] Write In
The voting ends at midnight, October 16.
