F-Zero is a futuristic racing video game franchise originally created by Nintendo EAD and has been continually published by Nintendo although the company has let outside development houses work on some installments.
 The series premiered in Japan on November 21, 1990, with "F-Zero" (エフゼロ ) , which later was released in the North American (August 1991) and PAL (1992) regions.
 An original installment has appeared on nearly every succeeding Nintendo video game console and handheld with the exception of the Game Boy Color, Wii, and Nintendo DS.
 Excluding Japan, the series usually has landed on a video game system once in its lifetime.
 "F-Zero: GP Legend" marks the first time the franchise has hit a gaming system twice in its lifetime in the United States.
 Currently the series includes eight released video games, a television series, and video game soundtracks released on audio CDs.
 "F-Zero" and "F-Zero X" were re-released for the Virtual Console service through software emulation.
Sega is a video game developer, publisher, and hardware development company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, with multiple offices around the world.
 The company has produced home video game consoles and handheld consoles since 1983; these systems were released from the third console generation to the sixth.
 Sega was formed from the merger of slot machine developer Service Games and arcade game manufacturer Rosen Enterprises in 1964, and it produced arcade games for the next two decades.
 After a downturn in the arcade game industry in the 1980s, the company transitioned to developing and publishing video games and consoles.
 The first Sega console was the Japan-only SG-1000, released in 1983.
 Sega released several variations of this console in Japan, the third of which, the Sega Mark III, was rebranded as the Master System and released worldwide in 1985.
 They went on to produce the Genesis—known as the Mega Drive outside of North America—and its add-ons beginning in 1988, the Game Gear handheld console in 1990, the Sega Saturn in 1994, and the Dreamcast in 1998.
The Dreamcast is a home video game console released by Sega on November 27, 1998 in Japan, September 9, 1999 in North America, and October 14, 1999 in Europe.
 It was the first in the sixth generation of video game consoles, preceding Sony's PlayStation 2, Nintendo's GameCube and Microsoft's Xbox.
 The Dreamcast was Sega's final home console, marking the end of the company's 18 years in the console market.
Sewer Shark is a first-person rail shooter video game, and is the first on a home console to use full-motion video for its primary gameplay.
 It was originally slated to be the flagship product in Hasbro's Control-Vision video game system, which would use VHS tapes as its medium.
 However, Hasbro cancelled the Control-Vision platform, and Digital Pictures later developed the game for the Sega CD expansion unit.
 "Sewer Shark" is one of the first titles for the Sega CD and one of its best-selling games, leading Sega to eventually bundle it with Sega CD units.
 It was later ported and released for the 3DO in 1994.
 A port was also planned for the SNES-CD, but that system was cancelled.
Love Story, stylized as Ø Story, is a Japanese exclusive adventure interactive movie video game developed by General Entertainment and published by Enix on April 27, 2000.
 It was the first Enix game published on the PlayStation 2, and was part of the campaign to promote the release of the console in Japan.
 Sega Dreamcast, PlayStation ports were planned, but were later cancelled during development for unknown reasons.
Super Mario Kart is a 1992 go-kart racing video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System video game console.
 The first game of the "Mario Kart" series, it was launched in Japan on August 27, 1992, in North America on September 1, 1992, and in Europe on January 21, 1993.
 Selling nine million copies worldwide, the game went on to become the third best selling SNES game of all time.
 "Super Mario Kart" was re-released on the Wii's Virtual Console in Japan on June 9, 2009, North America on November 23, 2009, and in Europe on April 2, 2010.
 "Super Mario Kart" was re-released again on the Wii U's Virtual Console in Japan on June 19, 2013, Europe on March 27, 2014, and in North America on August 6, 2014.
 "Super Mario Kart" was released once more on the New Nintendo 3DS's Virtual Console.
 Nintendo re-released "Super Mario Kart" in the United States in September 2017 as part of the company's Super NES Classic Edition.
The Sega Genesis, known as Mega Drive (Japanese: メガドライブ , Hepburn: Mega Doraibu ) in most regions outside North America, is a 16-bit video game console that was developed and sold by Sega Enterprises, Ltd. First released in Japan in 1988 and in North America in 1989, the Genesis is Sega's third console and the successor to the Master System.
 The system supports a library of more than 700 games created both by Sega and a wide array of third-party publishers and delivered on ROM cartridges.
 It can also play the complete library of Master System games when the separately sold Power Base Converter is installed.
 The Genesis also benefited from numerous peripherals, including the Sega CD and Sega 32X, several network services, and multiple first-party and third-party variations of the console that focused on extending its functionality.
 The console and its games continue to be popular among fans, collectors, video game music fans, and emulation enthusiasts.
 Licensed third party re-releases of the console are still being produced, and several indie game developers continue to produce games for it.
 Many games have also been re-released in compilations for newer consoles and offered for download on various digital distribution services, such as Virtual Console, Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network, and Steam.
Rugrats Royal Ransom is a 2002 action-adventure game developed by Avalanche Software and published by THQ for the PlayStation 2 and GameCube.
 The game was released on November 26, 2002, and is based on the "Rugrats" television series, which ran from 1991 to 2004 on Nickelodeon.
 The game's plot is loosely based on "".
 It is also the first and only Rugrats video game on the PlayStation 2 and Nintendo GameCube, as well as the last Rugrats video game on home consoles.
ApeXtreme (pronounced 'A-peks-schreem') is a cancelled video game console that was developed by Apex Digital.
 While the console made a promising first appearance at the Consumer Electronics Show in January 2004, it had been cancelled by December of that year.
 The console was based on VIA's Glory Personal Gaming Console Platform, and would have included a keyboard, mouse, game controller and a remote control.
Rugrats in Paris: The Movie is a video game based on the from the Nickelodeon animated series, "Rugrats".
 The game follows the adventures of a group of young children in a European theme park.
 The game was released in 2000, for the PlayStation, Nintendo 64, and Game Boy Color.
 A version for Microsoft Windows was later released in 2001.
 A Sega Dreamcast version of the game was planned to be made, but it was later cancelled.

Question: What year was the console for which Rugrats in Paris: The Movie video game was planned to be released but cancelled itself released in Japan
Answer: 1998