Kageverse World History/Media

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== Super Mario Bros franchise ==
=== Mario Party ===
All minigames that required the turning of the joystick IOTL instead require a button to be repeatedly pressed. Mario Party never caused hand injuries to players as a result, and it did get a Virtual Console re-release on the Wii and Wii U. 
== Sonic the Hedgehog franchise ==
*Many infamous character mandates (only male hedgehogs can go super, no family for characters except Cream, Shadow must be extremely edgy, male characters aside from Eggman cannot wear pants, etc.) were never made.
*Aleena, Sonia, Manic, Uncle Chuck, Sally Acorn, Bunnie Rabbot/D'Coolette, Antoine Depardieu/D'Coolette, Rotor Walrus, Nicole, Ben "Mutt" Muttski, Lupe Wolf, and Cosmo would all become canon characters, while Mighty, Ray, Fang, Bean, Bark, and Honey are all introduced into the modern continuity.
*Tiara would also become a canon character, as Sonic X-Treme wasn't cancelled in this timeline.
*Sonic's allies still play a significant role in the games instead of merely being reduced to his morale boosters.
*Sega gives Sonic Team enough time to properly work on and complete games, instead of rushing them for the sake of holiday season sales.
*The characters' ages are different; Sonic is 19, Tails is 13, Knuckles is 19, Amy is 17, Shadow (while chronologically 50) is physically 23, Rouge is 25, Cream is 10, Vanilla is 37, Blaze is 19, Silver is 18, Big is 24, Vector is 25, Espio is 20, Charmy is 12, Sally is 21, Bunnie is 20, Antoine is 22, Rotor is 25, Nicole is physically 21, Tiara is 20, Cosmo is 13, Eggman is 51, Manic is 19, Sonia is 19, Aleena is 41, Uncle Chuck is 50, (W.I.P)
*The characters' personalities remain more consistent and well-written; Sonic remains a snarky, sassy daredevil character who is loyal to his friends and hates oppression, Tails, while still relying on Sonic, is not cowardly and assists Sonic against Eggman, along with being capable of fighting his own battles (like he did in Sonic Adventure), Knuckles is more level-headed and a friendly rival to Sonic who happens to have a gullible side and isn't reduced to a walking joke, Amy goes through character development where she gradually becomes less clingy and obsessive towards Sonic, and looks up to him and his heroism, becoming more free-spirited while still retaining her girly traits as a result of this character development, Shadow is more than merely being edgy (due to the "Shadow must be extremely edgy" mandate never being made) as while he still retains edge, he is also an antihero who wants to protect the world, etc.
=== English voice cast ===
Here is the current list of English voice actors:
* Jason Griffith as Sonic and Shadow
* Colleen O'Shaughnessey as Tails and Charmy
* Scott Dreier as Knuckles
* Lisa Ortiz as Amy
* Kate Higgins as Tiara and Ray
* Mike Pollock as Dr. Eggman
* Nika Futterman as Sticks
* Lani Minella as Rouge
* Michelle Ruff as Cream and Marine
* Kyle Hebert as Big
* Erica Schroeder as Blaze
* Pete Capella as Silver
* Marc Biaggi as Vector
* David Wills as Espio and Bean
* Travis Willingham as Mighty
* Kath Soucie as Sally and Nicole
* Candi Milo as Bunnie
* Rob Paulsen as Antoine and Mutt
* Mark Ballou as Rotor
* Laura Bailey as Lupe
* Amy Birnbaum as Cosmo
* Maurice LaMarche as Uncle Chuck
* Karen Strassman as Queen Aleena
* Cree Summer as Sonia
* Roger Craig Smith as Manic
* Cindy Robinson as Honey
* Matthew Mercer as Fang
* Elara Distler as Tikal
=== Sonic SatAM ===
The third season of Sonic SatAM was picked up, and it received a fourth and final season in 1996. In 2006, ten years after the series' original conclusion, a television film based on the series titled "Sonic The Hedgehog: Road to Armageddon" was released.
=== Sonic X-Treme ===
Sonic X-Treme's development went more smoothly, and wasn't detrimental to the health of the developers. It was still delayed, but was never cancelled. Sonic X-Treme and its tie-in film would be released in late 1996. It would become a huge success, and said success would extend the Saturn's lifespan by a few years (the Saturn would be discontinued in 2000 ITTL).
=== Sonic R ===
Sonic R uses a different engine that was more fitted for characters racing on foot. The physics and controls are more tolerable as a result, and the game was more positively received.
=== Sonic Underground ===
It wasn't prematurely cancelled, allowing the series to conclude properly.
=== Sister Sonic ===
Development on this game would resume in the late 90s after years of being cancelled. While it would remain an RPG, it would become an original game instead of a reskin of Popful Mail. Sonia would be the main character of this game, and the game would be released for the Sega Saturn, Dreamcast and PC in late 1999.
The plot of this game would be that Sonia discovers she is related to the famous Sonic the Hedgehog, and looks for him, meeting her other long-lost brother Manic along the way. Her goal is to reunite with her brothers and team up with them to find their biological mother, the former queen Aleena, who is living in exile after being forced to abandon Sonic, Sonia and Manic when they were babies in order to keep them safe from Eggman, who invaded and destroyed her kingdom, her husband King Jude disappearing in the process.
=== Sonic Heroes ===
Sonic Heroes would be released on the Dreamcast, as Sega wouldn't withdraw from the console business until 2004 in this timeline. Sonic Heroes would still be re-released on the GameCube, XBOX and PlayStation 2. Super Tails and Super Knuckles' designs are modernized versions of their Sonic 3/& Knuckles designs; their eyes also turn red upon going super. Sonic Heroes also got to have a Steam port.
=== Sonic Adventure 3 ===
Sonic Adventure 3 was released in 2004, and was the final Sonic game to be released on the Dreamcast and Sega consoles as a whole, as that same year would mark the end of the Dreamcast's lifespan and Sega going third-party. Like its predecessors, it would be re-released on the GameCube, XBOX 360 and PlayStation 2. Its plot is based on the Metarex arc of Sonic X.
=== Shadow the Hedgehog ===
The game's tone remains darker, though it is not excessively edgy like IOTL. It was not censored for an E10+ rating and is rated T. The controls are also better.
=== Sonic 06 ===
Sonic 06 wasn't rushed, and its release was pushed back to November 2007, allowing Sega to stamp out many glitches and properly complete the game. In this timeline, it is named Sonic The Hedgehog: The New Future. It is far less buggy, and doesn't take very long to load. Elise and her family are also hedgehogs instead of humans, making her romance with Sonic less weird. Elise being unable to show negative emotion due to Iblis is also explored upon more. The scene where Sonic is revived is also different; Sonic is resurrected by a power that came from the unity of his allies combined with the power of the Chaos Emeralds instead of his corpse being kissed by Elise.
=== Sonic and the Secret Rings ===
The controls are more responsive, and at the end, Sonic wishes for Shahra's freedom.
=== Sonic Unleashed ===
Sonic's werehog form still exists, though the werehog's gameplay is much more tolerable. More characters are playable as well. The PS2 port does not exist.
=== Sonic Generations ===
Classic Sonic does speak, and is voiced by Jaleel White. Classic Tails is voiced by a child actor doing an impression of Christopher Stephen Welch. Classic Knuckles (voiced by Brian Drummond) also appears in the game and plays a part in its story. In the Japanese version of this game, Classic Sonic, Classic Tails and Classic Knuckles are voiced by Masami Kikuchi, Hekiru Shiina, and Yasunori Matsumoto respectively, reprising their roles from the Sonic OVA. Sonic Adventure 3 also has a level representing it. Due to never being canned ITTL, Sonic X-treme and Sister Sonic both have levels representing them; Tiara and Sonia are the characters rescued in those respective levels.
=== Sonic Lost World ===
Instead of being Koopaling wannabes, The Deadly Six are more fleshed out characters. Amy and Knuckles tag along with Sonic and Tails instead of staying behind. This game also is more original instead of rehashing other games.
=== Sonic Forces ===
The game still retains the custom character gimmick ITTL, though the story is more consistent. Aside from Sonic and the custom character, Tails, Knuckles, Amy, Shadow, Silver, Rouge, Sally, Sonia and Manic are also playable characters. Classic Sonic is not in the game, nor are Green Hill or Chemical Plant, with original levels taking their places. Chaos and Zavok are not in the game either (and due to Tails' personality being more consistent, the infamous "Sonic help me" moment never happens). 
=== Sonic film series (2020-) ===
Jun'ichi Kanemaru reprises his role as Sonic in the Japanese dub of the 2020 Sonic movie and its sequels.
(W.I.P)
== Disney ==
=== Aladdin ===
While many things in the movie remain the same, the film's depiction of Arab culture is less orientalist and more accurate to real-world Arab culture. There are also no attempts to lump in South Asian culture either. Princess Jasmine's outfit is also more closer to traditional Middle Eastern clothing. Arabian Nights has the line "Where it's flat and immense, and the heat is intense, it's chaotic, but hey it's home" instead of "Where they cut off your ear if they don't like your face, it's barbaric, but hey it's home". The film was less controversial with the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee and Middle Eastern viewers as a result.
=== Live action remakes ===
There are no live action remakes in this timeline.
=== Disney's Pocahontas ===
During production, the crew did more research and found out what John Smith did to Matoaka (the real name of Pocahontas, as Pocahontas was a nickname) in real life, and the tragic story of Matoaka's real life. They realized it would be too distasteful to adapt a story like Matoaka's into a musical fairytale romance, with one even stating "It would be like making a musical fairytale romance film about Anne Frank where we age her up and have her fall in love with a Nazi". While the film mostly retains the same story it had IOTL, the characters are fictional indigenous and colonist characters instead of being based on real people. The titular character is instead named Apani, and so is her film.
=== Ralph Breaks The Internet ===
The film doesn't have much aspects that would date it within a year; as a result, the film is named "Ralph Wrecks The Internet".
Mario appears in the film as promised, being voiced by Charles Martinet.
Due to Jason Griffith never being replaced, he voices Sonic in this film and its predecessor.
Vanellope isn't unsatisfied with her life; the reason why the steering wheel broke on the Sugar Rush arcade cabinet is because of the steering wheel being very worn out after years of use. There is also no continuity error with the Sugar Rush cabinet, it retains the same appearance it had in the first film.
There is little to no product placement; eBay is replaced with a similar, fictional site named "WePay", and the "eBoy" is renamed "WeBoy". The Disney Princesses and other Disney characters still do appear in the film in CGI form, but their presence is more of a cameo instead. Buzz Lightyear's model is also more accurate to his appearance in the Toy Story films, Tiana's model is accurate to her 2D appearance from the start, retaining her features instead of having her skin lightened (therefore the controversy never happened) and because Giselle is an official member of the Disney Princess lineup, she does appear in this film with the other princesses, with a CGI model based on her 2D appearance, along with Amy Adams reprising her role as Giselle for a few speaking lines in her cameo appearance.
Vanellope only has a crisis of if she should stay in her game after she discovers Slaughter Race. In the end, she doesn't go Turbo, though she still stays in touch with Shank and the emotional goodbye scene is between her and Shank instead. She doesn't completely abandon Slaughter Race either, as she'll show up at least once a month after the arcade closes. The developers still manage to code her into the game so she won't permanently die if she were to face a lethal situation in the game, and she is instead a limited-time character.
The scene where Ralph receives rude comments is played out differently. Ralph has flashbacks of the years of prejudice he faced for being a villain after reading a few of the comments, but doesn't let the comments or the bad memories get to him.
Ralph isn't clingy or obsessive towards Vanellope. Instead, when Vanellope has her crisis, Ralph is concerned for her in a more fatherly manner due to how dangerous it would be for an outsider to game-jump into a game like Slaughter Race.
The third act, while it still involves viruses and Ralph clones, plays out differently. Instead of Ralph unleashing a virus onto Slaughter Race, a shady group on the dark web wanting to exploit Ralph's popularity for their own gain and profit uses the virus as an attempt to kill Vanellope so she wouldn't get in the way of their goal, though she survives. The virus creates virus-like clones of Ralph as an attempt to further exploit Ralph's popularity. While the clones still behave in a creepy manner and form a giant Ralph clone to terrorize the internet, they are not clingy towards Vanellope, instead acting in a more violent and destructive manner like a real computer virus would. There are no references to King Kong or Godzilla either. The final battle consists of the Ralph clones trying to kill Ralph and Vanellope so they could impersonate Ralph, and their defeat comes when Ralph uses an anti-virus to stop them and the shady group.
=== Toy Story 4 ===
Toy Story 4 doesn't exist ITTL. Instead, a spinoff movie named Little Bo Peep takes its place, though it does share lots of elements with IOTL's Toy Story 4. It is about Bo Peep and how she had to fend for herself alone after she was donated, and the friends she met along the way. Woody, Forky and the gang do appear in the film, though Woody does not abandon his friends for Bo and promises to visit Bo and her friends next time Bonnie's family visits the carnival. The film ends with a 1-year timeskip where Bonnie and her family go to the carnival again, and Woody meeting up with Bo Peep and her friends.
=== Wish ===
Wish is traditionally animated instead of in CGI. King Magnifico is a more menacing villain than he was IOTL, and Queen Amaya is a villain too, the evil couple concept remaining. Star is a shapeshifter and retains his original design, and Asha is the adoptive daughter of King Magnifico and Queen Amaya. The references to previous Walt Disney Animation Studios films are more subtle. While "the teens" are still based on the seven dwarves, they are more fleshed out instead of being reskins of the seven dwarves, and they are referred to as "The Seven Wishers". "This is the thanks I get" sounds more like a traditional Disney villain song, and AI was not used in the film's production.
== Mother/Earthbound ==
=== Mother 1 ===
The Mother 1 translation was never cancelled, and was released to North America and PAL regions in 1990 under the name "Earth Bound". It would also gain a film adaptation in 1991. However, Giegue is instead called "Giygas" in the localized version. A Game Boy Color port of the game was released in 1998. The game would've also got a Virtual Console release for the Wii in 2007.
=== Mother 2/EarthBound ===
Mother 2/EarthBound is nearly identical to how it is in the original timeline. However, the localized version is instead named "EarthBound: Giygas Strikes Back!" in order to distinguish it from its predecessor. Similarly to the Johnsonverse, Mother 2 would also gain a film adaptation in 1997, and the title of its film adaptation would retain the "The War Against Giygas!" slogan. The game also was more successful than it was in the original timeline.
=== Mother 3/EarthBound 64 ===
Mother 3 never was delayed, its production went more smoothly, and it was eventually released on the Nintendo 64 on September 15th, 1998. Outside Japan, it would be released as "EarthBound 64". A film adaptation of the game was released in 2003, with a Gamecube port of the game being released the same year as a promotion/tie-in to the film. A remake of Mother 3 would be released for the Nintendo DS in 2004. The game would be released for the Virtual Console in 2007 and 2015 in all regions for the Wii and Wii U respectively, and would be included in the Nintendo 64 expansion for Nintendo Switch Online. it would've been ported to the GameCube a couple years later. 
=== Mother 1+2 ===
Most things about Mother 1+2 would've been the same as the original timeline, though it would've been officially localized and released outside of Japan as well, under the title "EarthBound Advance".
(W.I.P)
== Battle for Dream Island ==
=== BFDIA revival ===
BFDIA 7+ doesn't exist. BFDIA 6 would be the finale of BFDIA, with the end of the episode bridging into IDFB.
== Tomodachi Collection/Life ==
=== Tomodachi Collection ===
The TTS engine issue that prevented Tomodachi Collection from being localized IOTL was solved ITTL, and it would be released outside of Japan in 2010. 
=== Tomodachi Life ===
Tomodachi Life would have a remastered port on the Switch, set for a 2024 release. 
The graphics have been upgraded to go with the Switch's processing power. The TTS engine was also upgraded, allowing the Miis to have more natural-sounding voices. Queer relationships are now a possibility, though you are required to go to the Town Hall to enable it, as it is usually shut off by default. The makeup/wigs mechanic from the Switch port of Miitopia has been carried over to the Switch port of Tomodachi Life.
Due to the Switch lacking an equivalent to StreetPass, the traveler system's functionality has been changed completely. It's now more similar to the Miitopia casting mechanic, where the player chooses which traveler they want to visit their island. Similarly, due to QR codes being rendered obsolete on the Switch, an access key system (similar to the one in the Miitopia Switch port) takes its place for when the player wants to put Miis created by other users on their island.
The Mii Maker has also been updated to match the Switch's Mii Maker, and there is now an option to make a Mii's default hair colour an unnatural one, though the hair-colour spray item remains in the game.
Like the Miitopia Switch port, much more content has been added into the Tomodachi Life Switch port, such as more events, more locations, more clothes, etc. 
The Enka song has been made available for non-Japanese versions of the game via DLC, while the Musical, Ballad and Techno songs are also available in the Japanese version.
== Nintendo in general ==
=== Nintendo 64 ===
The Nintendo 64 uses CD-ROMs instead of cartridges for games. As a result, it also supports CD playback. The 64DD does not exist, and Randnet is instead an online service for the Nintendo 64. It also isn't exclusive to Japan, and was released earlier in the Nintendo 64's lifespan, approximately 1996-1997.
=== GameCube ===
The GameCube has DVD playback support. While the game discs keep the miniDVD gimmick, the console's disc drive is larger to support regular-sized discs. Because of Nintendo 64 games being disc-based ITTL, the GameCube is backwards compatible with the Nintendo 64. The GameCube enjoyed more success as a result.
== Miscellaneous ==
=== Foodfight ===
Foodfight's production was less troubled, and Lawrence Kasanoff is not involved. Additionally, while the film has less sexual innuendos, it does not try to be family-friendly and is instead rated PG-13. Instead of attempting to get the rights for real-world brands, no real-world brands were featured and instead were replaced with parodies that were more well-done than the brand parodies featured in the IOTL version of the film. Instead of being voiced by Hilary Duff, Sunshine Goodness is voiced by Kath Soucie. The mascots are not called "ikes", instead simply being called "mascots". The film uses squash-and-stretch CGI animation as intended instead of motion capture, although the animation is better executed than the animation seen in the IOTL 2002 version. Foodfight was released to theatres in December of 2003, and it was more positively received.