Sakanoba is a video game console development company, video game publisher, and first-party developer headquartered in Yoruyu, Pelinai. It designs both home consoles and handheld consoles for release in the Pelinese domestic market, beginning with the Sakanoba Raketa for the fifth console generation in late 1994. It is currently the largest Pelinese manufacturer of home consoles by units sold, as well as the second largest manufacturer of handheld systems.
Home consoles
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Release date(s)
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Discontinuation date(s)
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Console generation
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| Sakanoba Raketa
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December 1, 1994 (1994-12-01)
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April 28, 2001 (2001-04-28)
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Fifth
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Notes:- The first production gaming console sold by Sakanoba to compete with the Monisei M65; restricted to the Pelinese domestic market as with later consoles.
- Plays ROM cartridge games.
- Supports internet and online gaming using the Raketa Online dial-up internet service.
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| Sakanoba Clara
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September 27, 2000 (2000-09-27)
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January 12, 2011 (2011-01-12)
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Sixth
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Notes:- Sakanoba’s second home gaming console； released for the Pelinese domestic market．
- Plays DSD disc games.
- Contains hardware to use the Claranet internet service for online gaming and other internet services.
- Released to commercial success against the competing Monisei M130, and possesses many of Pelinai’s most successful video game titles.
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| Sakanoba Tyr
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October 29, 2006 (2006-10-29)
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March 16, 2015 (2015-03-16)
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Seventh
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Notes:- Plays Airis Disc games.
- Supports internet and online gaming using the Sakannect internet service.
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| Sakanoba Porea
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November 7, 2013 (2013-11-07)
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N/A
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Eighth
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Notes:- Plays Airis Disc games.
- Supports internet and online gaming using the Sakannect internet service.
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| Sakanoba Starship
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November 7, 2017 (2017-11-07)
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N/A
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Eighth
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Notes:- Released as a retrogaming console built to play games initially released on the Sakanoba Raketa and Sakanoba Clara.
- Plays Sakanoba Starship ROM cartridges.
- Supports some game functionality formerly utilizing Raketa Online and Claranet through the Sakannect internet service.
- Initially released bundled with one ROM cartridge containing 30 first-party games for the Raketa and Clara; two more cartridges containing a further 30 first- and third-party games each were released in 2019.
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| Sakanoba Tillsi
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October 26, 2020 (2020-10-26)
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N/A
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Ninth
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Notes:- Plays Airis-S disc games.
- Supports internet and online gaming using the Sakannect internet service.
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Handheld consoles
| Console
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Release date(s)
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Discontinuation date(s)
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Console generation
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| Sakanoba Kurtecon
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November 18, 2002 (2002-11-18)
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June 3, 2013 (2013-06-03)
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Seventh
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Notes:- The first handheld console to be designed by Sakanoba; intended to compete with Setako consoles in the handheld market, particularly the Setako Mini2D. Eventually competed with the Setako Fold after its early announcement and release in 2003.
- Plays ROM cartridge games.
- Supports internet and online gaming using the Sakannect internet service utilized by Sakanoba home consoles.
- Released to modest commercial success, with total sales of 16.6 million units by 2016 against the 29.1 million sales of the Setako Fold.
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See also