r/WonderSwan

I made this discreet clip-on stand for the WonderSwan Color. It took a bunch of iterations to get it right since the shell is so curvy and uneven. It clips into the notch above the battery compartment, zero wobble. Comes in 10°/20° tilt.

More info and pictures there: https://makerworld.com/en/models/3181831-wonderswan-color-minimalist-display-stand#profileId-3598797

Good Morning, Andrew here!

I've taken it upon myself to start up a new series where I look at WonderSwan games as a complete package, looking at the boxes/manuals/cartridges as well as show what the games look like running on real hardware! It's going to be a lengthy project going through all of these, but I think the end result will be well worth it. Hope you all enjoy!

https://youtu.be/uyjZpsvGUGQ

I’ve been searching for this game for years and I’m starting to think it isn’t real. There is actually no photo of the cartridge for this game anywhere on the internet. All of the ones I’ve tracked down are either English Patched versions of real cartridges or reproductions. I have seen no real, verified version of this game from the Hong Kong release. But there are multiple photos of the box? But none of the cartridge? It’s almost like someone photoshopped the box as a hoax.

I don’t think there’s ever been a game where photos of the cartridge don’t exist but clear photos of the cardboard box do.

Photos attached are an English patched version most point to erroneously as being legitimate and a reproduction cartridge.

Maybe It was commons knoledge, but i got surprised when i saw this today. I will 100% change my IPS for this one.

I'm Japanese, and I kept seeing foreign tourists at Book-Off standing in front of the WonderSwan/WonderSwan Color shelves completely stuck — no way to tell which titles were worth grabbing, or even what game they were holding.

WonderSwan is a rough platform for non-Japanese speakers specifically: almost nothing was localized, so you're relying entirely on box art and guesswork. So I built a small free tool (Kataban) to help bridge that: search by English title (or scan the barcode if you're in the store), and it shows you the Japanese title, product code, which shelf category to look in, and purchase links if you're shopping from overseas instead (Rakuten/Suruga-ya/eBay/Buyee).

gamekataban.com

Coverage for older/niche platforms like WonderSwan is still a work in progress — some titles may be missing or have thin data. Full disclosure: a few of the purchase links are affiliate links to help cover server costs, totally optional to use.

Built most of this with AI help, so no promises on turnaround for feature requests, but genuinely curious what would help WonderSwan collectors specifically — most wanted missing titles, import-friendly game recommendations, anything.