>>80894098It'd be an interesting alternate history. So no Migo nigga, no Fubuki Scatman... I think 2019-2020 still remains a pivotal year, because nostalgia gaming was still a pretty nice topic for many and you have coof to thank for keeping people indoors for 1.5 years in some places, 2 years in others, plenty of time for people research and watch videos about half button presses and alpha game builds. In comes Korone, who not only loves retro gaming, but would likely be THE streamer people would likely think "who is this dog lady that really likes Sonic a lot?" and stick around to see what she's like.
And being stuck inside, you have all the time to binge this, learn "Oh, she's part of a company," leading into her being part of a unit and being into other idol interests. And with CGDCT, it was prime escapism from the world doomism that was everywhere else at the time.
Depending on the interest generated by then, an EN branch probably wouldn't have happened until 2021 or even 2022 as Cover checked NA metrics.
