I don't really want them to resurrect franchises, I'd rather see them make new original games. Most of Sega's older franchises wouldn't exist if they only made sequels to existing games.
I'd like to see them re-release some of their older games like Jet Set Radio Future and Virtual On though.
..is spot on. Sega at thier best was just trying crazy new things and rarely sticking with one franchise for long. You don't get Crazy Taxi, Skies of Arcadia, Jet Set Radio and so on if they are just making Golden Axe 7 instead. Sadly I feel that Sega is lost forever though as a lot of the talent is gone.
To be fair ... It's been renamed "Daytona Championship USA" and a Sega rep said it's internally not being referred to as Daytona 3. Apparently it's more of a remake of Daytona 1 with some added tracks than an actual sequel. Still counts as a revival of the franchise, though!
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No one has suggested feel the magic switch, with even more feeling thanks to HD rumble... this brings a tear to my eye.
There is hope, there has been mention of Seaman and Space Channel 5, more niche games I like are being recognized, I must hold out until then... Also I should go pick up samba de amigo for wii.
Even though it's not technically dead, a new Rhythm Thief would be great as well
I grew up with the Mega Drive and it gave me several of my favorite gaming moments, so it is difficult for me to choose. A Sega-Xbox fusion would be very interesting, IMHO.
Three resurrections I would love to see:
-Streets of Rage
-Ecco
-Shinobi
Way too many to name honestly, and too many certain scenarios that would probably not happen (i.e. Camelot working on Shining again). That being said, there are two franchises that I could see making unique use of some recent tech.
1. Panzer Dragoon and VR - Seems like a match made in heaven really. I don't have too much experience with VR to know how well a first-person view + maneuvering the dragon would work in tandem, but maybe something akin to Rez Infinite would be fitting?
2. Virtual-On and Joycons - With the joycons keeping motion control outside of the VR realm alive, it's a good avenue for things like House of the Dead to keep living comfortably on consoles. Seeing ARMS in action made me automatically think of Virtual-On, and assuming it's a responsive device I think it could work well emulating the twin sticks.
Though the joycons shouldn't stop it from being on other consoles and PC please.
Way too many to name honestly, and too many certain scenarios that would probably not happen (i.e. Camelot working on Shining again). That being said, there are two franchises that I could see making unique use of some recent tech.
1. Panzer Dragoon and VR - Seems like a match made in heaven really. I don't have too much experience with VR to know how well a first-person view + maneuvering the dragon would work in tandem, but maybe something akin to Rez Infinite would be fitting?
2. Virtual-On and Joycons - With the joycons keeping motion control outside of the VR realm alive, it's a good avenue for things like House of the Dead to keep living comfortably on consoles. Seeing ARMS in action made me automatically think of Virtual-On, and assuming it's a responsive device I think it could work well emulating the twin sticks.
Though the joycons shouldn't stop it from being on other consoles and PC please.
Regarding the bold - There's nothing that mandates that VR has to be first person to be effective. This is what the magic that the Playroll VR demo platformer game taught me. Your head can just be the camera, and you can control a character in the space of the game in 3rd person. It's really fucking cool and ideally how I'd want the game to be built if it ever happens.
1. Streets of Rage - a la Sonic Mania style (Yes I know Streets of Rage Remake exists, and I play it to death, but I want a definitive Streets of Rage 4)
2. Power Stone
3. Skies of Arcadia
Shinobi
- To see a true successor to Shinobi III that is actually done great, or see the series brought into 3D in an excellent fashion would be awesome.
Crazy Taxi
- Crazy Taxi never gets old to me, it's just so damn fun, and it feels like they could do so much more with the franshise in the console/ arcade/ AA game space
Streets of Rage
- Seriously Sega, get the team back together and bring us a true Streets of Rage sequel, or at the very least, support the guy who made Streets of Rage remake, evangelize it, polish it back up, and release it officially.
Honorable Mentions:
Wonderboy (This would be at the top if Monster Boy and the Dragon's Trap remake didn't exist.)
Beyond Oasis
Fantasy Zone
Phantasy Star (The JRPG series, true PS5, not the only online)
Altered Beast
Skies of Arcadia
Shining Force
Space Harrier
Panzer Dragoon
Baku Baku Animal
Dragon Force
Golden Axe
Toy Commander
..is spot on. Sega at thier best was just trying crazy new things and rarely sticking with one franchise for long. You don't get Crazy Taxi, Skies of Arcadia, Jet Set Radio and so on if they are just making Golden Axe 7 instead. Sadly I feel that Sega is lost forever though as a lot of the talent is gone.
That's kinda the thing though in terms of why I'd like to see certain games revived. It's not just that Sega isn't what they used to be... the entire industry isn't what it used to be, and the sort of crazy unique shit that Sega used to provide simple doesn't really have the potential market anymore to facilitate their modern budgets. On the other hand, the nostalgia that's invoked by classic IP gives them a better shot at standing out from the pack just enough to make them potentially feasible. Imagine a Kickstarter for exactly the same game Shenmue three is supposed to be... but minus the Shenmue IP (write it completely out of history if necessary for it to be unique). The odds of it getting the necessary funding would be tiny. Same with something like the new Daytona game or when Outrun 2 was announced... how many people here were immediately excited for its return vs how many people even know something like SEGA Race TV ever existed?
In addition to marketing advances returning to familiar IP brings, it also provides a template which can help either Sega or a partner studio to create a game closer to the quality of prior games. A group like Bomber Games quite possibly couldn't have created a completely original game that was in league with the classic Streets of Rage games... but give them the actual Streets of Rage IP, and they give you back solid gold.
We'd have a better chance of Sega returning to something resembling their former glory, if they were to actually go back and learn from their history. Then maybe they can pull off what id managed to with Doom, and go from there.
To be fair ... It's been renamed "Daytona Championship USA" and a Sega rep said it's internally not being referred to as Daytona 3. Apparently it's more of a remake of Daytona 1 with some added tracks than an actual sequel. Still counts as a revival of the franchise, though!
Yea, it's definitely better that it's not billed as Daytona USA 3, considering how little it appears to be brining to the table over the original (even regressing from Daytona USA 2 in many ways). I'd be happy with what would essentially be a remake of the original, but my concern with it (and why I made the Sonic 4 comparison), is that the most important aspect - how it actually handles - appears to be all wrong right now. That, and it having a sequential shifter (the horror!) has me pretty worried right now.
I'd much rather a company that felt they'd be legitimately stronger with Sega IPs buy Sega... because the way I see it, there's less chance of Nintendo using most of Sega's IP, than there is of Sega themselves using them. Like... why would Nintendo put Retro on Shinobi, rather than "another fucking Donkey Kong"? And this kinda question applies to basically every IP Sega has. Either Nintendo probably couldn't do it very well (Virtua Fighter), or they neglect their own similar stuff (Panzer Dragoon), or it just overlaps with something they already own, and would favour instead (Shining Force / Fire Emblem).
Honorable Mentiones : Fighter's Megamix because fighting game beats kart every time
jet Set Radio because tony hawk with grafitti is awesome
Shining - because we need more tatical rpgs. and ONLY tatical rpgs >=O
Phantasy Star
Not technically dead but close if you live in the West. I'd like a brand new single player dungeon RPG in the tradition of the very first game. Developed by Atlus for the Switch.
I think the main series finished well and should stay dead. If they were going to bring the series back in any significant way I wouldn't want Atlus touching it though. The team that started the series is still around in some form and over the years made the Sakura Wars, Skies of Arcadia and Valkyria Chronicles series. It'd be a shame to outsource it to Atlus rather than have them work on it.
Especially since Atlus can't complete thier own major projects in a reasonable time frame.
I'd much rather a company that felt they'd be legitimately stronger with Sega IPs buy Sega... because the way I see it, there's less chance of Nintendo using most of Sega's IP, than there is of Sega themselves using them.
Agreed. I just cannot see Nintendo prioritising any Sega IP outside of Sonic and maybe some cameos to round out the roster in Smash etc. And while most of them aren't for me Nintendo would also kill the one area Sega are successful right now, PC strategy games.
