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[Holammer]

Yep, that's my first guess at how SEGA is able to get so much done here with brands it hasn't touched in ages. My assumption is that these are all third-party collaborations, that SEGA found developers it was interested in working with and opened up the archive for them. I could be wrong, but that's how I imagine this worked out.

Square Enix was doing that "here are our old brands, what can you do with them?" approach a little bit with its Square Enix Collective program, but they only offered their crustiest brands and none of those projects (of the few one licensed games that actually shipped through Collective) turned out well.

Konami is doing it at a small scale and on a budget. They had a competition where Japanese indies could pitch or offer a demo for a Konami based game. Nigoro won back in 2022, the developer behind La-Mulana and they are currently working on a remake of Maze of Galious.
They and Capcom sit on literal treasure troves of IP that beg for a new lease on life.

 

[drotahorror]

Sick!

 

[VAVA Mk2]

 

[Geometric-Crusher]

So ready

 

[Saber]

Not sure about both Golden Axe and Shinobi. Shinobi art was a good idea, but its trying too hard to be "fast-pace radical/cool looking" and Golden Axe seems to lost its purpose in transition to 3D.

Still gonna keep my eye on them, but what they showed worries me.

 

[TonberrysKnife]

HOLY SHIT. My childhood just came back.

 

[akaFullmetal]

I look forward to a bunch of these, especially crazy taxi.

 

[CGNoire]

Shinobi Looks Awesome.

They Butchered Streets of Rage and Golden Axe.

 

[Sojiro]

Jet set radio looks fucking great! Super excited for that one. Crazy Taxi could be cool, I feel like I need to see some more on it. Shinobi looks really solid, I am also stoked for that one. Golden Axe and SOR I am definitely in a wait and see for those two, neither really did much for me.

 

[SenkiDala]

All 5 of them on day one, no question. <3

 

[Vyse]

That made me smile!

 

[SpiceRacz]

Stoked for all of these, honestly. Just the fact Sega's actually tapping into their classics is exciting. Keeping my fingers cross they turn out decent.

 

[ManaByte]

 

[Naked Lunch]

Im all over Shinobi and Jet Set.
Hopefully the devs do them justice.

Sega is trying again - good for gaming in general.

 

[clem84]

This is nuts! I've been waiting for a next gen Crazy Taxi for 20 years.

 

[64gigabyteram]

Damn Sega making a comeback.

Also- what's the issue with 3D streets of rage and Golden Axe? I mean beatemups and character action as a whole work better in 3D, outside of multiplayer

 

[roosnam1980]

sega is back , crying tears of joy

 

[March Climber]

...Why isn't every publisher doing this?

I think the leads at Sega finally looked over at Capcom's massive success with older I.P. and had a huge moment of reflection.

 

[adamsapple]

SEGA:

These games, two Yakuza games this year and one next year, Persona 3 remake, Meta-fuckin-phor

 

[jcorb]

This is the first "Holy shit!" moment I've had in a very, very long time. That was a lot of MAJOR announcements packed into a short trailer.

I can't wait to see more of the new Golden Axe. I hope it can retain that 80's action hero charm, because that's something that just feels sorely lacking in the world of gaming.

 

[splattered]

I jumped up and down and started yelling when I saw the games and realized what this was. I fucking love that they are going all in with bringing back beloved IP like this. Just hope all the games end up being good ... Now where's my panzer dragoon and my virtua fighters? So many games I'd love to see from them again besides more sonic.

 

[MaestroMike]

going to keep an eye on jet set radio since i really enjoyed jsrf played that game like 2 decades ago wild

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

Excited but the video footage looked rough

Like a switch game or something

 

[NightmareFarm]

Looks sick

 

[Valonquar]

Still waiting on a modern gen Panzer Dragoon RPG.

 

[FeralEcho]

Streets of rage looks like utter dogshit lmao.

Good job to all the people complaining in the other thread about Streets of Rage 4 looking like a "flash" game. Enjoy your new 3d garbage.It looks like that awful 3d Contra from a while ago.You fucking deserve it!

This glorious thing was a "flash" game....never forget!!!!

You people don't know a good thing if it hits you in the fucking face

 

[jufonuk]

Sigh, all that and no new Panzer Dragoon.

Shinobi looks like a nifty indie game but not like the Shinobi I want at all (really I'm only a fan of the original, Shadow Dancer and whichever other one plays similar to those instead of what they did to the series when it went console centric, the Rolling Thunder clones), more like Mark of the Ninja.

Golden Axe looks about as misguided as their last attempt with it in the PS3 era but surely they must know that would suck and actually make this one decent instead?

Streets of Rage going full 3D too, yikes, I thought the last did decently for being 2D, do people even like any 3D brawler more than the 2D classics?

Jet Set Radio looks promising. Crazy Taxi I have no idea what they're gonna try and do with it, visually it wasn't that interesting.

I am mildly hyped. Dont know if they will Include the switch. But I'm happy sega of old is coming back. Brilliant trailer. This could be the comeback of 90/2000 era sega and I cannot wait.

 

[Heisenberg007]

All excellent announcements. Finally, Sega puts out something I may be interested in.

But who else thinks all these announcements reek of desperation and for financial/investors clout? These games wouldn't be out for YEARS.

 

[Aces High]

Can't wait to check this out. Well done.

 

[March Climber]

Excited but the video footage looked rough

Like a switch game or something

Streets of rage looks like utter dogshit lmao.

Baby steps guys. There's no way any of these properties were going to be given Sonic-level budgets. If they at least make B-level quality games with decent sales figures, then maybe we can finally get them to dig deeper in the vault.

As a fan of dead franchise known as Shining Force, I'll still take this as a win. I would love to know who to thank for this turn of events. My only guess is that someone at Atlus or RGG begged like crazy, because it feels like they're one of the few companies under Sega who understand what people want.

 

[Švejk]

Just when I was ready to kick Sega to the curb, they pull this. Unbelievable.

 

[Little Chicken]

SEGA finally getting their shit together and delivering what we've all wanted for the past decade.

 

[SALMORE]

Ppl complaining about a 3D Streets of Rage ... we just had a successful & awesome 2D entry now let's see what they can do with 3D !

There are tons of 2D brawlers out there , we want to see the genre evolve a little bit

 

[Barakov]

Streets of rage looks like utter dogshit lmao.

Good job to all the people complaining in the other thread about Streets of Rage 4 looking like a "flash" game. Enjoy your new 3d garbage.It looks like that awful 3d Contra from a while ago.You fucking deserve it!

This glorious thing was a "flash" game....never forget!!!!

You people don't know a good thing if it hits you in the fucking face

 

[Ar¢tos]

I would prefer a remake of Nights into Dreams instead of... 3d versions of Golden Axe or Streets of Rage.

 

[Raven77]

Holy fucking shit...

Most hype trailer of the past 10 years. One of the greatest making a comeback!

 

[scarlet0pimp]

Best announcement, some of my favorite games coming back.

 

[LordBlodgett]

Crazy taxi and Jet Set Radio were my jam. I'm sorry excited about those two at least! I don't mind seeing them reimagine some of their other classics, but it's more of a wait and see for those

 

[AREYOUOKAY?]

Streets of rage looks like utter dogshit lmao.

Good job to all the people complaining in the other thread about Streets of Rage 4 looking like a "flash" game. Enjoy your new 3d garbage.It looks like that awful 3d Contra from a while ago.You fucking deserve it!

This glorious thing was a "flash" game....never forget!!!!

You people don't know a good thing if it hits you in the fucking face

The only problem I had with 4 was ugly beard Axel. The only blonde with facial hair beat em up protagonist I'll accept is this one brother.

 

[Soltype]

Streets of rage looks like utter dogshit lmao.

Good job to all the people complaining in the other thread about Streets of Rage 4 looking like a "flash" game. Enjoy your new 3d garbage.It looks like that awful 3d Contra from a while ago.You fucking deserve it!

This glorious thing was a "flash" game....never forget!!!!

You people don't know a good thing if it hits you in the fucking face

4 had other issues besides the graphics, it didn't play right. I went back and played 3 recently, it feels infinitely better than 4. Not sure what to think of this new take on it, it seems they can't find the right formula again.

 

[nkarafo]

So the games are shown for 25 seconds but the trailer had to be that long because they had to show a crappy sketch for a whole minute.

 

[Soodanim]

I would be lying if I said I wasn't disappointed to see SoR in 3D. A 3D title isn't going to be nearly as good as 4, Fighting Force isn't exactly an all-time great. But we shall see.

The rest I have less opinions of, except that some of them aren't what I would expect. Shinobi looks like N++.

 

[NeonDelta]

Day 1

 

[AREYOUOKAY?]

Fighting Force isn't exactly an all-time great. But we shall see.

If they are just as crazy as these games it can do no wrong. Maybe leave out the QTE stuff though.

 

[Hoppa]

Streets of rage looks like utter dogshit lmao.

[Large images]

The art and animations on this was amazing! Cheapens it a bit shifting to 3D but we'll see.

100% in for Crazy Taxi and JSR

 

[Elysium44]

Tbh, Crazy Taxi looked like a mobile game. I have hopes for JSR though

Games like Crazy Taxi were one of the reasons the Dreamcast failed IIRC - these type of games are very simple and designed for the arcade to be played in short bursts, they are too basic to pay full price and keep you playing for long. (I had a Dreamcast and both Crazy Taxi games, which soon became boring.) Not to say there is anything wrong with some modern HD updates but these should be budget games and maybe they will be.

Shame there is no new Out Run.

 

[StueyDuck]

Cool set of announcements but I don't see this putting Sega in the financial position they expect... like reasonably how well is a crazy taxi today actually going to sell.

It's cool it exists. But I hope they aren't expecting to break records and make the most money with these games

 

[Chastten]

Sad about no Panzer Dragoon or Skies of Arcadia, as those are my two fave Sega franchises, but interested in some of these titles anyways. Wished more publishers would do this.

 

[AREYOUOKAY?]

The most heartbreaking thing is that Shining Force won't be joining them. Camelot forgave Sega years ago and even said they wanted to do 4.

 

[ChuckeRearmed]

LoL at Sega dropping a pack of announcements like this