So umm err when is Sega bringing back wonderboy?
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It should've... or at least ports of Monster World 3 & 4. WestOne recently reformed themselves though, I'm guessing at this point DS would be a better option than GBA. DS actually seems to be getting lots of crossover mobile development, particularly in Japan. Companies who've only ever made mobile games like Interactive Brains or Tasuke are jumping aboard DS development too now.SantaCruZer said:
SonicMegaDrive
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Right after they bring back Streets of Rage, Alex Kidd, Block Gal, Fantasy Zone, Mister Viking, and Golden Axe. Meaning, of course, never.
TheTurtleTitan
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Man, I still have Wonder Boy for GameGear. I remember you could turn into different animals, like a dragon or bird. It was pretty kickass from what I remember.
mumu said:
After they killed the promising but horribly excuted Altered Beast, Sega thought about reviving Golden Axe since the LOTR hack'n slash games did pretty good. But they didn't have any confidence in their internal teams to deliver that style of game, so after a half-hearted search for an external developer, they dropped that idea too.
Funky Papa
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Do you want a great Golden Axe revival? Talk with The Collective (Buffy) and give them a japanese direction. Too bad it is not going to happen.
I'm still keeping a warm place in my hearth hopping for a future Chihiro release :_(
I'm still keeping a warm place in my hearth hopping for a future Chihiro release :_(
What?! AM2 or AV could've done an amazing 3D Golden Axe, no question. :/chespace said:
Altered Beast was a victim more of bad mismanagement and team shuffling rather than the actual people involved in the game. It probably would've been best for Wow to scrap the game entirely when Sammy closed down Wow Shanghai in the restucturing and let Rieko Kodama's team start over from scratch.
jarrod said:
Moreover, I think the point is that most of Sega's old franchises are all but commercially irrelevant for Sega in this day and age. They seem exist for a small minority of diehards (most of whom seem to populate forums) -- which is cool -- but not really the right steps to put Sega back on the road to 3rd party profitability.
duckroll said:Actually Altered Beast hasn't been killed at all. It's still going to be released in Japan, a demo is out, and it's still horrible. It's just not getting a US release.
DOA, AFAIC
Warm Machine
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SlashOut was pretty well GoldenAxe. I actually really liked the game the 3 or 4 times I played it.
You are never going to sell a game called Wonder Boy in this day and age. You'll also not be able to sell a game called Alex Kidd. The only Fantasy Zone anyone is going to buy will be a porno.
In the 80s you could get away with a game like Fantasy Zone that is completely abstract with loads of color and no coherency. Color palettes and resolution were limited so lots of whimsical games were put together to take advantage of it.
You are never going to sell a game called Wonder Boy in this day and age. You'll also not be able to sell a game called Alex Kidd. The only Fantasy Zone anyone is going to buy will be a porno.
In the 80s you could get away with a game like Fantasy Zone that is completely abstract with loads of color and no coherency. Color palettes and resolution were limited so lots of whimsical games were put together to take advantage of it.
Warm Machine
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chespace said:Moreover, I think the point is that most of Sega's old franchises are all but commercially irrelevant for Sega in this day and age. They seem exist for a small minority of diehards (most of whom seem to populate forums) -- which is cool -- but not really the right steps to put Sega back on the road to 3rd party profitability.
DOA, AFAIC
I wonder how many die hard Sega fans actually buy the games they bitch about Sega not releasing. Looking at the dreadful sales of Out Run 2 I seriously doubt 50% of people who wanted that game actually bought it.
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jarrod said:
PSO was a groundbreaking title for consoles and a great game to boot. It if were just another RPG on DC like Skies of Arcadia was it wouldn't have sold near as much.
Shinobi was advertised pretty heavily by Sega and got a lot of press in magazines.
I'm not so sure about that. SOA sold around 300k worldwide and it was a no-name RPG, while PSO only moved about 500k. I bet a straight up Phantasy Star V would sold just as well as PSO did initially.Warm Machine said:
So all GA would need is being a decent game with decent advertising.Warm Machine said:
Though Che might be right, I'm not if Sega could manage it right now.
jarrod said:Sold 600k+.
Is that 600k worldwide or in the U.S.? Impressive, but like you said, they squandered the sequel and... let's face it, Shinobi is still a very hardcore game with perhaps even less mainstream exposure than Ninja Gaiden. It's certainly not a franchise that will bring Sega back to the salad days -- if that's at all possible now or next generation.
I think Sega's had a great run, but like all organizations that are founded on people and talent, nothing lasts forever. Sega is just a name. The people that made the name great have either left or have lost the drive.
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jarrod said:
I'd buy them all if they were all on my console of choice. But sadly, ToeJam & Earl 3, Outrun 2, Shinobi, and many others are not. Though, I do own copies of VF4 EVO, Shenmue 2, and Panzer Dragoon Orta, despite this.
I do however, own every non-sports Sega game released for my console of choice.
Wonderboy III: The Dragon's Trap remains one of my top five action/platform games ever. Great RPG elements, non-linear gameplay, lots of secrets and music I still hum. I've had this thing stuck in my head for over 15 years!
http://www.vgmusic.com/music/console/sega/master/WB3_Mnsl.mid
http://www.vgmusic.com/music/console/sega/master/WB3_Mnsl.mid
Worldwide. About 250k in the US, about 200k in Japan and at least 150k everywhere else (likely more actually given how Sega nostalgic Europe is). It's outsold Ninja Gaiden worldwide in all likelihood.chespace said:
Sure, I was talking about only the DC originals. I think had PSV been released in place of PSO, it would've done just as well probably.AniHawk said:
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lockii said:
Hey, better they stay neglected than have them abused in shitty games for all of us to pull hair to.