The issue with the sport trade releasing 10,000 trailers on the similar time, as they did final weekend in the course of the Sport Awards, is that all of it turns into noise, and a number of builders gained’t get fairly as MUCH consideration as they hoped. However after I assume again on that noisy night time a couple of days in the past, a couple of issues managed to stay out, and one was Sega asserting FIVE video games based mostly on their traditional properties, out of nowhere.
Don’t you hate it when sport studios which have been round for some time simply sit on a beloved sequence as an alternative of doing something with it? That’s not Sega, no less than not at present. They’re bringing again Jet Set Radio, Shinobi, Golden Axe, Streets of Rage, and Loopy Taxi — all 5 have new installments at the moment in growth. And there could also be a sixth!
Jet Set Radio is a skating, rail-grinding sport the place you’re a rebellious avenue tagger in a cel-shaded world. Shinobi and Golden Axe are two of Sega’s oldest, having began as side-scrollers within the arcade — one is historically an motion platformer starring a ninja, whereas the opposite permits you to rework into historical warriors and battle mythic beasts. Loopy Taxi put a brand new spin on automobile video games by turning them into mission-based open worlds, with the purpose of getting from one place to a different as shortly as doable. The one sequence on this checklist that has seen any motion currently is the brawler Streets of Rage, which was licensed out to a different firm for SoR 4.
The sixth sequence Sega is considering reviving is Virtua Fighter, which staked its declare to fame by being one of many first 3D polygonal preventing video games in existence. Because it was so early, the characters appear like summary angular statues at present, however its characters acquired graphical glow-ups within the sequels. The final Digital Fighter sport was VF 5 in 2006 (it was form of remade in 2021, however we’re not counting it).
“We’re evaluating proper now. Virtua Fighter doesn’t use so many methods, particular strikes like in Road Fighter, it’s very sensible,” stated Sega of America CEO Shuji Utsumi. “How can we make it extra dramatic? It’s one thing we’re engaged on.”
It’s good to see an organization acknowledge the worth of its manufacturers and respect the needs of its fanbase for as soon as. So….how a couple of new Skies of Arcadia?
