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[snapdragon]

Sega for a long time has sat on a ton of its legacy IPs and has done nothing with them although that is going to change soon (I'm highly confident about VF6 and the New Jet Set Radio but not enough has been shown/leaked on the others and I don't agree with many of the IP's they decided to revive at all but I still hope they are high-quality games and successful)

if I were running Sega I would choose 8 in-house IPs to focus on with those being

>Virtua Fighter


>Yakuza
(the usual, although I would probably up the budgets for these games because the re-used assets, animations, and overall poor presentation of the games probably turns a lot of people away from them)

>Sonic.
(would move away from the 3d boost formula. gens, shadow gens, and especially unleashed showed that the games could be great but there is very little room for innovation and it is highly prone to "hallway level design"/automation, I would split Sonic into 2 gameplay styles, there would be 2D/2.5D games that play like a mix of freedom planet and the rush games and 3D games that play like a mix of Sonic P06 particularly blaze's gameplay, a bit of bomb rush cyberfunk, and sonic dream team's open ended level design

2D/2.5D



3D




>Panzer Dragoon
(Would be a mix of the gameplay of other PD games like Orta and Zwei, also Kid Icarus Uprising, and Armoured Core 6 would have a heavy inspiration for the game, the story would be a pretty big focus for the reboot, and many rpg elements will make their way into the game)






>Jet Set Radio
(Just give me faster bomb rush cyberpunk/JSRF gameplay with much larger levels, more combat/movement mechanics, tougher police/heat system, and make the game highly moddable/configurable)



>NiGHTS
(The Score Attack/Lap gameplay loop is getting relegated to a secondary mode, the level design like Sonic will have far more obstacles and alternate paths, the kids are getting removed from the gameplay entirely, nights will only have the 2.5D gameplay, there will be no top-down or fully 3D sections, gameplay will be inspired by the later stages in Sonic Robo Blast 2 NiGHTS special stages, Nights Open Dreams fan project and the flight, Wave and UFO sections in geometry dash levels)

https://youtu.be/lWCkSvC9Pcs?si=zqZz5NCnieIjEuRm
https://youtu.be/4P6oaiGKYN4?si=pEGiJFu98C0kl70X
https://youtu.be/N5utALPfg08?si=bfKayDujsRzIgacA
https://youtu.be/frjtBcNI6dI?si=Bj5AQhSj7H8KTUHM

>Phantary Star/Phantasy Start Online
New Genesis is getting axed and PSO3 will go back to the 90's space ranger/cowboy bebop-esque aesthetic, for gameplay I would stay faithful to the way OG PSO2/PSU played but take a bit of inspiration from the monster hunter games, especially 4 and generations stellar blade and a bit of Elden ring will also inspire this game as well

https://youtu.be/vqPggzQqUO8?si=ibRyg_iH76S2e8av
https://youtu.be/ScGKoPMAOQg?si=tLN8WP47g57OaNwO

as for the standard RPG just have Atlus work on it, I have never played the older non-online phantasy star games and I much prefer tactical RPGs like Persona 5 Tactica, Final Fantasy Tactics, and Baldurs Gate 3 to traditional ones so I would probably have those games be the inspiration for the PS RPG, I also might just keep phantasy star as solely an MMO game and revive the shining games instead

>Daytona USA
Please just give me Scud Race/Daytona 2 with a bit of GRID 2 Gameplay with a shit ton of content/customizability, tune the controls so that they work better on controllers, maybe make the drifting a tad more forgiving, especially in scud race, lean fully into the arcade racer aesthetic, and don't make the game look or play realistic at all

https://youtu.be/2nTA51pmYCU?si=bqhvksKCAUmKD8hT
https://youtu.be/nMx0-49V3Cs?si=QIr7-HF5eKhObz3O
https://youtu.be/sNr2mjTlpJE?si=oJ461pxwqTAznz2o


Which Sega IP's would you reform/revive and how would you do them?

 

[Whipped Spartan]

I would like any way to play Saturn era games lost to time. Dreaming of proper remasters of burning rangers, Panzer Dragoon Saga, Dragon force 1-2.

 

[TintoConCasera]

Virtua Cop Returns. It's Virtua Cop, but in VR.

 

[Alex Anderson]

I want more Skies of Arcadia or even just an HD release.

 

[STARSBarry]

Skies of Arcadia, have Atlus do a remake, if that hits it off, have them work on a sequel.

It's just a great feel good RPG, with an incredibly likable cast and fun globe spanning adventure.

 

[Generic]

3D Shinobi.

 

[MagiusNecros]

Phantasy Star Online

 

[lachesis]

At least one of each one of them full remake. Every single one of them!
I wouldn't mind Galaxy Force re-done in hyper fast space shooter. Power Drift for a quick arcade over-the-top racing. Space Harrier as futuristic Shooter/RPG, etc etc.

 

[ReBurn]

The only game I really want is a re-release of JSRF with the original soundtrack. As old as those songs are there has to be a way to get the rights.

They did a good job with Sonic X Shadow Generations. I'm looking forward to the new Virtua Fighter.

 

[Holammer]

A new Wonderboy and the Land Stalker remake we never got.

Pixel-art Shinobi Metroidvania and make it a shameful clone of SotN.
Discover costumes/armor, ninja weapons, fire arms, ninja magic & techniques.

Sonic has its fans, but the concept is hobbled by the need for speed and games play themselves half the time.
Why can't he be more like this nice boy Mario? Actually fun to play. I would take the series in a dramatically new direction, model if closer to modern 3D Mario games in terms of speed and forbid the developers to use grind rails or bounce pads.

 

[ReBurn]

At least one of each one of them full remake. Every single one of them!
I wouldn't mind Galaxy Force re-done in hyper fast space shooter. Power Drift for a quick arcade over-the-top racing. Space Harrier as futuristic Shooter/RPG, etc etc.

Power Drift is one of my favorite super scaler games. It's a shame it never got more love on home consoles. I played the 3DS version on the Sega Ages cart so much.

I also have the Sega Ages version for Saturn and a version for Dreamcast on a Yu Suzuki Game Works Vol. 1 disc I bought. I got scammed on the Game Works disc. I bought it from eBay thinking it was legit but it was a burned bootleg with an inkjet printed label. It still works, but it's not real and has no value other than sentimental.

I wouldn't want a remake, but I would certainly buy an Arcade Archives version of it for one or more of my current systems.

 

[dan76]

Outrun 3. Keep the handling exactly the same as Coast 2 Coast, but give it a fresh lick of paint, more cars, more courses and online multiplayer. The challenge mode was pretty fun too.

House of the Dead 6. Scarlet Dawn was very good, bring on 6. It's been a while.

 

[Grizzled Ghost]

Vanquish 2 of course

 

[RedC]

3D Michael Jackson's Moonwalker

 

[Saber]

You lost me at Sonic examples. Very terrible ones, would keep my distance from craps like Rush.

Anyway, something something of Golden Axe which I believe they are doing already but I don't like the direction. Shinobi, which also is having a return but with a take I don't like at all, pretending to sound and look "radical/awesome".
Wonderboy in Monster Land is one my favorites from SMS. Would love for them to give a work just like they did with Dragons Trap.
A proper Alex Kidd remake, not that garbage they did with him recently.

 

[March Climber]

I think the riskier I.P. like Panzer Dragoon will eventually happen if they succeed with their 'New Era, New Energy' Plan:



(0:47 seconds in)

Based on gameplay leaks, I think Shinobi will be the first to release, which should be an easy win based on how it looks and who is making it. Streets of Rage should perform well based on 4's reception. Golden Axe will hopefully be complex enough to get the attention of the RPG crowd. The fighting game community will be ready and will support a new VF with open arms.

That leaves the two niche fan favorites. The really tricky part is when to time the release of both Jet Set Radio and Crazy Taxi. They will both die (again) if they release anywhere near heavy hitter titles or a big Capcom I.P.

Crazy Taxi absolutely needs those rumored modes (like the 100 taxi royale) and some other new modes (hopefully something trials-like, car golf, or a crash mode) or even a silly campaign mode. They need to do a 'Super Monkey Ball' strat with Crazy Taxi and make it as zany and as fun as possible with modes in rotation after release. The worst possible thing they could do is simply make Crazy Taxi 1, again. It's not enough anymore.

 

[evanft]

First we need to get some remasters/ports of the following:

• Jet Set Radio Future
• OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast
• Panzer Dragoon Orta
• Panzer Dragoon Saga
• Phantasy Star Generations remasters that were on PS2
• Shinobi and Nightshade (PS2)
• Skies of Arcadia
• Sonic Unleashed

 

[RedC]

First we need to get some remasters/ports of the following:

Panzer Dragoon Orta

There's essentially a remaster for this on Xbox consoles via BC.

 

[March Climber]

First we need to get some remasters/ports of the following:

• Jet Set Radio Future
• OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast
• Panzer Dragoon Orta
• Panzer Dragoon Saga
• Phantasy Star Generations remasters that were on PS2
• Shinobi and Nightshade (PS2)
• Skies of Arcadia
• Sonic Unleashed

Another great idea that would make them some easy pocket change.

However, was that rumor true about them losing the source code to some of these older games?

 

[GigaBowser]

panzer orta part 2

 

[Nickolaidas]

Golden Axe
Altered Beast
Shinobi
Streets of Rage

 

[Killjoy-NL]

Used to love Virtua Fighter, but I've grown completely over it.

Might be cool to see the next release, but other than that, I couldn't care less about Sega.

Although, I might be interested in a current-gen Valkyria Chronicles.

 

[Hudo]

Phantasy Star. No, not PSO, I mean a real Phantasy Star game.

Start with a "HD-2D" remake of Phantasy Star IV.

 

[Ozzie666]

Lets start with a remaster or Shining Force III all 3 chapters in english. Maybe even remaster Shining Force 1 and 2, they could go the 2D-HD route, or totally remake the game. Perfect experience on the Switch 2. Let's not stop there, Shinging in the Dark while we are at it, the Sega CD version as well.

Shining Force 2 is so criminally under rated.

 

[CashPrizes]

Panzer Dragoon
Landstalker
Shining Force
Phantasy Star

Those would be my top 4 that don't have announced plans. We got a new Virtua Fighter coming. I really loved Streets of Rage 4 so don't need a new one anytime soon.

 

[Sintoid]

Each and every Sega Racing game

 

[Parazels]

Just give me collections of Sega Model and Naomi games at 4k@60!

 

[cireza]

3D Sonic has never been that good, last time it was with Unleashed. Don't touch it, let them cook.

Bring back Shining Force III in some form. Same for Skies of Arcadia, but as an ambitious RPG, without any modern bloat, stupid fetch quests, social simulation or whatever dumb feature we make nowadays. Keep it focused.

I would also like to see Shining Force IV and Phantasy Star V come to existence, in a way that respects the originals of course. So exactly the same thing as with Skies, no bloat, social shit and stuff.

Outrun 2 and C2C need a port on modern consoles.

 

[hemo memo]

 

[snapdragon]

I think the riskier I.P. like Panzer Dragoon will eventually happen if they succeed with their 'New Era, New Energy' Plan:



(0:47 seconds in)

Based on gameplay leaks, I think Shinobi will be the first to release, which should be an easy win based on how it looks and who is making it. Streets of Rage should perform well based on 4's reception. Golden Axe will hopefully be complex enough to get the attention of the RPG crowd. The fighting game community will be ready and will support a new VF with open arms.

That leaves the two niche fan favorites. The really tricky part is when to time the release of both Jet Set Radio and Crazy Taxi. They will both die (again) if they release anywhere near heavy hitter titles or a big Capcom I.P.

Crazy Taxi absolutely needs those rumored modes (like the 100 taxi royale) and some other new modes (hopefully something trials-like, car golf, or a crash mode) or even a silly campaign mode. They need to do a 'Super Monkey Ball' strat with Crazy Taxi and make it as zany and as fun as possible with modes in rotation after release. The worst possible thing they could do is simply make Crazy Taxi 1, again. It's not enough anymore.

Yeah I really do not know whats going to happen with crazy taxi, out of all the series they chose to revive I don't think that was a smart move but I'm curious to see how the game will turn out

 

[SEGAvangelist]

I think a new turn-based RPG like Panzer Dragoon Saga could be incredibly successful as long as the artwork is as strong as the last RPG. I also don't think it would be ridiculously high budget. They could have an Atlus level success with it, IMO.

 

[ReyBrujo]

Back in the nineties there was only one game I wanted to play on Megadrive (or Genesis): Phantasy Star 4. I'd like a 3D-2D version.

 

[Labadal]

With the relative popularity of the Fire Emblem series, I was hoping for a new Shining Force game... Alas.

 

[Badlucktroll]

 

[SEGAvangelist]

With the relative popularity of the Fire Emblem series, I was hoping for a new Shining Force game... Alas.

I just want an official US release of the Saturn trilogy.

 

[March Climber]

Yeah I really do not know whats going to happen with crazy taxi, out of all the series they chose to revive I don't think that was a smart move but I'm curious to see how the game will turn out

As long as they don’t go crazy with the budget and treat it like an actual fun multiplayer game with a ton of modes like Super Monkey Ball, it should be fine even if it only sells in the tens of thousands.

I’m more worried about Jet Set Radio as that’s going to need budget.

Edit: And like the above poster I agree about Shining Force. That would have been a much safer bet today than both CT and JSR.

If anything, they should give Atlus a chance at reviving one of their older RPGs. It would give them a break from SMT so it would be a win-win.

 

[RayBoy]

Panzer Dragoon and Outrun please

 

[DownLikeBCPowder]

There are so many I need revived. I want them badly, I thirst, am eager, strongly anticipate... frothing even... Here's a poorly organized and mis-sized grouping of titles.

All of this.. and moar.

 

[El Muerto]

Clockwork Knight: Make it both 2.5d and 3d like Megaman X7.
Afterburner: Give it gyro controls on the switch and PS5.
Virtua Cop and House of the Dead: Make them in VR dammit. Also make a gun attachment for joycons and dualsense.

 

[DownLikeBCPowder]

Clockwork Knight: Make it both 2.5d and 3d like Megaman X7.
Afterburner: Give it gyro controls on the switch and PS5.
Virtua Cop and House of the Dead: Make them in VR dammit. Also make a gun attachment for joycons and dualsense.

Ohh.. Clockwork Knight is another good one! Endless dead Sega IPs to choose from, IMO!

 

[StereoVsn]

• New Outrun! Get that Ferrari license, SEGA!
• Skies of Arcadia RPG
• Dragon Force tactical strategy by Total War Devs
• Phantasy Star V by Atlus
• Panzer games from action on rails shooters to RPG

 

[Ceadeus]

Phantasy Star Online

Imagine the Switch 2 adding Dreamcast classics to its NSO subscribers including a PSO re release ADD the dreamcast controller sold at Nintendo store , just like de genesis controller.

 

[Dacvak]

Real ones remember

 

[fart town usa]

Panzer Dragoon - Give it Zwei gameplay w/ a bit of Saga exploration.

Vanilla PSO - Add cosmetics and loot boxes and it could be a hit. PSO2 - New Genesis is way too daunting for people who want the classic PSO experience.

Burning Rangers w/ COOP, could be a fire fighting PvE experience. Give it the Helldivers 2 microtransaction approach.

Shining in the Darkness/Shining the Holy Ark - It'll never happen but it'd be awesome, those games are amazing, especially Holy Ark.

 

[fart town usa]

There's essentially a remaster for this on Xbox consoles via BC.

That's good to know, I should check if it works with my XBOX One. I've owned Orta for like 15 years but still haven't played it, lol.

 

[RedC]

That's good to know, I should check if it works with my XBOX One. I've owned Orta for like 15 years but still haven't played it, lol.

It will work.

Once you put the disc in and it recognizes it, it will allow you to download and play the game

 

[Beechos]

Prob a new Shinobi game in the vein of a 3d action game similar to ninja gaiden/dmc

 

[Mhmmm 2077]

New, modern take on Comix Zone, please!!

 

[Naked Lunch]

Outrun 3 - this simply has to happen. Get some of OGs back on the project for one last ride.

 

[Sgt. Pinback]

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IT'S ALL I WAAAAAAAAAAAAANT
ALL I WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANT