Old School Sega is Back!
82Sega recently released a trailer jam packed with new game titles from their past, bringing back popular IPs such as Crazy Taxi, Jet Set Radio, Shinobi, Golden Axe and Streets of Rage and went on to mention there are more coming as well. Is the Old School Sega finally back? With Sega returning to making those arcade classic releases that made them the juggernaut they once were in the gaming industry, could this be a turning point for Sega? As a Sega kid and teenager throughout the entirity of the 90s, and with my Sega Saturn still getting more playtime than my Playstation 5, I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the trailer for these 5 games returning, and just like all of you, the words "and more" at the end has my imagination reeling with what Sega could release from their old school catalogue, and I think this little trailer is more exciting than any of us realize because there are some sleeper mega hits in Sega's back catalogue that new releases could take the gaming world by storm, so let's talk about it!
So Sega recently released this trailer I am showing which real quick showcases new games on their way, starting with Jet Set Radio, a fan favorite that made it's debut on the Sega Dreamcast and has been revisited since the original Xbox : Others have tried to replicate it's artstyle over the years, but there has been a growing crowd wanting Jet Set Radio to return for many years now. Next up is Crazy Taxi which was a popular arcade hit brought home to Dreamcast to major success : Crazy Taxi is cool because there really hasn't been a game like it, and that's the theme with Sega, they were the kings of releasing quirky titles that presented gameplay that nobody else was even attempting to do back in the 90s. Sega was the bold videogame titan that did what Nintendon't, but remember that both of these titles released in the late late nineties, but then they showed off Streets of Rage which looks fantastic and coming off the success of Streets of Rage 4 recently released, this is taking a bold step in graphics and from the small clips we got, it looks great. Then there is Shinobi which I've been playing the most recent release of Shinobi on the Sega Saturn lately, and with this artstyle, I think they'll grab up a ton of new fans, and then we get Golden Axe, which was the most surprising of all the games shown to me, I never thought Sega would return to Golden Axe and although these clips are short, it does look like a return to the arcade classic that we haven't seen a real release since the Sega Genesis in the mid 90s. And then Sega pulls off the ultimate teaser move and says AND MORE which I think these two words got us Sega fans even more excited because it's likely they are working on big projects that bring back old school popular Sega IPs that they aren't ready to show off yet, and that's going to be a big focus of today's video, what else could Sega have cooking?
I can hope that they are working on some of their dormant RPG series that haven't seen the light of day in decades : Can we get a Shining Force 4? Can we get a new single-player RPG of Phantasy Star in the same style as the original 4? Can we get a new Skies of Arcadia? Can we get a little bit of the dungeon crawling Shining series like Shining in the Dark or Shining the Holy Ark? I would love to see Sega return to some of their RPG games, and the thought that they likely will has me salivating at the prospects.
Sega has a ton of IPs they can dig into, and we do live in a day and age where the video game landscape has changed, there is now a major demand for quirky titles, and Sega could pull off some major wins : Clockwork Knight, Nights into Dreams, Altered Beast, Beyond Oasis, Comix Zone, Ecco the Dolphin, Eternal Champions, Vectorman, ToeJam & Earl, Space Harrier and more : There is only one other company with as rich of IPs and that's Nintendo, but Nintendo has been digging into their popular IPs this entire time, while Sega has left most of theirs collecting dust. I believe this is all about to change, and finally Sega can return with the Mega Hits that made them the juggernauts they once were.
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