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Oh man this thread just reminded me of how much I want a JSRF2. For the win.

Sega had a vibrant soul w/ the Geneis, Saturn (Japan), and the Dreamcast. To this day no other hardware company can capture the imagination put forth into a console and bring out truly fun and momentous games.

I believe the only reason Sega doesn't do that well is because they aren't working on their own platform anymore. imo

Microsofts strategy of, "when no ones buys our product we will simply buy our competition and force it down your throats". They ruined PC diversity and now they want to flush gaming diversity down the toilet too? Sega hasn't put anything out worthwhile in ages but still.

Microsoft isn't EA..

They actually utilize the competition they buy quite well.

I remember the old Sega games .... Sonic 1, 2, 3, and Sonic & Knuckles, along with Mortal Kombat 1, 2, 3, and Ultimate MK 3.

I had that entire line up what you just described..

The ONLY way Sega could ever make another console is if they had backing from another mega-corporation, such as Toshiba/Samsung/etc. They couldn't afford to stay in with just Sony and Nintendo as adversaries; no way they can be profitable vs. those two AND Microsoft, who all have billions in leeway.

Heck, partnering/selling to MS (or Sony) could be the best thing for Sega; no more worries about profitability, leaving them to concentrate on making great games again.

Heh, but nowadays I still have the PS1 and N64 versions of MK Trilogy.

PS1 - 1-button fatalities, health recovery, Unmasked Sub-Zero, Human Smoke, Chameleon(male), all 4 bosses, almost all the arenas, and 4 classic versions of the characters
N64 - Free Play, Fatality Time on/off, Human Smoke, Khameleon(female), 2 bosses' fatality, some arenas modified, a REAL supreme demo after beating Shao Kahn on the Champion level, and multiple endurance rounds

I know with MK7: Armageddon on the Wii, you get 63 characters, including the once-forgotten Khameleon.

Oh man... I hope this doesn't happen. I wish Sega never stopped making consoles, but unfortunately the Dreamcast wasn't as successful as planned... Still, I really don't want this to happen. I wouldn't mind if Nintendo bought Sega though. After all, the Sonic Advance games were relatively successful on the GBA, and I doubt Nintendo could actually kill the line-up. In fact, why the heck wouldn't they want TWO mascots? Sonic and Mario remain fairly popular to this day.

*sigh* But Microsoft buying Sega? Sonic would really go down if that happened...

Guns? Sure! Gigantic explosions, courtesy of the Halo team? Of course! *sigh*

I wonder what would happen to Sonic Team? To this day, I still hold a great respect for those worked on Sonic Team, past and present. Of course, there are only two games that REALLY hold my interest these days - Sonic the Hedgehog CD (aka "Sonic CD") for the Sega/Mega CD and Sonic the Hedgehog 2 for the Genesis/Mega Drive. After all, the Sonic community is still finding things in Sonic 2, and the missing R2 level in Sonic CD is a mystery to this day... Speculation makes it all so exciting. The only thing from Super Mario that excites me a little bit is in the Japanese version where you can "beat" the game rather easily, or the same trick in the non-Japanese version that forces an infinitely looping level until time runs out or you run out of lives.

In any case, MS: don't buy Sega. Really. You'll ruin Sonic for those that still enjoy it...

1st off Yuji Naka and the rest of his crew on AM8 (Sonic Team) have left. That's the primary reason the quality went down.

I really don't know if the outcome of this is good. It's quite hard to tell.

I'd go for it if I were MS. I don't know much about their in house stuff but Sega has quite a respectable publishing arm.

Can't honestly say I care whether or not it happens, though.

The biggest problem with Sonic Team at the moment is that it was divisionalised into Sonic Team US and Sonic Team of Japan. Sonic Team originated from Japan, and that's where all the good stuff came from. The latter (Sonic Adventure 2 [which I didn't mind], Sonic Heroes and the newer Sonic The Hedgehog) titles all came from the US team, but don't quote me on that.

SEGA need to be able to publish games on multiple platforms if they want to stay in the business AND do well. Sonic has proved to be a great success after migrating to the Nintendo platform, mainly because Sonic games are generally geared towards the family market, and not the hardcore gamer. Sonic the Hedgehog (360, PS3) was OK, but nothing like it should have been. Sonic Unleashed looks set to be a killer comeback, but as I mentioned before, its being directed from the US Sonic Team.

My all time favourite Sonic game was S3+K (Sonic 3 + Sonic & Knuckles), was epic. I didn't mind Sonic Adventure, but it wasn't as linear as Sonic games should be. What I really want is the classic gameplay: running, spinning, chaos emeralds, super sonic, etc. Actually having Super Sonic available to play in the bulk of the game (and not just the end-boss [SA, SA2, Heroes, etc.]) was awesome.

Anyone remember Burning Rangers on the Saturn? NiGHTS into Dreams (and Christmas NiGHTS)? There are some great Sonic Team properties, but don't forget about all the other SEGA IPs (Sega Rally, Virtua Fighter), etc. Jet Set Radio? Smilebit!

If Microsoft decided to buy SEGA, all those IPs would be locked into a single platform, which means there probably wouldn't be any DS games, PSP games either.

And remember, SEGA spelled backwards is AGES...And you spend AGES playing SEGA.... and SEGA spelled backw---- you get the point.

What the heck are you talking about? Ruined PC diversity? What does that even mean? They don't even make PCs. That other company does.



What about Billy Hatcher 2? Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg sure looked and sounded like a kid game but it was really fun.

I still have/play NiGHTS. One of the best Saturn games.