What Sega is known for? Mostly making sonic games. Believe it or not, once upon a time Sega was a powerhouse in the console market. During their heyday they have many great IPs that many loved. Yet, those days are long gone now. Sega is now a shell of themselves. Sadly, many of their IPs is sitting on the selves collecting dust. Many including myself believe that it’s time to bring them back to life. These are a few that I think that Sega must bring back. It can be by remake, remaster, bring back the originals, or better yet make brand new games out of them. I won’t count the games that had came back not that long ago Panzer Dragoon or House of the dead remake.
First off columns. This can easily come to mobile phones. Sega have a plethora of great racing games. Outrun, Outrunners, Virtua racing, Daytona USA, and Sega rally championship. Outrun, Outrunners, and Virtua racing can be like arcade racing games of old. For both Daytona and rally championship, they can be like both like the Forza and gran turismo series. Of course, I can’t the best one of them all Crazy taxi. Sega can get around the copyright music issue.
This year we are seeing a resurgence of fighting games. Tekken 8, Street fighter 6, and Mortal Kombat 12 are coming this year. Damn it bring back Eternal champions. Eternal champions is Sega’s version of Mortal Kombat. Just imagine how gory and violent the game can be with today’s technology. Another fighter that should return is the Saturn cult classic Fighting vipers.
For the RPG side of things, the Dream cast classic skies of Arcadia must return. Better yet the shining force series needs to make a comeback. Shining force is Sega’s version of Nintendo’s fire emblem series. With fire emblem bring very popular right now, bring back the shining force series is a no brainer. Heck remastered the Saturn version. Also bring senecio 2 and 3 to the US.
A Sega CD game that must return Mansion of hidden souls. In this puzzle game, you play as Jonathan a young boy that must enter a mysterious mansion in order to save his little sister Samantha from a horrible fate. Sega you can add so much more into this. make it like the first resident evil game. Beside solving puzzles, you can sneak around foes, be stealthy, or use weapons. Jonathan can explore areas outside the mansion. Like a flower garden for example.
Sega have plenty of kids friendly games. Bring back the GameCube classic Billy Hatcher and the giant egg. Ristar also needs to come back. Before Sonic, Sega first mascot was Alex Kidd. This can be an all new 2D classic side scroller like the good old days. Sega’s hip hop dual Toe Jam and Earl is prime to return. This can be a 2D side scroller or make it an open world game where the two can go solo in some parts and teams up in other parts in order to find the parts of their ship so they can go back home to Funkotron.
For the action games we need remakes or all new versions of Shinobi, Beyond Oasis, and Space Harrier. With Xbox’s Hi-Fi rush bring a smash hit, it would be the perfect time to bring back Jet Set Radio. The cult classic nights into dreams must return. I can’t understand why you won’t make new game about this classic. Both Altered beast and the Golden Axe series are begging for a chance. These games can become like God of War. Of course I cannot leave out Sonic. Both Sonic adventure 1 and 2 must return.
Sega, I can’t understand why you won’t bring these franchises back. They can make you a lot of money. If you don’t give a damn about these IPs, please license these IPs out to other game makers that will care about them.