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09-10-2005, 09:33 AM
One of Sega's stranger games of the last few years was the voice-recognition Dreamcast game Seaman. Originally released on Sega's ill-fated console back in 1999, Seaman was later ported to onto PlayStation 2 in Japan. We haven't heard from him since.
Now, 6 years after the original release, the fun-loving Seaman is receiving a proper sequel from developer Vivarium, and it's also headed to PS2. "In the last 20 years there really hasn't been much advancement in the user interface of games," says Vivarium president Satou Yutaka, "If we could just change the interface, I think games would get much more exciting and unique."
In the original Seaman, the bizarre pet human/fish learned by exclusively recognizing single words. With Seaman 2, however, the team has researched ways to have Seaman understand full sentences, ultimately leading to more human sounding speech patterns. The game will use the PS2 USB microphone, and you have some time to prepare; Vivarium and Sega won't be unleashing Seaman until next year.
What about the US, though? No word from Sega right now, but start crossing those fingers.
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Now, 6 years after the original release, the fun-loving Seaman is receiving a proper sequel from developer Vivarium, and it's also headed to PS2. "In the last 20 years there really hasn't been much advancement in the user interface of games," says Vivarium president Satou Yutaka, "If we could just change the interface, I think games would get much more exciting and unique."
In the original Seaman, the bizarre pet human/fish learned by exclusively recognizing single words. With Seaman 2, however, the team has researched ways to have Seaman understand full sentences, ultimately leading to more human sounding speech patterns. The game will use the PS2 USB microphone, and you have some time to prepare; Vivarium and Sega won't be unleashing Seaman until next year.
What about the US, though? No word from Sega right now, but start crossing those fingers.
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