SEGA is falling apart
 

The world is collapsing for Sega fans everywhere. It's been coming for some time now, but the entire company is falling apart, and if this little part of news comes true, it will be the end. Read ahead...

http://tssznews.com/story.php?subact...mp;ucat=5&

For those too lazy to click, I will quote...

Basically, what this means is that the future of Sega is in question, the future of Sonic the Hedgehog is in question, and there is more to worry about. At last year's E3, Sega and Sonic Team had a buttload of stuff to show. This year, all they have is this...

SEGA
Super Monkey Ball 3 (Cube)
Virtua Fighter Quest (Cube)
Puyo Puyo Fever (GBA)

And not a thing from Sonic Team (with Sonic Advance 3 about to be released). This is bad, REALLY bad for Sega fans. If Sammy has their way, and so far they have, all development groups (Sonic Team, AM2, Amusement Vision, WOW, Wave Master ect.) will be pulled into one mass group which is easier for Sammy to control. They will force Sega to create their own crappy games (filth like Guilty Gear), and worst of all, all games would be Arcade exclusive, with NO HOME PORTS.

If this begins to happen, Sega will die. I think Sonic Team should buy the Sonic the hedgehog franchise while they have the chance, and get themselves out of the building before Sammy knocks it down on their heads. Sonic Team could surive as an independent developer.

I really think that if Sammy takes over the Sonic franchise, they will simply bury him. They seem to only want arcade games (which are dieing in America, but not in Japan, which would mean that America would hardly get any games released), and in that case, they would have no need for Sonic. They would simply bury him, and replace him with Guilty Gear. Sonic Team needs to get their stuff and run like hell. Anyway, I reccomend that Sonic fans send emails to Sonic Team non-stop and tell them to grab Sonic and leave. The end is coming, and I hope Sonic and Sonic Team can get out before it all blows up.

...I like Gulty Gear

sorry, I just don't want Sonic to die for it. :cry:

Didn't mean to hurt your feelings :(

Hm... grab Sonic and run to... NINTENDO! Huzza!!!!!!! Shazam!!!! Otherexcitingword!!!!!!!

I know, I know, it'll pry never happen. I don't think Sonic Team has the resources to be an independent developer though. Publishing a title takes uber loads of cash.

But the word on the net IS that Nintendo is looking to buy talented studios... And this would be just the kinda PR they need after the horrible Silicon Knights announcement.

GOD YES! That is exactly what they need. Sonic Team was made for Nintendo. True, it'll probobly never happen, but to have Mario and Sonic under the same roof......sigh.

Nintendo buying Sonic Team = heaven.

Hm... I sense a possible internet campaign ;).

And just think... then Nintendo could put Sonic in to the next Smash Bros. game like every one wanted with Melee ;).

lol

Yeah I've always Compared Nintendo/Sega to WWF/WCW.
And more and more everyday it's starting to look that way.

(Hey Gwg, it should be tu oui ryja fyhk?)

If Nintendo bought Sonic Team, and put Sonic in the next Smash Bros. ,we can take that old April fools joke and shove it up EGM's ass! :lol:

I'm building a website. I think I'll start a patition, and start a racket across every message board I can find.....

Lots of people have that same though. And I think both companies could benefit from it really. Let SEGA keep like 30% of the share in Sonic Team so they make money, and have Nintendo buy the other 70% effictively making them a second party. Mr. Miyamoto helps with a new 3-D Sonic game, and character development (Miyamoto is easily the best person alive at creating mascots, after all). Nintendo puts their name on it, and presto, million seller.

Nintendo would also gain a studio who knows how to pull off a good RPG, and online games. And lets not forget that Sonic Team was the first stuido to use the GBA/GCN connectivity with Sonic Adventure 2:Battle.

(this is what happens when his decoding list has an I and a J right by each other ;).)

No I agree, I feel Nintendo SHOULD put a bid on Sega and their copyrights.
first of all, several members of Sega HATE to Work for Sony (They blame Sony for their downfall, even above Nintendo). Second, it would be like a Dream come true. I love all of Sega's quirky arcade style games, and I think Nintendo's GC and GCN would be the perfect platform for them.

Sonic Team would fit Nintendo perfectly. Sega would die, but it looks like they're going to anyway. :cry: :thumbsdo: :( :cry:

The video game market will suck without them.

God, please let Nintendo come through.

AHHHHH

what if Microsoft beat them to it........


NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO


Sega's arcade titles have always been fun GK. Daytona USA was the king of them all. Daytona 2 was kinda crappy though.

This is terrible! Well not all terrible. If Sonic Team were to swipe Sonic and run....run into Nintendo's wide open arms...I would probably die...and it would be a happy death. JUST IMAGINE! But the chances are slim. I don't want Sonic to die. :cry:

To loose Sonic would be to loose a chunk of gaming. Nintendo did just open that portfolio for Mergers and buy outs. This would be the perfect thing for it.

I can see it now and it fills me with such a great joy. If the videogame gods are merciful they will allow such a thing to happen.

ThirdMarioBro - *prays to video game gods*

Gaming gods - "Hello, it's-a-me....I mean us. The video game gods.

ThirdMarioBro - I beg of you oh mighty ones, please let the Sega staff run to Nintendo.

Gaming gods - Okie dokie, I'm ....I mean we're-a-going to do that-a for you.

ThirdMarioBro - I smell a rat.

Gaming gods - No, you smell an Italian plumber, and I'm-a your boss! Let's-a go take Sega, and-a reascue Sonic!

ThirdMarioBro - Woo-Hoo!!!

:lol: Mario is god. It's true. I can just see the commercials now. A new Smash Bros. Mario and Pikachu fighting....then ZOOM! Sonic just runs by and says some kind of wise ass comment. Then the Nintendo Gamecube logo and right after it SEGA! With the classic Sega scream!

......I like games. :D

I say it's damn time Nintendo cracks in to their 6 Billion dollar war chest and stock up on some arsenal.

The things these 2 could do together! It'd be mind numbing!

It's also be nice to see the core of Sega with Nintendo, to take down Sony and Microsoft. Or at least their videogame divisions :lol: .

Sega and Nintendo working together side by side. Easily the two best game companies in the world. No one could stand up to them.

SQUAREENIX! ...........I'll go to my corner now.

Yes you get in that corner and think about what you've said! :x

Remember that official art for Smash Bros. Melee, I think it's the Japanese box art where they are all standing on the desert looking twords something, while Mario looks like he's about to yell "Charge!"? I've always imagineds Sonic by Mario's side in the picture, and Sony and Microsoft on the other side of that desert about to get the asses of all their franchises handed to them......that would make a good flash movie......anyway...

Nintendo needs to get in that war chest and pull out a few thousand Ben Franklins and wave them before Sega's people. This is the stuff dreams are made of.

Or better yet, remember the old 64 Smash Bros. commercial? Imagine Sonic in that one! That was such a classic commercial!

*sigh*

Poor Sega...poor Nintendo.

These are the folks that are responsible for saving Videogaming in the mid-80s to begin with, and now they're ousted by multi-million dollar companies that are in it just to make money.

I'm probably wrong, but there's just something about Sega that SCREAMS originallity, and if that goes under, I'm sure as hell am going to miss it.

I mean, come on..Jet Grind Radio, Rez, Space Channel 5, Seaman, Shenmue, NiGHTS Into Dreams, Crazy Taxi, Samba de Amigo, Chu Chu Rocket, The Typing of the Dead...

These are all freaking FUN AS HELL, GREAT GAMES, coming out of a great company...

Smilebit (JGR, Typing of the Dead, etc), AM2 (Virtua Fighter, Shenmue), Sonic Team (PSO, Sonic), United Game Artists (Space Channel 5, Rez), Hitmaker (Crazy Taxi, Sega Rally), Wow (Skies of Arcadia)...these folks are what makes gaming interesting these days.

Yet, 80% of gamers go, "ooo, look, grand theft auto, I can shoot stuff and kill people, fun!"

...

It just sickens me, the whole lot of it. You show an ounce of originality in this business and you get driven into the ground.

*sigh*...

Well, all I can say is good luck, Sega, and good luck, Sonic Team.

I definitely need to get a new copy of JGR, and I'm considering making it my business to collect all 250 US-released Dreamcast games available..should I go for it?

It makes me sick too, but there's nothing we can do about it. Sony brought the "casual gamers" into the business and now Microsoft has followed suit in making games that cater to that audience. I'm afraid the more mainstream videogames get the worse the products will get.

off topic: Actually, if Nintendo took Square Enix from Sony, Nintendo would see a HUGE boom in sales in Japan, and even over here.

I mark the loss of Squaresoft as the turning point for Nintendo. If they hadn't left, I can near garentee you that Playstation would have died a swift death.

Yep, that's what i've been saying for years. All those fat, couch potatos sitting on their asses playing Madden 2035 between super bowls are ruining the industry. It went from "who can come up with the most original gameplay" to "who can hire the phatest rapper to yell in the background while we blow up police stations". The industry is becoming more and more like Hollywood every day, and it's becoming S*** for it.

Go for it! That would be an awesome collection of awesome stuff. Wonderful idea HMS.

True. They seem to be working on that too, founding that co-owned studio recently with Square and all. The day Final Fantasy goes Nintendo-only again is the day that Sony gets spanked. Microsoft....who gives a **** about them anyway. I hope that the N5 destroys both of them. I really do.

I'm convinced I will go to EB Games and buy myself a Dreamcast as soon as possible. I've heard nothing but good things and though I've played it quite a bit I haven't played even close to a quarter of the games people say are outstanding. Anyone want to give me a couple good games to pick up if possible? Maybe 2 or 3. Sonic Adventure is a given since I never played the first one.

You should get Ikaruga imported.

"Mmmm....it's been a while." :D

I have a dreamcast There cool
I got sonic advenure I love it
And i used too Have crazy taxi But it Kinda broke

:lol: His relationship with his Dreamcast kinda scares me. "You have to leave! He knows you play PC games!"

*pets Dreamcast lovingly and.......*......HEY QUIT WATCHING!!!!

*pets Dreamcast some more....and more....and more....

Or, he could just buy the Gamecube version ;).

Which I HIGHLY recomend if you enjoy breaking controllers out of frustration. :lol: .

List of 10 Must-Have Dreamcast Games

1) Shenmue
2) Jet Grind Radio
3) Rayman 2: The Great Escape
4) Sonic Adventure (Sonic Adventure 2 is OKAY)
5) Phantasy Star Online (And you MUST experience online play.)
6) Crazy Taxi and/or Crazy Taxi 2
7) Grandia II
8 ) Skies of Arcadia
9) Seaman
10) Chu Chu Rocket
11) Space Channel 5
12) Sword of the Beserk: Gut's Rage
13) Virtua Tennis and/or Tennis 2k2 (One is a sequel-same gameplay though)
14) Typing of the Dead
15) Rez (You'll either have to import this or burn a copy. Right now all I have is a burned copy, but I plan on buying the JPN or PAL version as soon as I can.)

Right now I have about 50-something Dreamcast games. That means I've 1/5th of the way there. I only wish I could buy many of them new, but that isn't going to happen. I guess it's used for me.

Also, where am I going to put 250 Dreamcast games? lol I just bought a 60-CD wallet to put the ones I have now in, and they EXACTLY fit. lol. I keep the cases in a shoebox in my closet. ;-)

My collection: http://users.ign.com/collection/MaximumZer

If you buy a Dreamcast, make sure you check out http://www.dcemulation.com for all sorts of neat emulators, homebrew games, ports, and homebrew apps for the Dreamcast. Stuff like playing DivX movies, Playing MP3s, Doom, and other cool stuff is available.

I'm not exactly a FAN of breaking stuff...it just kinda happens. :goofygri:

Thanks HMS! I'm looking around ebgames.com and I've been choosing games and I've come across and picked most of what you just said. :D I'm real happy about this. The system is super cheap too! I can't wait to get it!

Speaking of breaking controllers, I'm gonna go play Mario Kart Double Dash, Special Cup on 150cc, and go to bed. Say goodbye to the world my poor Wavebird. :lol: :lol:

God speed, man. I'll lose my wavebird to that game one day.

:lol: I'm too scared to buy a Wavebird. $50 bucks cdn to have it tossed across the room...I don't think I could live with myself.

Do you know the exchange rate for USD to CDN?

*plays F-Zero GX*

*Sets to Master Class*

*Gets arse kicked*

*chunks wavebird*

*wavebird hits wall with a classic Sonic Ka-ching sound*

*Hits self on head*

*wood knocking sound*

It's hard to resist isn't it. :lol:

Night dudes :wink: