Update [Thu 21st Dec, 2023 09:30 GMT]: As spotted by Gematsu, Sega has revealed a bunch of new images and details about its various legacy revivals during its 2023 Management Meeting, which took place on December 12th.
This includes an official title and plot details for the new Streets of Rage game and an announcement that the next Jet Set Radio title is intended to be open-world. You'll find all these new titbits of information below as well as the images shared as part of the meeting slides.
Streets of Rage Revolution
Beloved side-scrolling beat ‘em up action series. Take control of one of the ex-officers and make the city a place where people no longer have to walk the “Streets of Rage”!
Shinobi
Slay the enemies in the silence of the moment. Run through the world of Shinobi full of monsters and ninja actions. Grab Oborozuki, the legendary sword and slay Evil once more. Your clan and the world are counting on you.
Jet Set Radio
“Counter-culture”. Tokyo Street Open World. Experience the “rebellion” movement that feels free in a suffocating society. Make friends, increase your fans, and create a movement.
Crazy Taxi
Innovative & Fresh Style Driving Action! Cheerful feeling of freedom x Fusion of nature and city, Peel out the new stage of Crazy City!
Golden Axe
Warriors arise to subdue the demons! Defeat your enemies with a variety of attacks with swords and magic! The legendary story about the battle axe, “Golden Axe” is about to begin!
What game are you most looking forward to? Let us know!
Original Story [Fri 8th Dec, 2023 11:30 GMT]: Sega has officially revealed that it is bringing back a ton of its beloved video game series, including Jet Set Radio, Crazy Taxi, Golden Axe, Shinobi, and Streets of Rage.
Sega announced the development of these titles at last night's Game Awards, showing them off in a stylish reveal trailer that featured two people playing games on a couch before a power surge temporarily knocks out the electricity and forces everything in the room to reboot.
Later in the trailer, we are then shown a bunch of early development footage of each of the announced titles, including a new 3D Golden Axe and Streets of Rage game, a fabulous hand-drawn take on Shinobi, and modern-looking updates of Crazy Taxi and Jet Set Radio.
This will obviously be exciting news for those who have had their fingers crossed for years to see Sega revisit some of these titles, with most of these franchises lying dormant except for an odd cameo here and there.
Rather excitingly, more games were also teased at the end of the trailer, but exactly what these are still remains a bit of a mystery. We also don't know exactly what platforms these are coming to yet, but we expect to find out more as 2024 gets underway.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Easily the best announcement I've seen for some time. I'm a huge Sega fan and cannot wait for all of these games
Great news. Hoping Ecco and Shenmue 4 are added to the roster.
I'm cautiously excited for these as I'm thinking they'll be more budget titles than anything. I could be wrong!
I would love for these to be part of a new Sega Ages line of games, like the 2500 series on the PS2. Sega, please don't have these be digital only!
Best highlight in TGA 2023 imo.
By the gods Sega, please, please, PLEASE do not butcher the Jet Set Radio art style like it was butchered in Roller Champions. Make the JSR characters cool, not hideous mutants. Thanks Sega. Your fan.
New JSR after the incredible Bombrush Cyberfunk - we eating goooood!
The new Shinobi is the stand out for me. Only one that made me nervous was Golden Axe... I would have loved Dot Emu and Lizardcube to take a stab at that.
Great news, but concerned they will be butchered. Have high hopes for Golden axe. With regards to Shinobi still can't beat the timeless pixel art from the Megadrive version.
Didn't expect this, especially with so many announcements at once. The Streets of Rage teaser is interesting since the franchise was already resurrected a few years ago. I only just bought SOR4 a bit over a year ago. It's a curious change of direction. The visual style may not work for me with the plastic-looking 3D models, but I'll want to see more of it. Golden Axe is similar. Not loving the way it looks, but it could play well. Yeah, I'd prefer an old-fashioned beat-em-up, but I get it. Shinobi looks like it could be very good. The art style looks cool, like a light version of the style used in GetsuFumaDen: Undying Moon.
I am a spoilt Muddy Funster, i am interested in the "and more..."
Good stuff though so far
Coming back to this, I'd love to see Comix Zone get the Streets of Rage 4 treatment.
Shinobi looks incredible, and both Golden Axe and Crazy Taxi are looking great. JSR needs more cell shading, but movement looks good.
Streets of Rage, though...whoof. After SoR4 perfected what a Streets of Rage could be, I just want more of that, not whatever this Power Stone (not offense to Power Stone) looking 3D arena brawler thing is. Hopefully it turns out ok and I'm proven wrong, but SEGA has a long, long history of learning exactly the wrong lessons from their successes, so I'm ain't holding my breath.
Fan of all these games ESPECIALLY Shinobi. All these titles look fantastic! What's and more though? Phantasy star? Shining title? Virtua fighter? System 32 games on current gen?
My announcement of the event! A bunch of varied games showing real gameplay. They could be half-rubbish, but they will be interesting to play nonetheless!
Crazy Taxi looks neat. I just want, no, NEED, a new OutRun.
I just wish SEGA would package up all their arcade emulators from Yakuza etc and pop them into a lovely package like the Atari50 collection or even the Megadrive classic collection.
There are so many there already done, they just need to make a nice interface and include a nice bit of history for each title and I'm sure it'd fly off the digital shelves.
Please let the open-world JSR be good.
Same prayer for Crazy Taxi.
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