Will Sega ever tap their classic series in a big way?

[aaron]

correct me if i'm wrong but isn't valkyria kind of an extension of skies of arcadia? i haven't played it so i don't really know.

Valkyria Chronicles has the main protagonists of Skies of Arcadia as random soldiers you can recruit but that is it, they don't take any part in the story.

No the games are totally different but people say it was made by the studio of Sega that absorbed Overworks (the studio that made Skies of Arcadia) so perhaps yes it was made by the same people.

ah. gotcha. thanks!

[onemanfilmcrew]

How about an honest to god Phantasy Star game? Not the action style "online" games, but going back to the days of when they were actual RPGs? I know they remade the first two PS games for the ps2 but they never saw the light of day here.

[RyaNtheSlayA]

How about an honest to god Phantasy Star game? Not the action style "online" games, but going back to the days of when they were actual RPGs? I know they remade the first two PS games for the ps2 but they never saw the light of day here.

It would be nice.

I'd also like to see a true return for Shining Force from Camelot. Especially with that new touch screen controller on the Wii U.

[3DSStrider]

I just want to see them make a 2D fighting game with all of their major characters, with Segata Sanshiro as an unlockable final boss.

[dreamcast4ever83]

What about a return of earthworm jim? Maby a dark twisted version. It's long overdue anyways

[AppleQueso]

What about a return of earthworm jim? Maby a dark twisted version. It's long overdue anyways

Earthworm Jim isn't a Sega franchise at all...

[dreamcast4ever83]

What about a return of earthworm jim? Maby a dark twisted version. It's long overdue anyways

Earthworm Jim isn't a Sega franchise at all...

I know that just pooped up in my head when i was reading this and i had been playing it on the saturn

[Erik_Twice]

Not that any Earthworm Jim game besides the first is worth playing.

[aaron]

What about a return of earthworm jim? Maby a dark twisted version. It's long overdue anyways

Earthworm Jim isn't a Sega franchise at all...

I know that just pooped up in my head when i was reading this and i had been playing it on the saturn

i know this was a typo, but i couldn't help but giggle at this.

[pierrot]

Just a couple things I wanted to point out after reading through this thread:

There are a couple of saturn ports on the PS2 (the only ones that really come to mind are Dragon Force and NIGHTS) and of course there's the XBLA treasure re-releases, so while emulation of the saturn is obviously not a leisurely stroll through the park, I'm sure it's more a profitability issue prohibiting saturn re-releases.

Also, while Sega may not be very good at delegating their IPs to other developers, I feel like they deserve some credit for their choices in publishing titles by other developers: Resonance of Fate, Bayonetta, Madworld. They seem to be continuing that with The Cave (by the Psychonauts team.)

Personally, I find it endlessly humorous that Sega took F-zero (a series I always found rather uninteresting) and ran with it in a way Nintendo never could have dreamed of. I love Sega to my core, but I can't deny that in many ways they aren't the company they were 10+ years ago. On the other hand they are the same company in the sense that I feel they're better off creating new IPs than meddling with their classic games. For me, completely new IPs or standalone titles are much more interesting than a doddering franchise that's been milked like the family cow. I've always felt that Sega's greatest strength was in varying their titles and innovating gameplay in a way no other company does. Honestly, I don't know why the nintendo fanbase is always clamoring for more mario or zelda. To me it's always seemed like the nintendo franchises are just given a quick gimmick here and a repackaging there, then out the door; and frankly I curse miyamoto and mario for giving people the silly idea that all games should be rendered in 3D-subsequently the single most effective way of taking Sonic out of the picture.

tl;dr Sega may be testing the waters with the digital HD Jet Set Radio release (similarly with Shenmue I'd think, if those HD revival rumors are true) so I would think that's the direction to look for games to be 'tapped.' (I'm not entirely certain of OP's intended vernacular.)