You may remember that SEGA were asking fans which of its beloved franchises gamers would like to see make a return. Well, the results were announced via a live stream and it was Sakura Wars that came away the winner by a large margin.
Most hoped revival:
1. Sakura Wars (2457)
2. Jet Set Radio (1485)
3. Virtual On (729)
4. Shenmue (727)
5. Virtua Fighter (581)
6. Panzer Dragoon (538)
7. Shining Force (518)
8. Skies of Arcadia (483)
9. Streets of Rage (437)
10. NiGHTS into dreams… (261)
Brand you’re most invested in:
1. Sakura Wars (1843)
2. Sonic the Hedgehog (1284)
3. Phantasy Star Online (1155)
4. Virtua Fighter (991)
5. Jet Set Radio (913)
6. Yakuza (878)
7. Panzer Dragoon (873)
8. Sega Saturn (658)
9. Persona (636)
10. Hatsune Miku Project Diva (614)
Favorite character:
1. Segata Sanshiro (1840)
2. Kazuma Kiryu (1521)
3. Ryo Hazuki (1446)
4. Bayonetta (1375)
5. NiGHTS (850)
6. Dr. Eggman (651)
7. Temjin (591)
8. Arle (577)
9. Alex Kidd (576)
10. Ulala (492)
Thanks to takamaru64 and awesomeaussie27 for the tip!
Kinda surprised how bad nights did
At least Nights made it on the list, how the F!@# did Shinobi NOT make it on the list!? That game was one of the, if not biggest, pillar IPs owned by Sega. That franchise is just as much of a classic as Streets of Rage. Sega is f!@#$%^ up smfh:/
Is shinobi dead :0?
I thought it had a3ds title
“Favorite character:
1. Segata Sanshiro (1840)”
This pleases me.
I seriously knew absolutely nothing about Sakura Wars prior to just now and had to google it, and watching youtube clips of the game and anime confimed that I don’t remember ever seeing anything relating to it before.
… but I guess never localized stuff will be like that.
https://youtu.be/5hfYJsQAhl0
Try the most recent (?) Game on the Wii/ps2. Sakura Wars So Long My Love.
I’ve never even heard of Sakura Wars.
seriously tho lol what the hell is that game did someone bot the poll to sh*t?
Jet Set Radio I thought for surely were the vocal majority never heard of sakura wars before
Really? Not Panzer Dragoon!?
Sega is doing the same thing to the Shinobi franchise as Capcom has done to the MM franchise. Sega is now on my total shit list:{
Lol what you think it’s rigged?
Well…. at least Shining Force made it in the list.
Best strategy games of all time…why.. come on Camelot
The first Shining Force game is still my all time favorite strategy game. I wish Camelot would still make the games for SEGA while making Golden Sun for Nintendo.
No PSO. Harsh apples.
My beloved Skies of Arcadia, so low down the list!!!
I demand a recount!!! If not then i’m voting Brexit and for Trump to win….. oh wait!
The fact that so little want a new Streets of Rage revival is a damn shame. It was definitely one of the best Genesis titles I’ve ever played. What’s more sad is Billy Hatcher not being in the Top 10.
Oh well, at least Jet Set Radio, Virtua Fighter, and Panzer Dragon are high on the list. Kudos on Sakura Wars being the winner. The first through fourth games need to be fucking localized if Sega wants to take advantage of this.
And are those Shenmue fans NOT aware of Shenmue III already happening? What more do they want, HD ports of the first two games?
I would love for Sega to produce a brand new Streets of Rage, preferably out sourced to Arc System Works to get that Guilty Gear/Blazblue look.
Now that sounds like a good idea. Many detractors would say a 3D game would be shit like Final Fight Streetwise and some things are better of staying in the past, but there are good 2D artists out there that would stay true to the games’ original style. Arc System Works are a perfect match for Streets of Rage.
Consider this:
there was more than 20 choices in their poll list, Streets of Rage wasn’t even listed in.
And SEGA has tons of old franchises that didn’t get new games and were potential candidates.
So the fact that Streets of Rage made it to this top 10 is actually good if you ask me.
I was thinking the same thing. Sega is doing a shitty job of marketing the new game if so many people voted for Shenmue.
Keep in mind this was a survey done in Japan not in the US.
Had it been the US, the results would have been far different..
Or i think they would have anyhow.
Wait, no Ristar?
Ouch, Billy Hatcher and a lot Genesis era IP’s took a serious hit in popular requests. Well at least Streets of Rage barely made it. But seeing Skies of Arcadia being there makes me happy. Sure the game is far from popular, but it shows that people would still like a sequel to that Dreamcast classic. GG Jet Set Radio for being the second most wanted. We need more rudie rollin’, paint sprayin’, cops fightin’, dance breakin’ action in our lives.
Congrats on Sakura Wars being Number One though. With how Fire Emblem is today, I feel that Sega can really capture that market easily if they retool the gameplay a bit and keep the visual novel dating sim aspects. Really shows that the name Sakura Shinguji never died in Japan.
LOL at Segata Sanshiro being the most beloved character there. He is truly a legend. But Eggman beating most Sonic characters on the list is a shocker.
I would have voted for Jet Set Radio for sure. Oh well. I’m surprised by Sakurai Wars. I feel like I may have purchased a Sakurai Wars games for the Wii… but I don’t remember playing it or keeping it. I may have not been into it. It felt like one of those Japanese dating sim games lol I think. No thanks.
Great! Now maybe Sakura Wars will get a western release for once… Probably not.
This game was chosen because Sakura is dating Segata Sanshiro. (Not that that’s a bad thing, mind…) (J/K)
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Congrats to Sakura Wars. What I saw of the characters from that franchise in Project X Zone 2 was interesting. I’d love a game that focuses on supernatural versions of Feudal Era characters like Nobunaga being villainous demons.