Video: Early Gameplay Of Sega Revival Projects Leak Online

Well hot damn that looks like Crazy Taxi alright!

lookin good to me

Both of them look great!

For once SEGA has got my full attention on this. Plus, the "more" is even more enticing.

I really hope they do something with the Phantasy Star Quadrilogy one of these days. Or anything that is Phantasy Star related.

Also I like to see some of SEGA SHMUPS get the modern revival treatment too.

Shinobi looks really good to me

Oh just release the original Crazy Taxi, please.

It might be a little too early to say welcome back but...

...WELCOME BACK!

What with SEGA bringing back the bloody ip that made them and Sony seemingly remembering their fans like it when they copy Nintendo, looks like the industry might be making a U-turn away from live services.

Where's my Phantasy Star/Shining Force revival at?

As soon as I read “massive multiplayer” I checked out. Rubbish concept; I prefer solo adventures.

Let me know when Phantasy Star V drops.

Wow that Shinobi game looks terrific

Crazy Taxi just doesn't hit the same without The Offspring and Bad Religion :/ Sure hope it comes with a banger soundtrack if and when it does release.

@GrailUK
with sony lately it seems like their big popular game is astro bot which feels less like Nintendo and closer to the ps1/ps2/ps3 vibe they had back when we got stuff like ape escape, parrapa the rapper or jumping flash. to me it felt like for a while sony had its own distinct feel, though it makes sense due to astro bot being made by team asobi who iirc are the last remnants of japan studio who was behind quite a few of those games during that era, and while im not holding my breath for a new ape escape or gravity rush i do hope they get to work on more games if astro bot does well.

honestly i wouldnt mind seeing them have another shot at the handheld market avoiding some of the issues the vita had such as lack of support outside japan and not supporting SD cards. especially since something like the psp-go felt like the precursor to nowadays "hybrid" consoles.

With Sega its definitely nice to see them using more of their IPs outside of sonic and Yakuza/like a dragon, though i would love to see the amazing SEGA AGES line return maybe even going into the dreamcast era (or just a remaster of skies of arcadia)

Definitely am not into live service stuff and it definitely felt like the market was getting saturated with failed live service games, though tbh i dont really bother much with service stuff outside of FFXIV (its one of the reasons i wish that NSO had an alternative when it came to legacy content)

Now just hopefully the industry can sort out its issues when it comes to things like layoffs.

apologies if the comment is overly long.

Crazy Taxi online should be a blast!

@RudyC3 I couldn't take to the re-releases at all because of the new soundtracks. I need my "YA YA YA YA YA!" and "17 SHANNON IS PREGNANT!"

So Crazy Taxi being massively multiplayer is a disappointment because that likely inevitably means a games-as-a-service model. If that happens to be the case, I likely won't be trying that one, as much as I like Crazy Taxi.

Shinobi I have no real thoughts on one way or another as I was never really into those games growing up. I see they're doing the "HD handdrawn" thing that often looks terrible, but here it looks pretty decent so far! It kind of reminds me of the GetsuFumaDen remake. I guess the solution to making that artstyle pop is to add a bit of creative shading.

This has my attention. Nostalgia vibes are hard on these titles!
Too early too see if it's going to hit hard too ... Only interested in SP experience though!

Honestly Crazy Taxi even in such an early build looks pretty good. I bet once they add a bit more polish to the visuals I bet that would actually be a blast online. Shinobi obviously is looking gorgeous, but I expect nothing less from LizardCube

I want a reboot of Comix Zone and Sub-Terrania, PLEASE and THANK YOU!

I kid you not, I just woke up from a dream where there was a new Nintendo Direct and they announced a remastered collection of 6 SEGA games all in one package. Evidently this was the "super game" they've been working on. HD remakes of the Sonic Adventure games were two of the titles included, and they both looked really nice. In the dream, I was like, "I feel like it's cheating to remake 6 games in one and sell it for $60 and call it a 'super game,' but that's a steal, so I doubt anybody is going to be upset about this."

They also announced a new 2D Rayman with a hand-drawn art style like Legends, but it was less detailed and looked closer to something like Disney Illusion Island with a much more simple art style like you'd see in a children's book. I wasn't that happy about the art direction but was stoked to see Rayman come back. Especially considering Ubisoft did a fake-out and showed us a weird Rayman puzzle spinoff right before announcing the new mainline game.

They also had four members of the Nintendo Treehouse demoing Super Mario Party Jamboree and I think were showing off a new mode or something. It looked like the one from the first Super Mario Party and the 3DS games where you're moving on a grid. I haven't thought about that mode in a while until the dream reminded me, and now I'm wishing it was in Jamboree because it was honestly pretty fun lol.

That's pretty much all I remember from the dream. I think I woke up this morning before actually finishing the Direct to know what else was there. There was an indie 3D platformer shown off where the protagonist was a black woman. It looked really cool, and 3D platformers are my bread and butter, but for some reason in the dream I was adamant that I wouldn't like it because I thought too many games were copying Hollow Knight including this one. But Hollow Knight is a 2D metroidvania so that argument didn't really make sense.

I often have very vivid dreams and have at a couple points in my life kept a dream log that I would write in every morning because I think the subconscious mind is incredibly fascinating. Lemme know if you want me to share more gaming related dreams, lol. I don't comment in the forums much, but maybe I should start a thread in the "Other" category or whatever it is for people to share their non-gaming dreams as well. Like when I dreamt my hometown was flooded with grape soda. That could be fun.

I own a Dreamcast now and one of my games is the first Crazy Taxi. Only played for a few minutes to see, if the game is still functional. It was fun and alot harder than I thought it would be.

A new game is very welcome.

Looks like Lizardcube is handling Shinobi, which I'm all for because their work has been fantastic on Wonder Boy and Streets of Rage 4. Super excited to see Sega revive their old IPs like this, it's been a long time coming and I'm here for it!

@link12684 hell yeah it does!!!!

Shinobi is giving me massive Return of the Ninja Master vibes and I'm here for it!

@DanijoEX-the-Pierrot Technically Phantasy Star Online New Genesis 2 is a thing. But yeah, a real return to the franchise would be amazing!

Excited for all of them. With that said here's to hoping the more includes Ecco the Dolphin, Comix Zone, Vectorman and most hoping for Skies of Arcadia.

Crazy Taxi for a 2022 prototype doesn't look that bad, but those Multiplayer players will make me stay away from the game.

Shinobi on the other hand is amazing!

All these updated IP would make a great launch lineup for the new Sega console!

Wasn't this leaked by various people outside of Midori? This is another Samushunter situation. People are literally crawling back to this crazed person just to get information that isn't even exclusive to them.

Don't forget that Midori was a weird incel guy who pretended to be a racist caricature of a Japanese woman.

Crazy Taxi is looking pretty good.

Hopefully we get a single player Phantasy Star at some point. The series has so much potential besides being an MMO. Sakura Wars and Shining Force would also be cool to see.

@Mgalens I hope it does well, but man, I can't stomach all the discourse about it being a blueprint for the gaming industry etc etc. The game is nothing Nintendo haven't being doing for decades. (They finally realised Mario's proportions are a big factor of how well he controls!) I get many people's first video game system was a Playstation these days.

I agree with everyone else here who wants a return to the more traditional offline Phantasy Star. The characters and stories told from within the Algol solar system are what really got me into the series.

Don't understand why Sega won't release more from their catalogue. Why can't I spend money on the Alex Kidd games, Golden Axe, After Burner, Ninja Gaiden etc.? They could've had like 10 different collections.

Please, new modern:

• Comix Zone
• Decap Attack
• Eternal Champions
• Altered Beast
• Shadow Dancer

Not really bothered about any of these but would love to see Sega Rally, Daytona and Outrun coast to coast on Switch!

We definitely have room for all of them. I'm really excited for Shinobi. Streets of Rage had almost a Power Stone or Die Hard Arcade vibe. Looking forward to seeing more of that one.

@GrailUK
i feel like the easy allies review summed things up well.

"There’s no denying that Astro Bot owes a lot to its predecessors, but it still manages to find ways to innovate and make its own mark"

from what ive gathered it seems like a similar situation to what botw and tears of the kingdom were to open world games, they incorporated many of the traits of the genre over the years but crafted out their own identity.

if anything it has me exited for what the big cheese himself will bring to his next game, its been fairly quiet on the 3d mario front since the last major one and it definitely feels like the switch 2 could bring something big along with it.

If Sega is doing a mmo aspect to ANY of these new games, please also offer a comprehensive classic Arcade Mode where appropriate. I’d much rather play that way 😃

Bring back Shining Force!

Shinobi is looking very clean and intricate. Keep going in that direction Sega, quick time!

I really need shinobi to be good.

@Sinton : I too would be all over an Alex Kidd collection. I even bought that bloody Mega Drive collection for that and Comix Zone (wasn't particularly interested in the other games).

@RudyC3

Agree 100%. I tried to play the last version they put out which had alternate music and it just wasnt the same. Relicense the anericana album lol.

Im going to parrot many others here in hoping for phantasy star to be redone. All 4 of them. (Im an odd one who loved part 3 the most)

These dev vids look great too. Definately the right direction.

Both looks fun even if they are indie quality, can't wait to see the rest.

That Shinobi game looks neat!👍

No imagine if Sega announced a new console with these games. That would be crazy.

Ninja Gaiden was Tecmo. You might have meant Shinobi, luckily those are available.

But yeah, they pulled the plug so fast on their Sega Ages line of games.

I want to play Zaxxon!

Whatever happened to the Panzer Dragoon Zwei remake?

Baku Baku Animal - For gods sake please somebody make this and add an online mode so i can smash people all over the world

Is it possible to Nintendo Life themselves host the videos in another place?

For some of us, X is blocked. Not in the work, but a nationwide ban. :/

Both work for me. Hits the nostalgia but also just look modern and fun and exciting in their own right.

VIRTUA FIGHTER or bust, Sega!!!

RRrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

Jet Set Radio and Crazy Taxi. Let's go!

Color me not super impressed. I mean the original Crazy Taxi on DC still looks impressive (especially if you use VGA cable to an older HDTV). I love how it is taking them like 4yrs to to make a new game. Shinobi looks good but how many Indy companies have churned out great 2D HD platformers that are excellent so do we really need it? I would rather see a Skies of Arcadia remaster/reboot or something like a new Phantasy Star online. I have sort of grown weary of all these remakes of old stuff, for gods sakes why not create new/modern titles in these classic franchises if you want to bring them back to life. Of course I am a veteran (read old) gamer so I played all this stuff once back in the day so maybe I should be kinder to the younger generations out there that never played these classics. Still something like Dead Cells or Mark of the Ninja blows away anything Shinobi ever did.

If Crazy Taxi ends up being just an online only game, I have a feeling it isn't going to fare well (no pun intended). I like the game, but there really isn't much more to it than just a few quick games online. I personally would love to see some sort of game where you make a driver and have to go through a story of rising up as a Taxi driver. I feel like it would be silly, but I think it would make thigns fresh.

As for Shinobi, it shows great promise. Im surprised that its focusing more on sword combat rather than shurikens like in the original games. The art looks gorgeous. I'll definitely be looking at this one closely.

I know these are early development builds, but im curious to see where everything goes.

Really good to Shinobi back the ones on mega drive were awesome!

Streets of Rage Revival? How about letting the studio that made 4 make a 5th entry because that game was a Chef's Kiss.

And I can get down with a Shinobi remake since the 3ds version was beautiful and faithful to the 3rd game, but why no love for Shadow Dancer: Secret of Shinobi?

That dude screaming Sega at the end make me feel al warm and fuzzy inside. This want's to make me say "Welcome back Sega! Welcome back!"

Sega has WAY more exclusive IPs than Xbox....so...why is there a new Xbox but no new Sega? Xbox and its "Games Everywhere" nonsense have collosoly failed. Sega....ITS TIME TO RISE!