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So they're going to hold back the SA2 battle content for extra money like they did with the SADX stuff for Sonic Adventure's re-release.

Fuck you in the ass, Sega.

My childhood was a lie... :/

So is the licensed music from Jet Grind Radio going to be cut? The Hideki Naganuma stuff is still good but it'd be cool to have all the licensed stuff in as well.

JET GRIND RADIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

The only one I care about.

@TheHBK said:

Sonic Adventure 2 was a piece of garbage. The first one had problems but it was fun and the Sonic stages were the best. The music was spot on. But with 2, they just went into the, lets add more characters and keep this attempt at deep storylines going, instead of going back to the tried and true formula of just collecting the chaos emeralds. Fuck Shadow.

But, better Chao Garden.

@Guyzea: Hip De Hop!

Sonic Adventure 2 was a piece of garbage. The first one had problems but it was fun and the Sonic stages were the best. The music was spot on. But with 2, they just went into the, lets add more characters and keep this attempt at deep storylines going, instead of going back to the tried and true formula of just collecting the chaos emeralds. Fuck Shadow.

So is the licensed music from Jet Grind Radio going to be cut? The Hideki Naganuma stuff is still good but it'd be cool to have all the licensed stuff in as well.

Will gladly play Nights and JSR again for the nostalgia... FOR MY MID-20s. Fuck I'm old. Maybe I should get a career or something.

Awesome!

Sonic adventure 2 is easily the best 3D sonic

I've had good memories of these games when i first played them. However, JSR was a really short game if I remember correctly, I only wanted to race Chaos in SA2, and I think it is best to leave Nights into my dreams. If they made JSRF a downloadable title, I think i'd be game for that. That or just megamix the two games together.

@ghostNPC said:

"Play them again for the 1st time!"

Ugh.

That's not even accurate in Sonic Adventure 2's case. Fucking Sega.

1 out of 3 ain't bad.

@Guyzea: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XruY72JamWc

I remember Sonic Adventure 2 being awesome when I played it, but I'm afraid to find out how well it aged....

Man, that blocky shot of Sonic from Adventure 2 really doesn't scream "Quality HD Presentation" to me.

"We were holding back the real experience for over a decade, the whole failed console thing was just part of our creative marketing strategy!"

When is Skies of Arcadia hitting the networks? thats what i want to replay

SA2 is hot poop and Nights ain't much better. JSR is a good game, though.

Aw, hell yeah. I can't wait to play Nights and Jet Set for the first time ever, and- the hell with it, I'll buy SA2 once again!

I can't speak for JSR or Nights, but I remember liking SA2 back when I was younger. Though as bad as those treasure hunting levels were, I WILL say this in that segment's defense, you could beat up and break omichoas in those parts. There, I just gave you all the one decent thing about the treasure hunting levels. Oh and about Sega and Total War:
@peritus said:

@RuthLoose said:

Ahem... Shogun 2: Total War... ahem....

yeah but thats not really sega. Creative assembly gets the creds for that.

@RuthLoose said:

@peritus said:

@RuthLoose said:

@Darkstalker said:

Sonic Adventure 2 is awesome and a widescreen version sounds awesome. I understand why people woudlnt like it though.

nights is a good re-release as its never been re-relased and its not like the saturn is easy to find or emulate. I wont be buying it though.

I know a lot of people like jet grind so good on their part too.

SEGA shouldnt be hated for re-relasesing these games as they make sense for newer games to re-release. now saying sega hasnt released any full games of note in the last year or so...yea i have no defense for that. Theyre just a different company now with different goals i guess

Ahem... Shogun 2: Total War... ahem....

yeah but thats not really sega. Creative assembly gets the creds for that.

That's not stopping SEGA from claiming Total War as one of their core franchise IPs.

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2012-06-28-sega-closing-european-offices

Haha, i forgot about this.

Soni Adventures 2 was some of the most fun I had. Making Chaos was fun. That game had one of the best soundtrack ever.

JSRF is pretty awesome, NiGHTS is okay, and SA2 is pretty bad. Oh well. It's too bad, since I had some good memories of SA1-2 when they came out, but returning to them now, they're pretty mediocre overall and the the non-speed levels in SA2 are very, very bad. Like those Tails/Eggman Walker levels? What the fuck were they thinking?

SEGA should just make a new Chao Garden game for PSN/Steam/XBLA and be done with it.

Soooo stoked for Nights.... up there as one of my favourite games of all time... a much misunderstood game - Most people completely missed the point that it was a side scrolling racing game, all about getting the best line through the course and doing as many laps as possible (and getting back to the pits) before the timer hit zero... such a buzz

Sorry Sega I'm confused, are you specifically marketing this game to those individuals that plugged their Dreamcast in to a 12 inch black and white TV?

I ADORED Sonic Adventure 2 Battle when it came out - I still can't believe that Sonic the Hedgehog ended up on Gamecube before Mario. Man; mind blowing. I'm relatively sure the game isn't technically any good though - those Sonic Adventure games have terrible engines. So many collision problems and camera issues. Sonic Team just built games badly, all the way up until Sonic 2006. Still SA2 is a fun, good-looking game in spite of technical problems... at least 2/3 of it. The Sonic/Shadow stages were always pretty good (although, compared to modern Sonic games like Generations, I'm certain they're not nearly as compelling), but also the Tails/Robotnik levels with the mechs and the Panzer Dragoon style lock-on mechanic. Good stuff. Dumb, simple... but fun. I'll probably pick it up again.

As for Jet Set, I'll buy it... but meh. I'd rather see a complete HD remake that combined Jet Set and Jet Set Future's content into one game. This first game innovated and did it first, but Future refined the formula so much it's hard to go back. For one thing, they got rid of that stupid stage timer. Like in Tony Hawk, when they added the manual and revert? It's why the HD Tony Hawk remake that came out recently added in the manual and included stages from Tony Hawk 2. Because I want to see Jet Set Radio Future HD, and a Jet Set 3, I'll support this.

And NiGHTS? Never played it. Played Journey of Dreams though, and enjoyed it despite a serious design flaw (the casing for the analog sticks on the Wii Controllers have those notches at 45 degrees, but the rings in the stages are not oriented at 45 degrees, so you're constantly correcting for it. It hurts your fingers). It was pretty, it was simple and fun, it sounded great, and it was different. Have been wanting to play the original for quite some time now... I almost bought a Saturn from a roommate in college to do so. I'm DEFINITELY picking this up on Steam.

Sega needs to make NEW games like this. Flashy, colorful, fun, easy to pick up and play - take that arcadey way of thinking and apply it to new digital games, Sega. I'm hoping Hell Yeah is the first game of that type from "The New Sega". The one who's focusing on digital games.

@peritus said:

@RuthLoose said:

@Darkstalker said:

Sonic Adventure 2 is awesome and a widescreen version sounds awesome. I understand why people woudlnt like it though.

nights is a good re-release as its never been re-relased and its not like the saturn is easy to find or emulate. I wont be buying it though.

I know a lot of people like jet grind so good on their part too.

SEGA shouldnt be hated for re-relasesing these games as they make sense for newer games to re-release. now saying sega hasnt released any full games of note in the last year or so...yea i have no defense for that. Theyre just a different company now with different goals i guess

Ahem... Shogun 2: Total War... ahem....

yeah but thats not really sega. Creative assembly gets the creds for that.

That's not stopping SEGA from claiming Total War as one of their core franchise IPs.

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2012-06-28-sega-closing-european-offices

This trailer reminded me of the opening to the 360 version of Burnout Revenge.

*shakes head* How many times can Sega bamboozle fools into buying old games over and over again?

@RuthLoose said:

@Darkstalker said:

Sonic Adventure 2 is awesome and a widescreen version sounds awesome. I understand why people woudlnt like it though.

nights is a good re-release as its never been re-relased and its not like the saturn is easy to find or emulate. I wont be buying it though.

I know a lot of people like jet grind so good on their part too.

SEGA shouldnt be hated for re-relasesing these games as they make sense for newer games to re-release. now saying sega hasnt released any full games of note in the last year or so...yea i have no defense for that. Theyre just a different company now with different goals i guess

Ahem... Shogun 2: Total War... ahem....

yeah but thats not really sega. Creative assembly gets the creds for that.

@Darkstalker said:

Sonic Adventure 2 is awesome and a widescreen version sounds awesome. I understand why people woudlnt like it though.

nights is a good re-release as its never been re-relased and its not like the saturn is easy to find or emulate. I wont be buying it though.

I know a lot of people like jet grind so good on their part too.

SEGA shouldnt be hated for re-relasesing these games as they make sense for newer games to re-release. now saying sega hasnt released any full games of note in the last year or so...yea i have no defense for that. Theyre just a different company now with different goals i guess

Ahem... Shogun 2: Total War... ahem....

@ArbitraryWater: I'm with you on that. It's silly how people give Sonic Adventure 1 and 2 free rides while savaging every other 3D Sonic to come afterwards. They all had the same crappy cameras, controls and stupid friends. Were people just more forgiving in 1999-2001?

Sonic Adventure 2 is awesome and I'll fight anyone who says otherwise.

Sonic Adventure 2 is awesome and a widescreen version sounds awesome. I understand why people woudlnt like it though.

nights is a good re-release as its never been re-relased and its not like the saturn is easy to find or emulate. I wont be buying it though.

I know a lot of people like jet grind so good on their part too.

SEGA shouldnt be hated for re-relasesing these games as they make sense for newer games to re-release. now saying sega hasnt released any full games of note in the last year or so...yea i have no defense for that. Theyre just a different company now with different goals i guess

Ya, I saw Steam on that list of platforms! Good on them for continuing to at least attempt supporting the PC community beyond Total War.

NiGHTS' draw distance still seems pretty crap, but let's see when it comes out. I wonder how this version was made, using some kind of special-cased emulation, or using the original source code with a compatibility layer?

@msavo: I sometimes go back to SA2 to blast through some Sonic or Shadow levels. Some people find the controls and camera clunky, but once you master them you can really blast through levels.

Also, while it is a remix, I feel my current jam is appropriate.

I can only imagine how depressing the developer interviews would be.

Sorry Sega, I've already ruined my perception of Sonic Adventure 2 as a good game (and by proxy, my childhood) by making the mistake of trying to play it recently. Guess what? The camera really was always that bad.

Say word

NiGHTS' draw distance still seems pretty crap, but let's see when it comes out. I wonder how this version was made, using some kind of special-cased emulation, or using the original source code with a compatibility layer?

Rolling around at the speed of sound,

Got places to go, gotta FOLLOW MY RAINBOW!

Can't stick around now, gotta keep movin' on,

Guess what lies ahead, only ONE WAY TO FIND OUT!

[Hook]

Must keep on movin' ahead,

No time for guessin', follow my path instead!

Trust in me no matter what you may see,

Take my lead, I'll set you free,

Follow me, set me free,

Trust me and we will escape from the city,

I'll make it through, follow,

Follow me, set me free,

Trust me and we will escape from the city,

I'll make it through from HERE TO YOOOOOOU

FOLLOW ME! OH, YEAH-HEAH!

Got enemies lurking around every turn,

Trust in your feelings, got to LIVE AND LEARN!

No time for messin', only one way through,

Got no other option, only one thing to do!

[Hook]

(Developer commentary seems interesting, but the only game I really care to play is JSR. I might get the others as I've never played Nights and SA2 is one of my more nostalgic titles. Pricing will be a major factor.)

@brandonleedy said:

Anybody else catch that Steam logo? *looks at comments*

Okay yeah, some of you did. But still you guys. Jet Set Radio and Sonic on Steam? We live in times that the 9 year old, little Game-Gear toting version of me would never believe.

SEGA have been releasing lots of ports and emulated versions of their old games on Steam: SEGA Genesis Collection 5 as well as Crazy Taxi and a bunch of Sonic games. Probably the same stuff they pumped out on PSN and Xbox Live a couple of years ago.

I always thought Nights was absolute shit, but I do have fond memories of both JSR and Sonic Adventure 2. I'm afraid to re-visit those memories because I'm almost 100% sure they'll be destroyed forever.

@fazzle said:

They really think people are going to buy these SEPERATELY? Again?

I really hope people aren't as dumb as Sega is betting on them being.

Well, these re-releases only cost 10 bucks each. If this was released as a collection I could see it costing something like 30 or 40 bucks if they'd put 4 games in, so this doesn't seem like a rip-off to me.

@Daniel_Newton said:

@msavo said:

I'll say it... Sonic Adventure 2 is the best Sonic game of all time.

I'm with you buddy. I've been waiting for a HD re-release for so long, it feels like they've released Sonic Adventure a bunch of times and overlooked 2, and it's honestly a much better game. If the Steam version is good it will be worth the wait though I guess.

Word. The original Sonic Adventure was never good in my opinion but 2 was mind blowing. I mean it's the one Sonic game where I actually like playing as people other then Sonic. Also it has some of the best music in the series.

@msavo said:

I'll say it... Sonic Adventure 2 is the best Sonic game of all time.

I'm with you buddy. I've been waiting for a HD re-release for so long, it feels like they've released Sonic Adventure a bunch of times and overlooked 2, and it's honestly a much better game. If the Steam version is good it will be worth the wait though I guess.

@msavo: AGREED