Sega does what Nintendon't

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What a coincidence, I've talked about these same games recently...

Definitely great to see Sega stepping up this year and publishing some great games when other developers refuse to. Definitely looking forward to all 3 of those (well HotD is out) and I will definitely get them eventually. Hopefully they will sell sell and it will convince other developers to follow suit.

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maybe sega should get back into the console business.

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And do what? They'd be crushed so damn easily by Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony.

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Do the shameless plugs never end with you two?

Yea, I really like what Sega is doing with putting these more mature games out in the market for the Wii, and I hope they do well to help convince other publishers to do the same for the Wii. I really don't see the hesitation in doing so, even if the Wii has a large family demographic. It still has a massive enough install base to where publishers should be more willing to put quality games on it, instead of just dishing out the family shovelware titles. While I eventually want to get HoD:Overkill... FIIIIVE, and I'd consider getting MadWorld (and I still need to get NMH) I can't say I'm enthused for The Conduit, but it is a FPS game, which Wii owners have been asking for. I'm really liking the moves Sega is doing as a publisher, developing shitty Sonic games is getting tiring though, they need to fix that.

It is interesting to see the turn that the publishers are making. EA which I used to loathe for pushing out rehashed sequel after rehashed sequel, has been trying new IP's like Dead Space and Mirror's Edge, which is great. While Ubisoft which I used to praise is taking a less appealing approach atm *looking at you PoP DLC*. Capcom is.... Capcom, and Sega's really turned around. All in all, a lot of publishers are doing things wrong, so it's nice to see someone trying to do something right.

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I've always preferred Sega over Nintendo for many years, a lot of Sega's franchises have always appealed to me because of their creative usages and general preference for faster-paced gameplay (minus their RPGs of course). As of late, Sega's not quite the developer they've once been (the minute the 128 era died, Sega as a developer became less relevant), but their past is strong with me, and as a publisher they can still get things right.

I've always been a big fan of 16-bit Sonic, Panzer Dragoon series (my favorite Sega franchise), Jet Grind Radio, the first four Phantasy Star games, the first three Shining Force games, Streets of Rage series, Vectorman series, Shining the Holy Ark, Gunvalkyrie, The House of the Dead series, Outrun, Space Harrier, Afterburner, Virtua Fighter series (one of the few modern Sega franchises that still brings them great attention), Shenmue, Kid Chameleon, and the Dragon Force series.

They've made a lot of great games I respect, and in essence still rank as one of my all-time favorite developers simply because they made some of the best games I've ever played back in their hardware heyday, though they had a continuing quality that lasted until the end of the 128-bit era. When the 360/PS3/Wii came out, their ratio of good to bad games developed has been quite dismal.

Even when they develop the occasional good game, they certainly know how to publish a few necessary titles, that's for sure!

Nintendo still has a history I appreciate though, so don't get me wrong when I say this. Their Wii system could use a few more "gamer intended" titles than "family hooplah" per say. I've always been apprehensive to get a Wii because I only spotted around 10 games that looked like something I'd want to play, unless you count the digital console, then the number shoots up from there.

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sry for the crappy pic, but:

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YEAAAAAH! Panzer Dragoon Zwei!

That game was the bomb! I loved upgrading the dragon and causing havoc wherever I went!

Panzer Dragoon Saga is my favorite entry for the record, mostly because the RPG elements were well tied into the arcade style gameplay. It's one of five RPGs I sincerely enjoyed combat in.

Zwei would be my second favorite, then Orta on the Xbox for its slick update of the classic style, and then the original because it's still fun to this day!

What I wouldn't give for a new Panzer Dragoon game.

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it's ALL about the secondary routes in each map

you cant beat em. besides they help lead to more upgrades

ph34r pandora's box ^^

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btw lynk, i believe this was before the SNES came out in america, because they mentioned 16-bit, so it had to be before SNES (i barely remember, was a long ass time ago)

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http://us.playstation.com/playstatio...files/Evil_Tux

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GENESIS! GENESIS! XD

GENESIS DOES!

Why can't there be more modern commercials in this vein?

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@ Metal Man: Yeah probably, but both Nintendo and Sega continued advertising the fact that their systems were 16-bit yet better than the other system all the way through.

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oh yeah, i did see that with some of the other and what seemed like later commercials

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ok i gave it enough time but


SNES > Genesis.

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lol, agreed.

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DISAGREE! XD

<3 Sega

I liked Sonic better than Mario in their heyday (I prefered Sonic's faster gameplay), I liked Gunstar Heroes better than Contra, I even thought Sega's add-ons had some worthwhile games like Snatcher and Lunar for the Sega CD along with Knuckles Chaotix and Kolibri for the 32X. I felt that Snatcher had a better story than 90% of the SNES games I've played actually, but it's a Hideo Kojima storyline so of course it goes above and beyond for what its time period asked for.

I still like the SNES, but the Genesis had games I liked better, especially when given how much faster things moved on the Genesis than the SNES with the blast processing. Of course, it seems they sacrificed their color pallette to do this.

I didn't get a SNES until 1995 and had a Genesis since 1993 in comparison. Around this time I got Sonic & Knuckles for the Genesis and Donkey Kong Country for the SNES, my brother got FF III (FF VI in Japan) and Breath of Fire. I'd say the both the SNES and Genesis had some stellar first-party titles for their time period, but Sega had the advantage for me by having developer Treasure in their lineup (my all-time favorite video game developer) and the inclusion of my current favorite all-time game Rocket Knight Adventures.

Also

Panzer Dragoon > Starfox

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But in the end, they're all Nintendo Wii Virtual Console games now.

Nintendo > Sega

get used to it

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*Hugs his Genesis

Just leave us alone! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH! XD

Did you know that virtual console was one of the reasons I wanted a Wii by the way?

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Genesis was my first console and I never had an SNES and didn't get to play many of it's games till Wii VC. That said SNES is probably the superior system, but I prefer the games on Genesis.

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ok ok ok ok

i love SNES and many Nintendo games

but i have a very DEEP soft spot for the Sega Saturn
<3 NiGHTS
<3 Panzer Dragoon Zuei
<3 AMOK
<3 GunGriffon

the last three were both my and my brother's favorites.

[edit]*points to timestamp*
I'm fine now

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