10 Classic Franchises Sega Need To Resurrect

Every gamer out there knows that successful franchises are the lifeblood of any big name publisher. One of the oldest and most innovative companies in existence, Sega knows that better than anyone. So that begs the question of why have Sega ignored so many other great franchises from their vast back catalogue?

[Veneno]

Sega is right up there with the amount of original IPS as Sony. They were never afraid of doing something new. God bless em.

[dead_pixels]

You're not kidding. In their prime they thrived on taking risky gambles and shaking things up. I miss having them in the console industry so much.

[ninjazfistz]

Honestly the console industry isn't really as good as when SEGA was in it. That combination on Nintendo and SEGA was great. Now that Sony has shown dominance it's too small a pond for all 4 (Xbox). I like their approach on PC anyways. Live long!

[LastCenturyRob]

@ ninjazfists... PS may be the dominate one right now but as gaming history has shown there are no guarantees that it will always be the case. Nintendo was always dominant when Sega was in the game, but Sega at times came close to gaining the upper hand. MS still sells tens of millions of consoles and the 360 was close to outselling the PS3... MS isn't going anywhere. With that, even if Sega doesn't ever make another console I think they owe it to themselves and fans of their franchises to push the envelope and bring them back in force.

[Artemidorus]

Bring back some classic VR games

[phoenixwing]

skies of arcadia mmo (in my dreams anyway)

[quent]

I'd even go for more of their recent stuff, like maybe a sequel to Binary Domain

[Cmv38]

Easy....all of them.

[Der_Kommandant]

Bring back Binary Domain!

[derkasan]

I'd love to see another 2D Vectorman.

[ApocalypseShadow]

I can truly say that I love the old Sega games. But the company is just not the same. You can't count on them anymore for that arcade style fun I grew up with to be created again.

Already, there should have been announcements of shooting games like house of the dead VR, virtual cop VR, Aliens VR, Jurassic Park VR, etc.

Already should have had a blow you away 2D Sonic, streets of rage, skies of Arcadia sequel, golden axe online, Shenmue 3, outrun HD(remaster), shinobi action game... There's so many games that you would expect from them, but you can't count on them to produce them anymore. And most of their developers left the company.

Would love it. But Sega is not Sega anymore.

[Relientk77]

Skies of Arcadia
Ristar
Vectorman
Comix Zone

[rashada07]

I would love to see another Ristar!

[Petebloodyonion]

There's so many good Sega IP laying dormant due to media not giving Sega his due. (aside from the quick review A sega game usually as next to zero coverage).

Here's some games I would love to see revive

- Streets of Rage
- Beyond Oasis
- Dragon Force
- Panzer Dragon
- E-Swat (make it like the arcade not the Genesis game)
- Gunstar Heroes
- MadWorld
- Sky of Arcadia
- Shining .... (force, Holy ark, etc)
- and make a proper Segata Sanshiro game

[The_Laird]

E-SWAT is a good shout, I didn't think of that one

[deathtok]

Honestly... I'm okay with this list staying on the past. Most of these were products of their time with limited story and gameplay. Sega has other games that would modernize better:

-Skies of Arcadia
-Panzer Dragoon Saga
-The Shining Series

[Dangerous]

Really good list I wish for Panzer Dragoon ,galaxy force & Altered Beast remaster or remake.

[Kallisti]

A new Virtua Fighter and bring back the light gun games like Virtua cop too

[Fist4achin]

Sega has a ton of IPS that are ripe for a reboot. I'd love to see them all brought back!

[About30Ninjas]

I would love to see Sega bring back Shinobi one of most memorable games I had as a kid, if Ninja Gaiden can make a comeback why not Shinobi

[phoenixwing]

Shinobi would be a lot of fun

[SaveFerris]

Wasn't there a terrible Golden Axe sequel that came out last gen?

[GrimReaperGamer]

Skies Of Arcadia
Vectorman
Ristar
Streets Of Rage
Golden Axe
Comix Zone
Shinobi
Beyond Oasis
Shining Force
Panzer Dragoon

2 Recent games that need sequels are: Mad World and Binary Domain

[The_Laird]

I would love another Mad World too, that was an excellent title on the Wii

[GrimReaperGamer]

I consider that game one of the Wii's finest gems.

[Retroman]

If Crash able to make a come back any game can. Looking at you Street of Rage, Jax and Daxter.

Thank you Reboot Ratchet and clank success .

[FallenAngel1984]

I just wish Sega would produce another quality Sega All-Stars game so we could really appreciate their legacy

[The_Laird]

Yep, definitely need another one of those

[Agent75]

I wish Sega would stop with these Mega Drive collections mixed in with Master System and Game Gear games. Not too fussed about collections of Saturn and Dreamcast games. A lot of Sega arcade games are sitting about, which could be released in collections. Virtua Racing 2 including the original tracks, Baku Baku Animal 2 and Super Hang On 3 would be my top 3 off the top of my head. Loved Crazy Taxi, but the sequel wasn’t too good and the third game on Xbox wasn’t too good either. Maybe a Daytona USA with all the tracks in the series. Always a new Sega Rally. Sonic Adventure 3 another. Some 2D games just didn’t work in 3D, like Altered Beast and Golden Axe. A new ESWAT is another wish.