Sega Announces Reboot of 5 Classic Games - Jet Set Radio, Crazy Taxi, and More - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 08 December 2023 / 4,307 Views
Sega at The Game Awards has announced the reboot of five classic Sega games are now in development.
The five games from Sega being rebooted are Jet Set Radio, Streets of Rage, Golden Axe, Shinobi, and Crazy Taxi.
"In recent years, Sonic the Hedgehog has forged new paths for SEGA, bringing the franchise to life and reaching new audiences in ways we had only dreamed of in the past," said SEGA Corporation co-chief operating officer and SEGA of America CEO Shuji Utsumi.
"Today’s announcement is just the start of our initiative. First and foremost, our ambition will be to create great games with memorable characters and worlds. We hope fans of all ages will look towards our future with anticipation as we release these projects in the coming years."
View the reveal trailer below:
Read details on the games below:
The upcoming projects, spanning a range of genres, are currently in different stages of development and will release over the next several years. The first of these games will be based on the following legacy franchises:
Crazy Taxi Franchise
A whacky, high-octane driving adventure series where players must weave through traffic in an open play environment to deliver passengers to their destinations before time runs out.
Golden Axe Franchise
A hack and slash-style series with close melee combat set in a fantasy world of beasts, swords and magic.
Jet Set Radio Franchise
This franchise combines action packed traversal around vibrant Tokyo-to with skating, self-expression through graffiti, street culture and rebellious themes.
Shinobi Franchise
A series that utilizes ninja shuriken, ninjutsu, special attacks and more to defeat enemies in a mix of side-scrolling action and challenging environments.
Streets of Rage Franchise
A beat ’em up-style series that pairs fast-paced fist fighting with fresh music set in a lawless urban environment.
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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That's an amazing and unprecedented trailer reveal.
Oh please let these be good!! These new games have a lot to live up to!!
Love how they even resurrected the classic "SEGA!!!" line at the end.
Skies of Arcadia
I really hope that was the "and more".
Cautiously optimistic
All of them look great. Let's hope they will be good!
Now if only they were launching on a brand new Sega console...
Amazing!! such an amazing trailer it really made me feel like a kid again!.
The only thing better would be the number 2024 attached at the end.
I'm extremely cynical about anything Sega announces not named Yakuza or Total War. What is the last good Sega game made inhouse that wasn't from those IP? No, Atlas doesn't count. The last time Sega tried to make Golden Axe, it sucked ass. The last two Monkey Ball games are either bad or underwhelming, and they're either HD ports or HD level packs, yet Sega still found a way to botch them. The last Shinobi was incredibly forgettable. Crazy Taxi is the equivalent of a $5-10 indy game these days. Outside of Generations, the only universally loved Sonic game in the last 20 years was made by passionate fans. Panzer Dragoon and Streets of Rage 4 were given out to different devs and pubs.
What has Sega done in the last 20 years to give us any faith that these games won't be dumpster fires that crap all over their legacies?
New Shinobi is Lizardcube who did SOR4
I was referring to Shinobi '02 on the PS2. I'm two thumbs up on Lizardcube handling Shinobi, given their sublime work on SOR4 and Wonder Boy.
I'm interested in what they showed.
wonder if this will help my sega/sammy stock?
Power going out wouldn't be a problem for Switch or Deck ;) . SEGA!!!
Jet Set Radio!!!!!! I may have to switch back to my old pfp xD
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