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 Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 12:39 pm Post subject: Nintendo to revive old 3rd party franchises. Seaman 3DS |
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The classic Dreamcast virtual pet sim Seaman will be revived on the 3DS, according to a report at the online edition of Nikkei.
In a feature about Nintendo, Nikkei mentions a plan from the company to revive other publisher's titles on the 3DS as part of a strategy to bring new strong titles to the system. The paper mentions Seaman as an example of this, but does not provide specifics.
Seaman creator Yoot Saito, who's currently making one of the four games in Level-5's Guild 01 on 3DS, hinted back in June 2010 that Seaman could appear on 3DS.
Released by Sega in 1999, Seaman caused a sensation throughout Japan and became one of the Dreamcast's best selling games.
Nikkei's mention of Seaman came as part of a general report about Nintendo's earnings and future prospects.
The report also has a look at the construction grounds of Nintendo's new development studio, which is scheduled to open at the end of December 2013. Construction is taking place on the land of a former golf practice grounds. Iwata was a regular at an Italian restaurant on the second floor of the facility, and his companion was always Shigeru Miyamoto. According to Nikkei, it's at this restaurant that the two finalized the concept for the Nintendo DS.
http://andriasang.com/con012/seaman_3ds/?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed
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| Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 4:27 pm Post subject: |
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I was going to post this last night but I was too stoned.
Interesting tactic that could pay off. There's a lot of excellent dormant IPs in the hands of publishers, publishers too shit scared to invest in them. If Nintendo is looking to expand it's portfolio with established IPs and not jump through the hoops of creating something from scratch, this could be the best way to go about it.
What I'm trying to say is; make me Shenmue 3.
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| Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 8:19 pm Post subject: |
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Seaman was something I always wanted to check out on the Dreamcast and never got a chance to, so this is pretty cool news.
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| Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 2:26 pm Post subject: |
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| ObsoletE wrote: | | obligatory "i got seaman on my 3DS" joke. |
No, the game will most likely be a pile of wank.... 
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