What other Sega games would you like to see get the "Mania" treatment?

I'd love to see a Streets of Rage revival so we can get the long awaited and many times cancelled Streets of Rage 4. While Streets of Rage Remake was in a way the magnum opus of the series, it was a fangame, and Sega has long forgotten the series since then. If Sonic Mania does well, and I think it will, Sega might be more open to giving some of their franchises to indie devs and fans to make new games. It could be interesting if they manage to gather some of the team that made Streets of Rage Remake and make a new game in the franchise with AAA 2D production values and the blessing and support of Sega themselves.

Other games that I'd like to see get 2D "Mania" revivals would be the whole Super Scaler arcade series such as After Burner, Space Harrier, Super Hang On, Outrun, etc, maybe all at once in some sort of Arcade Collection either in enhanced remasters of the original arcade games or new entries.

What would you like to see?

You mean a collection of new and remixes of old levels, or does Mania have a story or setting to tie things together now?

None. They all deserve physical releases.

Shinobi comes to mind. About as many games to draw from as Sonic, and there's plenty that could be done with it. Preferably it would be fast and flashy.

Is this some kind of market research?

Until Sega proves that they can get it right with Sonic Mania, I don't want to see them try a revival of any of their classic franchises.

I don't mean a mix of old and new levels, but a new game with 2D graphics with the same production values as Mania.

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Originally Posted by j_factor

Shinobi comes to mind. About as many games to draw from as Sonic, and there's plenty that could be done with it. Preferably it would be fast and flashy.

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Me too, but also i will love some work like the new wonderboy on quackshot / castle of illusion or even shinobi and shadow dancer...

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streets of rage - they should hire bomer games to do it and expand on SORR
golden axe
shinobi

I actual think they will "mania" all these series once they see how successful Sonic Mania is.

Streets of Rage already got the "Mania" treatment. Just hold A and B on controller two in and press start on controller one when entering options, and the second game becomes Mania ;).

But seriously, if TecToy ported Sonic Mania to Mega Drive and released it on a cart, that would be totally jawusum.

Whatever kind of home release it could get, I've always wanted to play Star Wars Trilogy. It looks really cool.

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Originally Posted by Pyron

Me too, but also i will love some work like the new wonderboy on quackshot / castle of illusion or even shinobi and shadow dancer...

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If they ever do something like this for Aladdin, I'd be all over it in a heartbeat.

I think a new Streets of Rage game just needs for Sega to not get in Ancients way.

As for the Mania treatment(that hasn't been mention so far), I suppose an actual new Wonder Boy would be nice. Now that they have the IP, Thunder Force. Maybe a remake of/sequel to Crusader of Centy(Atlus). Comix Zone(I can't picture it working in a 3D environment anyway). Vectorman. re-acquire the rights to Mickey and Spidey? Ecco Mania? Eternal Champions(though it obviously could work in 3D, and it may be getting a spiritual sequel by the former developers anyway). Golden Axe(so far it still works better in 2D)/Warrior. Kid Chameleon, with a reasonable amount of levels, or a password/save system(this one could work in 3D though). Ristar(needs a comeback anyway, if not a playable cameo in a future Sonic). ...Pengo(or Penguin Land)?

Outside of Sega:
Castlevania(pre-Symphony style)
Contra
random arcade style wrestling game(maybe WWE, maybe not, Slam Masters?)
Battletoads
Pro-AM(RC/Championship)
Chase HQ
Rolling Thunder
Earthworm Jim
Lost Vikings
Mutant League(also has a spiritual successor in development, at least Football does)
Paper Boy(?)
Ranger X
Rocket Knight/Sparkster
Punch-Out!(none of that permanent record, too-focued-on-the-1-opponent crap from the Wii)
Zelda(top down view>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>3D)
Turrican
Final Fight(also so far works better in 2D, plus the ability to develop on devices with fast processors :p)
R-Type
Rastan(actually, pick up from the Golden Axe-like 3rd, Japanese exclusive game)
Bubble Bobble/Snow Brothers
Q*Bert
Qix
Mega Man(just so he has something outside of fighting game cameos within the next decade)

A more fleshed out Ecco 1 or 2 with better controls, similar to Aquaria, might be cool.

Shining Force
Particularly SFIII all chapters.
Better yet, something titled "The Shining Force Epic" which would include all the games of the original series woven together into one huge cohesive game.

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Originally Posted by Zebbe

Streets of Rage already got the "Mania" treatment. Just hold A and B on controller two in and press start on controller one when entering options, and the second game becomes Mania ;).

But seriously, if TecToy ported Sonic Mania to Mega Drive and released it on a cart, that would be totally jawusum.

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I'm not entirely sure that would be doable without some reworking. Graphically the game looks more inline with say Knuckles Chaotix or what I'd expect from an early 32-bit 2D Sonic on the Saturn. There's just a lot of of more subtle shading as well as scaling/rotation effects in some of the trailers that look more inline with a 32X/Saturn 2D game than a Genesis one.

I think another Shinobi game in the style of III would be successful. Throw in some cool graphical effects and a neat story and I'd be in. I think Shinobi is still a recognizable franchise?

As far as wild dreams, I'd love to see a true 16/32-bit sequel to Comix Zone, but I don't know if it would have much appeal outside of Sega nerds.

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I'm not entirely sure that would be doable without some reworking. Graphically the game looks more inline with say Knuckles Chaotix or what I'd expect from an early 32-bit 2D Sonic on the Saturn. There's just a lot of of more subtle shading as well as scaling/rotation effects in some of the trailers that look more inline with a 32X/Saturn 2D game than a Genesis one.

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Agreed, but also, it appears to be way too big of a game for a Genesis cartridge. If anything, I see it as another game that had the Sonic 3 problem, but this time instead of splitting it in two they moved it to the Saturn. And then they just touched up the visuals a bit instead of trying to make it take full advantage of the hardware.

Hard to say how well something like that would have done at the time. Sonic still had plenty of star power, but all the magazines tended to trash anything for Playstation/Saturn that wasn't "next-gen" enough.

I'm just realizing it was a 1st party, so I'd like to see them take another crack at the concept behind Jewel Master.

Shinobi, Golden Axe, Streets of Rage (could hire Bombergames and finally right the wrong that was the C&D-ing SORR), Comix Zone, Eternal Champions. There are LOTS of games Sega could do this to.

Shinobi, even something similar to the saturn game but with nice pixel art instead would be cool, or a remake of Cyber Shinobi M2 style

Is it strange to look at what games are being speedrun as a barometer of interest? Kid Chameleon 2 seems like a no brainer in a sense. It was kind of an esoteric game back when it came out but now it's pretty on trend in terms of what people want from an indie platformer. It'd be easy to manage the expectations a little more than with something like Shinobi or Streets of Rage which have such high production values.

I'd be all over another Jewel Master although that's probably very far fetched.

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Originally Posted by Shapey Fiend

Kid Chameleon 2 seems like a no brainer in a sense. It was kind of an esoteric game back when it came out but now it's pretty on trend in terms of what people want from an indie platformer.

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WITH 200 LEVELS!!

I forgot all about Jewel Master though. That's a pretty fun game, and I wouldn't mind it being revisited.

The first game that popped into my head was Vectorman. I felt the second game was executed poorly despite having some good ideas. I'd kinda like them to have a chance to redeem themselves and put everything together for one last hurrah.

2 pages and no mention of Gain Ground yet

No mention of Phantasy Star yet? This would be a great way to bring back the original style.

I don't really trust anyone to make a good Phantasy Star game in the original style. I'm completely fine with Sega not making any more Phantasy Star games.

I'm pretty sure Rieko could still helm a good Phantasy Star.

They'd have to start something new though. The Algo solar system story has been told to completion.