Amusements For All !!! - JOYPOLIS, SEGA Amusement, Arcade Centers, etc Thread

[Berto]

Amusements For All !!!

This thread is for JOYPOLIS, SEGA WORLD, and other SEGA Amusement Parks / Themes / Centers.
Most of them owned by GENDA (Global Entertainment Network for Dreams and Aspirations) and CA (China Animation) though.










Guangzhou Junming Happy World / CA SEGA JOYPOLIS China
Tokyo Joypolis
Qingdao Sega Joypolis
Joypolis Wonder Forest
Shanghai JOYPOLIS
SEGA ARENA Nakama
SEGA ARENA Soga
SEGA A･SQUARE Kusatsu
SEGA Abeno Q'sMall
SEGA Abiko
SEGA Akabane
SEGA Akabane Ekimae
SEGA Akashi
SEGA Akihabara 1st
SEGA Akihabara 2nd
SEGA Akihabara 3rd
SEGA Akihabara 4th
SEGA Akihabara 5th
SEGA Akita
SEGA ALPLAZA Kanazawa
SEGA Amagasaki Q'sMall
SEGA AMU PLAZA KUMAMOTO
SEGA AMU PLAZA MIYAZAKI
SEGA Anjyo
SEGA Ariake Garden
SEGA Asahi
SEGA Baydream shimizu
SEGA BOWL Ishioka
SEGA Center Minami
SEGA Chiba
SEGA Collabocafe Stand Namba Sennichimae
SEGA Collabocafe Stand Sendai
SEGA Corowa koshien
SEGA Ebina
SEGA Fukui
SEGA FukuokaTenjin
SEGA Fukuroi
SEGA Hachinohe
SEGA Hanazono
SEGA Higashi-Osaka
SEGA Hirosaki
SEGA Hiroshima Hondori
SEGA Hiwada
SEGA Ikebukuro GiGO (closed)
SEGA ikuwa
SEGA Imafuku
SEGA Imaichi
SEGA Imure
SEGA Ise
SEGA Ishioka
SEGA Ito-Yokado Kobuchi
SEGA Kagurazaka
SEGA Kaita
SEGA Kakegawa
SEGA Kamiotai mozowondercity
SEGA Kamiotai mozowondercity cinema Build
SEGA Kanayama
SEGA Kasugai
SEGA Kasumigaura
SEGA Kawaguchi
SEGA Kobe umie Mosaic
SEGA Kobe umie SAUTHMALL
SEGA Kosei
SEGA Kurashiki
SEGA LaLaport Fujimi
SEGA LaLaport Koshien
SEGA LaLaport TOKYO-BAY
SEGA LECT Hiroshima
SEGA Machida
SEGA mago Seki
SEGA Makuhari
SEGA Market square Sasashima
SEGA Marugame
SEGA Matsudo / SEGA Shin Yahashira
SEGA Matsue
SEGA Matsumoto
SEGA Matsuyama
SEGA Minamimachida GrandberryPark KidsDiscovery
SEGA Minamimachida GrandberryPark WonderTheater
SEGA Mirai Nagasaki COCOWALK
SEGA Misto2
SEGA Mito
SEGA Mitominami
SEGA Mizusawa
SEGA Nakoso
SEGA Namba-Avion
SEGA Natori Settsu Wings
SEGA Nishinasuno
SEGA NitoriMall Hirakata
SEGA Nobeoka
SEGA Odawara Dynacity
SEGA Ogori
SEGA Okazaki
SEGA Onahama
SEGA Onomichi
SEGA Oyama
SEGA PhenixPlaza Maya
SEGA PRIME TREE AKAIKE
SEGA Ryugasaki
SEGA Saga-Takeo
SEGA Santomoon oasis
SEGA Sendai
SEGA Sendai Corona WORLD
SEGA Shin okubo「sepurish」
SEGA Shinjyuku Kabukicho
SEGA Shinmikuni Algo7
SEGA shinokubo
SEGA Shonai
SEGA SMARK Isesaki
SEGA Sonic-Train
SEGA Sunromoon Kagitagawa
SEGA Taiyaki Akihabara
SEGA Taiyaki　Ikebukuro
SEGA Takamatsu
SEGA Takenotsuka
SEGA Tokorozawa
SEGA Tokushima Suehiro-Bowl
SEGA Tokyo-DomeCity
SEGA Tomei Bowl
SEGA Tottori
SEGA Toyota
SEGA Tsukashin
SEGA Ueda
SEGA Vivamall Neyagawa
SEGA Yokohama Chukagai
SEGA Yonezawa
SEGA Yono
SEGA VR AREA ABENO
SEGA VR AREA AKAIKE
SEGA VR AREA ISESAKI
SEGA VR AREA KAMIOTAI
SEGA VR AREA MINAMIMACHIDA
SEGA VR AREA TAKAOKA
AGSQUARE Okaya
Amusement Place Gimic SEGA
CLUB SEGA AdvanceMall Matsuzaka
CLUB SEGA Chatan
CLUB SEGA Fujidera
CLUB SEGA HigashiUmeda
CLUB SEGA Himeji-OS
CLUB SEGA Inage O2Park
CLUB SEGA Jiyugaoka
CLUB SEGA Nabari
CLUB SEGA Sagamiohno
CLUB SEGA Shinjuku-Nishiguchi
CLUB SEGA Shinsugita
CLUB SEGA Tachikawa
CLUB SEGA Tsunashima
SEGA AEONMALL Choshi
SEGA AEONMALL Kawaguchi
SEGA AEONMALL Kisogawa
SEGA AEONMALL Musasshimurayama
SEGA AEONMALL Okayama
SEGA AEONMALL Takaoka
SEGA AEONTOWN Kanazawashimeno
SEGA AEONTOWN Kariya
SEGA AEONTOWN Meisei
HI-TECH LAND SEGA Harbor-Place
HI-TECH LAND SEGA Ikegami
HI-TECH LAND SEGA Nishinakajima
HI-TECH LAND SEGA Shibuya
HI-TECH LAND SEGA Tateishi
HI-TECH SEGA Kasai
HI-TECH SEGA Kashiwa
HI-TECH SEGA Mominoki-Mura
HI-TECH SEGA Niihama
JUNGLE TREASURE
Kids Forest
Yawarakashirocoppe Akihabara
Orbi Yokohama (closed)
SEGA WORLD Apollo
SEGA WORLD AquaWalk Ohgaki
SEGA WORLD Bisai
SEGA WORLD Fuchu
SEGA WORLD Fujigrand
SEGA WORLD Fukushima
SEGA WORLD Fukuyama
SEGA WORLD Funabori
SEGA WORLD Furukawa
SEGA WORLD Fuse
SEGA WORLD Fussa
SEGA WORLD Higashiyamato
SEGA WORLD Hirakata
SEGA WORLD Hisai
SEGA WORLD Hitachi
SEGA WORLD Iruma
SEGA WORLD Ishinomaki
SEGA WORLD Kagohara
SEGA WORLD Kasai
SEGA WORLD Kitayamagata
SEGA WORLD Kuwana
SEGA WORLD Matsubara
SEGA WORLD MEGA
SEGA WORLD Nakatsu
SEGA WORLD Narita
SEGA WORLD Numata
SEGA WORLD Ohmachi
SEGA WORLD Ohmori
SEGA WORLD Ohta
SEGA WORLD Osaka Izumi
SEGA WORLD Rokujizo
SEGA WORLD Sanuma
SEGA WORLD Shirakawa
SEGA WORLD Sunspa-Omura
SEGA WORLD Tajimi
SEGA WORLD Takajyo
SEGA WORLD Takayama
SEGA WORLD Takefu
SEGA WORLD Tatebayashi
SEGA WORLD Tiryu
SEGA WORLD Toyoshina
SEGA WORLD Ujina
SEGA WORLD Utsunomiya
SEGA WORLD Yonago
Sega WORLD Oe Taiwan
Sega WORLD Chiayi City (closed)
Sega WORLD Yilan County (closed)
Sega WORLD South Korea (closed)
Sega WORLD Shanghai (closed)
Sega WORLD Sydney (closed)
SegaWORLD London (closed)
SEGA Prize Zone, Superbowl UK
SEGA Prize Zone, Hatfield UK (closed)
SEGA Prize Zone, Southport UK (closed)
SEGA Prize Zone, West Midlands UK (closed)
Sega Megaworld Harrow UK
Sega Megaworld Croydon UK (closed)
Sega Megaworld Romford UK (closed)
Planet Sega Queensway UK (closed)
SEGA Park (closed)
SEGA City (converted into GameWorks venues)
GameWorks (now owned by ExWorks Capital)
SS Mega World Indonesia (closed)
SEGA Republic  (closed)
SEGA Sammy Sports Arena



I'll updated the links later.
Edit (after this news) : On second though, naahh..
Too lazy to change all those SEGA names to GiGo.
Still feel free to correct me if I'm wrong or missing something.

Notable link :
About GENDA GiGO / GENDA SEGA Entertainment (formerly known as SEGA Entertainment)
About CA Joypolis (formerly known as SEGA Live Creation)
About Sega Amusements International (has been Management bought out but name unchanged)
About SEGA Sammy Creation (Gaming Machine / Slot Manufacturer)

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And now the latest news...

The biggest CA SEGA JOYPOLIS was built in GuanZhou,China



In 2017, China Animations has acquired a majority stake in Sega Live Creation for 600 million yen.
After the ownership transitioned, China Animations renamed Sega Live Creation to CA Sega Joypolis Ltd, with Sega no-longer fully owning the parks.
The 3 Orbi venues remained under the ownership of Sega, and Sega Republic was later closed down after the Sega license expired.
Now four years later, the biggest CA SEGA JOYPOLIS has been opened in September 2021 !!! 
See the pictures here :

https://sonic.fandom.com/f/p/4400000000000143882
https://sonic.fandom.com/f/p/4400000000000141990

[Mystic Monkey]

So Joypolis is no longer owned by Sega... but will still have Sega's name and I pressume Sonic and other marketing?

Also, is it true that UK will get a Joypolis? Sounds like a Sega World UK all over again.

[Berto]

So Joypolis is no longer owned by Sega... but will still have Sega's name and I pressume Sonic and other marketing?

"Sega no-longer fully owning the parks"

so I think SEGA is still owning it, but just a small portion of ownership of course since majority ownership goes to China Animation.
 

[Berto]

Also, is it true that UK will get a Joypolis? Sounds like a Sega World UK all over again.

A potential location for the UK park is currently being sourced, operator reveals.
So I guess it might happened.
Article :

Sega Joypolis theme parks could be coming to the UK and US

“The Group is planning to develop CA SEGA JOYPOLIS in different places over the world with several partners in the PRC and the overseas,” the report reads.
“As for the overseas market, the Group has entered a memorandum of understanding with another international partner to select a location for launching theme park in the UK within approximately half a year and explore the possibility to launch theme parks in Europe, North America and elsewhere.”

Article : https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/sega-joypolis-theme-parks-could-be-coming-to-the-uk-and-us/

[Berto]

About GENDA (Global Entertainment Network for Dreams and Aspirations) and SEGA



GENDA Co. is a Japanese entertainment corporation whose primary focus is on developing an “amusement” machine rental business, online crane machines, promotional sales, and business between the Chinese and United States markets.
GENDA held 85.1% of Sega Entertainment shares as of December 3, 2020, which means the voting rights for Sega Group‘s ownership ratio over Sega Entertainment now are 14.9%.
Additionally, Sega Entertainment was no longer be part of Sega Group’s consolidated subsidiaries.
In January 2022, GENDA was buying the last remaining 14.9% of shares owned by SEGA.

It does not mean SEGA is leaving the arcade business.
SEGA will continue to develop and manufacture arcade games, as that division is still 100% owned by the SEGA Corporation and is separate from SEGA Entertainment.
SEGA will continue to make arcade games, this news just means they won’t be managing the arcade buildings.
SEGA has also said, via Famitsu, that SEGA will continue to develop arcade titles, but will shift some of its arcade development staff to the console business.

Links :
https://www.gendasega.jp/
http://segabits.com/blog/2020/11/04/sega-leaves-japanese-arcade-management-business-selling-off-85-1-shares-to-chinese-company/
https://www.siliconera.com/genda-sega-entertainment-shares/
http://segabits.com/blog/2022/01/27/genda-sega-entertainment-changes-name-to-genda-gigo-fully-acquiring-segas-japanese-arcade-management-division/

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About SEGA Amusements International Ltd. (SAI) and Management Buy Out



Sega Amusements International (SAI) is an international company dedicated to the production, development, supply, support and distribution of amusement arcade games and merchandise.
Here on the other hand, instead of being sold to a bigger company in the space, it was bought from within and will give SEGA Amusements International (SAI) more freedom.
Paul William has setup Kaizen Entertainment as a holding company and initiated a “Management Buy Out” of SAI through that.
What this means is that everything that distributors, operators, and players see will remain the same – the Sega name will still show up on the games, and SAI will still be the name found on the booth at trade shows.
This also means that everyone who has been working at SAI is still there.

Links :
https://segaarcade.com/
https://arcadeheroes.com/2021/03/25/the-future-of-sega-amusements-international-the-sega-name-in-arcades/
http://www.kaizenentertainment.com/
http://segabits.com/blog/2021/04/15/sega-closes-sale-on-sega-amusements-international-and-what-it-means-for-the-future-of-western-sega-arcades/

[Berto]

About CA Sega Joypolis



CA Sega Joypolis was renamed from Sega Live Creation, an independent company from SEGA Corporation Entertainment Park Division, on January 1st in 2017.
At the same time, they also moved out from SEGA Sammy Group and became a member of China Animation Group which listed in Hong Kong.
China Animation Group has been running trading business in manufacturing industry with entertainment companies and Japanese toy manufacturers.
Upon the foundation laid in manufacturing field, they are aiming to further grow our business in entertainment facilities, animation, and IP industry.

Links :
http://www.casegajp.com/en/
https://segaretro.org/Joypolis

[Mystic Monkey]

A potential location for the UK park is currently being sourced, operator reveals.
So I guess it might happened.
Article :

Sega Joypolis theme parks could be coming to the UK and US

Article : https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/sega-joypolis-theme-parks-could-be-coming-to-the-uk-and-us/

This rekindles me Sega World London hopes that died out long a go.

[Berto]

The Best SEGA Arcade in AKIHABARA!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2szbBks0e0

[Mystic Monkey]

Oooooooohhoooohoo! I would love to go!

I recall telling you how crap UK arcades are usually are... at least the arcades I've been to. Never been a major cities arcade but I imagine it's just gambling machines.

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Sega Atlus Channel Will Be Held During TGS 2021

Sega and Atlus announced their Tokyo Game Show events, and it’s kicking things off with a Sega Atlus Channel, official website, and social media campaign.
There will be Sega and Atlus TGS 2021 news offered between October 1-3, 2021.
Also, people who share pictures on Twitter with #Love_Sega until September 12, 2021 might have those photos included in promotional efforts for the companies and their events.

Article : https://www.siliconera.com/sega-atlus-channel-will-be-held-during-tgs-2021/

[Berto]

Reminder : SEGA’s Ikebukuro GiGO arcade in Tokyo set to close on September 20, 2021

The GiGO location in Ikebukuro, owned by the newly-named Genda Sega, will shut its doors on September 20, it has been confirmed by Takashi Kataoka, chairman of Genda Inc in a Twitter statement.
This follows the closure of another famous Sega location in Tokyo, the Sega Building No 2 in Akihabara last August.

Articles :
http://segabits.com/blog/2021/08/04/segas-ikebukuro-gigo-arcade-in-tokyo-set-to-close-on-september-20-2021/
https://www.intergameonline.com/coin-op/news/famous-sega-tokyo-arcade-to-close

[Mystic Monkey]

It' a pity. Never went to Japan let alone Ikebukuro, but I always thought it was cool for Sega to have that piece of Ikebukuro all to themselves... until September.

[Berto]

About SEGA SAMMY CREATION



SEGA SAMMY CREATION is a gaming machine manufacturer that utilizes its wealth of creativity, entertainment experience and technology to produce products that offer new and exciting experiences.
Their latest creation was Genesis Crest. Read more about it here.
To be frank, gaming machine is just a convenient words for what we know as "gambling machine" or "slot machines" that creates a game of chance for its customers.
Gaming machines can be found in bars, gas stations, small convenience stores, arcade centers, and bodegas in some countries that allowed it, like Singapore, UK, or USA.
My country, Indonesia, never allow anything related to gambling, so I never seen any of them here. I know that they still exist here, but illegally.

Link : https://www.segasammycreation.com/en/

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Bragg’s Wild Streak Gaming Extends Deal with Sega Sammy Creation

Doug Fallon, Managing Director of Group Content at Bragg and founder of Wild Streak, said:
“We have really enjoyed working with the Sega Sammy Creation team on the development of Congo Cash and Fairy Dust.
We share a passion for delivering a next-level casino gaming experience as the Sega Sammy team continues to grow their global presence.
We are very excited to be extending our relationship to include Dragon Power and Egyptian Magic, which have seen phenomenal popularity online and can’t wait to bring them to land based casinos under this partnership.” 

Article : https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210902005058/en