Podcast reactions to Sega's recent statement

[Trippled]

That Smilebit makes the Mario and Sonic games is arguably more offensive than Camelot making Mario Golf or Tennis or whatever it is that they've been whoring themselves out to make for Nintendo. Mario and Sonic should be outsourced if anything should.   

Dont know where people always get this? Its untrue...Mario & Sonic was made by people who did sports games at Sega in the past a.k.a. Sports Jam, Decathlete etc.

Anywho Sega of Japan still puts out stuff on the handhelds and arcade that is neat and different. Tough on the console front, Yakuza is pretty much the limit due to dev costs.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Tripple-ddd/sandbox2#Developed_18

[Nirmugen]

Dont know where people always get this? Its untrue...Mario & Sonic was made by people who did sports games at Sega in the past a.k.a. Sports Jam, Decathlete etc.

Yes but some keys developers,engineers and designers from Smilebit went to Sports M&D in 2004, specially the part who made those simlation sports ones.
The rest went to Amusement Vision and take part of CS1 R&D after.

[Trippled]

Yes but some keys developers,engineers and designers from Smilebit went to Sports M&D in 2004, specially the part who made those simlation sports ones.
The rest went to Amusement Vision and take part of CS1 R&D after.

Looking at credits, I see a good amount of people that took part of Beach Spiker, Sports Jam, Virtua Striker etc. Sports sims take different development capability I think. And none of the people that made Hundred Swords, Jet Set Radio, GunValkyrie, Panzer have made sports games.
Sports R&D only existed for a year or so, after that all the Mario & Sonic were made in a anonymous Sega of Japan group (either CS1 or CS3 not sure)

Alot of people who made Kingdom Conquest and subsequent mobile games are from Smilebit actually too.

[Nirmugen]

Smilebit developed some Sports games like Pro Soccer or Derby series between 1999-2003.

Sports R&D made both the M&S Olympics and Pro Soccer games from 2004 onwards.

The last JP Pro Soccer manager was released in 2013 for the PS3.and PSVita and was maded by Sports R & D.

It's possible also that the Soccer mobile app released in 2014 was maded by them just like Kingdom Conquest was maded by ex-former Smilebit employees.

[jonboy101]

Well if you wanna get technical, what truly got me into SEGA was Sonic Generations, which was still relatively new when I bought it (it was only a year old). That was the gateway, and the thing that solidified it was Sonic and All-Stars Racing Transformed, which was only a few months old when I bought it (I got the PC version, which came out in early 2013, after every other version). So technically speaking, I did get into SEGA through its newer output.

Fair enough. I stand corrected.

[Sharky]

I only got into SEGA's stuff back in 2012, and it was all because they put out re-releases and started pushing for the platform I care most about, the PC. Before then, I barely gave a crap, and now I've got a Genesis and Saturn sitting proudly next to my TV. While I can't say for everyone, I might be the exception, not the rule, but I think SEGA is definitely capable of making new fans.

I know SOJ has more than a few teams, it's just that most of them don't output much that we care for. AM2 still makes arcade games, but most don't leave Japan, and they release those awesome 3D classics, what used to be Smilebit makes Mario and Sonic at the Olympics, and UGA are now part of Sonic Team, so they still make games.

My heart is warmed. You are the rarest of creatures.

[Tad]

Another "great" moment from the gaming media has just happened. Rock paper shotgun have reviewed the new Kings quest game and some of the stuff he mentions doesn't even happen in the game...