SEGA is well aware of the cult following that their Streets of Rage series possesses, so they have tried to resurrect the franchise but it always ends up being canceled for one reason or another. It seems that SEGA had a plan to release Streets of Rage 4, we had the first prove of this by leaked footage that was released a few years ago (you can view it here). The game was to be on the Dreamcast and was being developed by Ancient & SEGA with Yuzo Koshiro returning to do the soundtrack. The game was sadly canceled.
We have finally gotten more information on the canceled project thanks to Yuzo Koshiro posting concept art on his twitter account. He posted two sketches one showing off the four lead characters, which have some resemblance to members of the original cast but are actually all new heroes. Another photo shows off ideas for combos, on this photo we actually get the names of the Axel looking guy, who is called Burn and is the son of Axel (aka Axel Jr.). We also see the female character who’s name is Erie and happens to be a ‘Shinobi’.
What do you guys think of the canceled concept art? Do you think SEGA made a mistake cancelling this project or is this something that was going to be met with backlash? Let us know in the comments!
Sega hates money, why did they cancel this, it’s better than Sonic Boom, where is Virtual Fighting Six, Mobile games are trash, this would have saved the Dreamcast, NIntnedo should buy sega and make this game on Virtual COnsole
Sega Brass: Cool game proposal. Who’s going to outsource development?
Developers: Uh, we were thinking of making it internally.
Sega Brass: Cancelled. Next up for review, Sonic the Hedgehog 4.
This concept was rejected by Sega of America. As beat em ups were not performing well in the market. Reviews for Dynamite Cop and Zombie Revenge attest to that.
More info on SOR4
http://soronline.net/nextgen_history.htm
Yep, I posted that link in the article. Great write up they did and very interesting seeing other leaked projects and knowing there are probably more.
SEGA is like KONAMI.
While the game itself could have sucked, it’s a shame it was canceled if only because we don’t get another awesome soundtrack.
Streets of GASH more like.
Looks dire.
Didn’t look that good, worse than Dynamite Cop. And with that series on the DC, SoR4 would be a bit redundant.
Would have liked to see Blaze in the game.
SEGA … we want Axel & Blaze!!!! not this new guys
The thought of having a Streets of Rage title on the DC would have been amazing, but like many people I don’t think this concept would have made me part with my hard earn money at the time.
Give me the adult characters like Axel Stone and Blaze Fielding any day! Not his so-called kid and this little anime Erie kid… I mean good god, what crap…
Well, it doesn’t look very good for me but considering we never had the chance to play it, it’s hard to tell if it’d be a sucess or not.