We are heading across the Pacific to look at the “Golden Land” of the Sega Saturn—the Japanese library! We’re discussing the unique physical allure of Japanese imports and five 2D masterpieces that never made it to the West on SEGA TALK!
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Get ready for a summer-sized thrill! SONIC X GODZILLA #1 races and stomps into comic shops, bringing together two of the most beloved franchises in one epic crossover. Written by Nick Marino (Godzilla Rivals) and illustrated by Jack Lawrence (Sonic the Hedgehog), this issue promises fun, action, and chaos in equal measure.
On this episode we look at a slew of SEGA news from the past two weeks! Some is good: Movie Amy Rose has a voice! Some is bad: Sonic arcade cabinet looks lame, SEGA set to delist Sonic 1&2 for mobile. Some is sad: SEGA legend Hideki Sato has passed away.
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On this SEGA Talk, we head to the local comic shop and ask for a copy of that new Sonic comic! No, not Archie or Fleetway, this is the first part of our IDW retrospective! How did the comic come to be? What were those first few arcs? How does it compare to the first 30 or so issues of Archie Sonic? Find out on SEGA Talk!
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Via The Hollywood Reporter comes the news that Amy Rose in the upcoming Sonic the Hedgehog 4 movie has a voice actress, and that is Kristen Bell! Long suffering parents like myself best know her as the voice of Anna in the Frozen films from Disney, and gamers may know her as the voice of Lucy Stillman in the Assassin’s Creed franchise. On TV she is best known for Veronica Mars, Heroes and The Good Place and has appeared in a number of films over the years.
Little else about Sonic 4 has been revealed, even the reveal article fails to confirm any live action actors returning with the only returning crew member name checked being director Jeff Fowler.
Are you excited for the casting announcement? Who would you have preferred if not? Sound off in the comments below!
SEGA has announced an “End of Service” for the 2013 remasters of Sonic the Hedgehog and Sonic the Hedgehog 2, available on Apple and Android devices. The remasters got a lot of attention when revealed back in 2013, namely because prominent fan game developers Christian Whitehead (“Taxman”) and Simon Thomley (“Stealth”) were behind the remasters. The two would go on to develop Sonic Mania, which no doubt was a gig they earned thanks to their work on the 2013 remasters.
The remasters were so good that many (myself included) see them as the best way to play the games, even beating out their reissues in Sonic Origins and the M2 versions released on Nintendo platforms. Heck, they were named our favorite SEGA games of 2013! Fans might be having deja vu as SEGA delisted Sonic CD and Sonic 4 Episodes 1&2 in May 2025.
We’re taking a trip back to 1992 for this week’s episode of SEGA Talk! We are revisiting Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (8-Bit), a game that many of us played in the back of the car on a battery-draining Game Gear.
Unlike the speed-focused Genesis version, this game was all about precision, exploration, and some seriously unforgiving platforming. From the Underground Zone to the Crystal Egg, this title proved that you didn’t need 16 bits to create a challenge.
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From our friends at Screaming Villains comes the announcement of another Digital Pictures FMV remaster! Prize Fighter – Heavyweight Edition has been announced to release February 20, 2026 digitally to the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 and PC via Steam. Prize Fighter originally released to the SEGA CD in 1993, and is described as taking players “closer than a ringside seat” as the game “puts you right in the game”. Interestingly, the digital release is being developed by and published by Screaming Villains, with no mention of Limited Run Games. However, given Limited Run Games did tease Prize Fighter as well as other Digital Pictures titles last year, a physical release is sure to be announced soon.
Check out the trailer above and stay tuned for more details about the remaster as we hear it!
This week! Virtua Fighter 5 comes physically (sort of) on the Switch 2! Also, RGG Studio is fixing the biggest problem fans have with Kiwami 3… the water!
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G FUEL and SEGA have teamed up again for another Sonic franchise flavor, this time inspired by Tails! Dubbed Tornado, the flavor is Orange Creamsicle and comes in a fancy collector’s box complete with a Tails shaker and sticker.
You can pre-order today by visiting their online shop and enter promo code SEGABITS to save an additional 30%!
In this episode of Sega Talk, we track the radical evolution of SEGA’s North American branding, from the clinical “graph paper” grids of the Master System to the high-tech “black box” era of the Genesis. We dive deep into why Sega abandoned its uniform look for the iconic red-stripe rebrand of the 90s, the switch to the massive plastic long-boxes of the Saturn, and finally, the Dreamcast’s sleek transition from bright orange swirls to the edgy “SegaNet” black. It’s a nostalgic look at how Sega used graphic design as a weapon in the console wars, shifting from a toy company aesthetic to a lifestyle brand that defined a generation.
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NAOMI ports in Yakuza Kiwami 3, Power Smash online gameplay restored, SEGAbits.com viewable on the Dreamcast? Truly 2026 is the year of the Dreamcast revival. Let’s run through the past week’s news!
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Just because it’s 2026 doesn’t mean we can’t party like it’s 1999! SEGAbits is once again Dreamcast compatible, thanks to our new Dreamcast friendly website SEGAbits.com/DC. Back when the site began in 2010, we had a much lower tech website, but as times change so did websites and nowadays most websites don’t play well with old Dreamcast browsers. While there are search engines like FrogFind.com, which strip down websites making them viewable on old hardware, SEGAbits.com/DC shows the ten latest articles in full with viewable images!
If you have a Dreamcast with web access, check our new Dreamcast compatible page out and make sure to add it to your bookmarks. It’s still thinking!
On Christmas day, 2025, we lost one of the most influential men in SEGA history: David Rosen. David was a co-founder of SEGA, meaning he was not solely responsible, but he was one of the most important and key figures in the company’s founding. On this episode, we look back on his history and remember David Rosen.
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Last year I started checking the analytics for all our accounts (website, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook) and found that we had been viewed an astonishing 18.7 MILLION times! So this year I ran the numbers again and was amazed to find that we grew 27.8% to see an astonishing 23.9 MILLION VIEWS!
2026 will see us entering our 16th year, and we will continue to cover the latest SEGA news, provide commentary on our ongoing YouTube shows The SEGAbits Swingin’ Report Show LIVE (the longest running SEGA podcast!) and SEGA News Bits LIVE and will continue to dive into SEGA history on SEGA TALK (the top rated SEGA podcast!). We also will continue our Arcade Adventure meetups at the Galloping Ghost Arcade (planning for late Summer or early Fall 2026) and will continue to attend gaming and SEGA events whenever we can! Our friends at Sonic Weekly will continue to crosspost to our site, and we plan on more crossover episodes in 2026!
Thanks to listeners, viewers and readers like you, SEGAbits continues to be the number one SEGA fan site AND the longest running SEGA news site! Thank you!