I forgot Sega still made the occasional hardware.
Looks like some sort of projector to tell bedtime stories with.
Yeah ... and this one somehow is popular and won Excellence Award in Japan Toy Award 2025

MushiKing is getting a revival? I mean, I know they had the one anime, and I knew they were popular in Japan but I dunno if MushiKing was a passed trend in Japan or not.
The SEGA Mushiking Arcade's game is indeed really popular but it has other big factor ... the cards that can be scanned in by a Mushiking arcade machine.
The card collecting thing was a huge trend (other example is Pokemon cards).
Well, no wonder since this trend is kinda using the same mechanism used in slot machines and video games with the "opening a pack of cards" thing.
You don't know what you're going to get, which keeps your brain engaged and chasing that “what if” moment.
