Topic: Six Sega 3D Classics are being compiled into a retail compilation in Japan

http://www.gonintendo.com/s/238085-japan-sega-3d-classics-col...

It'll include Space Harrier, Fantasy Zone, Outrun, Streets of Rage, Shinobi III, and Ecco the Dolphin. It's only confirmed for Japan right now but if it does get localized, a localized version would probably also include Sonic the Hedgehog.

EDIT: It also includes the Master System versions of Space Harrier and Outrun as bonus games.

That art is amazing 8O

Wait...they put in Ecco the Dolphin, but not Sonic? That's not like Sega.

This is EXACTLY what I had been hoping for ever since the first announcement of those SEGA 3D Classics. Awesome. If they really don't make the jump over the great pond I'll at least be able to import it. This just made my day. ^^

damn i want fantasy zone so bad!! i hope they give it to us in some form or i will be very sad.

I would be happy with just standard downloads of the next set. I might get Ecco and Altered Beast (Already got the rest).

Is that Lt. Surge?

[one year later]

Sega announces "Sonic and Sega 3D Classics Collection"!

(Same game but with Sonic 1 and Robotniks Mean Bean Machine as a 2D bonus)

Too bad that the 3DS is region locked.

That will likely be in a 2nd volume, assuming this is a success. Japan has 7 more 3D Classics releases from Sega after these 6, including that one, Afterburner II, and Thunder Blade.

And with their 3D capabilities carried over.

Maybe this is why a lot of the games never turned up outside Japan. They were gonna be collected anyway?
I've been playing Outrun 3D since it came out and it's awesome. I think the improved 3D range on the new 3DS would really be great for these too.

It's not as nice as a physical release, but wave 2 has happily been belatedly confirmed for North American release via the Nintendo eShop.

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2014/11/sega_confirms_second...

I really hope there's a third wave of classics. Bring on Turbo Outrun, Sega. And if the New 3DS takes off, perhaps even Outrunners will be within reach thanks to its extra horsepower (I rather suspect that one, the pinnacle of Sega 3D sprite scaling, is out of reach on the standard system when a game like Galaxy Force II apparently was such a challenge).

I'm honestly happy that no Sonic games are included. Don't get me wrong...I love Sonic, but seeing other titles get some recognition is good!

I'm happy that there's no Genesis titles, period. Those were lackluster and by far the low points of the first wave of releases.

Now that M2 is in the swing of things, i'm glad that filler is gone with the focus squarely on arcade classics (Even though it meant only getting five games, instead of last year's 8).