The Second Batch of Sega AGES Switch Titles Will Include Sonic 2, Out Run And More

Give me Shining Force FFS!!
S-h-i-ning Force!

Here's hoping for Sonic 3 & Knuckles for the next batch! Having the first three games and Mania wherever I go would be amazing

That's becoming a substitute for that Sega 3D Classics Final Stage for 3DS that will never see the light in the West.

But for now these Sega AGES haven't even been confirmed outside of Japan. I'm interested in Out Run, a classic in portable mode, but I hope there is an option to listen to the original songs. Interested too in Thunder Force III, another one -along with Sonic 2- that came in the Final Stage compilation.

I wish the delay in Europe means some day we'll see them all in a nice retail package. Dreaming is free.

This is great. Love out run

I'd like to see them fulfill their promise on delivering Panzer Dragoon. Having Skies of Arcadia, Shining Force, Phantasy Star, and Panzer Dragoon Saga on the Switch would be a dream come true.

Outrun!

One word, yassssss!

Going by the 3DS port and what M2 have said already this means Outrun HD with wide-screen, 60fps and online leaderboards. This is exactly why these individual ports beat the stuffing out of the £40 Megadrive ROM Dump Collection.

They have just 5 more to reveal now. M2 announced the other day that they have "major" news regarding the AGES line for Switch to reveal at the Tokyo Game Show on the 22nd September so I'm guessing we'll know the complete line up pretty soon. Golden Axe: Revenge of Death Adder has never had a release outside the arcade so a remastered port of that would be huge news for Sega fans. They've said the plan is to release 2 titles per month.

@Moroboshi876 Sega already confirmed they are coming West a day or 2 after the Japan reveal.

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2018/04/sega_ages_is_officially_coming_to_nintendo_switch_in_the_west

Golden Axe, Sega. Arcade version with the Genesis and Master System ports as bonus features to keep everyone happy.

@jtmnm
I would pay like 50€ each now no questions asked but serious I need all of these and Dragon Force.
Shining Force I-III + CD + Shining the holy Ark are the gems of my youth. I will never get tired of playing them. Ever!

This is is nice and all... but how about releasing some of these? or do we have to wait intill Christmas just to receive one of these games?

@OorWullie Good to know. But it's taking a lot of time, don't you think?

looking like a good start
Hope we start to get some Saturn or Dreamcast stuff eventually.

@Moroboshi876 Yep, not sure why Sonic and Thunderforce IV were delayed,they were supposed to release in Japan at the end of August. I've got a sneaky feeling they're going to launch immediately after the Direct though.

Nope. Not indulging this crap. I might buy the Alex Kidd game(s) (and Out Run), and maybe Comix Zone, but that's it. Sega should be releasing the same collection on Switch as they have on other platforms. Even the 3DS got a retail collection (albeit an incomplete one).

@Moroboshi876 : I just really want a more modern Out Run game. I'd be thrilled with a port of Out Run 2006: Coast to Coast if Sega want to take the cheap/easy option (as they so often do).

Outrun!!!!!!

That’s massive.

Golden Axe and I’m set. Ill buy more but Outrun was the one I wanted and the one I didn’t think they’d include!

How “new” can the titles go??? Anyone know?

I’d love Sega Rally too

@Silly_G I would be OK with the arcade version, widescreen and 60fps. That's never been available on the go.

But also wish for an Out Run 3 that gets ported to consoles, including the Switch, because I have the feeling that if this game ever happens it won't be ported to the hybrid because they'll consider it "AAA", and we all know what Sega is doing with Switch. Yes, what people call bad compilations should be on Switch too, perfectly capable of running them.

Outrun, Faaannnnnnntastic

Edit, new music is ok, but please keep the original tracks also

Sonic 2 and Columns 2? We can do better than that..... move away from Sonic for these. They've been done to death! Outrun I'm all for but they need to bring more variety than Sonic. And that Thunder Force AC release better contain Thunder Force 3 for Genesis/Mega Drive because AC is the inferior version of 3. I'm still excited for most of these releases though.

Outrun is an absolute classic, haven’t played since my master system days so cannot wait to dive back in!

Eh.

As good as the games are, I’ll wait until they start releasing games they haven’t already released several dozen times already.

Most probably they will only include 80s games since any conversion would be easier and less costly. But I still hope that they will include Nights into Dreams and Daytoooooooooonnnnnnna! In the series.

Yea Outrun baby!!!!!!!

I wonder whether the sonic 2 version will be the original or the mobile port that had additional features? Hoping for the additional features personally but unlikely if it's M2.

Games I want:
Sonic series
Panzer dragoon series - especially Saga
Shining force 1-3
Shining the holy ark

PLEASE

The games were delayed until Nintendo Online because everyone who subscribes will get a free Sega game every month! 😯
Or they'll be 8-10 bucks each, yaknow, whatever....

Other Sega Games I expect:

Crazy Taxi 1&2
Turbo Outrun
Teddy boy
Quartet
Alien Syndrome
House of the Dead 1-4
Sega rally championship
Fantasy Zone 1&2
Jet set Radio
Sega GT
Virtua Racing
Virtua fighting series especially 2
Space channel 5
The king of Route 66
Sega Bass & Marine fishing
Kid chameleon
Shinobi Series /Shadow Dancer
Vector Man 1&2
Ristar
Shining force series
Virtua Cop 1-3
Dynamite Cop
Sonic Adventure 1&2
Zombie Revenge
Daytona USA
Toy Commander
18 wheeler- American Pro Trucker
World Series Baseball
Virtua Tennis
.....i could go on lol 😂

@Dazzle unfortunately Rocket Knight is Konami

I'll wait until something interesting from the Saturn comes out

Will grab both Thunderforce titles on release; some of the others maybe when on sale. Unless any Shinobi games also get released.

Hopefully these are successful enough so Saturn and Dreamcast games follow on.

Why release anything when you can just keep announcing more games

Dear everyone,
Don't forget — these aren't just simple ports like how they were released in previous years. Theres a some work to be done to make sure emulation is good, extra features are added, and it's a quality product. I for one am happy to wait, although I too am extremely excited to play these on my Switch, as long as these aren't just simple rehashes like we've gotten in the past. Sure we got 3D on 3DS but I think there was a similar time gap between releases for those too. Let's appreciate the fact we aren't getting lazy ports!

Now come on, Sega! Let's get these out already! And I keep saying it.. Please release Landstalker!! And I'll stand with anyone who wants Shining Force as well! And YES... don't stop at Genesis/Master System. Let's get some of that Saturn/Dreamcast goodness as well.

Great! Would be nice to see a trio Outrun collection:

Outrun
Turbo Outrun
Outrunners (the arcade versione, Megadrive/genesis was port was not good)

I wonder if by new music arrangements they mean the two new tracks that were included on 3D Outrun 🤔

Sega does what Nintendont. Come on N, give us an awesome Virtual Console. And Sega, just one word... Daaaatooooooonaaaaa.

I love all of these games, but most have been released ad nauseum (with the Thunder Force games being the exception).

I'd love to see SEGA start releasing Saturn, Dreamcast and forgotten arcade games (Golden Axe Revenge of Death Adder, Scud Race, OutRunners, etc.) as part of the AGES line. I'm a huge SEGA fan but I just can't get excited for buying Space Harrier and Sonic 2 for the millionth time.

Have ThunderForce II and IV so III is a must.

@electrolite77 It is very unlikely they'd go straight from OutRun to OutRun 2.

More likely they'd release Turbo Outrun first, which was part of the 3D Classics line in Japan (and is honestly kind of meh).

The next logical OutRun game would be OutRunners, which is an amazing sequel.

OutRun 2 would be a long way off as it is based off of Xbox hardware.

Sonic 2 is my Catcher in the Rye, I can't not buy it.

Skies of Arcadia, please. With the extra content of Legends but the good uncompressed soundtrack of the Dreamcast version.

Hope to see some arcade versions & couple of Sega console ports too

@electrolite77 Outrunners was a great game & hope to see more old arcade racing

@Silly_G That would depend on the Ferrari license which was the reason why Outrun Online Arcade was taken off the digital stores because SEGA no longer had it. SEGA would either have to work something out with Ferrari or edit those games to remove the name and likeness of Ferrari. Not impossible, but extra work none the less.

@Angelic_Lapras_King : It is extremely shortsighted of SEGA not to have secured some sort of perpetual licence/royalty agreement with Ferrari when more recent entries in the series have relied so heavily on a real-world brand.

I can't see them redoing the game in order to remove the Ferrari licence, but perhaps a new entry is long overdue. It's not as if the games are terribly sophisticated.

Getting there with the lesser rereleased titles, but if this range is promising stuff from all SEGA systems, then they really need to have at least 1 Saturn/Dreamcast game with each batch announced, even if its something like the Sonic Adventures or Crazy Taxi which have had a fair few rereleases. Just something mixed in with the same old Mega Drive games and the same arcade titles.

@Silly_G Same thing happened with Afterburner Climax, they no longer had the license for certain jets and therefore it got taken off the digital store front. Shame really, both were great titles.

The elusive Columns II is finally coming out. I remember playing Columns and Columns 3 on Genesis and wondering what happened to part 2

I wonder if Sega will release streets of rage 1-3 as part of the ages collection to build hype for streets of rage 4

F355 racing on dreamcast was my first system link experience... bliss:)

I'm really happy about Thunder Force AC, i bet M2 will use the Saturn version as the base and will include features from other versions.

@embison Yeah, Daytona USA on Switch would be sweet

@RushDawg Yep, Sega can keep re-releasing Genesis/Mega Drive games until the cows come home, but they're missing a huge opportunity by not bringing over Saturn and Dreamcast games to the modern era, especially since they never sold nearly as much as the Genesis/MD. At least NiGHTS came out on Steam, so that's gotta mean something, right?

It means nothing if we don't eventually get Sonic 3. Apparently Sega has been holding it back due to Michael Jackson contributing to the soundtrack. This is why Sonic 3 is not included in the Sega mini or the collection for PS4 or X-Box One.

Oh sweet! They're re-releasing those games they've only re-re-released a million times before! Nintendo could learn a lesson about re-re-re-re-leasing old games here.

I do love me some Gain Ground!

Hope to see Skies of Arcadia and Sonic Adventure 1 and 2.

A physical criterion-level release of som kind of Sega Ages Complete Collection (like all their Sega Ages games on one cart) on Switch should TOTALLY be a thing.