Video: SEGA's 3D Classics Collection Now Available In Japan, Looks Delightful

I wish the Wii U would get some classic Sega love. Especially Out Run and After Burner.

Come on Sega, make it happen! Take my money!!!!

The boxart is done by Ken Sugimori by the way. He does the art for the Pokemon series.

Wow, no Sonic the Hedgehog? Considering how much SEGA leans on the blue blur, this comes off as a surprise to me.

There are another 7 classics available in Japan, perhaps there will be a 2nd Classics Collection. Still hoping Power Drift, Turbo Outrun, Sonic 2, SOR 2, make it to 3D classics, and eventually the Virtua series

Sonic the hedgehog 2, 3 & 3 & Knuckles anyone?

Firstly, this Sega series is great and you are right, we all just want the 2nd batch brought over here.

What's with the Master System games at the end??

If I could make a box set of 6 for the west I'd put in After Burner 2, OutRun 2, Space Harrier, Streets of Rage, Super Hang-On and Sonic.

"Includes six retro experiences"

Not, it includes 8. The Master System games Space harrier 3D and Outrun 3D are also on this one...

@ungibbed I hear ye man.Virtua Racing and Fighter and Cop,SEGA Rally,Daytona bring the lot to the Eshop SEGA,there is an audience for them.Remaster them,add online and give us a Shenmue 1 and 2 Special edition while yer at it too.

It is nice to see some Sega Master System Sega Scope 3D games finally getting some love! Space Harrier 3D was actually a new game in the series and not just a 3D update. I'm not sure about Out Run. Here's hoping for Maze Hunter 3D and an e-shop release!

BTW will the 3DS ever be able to show 3D Youtube vidoes?

i want this to be released in the us.

The video is terrible, with stretched footage and low quality, but the games are cool and I know everything looks much better on the actual system so it's cool. Still; I think Sega could have done a better job with this trailer.

@khadafi2999 Same.

Add me to the list as someone who would buy the boxed version in the UK

i would buy this day 1 for sure if it gets released in NA. but mostly i just want FANTASY ZONE!!!!!! damn i hope we get it soon. also i wish they would announce a NA release date of youkai watch and attack on titan. i want to play them all SO BAD!!!!

Lt. Surge is............

THE SPACE HARRIER!

"This movie is Rai-hteous!" "Would give a thunderstone to" "7.8/10 from IGN cause they cried tears of joy after seeing this movie!"

I feel so fortunate I mastered the art of "cross-eyed 3D" viewing, especially with a screen that is stretched just right for the job. I can see the 3D effect so clearly without blurs and without any need to fully focus on it, and it looks so awesome - I am sure I wouldn't be disappointed either if my Nintendo 3DS could do the same job for me in any case.

FANTASY ZONE HYPE!

what are the two bonus games?

Next sega 3d classics should be from genesis and cd
sonic 3d blast
outrun 2019
outrunners
sonic and knuckles
sonic the hedgehog 2 and 3
virtua fighter 2
virtua racing
sonic the hedgehog CD
from saturn
nights into dreams
panser dragoon saga
sonic R
burning rangers

Sega bring it west please!! And what in the world are you waiting for to jump on wii u vc???? You're sitting on a pile of retro classics from past systems & arcades!! I got $$$ for you guys cmon!!

I'm still waiting on Outrun. I would love to see PowerDrift in 3D glory. Would also be awesome if they would give Shining in the Darkness the 3D treatment.

@OorWullie I did have a big part in the Sega Saturn port of Virtua Racing which was a first labor of love. Tuning the driving model of all the various cars and also lead tester for the game. I always hated the menu screen as it lacked "energy" like the arcade and Genesis and 32x versions.

Still with a full arcade machine to get the best feeling out of what was a early Saturn game, I wanted the best experience. Good times at Time Warner Interactive which was formerly Tengen / Atari Games.

It wasn't till much more powerful hardware came out that really could match the arcade machine. That was on the Sega Ages volumes for the PS2. I'd love to have a remastered Shenmue for the Wii U which like the Halo MC collection for the Xbox One, the ability to see the original graphics models on the Saturn to Dreamcast on the fly. The character models didn't age too well on the DC. Some scenes with meat mittens for hands.

Still any way I could play more classic Sega arcade and VC releases of older console exclusives. PD Saga though, the only way you can play it is on the Saturn since the original source code was lost.

Is the 3DS hardware and games region locked? I want this collection just for Outrun alone. The Best handheld version I have is the Sega Arcade Classics cart for my old GBA SP. I'm also wary of buying a 3DS right now with the "new" 3DS already being flashed around. Also why I'd love a Wii U home port of these games or even on the PS Vita (which I had imported from Japan as it had some amazing potential) but those costly memory cards, they're killing me. I finally caved in and bought a 64GB Vita card and the Vita has no region lockout.

Does the 3DS have a regional lock on the hardware or games?

I'd buy this Sega Classic collection even in Japanese just to play it when a New 3DS XL drops here in the USA.

@Windy I LOVE Power Drift! The system 16 super scaler tech at it's finest. It's too bad that it really wasn't that popular. I have a copy for the PC Engine and it actually does a great job of representing the arcade game on a two megabit HuCard.

@Andrew20 I'm sorry to bring bad news but Panzer Dragoon Saga won't see any modern port to anything. The original source code was lost many years ago and why the game commands such high prices to this day and will only run on a Saturn console.

I am still waiting for shining force 3D. Make it happen sega.

Darn region locking, back in the DS days I could import stuff like this...
At least we will get the digital release soon for these titles, c'mon SEGA, Europe supported you since the Master System!

@ungibbed Its hardware locked! Power Drift is cool, the Saturn version is pretty good but 30fps, Dreamcast Yu Suzuki Game Works is best I think...

I played the Saturn version of Virtua Racing quite a bit, still in my collection, I remember finding a well hidden shortcut on one track.

With Outrun, Id say the Japanese Saturn release is the best version, but that GBA port is suprisingly good!

@Ristar42 Outrun was pretty much the best game on the cartridge for the old GBA. I also had a blast with the HD remake of Out Run 2006 on the Xbox 360 but it was only on the 360 here in the USA. The PS3 got the game in the UK as to which I'm insanely jealous. After Burner Climax though was a wonderful piece of arcade love for the PS3. With the previous console generation, I had my Wii for it's exclusives and a PS3 for multiplats and the Uncharted series that of which all of those games really were something special and made the PS3 a great system.

Now in this generation, I decided to go with the Wii U and only just a couple weeks ago, bought my PS4. The combo was great for me during the last generation and I'm sure will work out fine this time around. I know I am missing some good Xbox titles both on 360 and XB1, I just can't afford three ecosystems with other bills to pay. I wish I had the means to catch up and play Gears 2 and 3 and several others.

I had really hoped that the Wii U would have gone mainstream and have the presence of the SNES with great third party and Nintendo's exclusive games so long ago. It technically was behind in several ways to the competition and Mode 7 can only do so much. But there was a huge difference back than. Marketing!

I feel that the Wii U would be in much better shape without the Wii brand on it. To the average person the Wii U looks like a design refresh on the outside with only the Game Pad looking like an accessory that could possibly work with the classic Wii hardware.

Nintendo had really dropped the ball and I know that subject has been beaten to a bloody mess. I'm glad that great games are really coming along now and I would love a modern remake of the Metroid Prime series with the full 1080p treatment and updated textures to boot. Since shooters are now gone despite the decent CoD ports to the system, I still would love to see Retro put a new coat of paint on the console along with the hopes of a new Metroid adventure taking full advantage of the graphics that the Wii U can push.

Speaking of wish-lists, I'd love a Neo Geo compilation on retail shelves. This time with the games in true progressive scan. I don't understand why the classic Wii couldn't handle any Neo Geo game without having to drop to 480i. If the system could handle N64 gaming effectively doubling the resolution of all the N64 titles the inability to run any Neo Geo game at 480p is mind boggling.

Back on point, other plausible games for the Wii U that are MIA, aside from Metroid and other first party games but those that still support the console such as Sega. A long overdue game in the Panzer Dragoon universe. No remakes of earlier games, but a fresh new game that really should be considered. Give Sonic a damn break before the franchise is ruined any further.

Another Sega wish is to release Planet Harrier which was a Naomi title that is based on the Dreamcast hardware but the arcade systems had more memory and a cartridge style format using ROM or a hard drive with the games data on the drive.

It was shown in the last print of ODCM but the game would have to be scaled back to run on a standard Dreamcast.

Planet Harrier looked amazing but as far as I've seen, never got out of the arcade and on a home console.

SHINOBI!!!! I remember playing that on the tv in my owld van somehow, best game on the thing for sure

Shinobi 3 is amazing EVEN TO TODAY'S STANDARD! I cannot think of other ninja games better than Shinobi 3, including those in the Ninja Gaiden series.

Please Shining Force 3 - it is a contender to the Fire Emblem series, but with easier control and stronger focus on RPG than combat. When is it going to be ported to Wii U?

@ungibbed I got a PS3 too late and Outrun Online Arcade was removed, kind of demonstrating the value of a physical relase like in the news story!
At least Daytona and Afterburner Climax are still on PSN, plus in the US you get 60Hz PS1 games as standard.
Thats one thing Nintendo have at least addressed to a degree with Wii U VC in Europe, generally offering the US version of games now. PSP was a good system for retro on the go, quite a few comilations (of varying quality, Taito legends was rather lacking!).
I hope SEGA relase this compilation as I dont want to buy a Japanese system just to import games...

@ungibbed
but they can release the game gear game of panser dragoon
panser dragoon mini could be put on the 3ds vc since it is a game gear game

@Ristar42 The only problem with the HD release of Out Run is that it was targeted only as a XBLA and PSN game. The reason it was pulled was due to the license agreement with Ferrari to use their car models that of which was an Out Run staple for years. So even the game that was an exclusive to the Microsoft Xbox we here in the USA that went only with PS3, never got a chance unless when it was still available you needed a second account with an address in the UK and a PSN card with enough value in £20 or so. Not sure if Sony used GBP or the Euro for online purchases. The reason for using a PSN voucher was that credit card purchases would fail since Sony had tightened up that loose nut years ago. The game can still be found for the PSP but only on UMD and the PS2 and original Xbox versions are climbing in value. Almost to the price of your average retail game these days.

@andrew20 I've been waiting for Sega to at least remaster Panzer Dragoon: Orta forever now. It, like Shenmue 2, were only on the original Xbox here in the USA. As far as I can remember, we here never had a Game Gear PD game. I might have to check that out. I wasn't too fond of the system due to it's amazing appetite for AA batteries.

One thing I couldn't help to notice on the Master System games in the video, they are using the FM chip instead of the awful sounds that came out of that console during the days when I owned it.

Sonic 3 and Lnuckles would be an insta-buy from me, even at ~$20. I would even go as far as to pay $10 for Sonic 2 as well, as long as they still let you play as Knuckles somehow.

Eshop titles or just as a $30 cart, I don't care, I would LOVE for these games to come to North America. I bought almost all of the first run of games on the eshop, but I'd gladly buy a cart with all of them on it anyway.

Would love to see them bring a retail version of 3d classics stateside

If Sega starts releasing more Saturn/Dreamcast titles, they'd likely do it on PS4/One over the Wii U. Of the games they've released so far such as Nights, Jet Set Radio, Sonic Adventure 1/2, Space Channel 5,etc....they've all gone on XLive, PSN, Steam but have totally avoided the eshop. I don't see that changing anytime soon. I imagine they find it more of a hassle to do it for the Wii U as they have to work in using the gamepad screen which takes more work.