Yesterday we reported on the hints that a new Daytona USA was coming to arcades, which is particularly exciting for a few members of the Nintendo Life team. Well it is happening, and it'll be on show in a couple of weeks.
The SEGA Amusements Twitter account shared the good news; as the name makes clear it focuses on the arcade side of the company's business.
The IAAPA Attractions Expo is an industry event running from 15th-18th November in Orlando, Florida, so we can bet some footage of the demonstration unit will be on show there.
Not all of SEGA's arcade games make their way to console, in fact many don't, and the tweet above does say #arcadeonly. A port of the original Daytona USA did come to Xbox Live and PSN in 2011, so SEGA isn't completely against releasing downloads of popular arcade games. We suspect fans would have to make a lot of noise for the new entry to even be considered as a download title.
In any case, it'll be interesting to see the New Daytona later this month.
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Absolutely loved going to arcades when I was young to play Daytona USA and Manx TT, and I still play those games a lot on my Saturn! Can't wait to see what the new Daytona USA will look like, and hope some sort of console equivalent will happen (don't have an arcades near me anymore )
Time to plan trips to Dave & Busters!
I loved this game in high school/college. My buds and I would always hit up the big arcades in Vegas to play Daytona USA, where you could have a ton of players at once. I'm glad it's coming back!!
Really exciting news! I hope it gets a home port though as I don't have any arcades near me any more.
One of my best arcade memories was playing 4-player daytona usa with my mates while on holiday in Canada. Really hope they don't change the music!
Sweet! I am looking forward to wasting so much money playing this.
Obligatory complaint incoming: SEGA, seriously...VF 6. Where is it?!
I missed the times when there were arcades in every shopping mall and a couple of machines at just about every gas station. I also missed wondering when home consoles would be able to achieve the graphics seen at the arcades.
@Blastcorp64
I hardly went to big arcades cuz I'd spend to much moolah, but as a kid the machine or two at pizza hut and gas stations like you said were always like a beautiful dream dropped into an otherwise humdrum life of pizza and fuel. lol what's a few quarters here and there? alas, no more.
So we're getting a new Cruis'n game from Nintendo AND a new Daytona from Sega? The 90s kid in me approves!
@Ryu_Niiyama I miss Virtua Fighter...haven't played it sinced the Dreamcast version. So much depth.
Huh! This is awesome! I wonder if they cannibalized that "90s Arcade Racer" game that got cancelled.
Either way, news about ANY new arcade game is good news!
@SmaMan did that get cancelled? Blimey when did that happen? Here I was still looking forward to that.
Still have my saturn copy, always wanted the championship edition though
@SmaMan @luke88 Cancelled for Wii U, I think it's still in development for other platforms?
@luke88
Well, no official cancellation, though the original developer has said he's moving on to "another project i started a while ago."
Not much out of its publisher, Nicalis, for months now. Here's their last tweet on the subject.
EDIT: @Damo
Last word on platforms was that this was going to be an XboxOne/PS4 exclusive, but again, information is very sparse, and seemingly disappearing.
@WiltonRoots I highly recommend VF 5 Final Showdown. It came out on 360 and Ps3... and is being ported to Yakuza 6 because SEGA hates me.
A console version would be great, but I doubt it would happen. Still sounds good though.
All I can hear is that horrible midi music from the first one. Ugh.
https://youtu.be/2_zAxPqKa8Y
"I wanna frryyyyyy sky hiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh! Let's allllllllllllll go, to gehy baaaaaaaaaaah!"
I think Daytona is more well known for it's boundlessly jubilant and hilariously misheard Engrish soundtrack than the actual game itself...
Great to see another Sega property come back from the dead, though! Let's see some more!
#SegaLife
ROLLING STAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAART!
doo doodoo doo doo doo DOO dooooo Daytooooooonaaaaaaa!!!!
If 90s Arcade Racer has disappeared, what's the best 90s Arcade Racer IS the new Daytona? Sega just bought at it slapped the brand on it and put it arcades instead?
@Captain_Gonru They announced it last month I think. It's called 'Cruis'n Blast' and is coming to arcades in January 2017.
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2016/10/cruisn_usa_sequel_coming_to_arcades_in_2017
TY TU DI TU TY TU TI TU TI DUUUU
DEITOOOOONAAAAAAAA
This is actually very exciting, loved the arcade original and the Championship Edition on Saturn, as well as the HD release on X360/PS3. I'd love to check this one out!
Ah, Daytona USA. Classic.
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