You really have to wonder what’s wrong with Sega these days… even in their days of miserably failing hardware sales (e.g. Sega CD, 32X, and Saturn) they still churned out tons of great games. Anyone who’s been a fan of Sega for more than a decade could tell them how to turn things around, but they’re just not doing it.

Then again, they appear to be making tons of money off mediocrity… they just kinda remind me of THQ now. Which sucks, because I hate THQ. And I think I’ve reached my depression quota for the day!! =D

I’ve always thought that Ristar had great icon potential, he was just never put to very effective use. It seems the mainstream market only really thinks of Sonic when Sega is mentioned, yet the word Nintendo conjures up pretty much the whole Super Smash Bros. cast. And really, that’s a shame.

I suppose it would be justifiable if Sega were churning out new properties left and right like they used to, but they just don’t any more. They haven’t contributed any truly innovative ideas to gaming since they stopped supporting the Dreamcast, and really, they’ve only produced a handful of Dreamcast-era-quality games since. (Panzer Dragoon Orta, Super Monkey Ball, Jet Set Radio Future, and… uh…)

As well as, I venture to say, Toy Commander. Although I’m not sure if Sega or No Cliche’ (or whatever’s left of it) own the rights to that game.

Good ol’ Chu Chu Rocket could find a great home on XBLA as well.