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A Game Gear mini
Who asked for this???? Does anyone actually like the Game Gear???? I am so baffled by Sega's decision
Who asked for an SNES or NES Mini? :V
And yes there are fans of the Game Gear, impossible as it may be for you to comprehend. There are even fans of the Sega Master System too (Sega Mark Mini when?!)
I think this is a cute thing SEGA's done, but it could've been a lot better than what it is.
Not to sound like more of an ass than I already am in this post, but you really should not have put any kind of stock in whatever Famitsu was teasing to begin with. It's like being excited for an Atlus video stream event.
Nostalgia is a helluva drug. I should know. I spent $50 for a limited edition copy of Sakura Taisen, -- a 25 years old game -- some months ago. Still, I'm not silly enough to pay for a mini-console when a PC will do the job just as well (if not better).
Why not try to dig deep and to get the distribution rights organised for their back-catalogue (which is still a whole lot) available on PC? There's a reason why SEGA Mega Drive and Genesis Classics still selling like hotcakes even when there's no sale. The reason eludes me to this day.
Which reason? The Mega Drive collection still selling? Because there are fans of Mega Drive and retro games that don't mind re experiencing some of these older classics. A variety of them still hold up and even with some flaws, there were some neat ideas involved in their game design.
For example, Landstalker
Is a Legend of Zelda-like but with an isometric view.
Light Crusader
is kinda like a proto-Diablo at least in the concept of exploring an underground demon dungeon
Not to mention the other games in the collection such as Shinobi and the Shining series.