Ecco Remaster and new Ecco anounced

Ecco Remaster and new Ecco anounced

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Ecco in 3D would actually be dope.

What the fuck? You can look throughout the whole ocean and still not find who the fuck asked for this?

Ecco always sucked.

*Sonic

Nice, I wonder if the new game can deliver the sheer levels of schizophrenia the originals did

the only thing interesting about ecco is the batshit crazy as fuck irl backstory

youtu.be/UziFw-jQSks

carl sagan funded lsd fueled dolphin sex orgies?

Why is he called Ecco and not Echo?

Ecco sucks ass. How the hell did it spawn a franchise?

Do they have to desecrate everything? Is nothing sacred anymore?

Fucking Ecco got a new game before Gex

Defender of the Future is rad as fuck though.

Third ecco game

These people never know anything do that.

How will this play out in 2025? Will it just be Endless Ocean but you playing as a dolphin fighting ancient aliens?

I loved 1 and 2.
I'm very interested to see what a game designed with modern sensibilities will look like.
No kids raised today are getting through Ecco, shit is was inscrutable 30 years ago. Today they stand no chance.

Earth Coincidence Control Office

qrd?

The creator really wanted to work on the series again but there were some rights complications
Either he owns it entirely again, this is a licensing agreement, or him and SEGA are working on this together

G-Gex is getting released on steam at least, anon...! Don't give up hope, ganbatte!

Will the new game be 2d or 3d?

MOTHERFUCKING
BOTICELLI

I like the mental image of this guy being faced with some fucking marketing guy who wants to ninja turtle his character and turning to his boss in panic.

Al Nilsen suggested the name Botticelli the Dolphin, citing the popularity of characters named after Italian artists

Oh yeah, "Botticelli", really rolls off the tongue. Kids are gonna love this one!

The Gematsu article makes it sound like it'll be 2D, given the original team is back working on the remasters so they'll have plenty of experience with making the games that way.

HAHAHAHAHAHA
FUCKING BOTTICELLI

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Just recently played Ecco on Sega CD. Pretty good game though that last level with the autoscroller can fuck off.

Classic Sega.

Jesus, that's a blast from the past. Ecco was one of those old niche games that I don't think people even played back in their heyday. Why drudge it up?

Handled like shit but looked cool and had great music.

i fucking love ocean exploration games done right. subnautica is a gem

let me guess, following nu-sega's standard, it will be a barebones remaster that costs an exorbitant price and the new game will be mediocre
remember when everyone was excited for the monkey ball remake/new game? and a new samba de amigo?

Ecco is fucking awesome and it makes me sad that most people's experience with the game is bumbling around in the first level and giving up. This may be one case where I hope the remasters add modern difficulty updates because the games are worth going through to see the batshit story that unfolds.

sega's director of marketing

may as well be a picture of a fossil at this point

There was a new Samba de amigo?

Beautiful, good art, good music, generally chill vibes, puzzley.
These days it could be a big hit.

yes and the music selection was dogshit

Botticelli , like Bottlenose Dolphin?
Not that clever, and it absolutely ain't rolling off the tongue of any of the kids that need to buy this shit easily.

When will Banjo Kazooie get a new game?

if you've never played Ecco before, all i'm saying is that you're missing out big time
youtube.com/watch?v=32S2oJuANxo

how many people are actually going to buy this shit? like 300?

The world deserves a worthy successor to Defender of the Future. We have to do the concept of Hanging Waters justice.

Retarded zoomer, these games were big back then.

Ecco is one of the shittiest games ever made.

it feels like a passion project
or more like obsession really, with this guy

Ecco was never good.

My normie older brother who really only really ever played sports games and racing games and gta actually played this back in the day and he still remembers it as I got him one of those retro console things for christmas 2 or 3 years ago and Ecco the Dolphin was the 1st game he wanted to play. Thoughts?

Nah.

i legit never understood the hype for this game

It's very unique in terms of gameplay ideas and the vibe, not all of it worked, in fact most of it did not, but it's an unusual kind of game

It was the definitive “Blockbuster rental” type of game, one that a lot of kids and nostalgic boomers tried because of the cover art, got intrigued by because of the interesting premise and control style, and then possibly had the crazy alien shit imprinted on their brains until the day came they would make hour-long youtube essays on it.

AVGN accurately described ECCO as a game that back in the day everybody owned, but nobody liked.

xbox and sega can't even be bothered to make a proper announcement post on twitter. This is dolphin rasicm

*Pokemon

For better or for worse, it's a game like nothing else. If the gameplay clicks with you, you're rewarded with a weird story about intergalactic dolphin civilizations and aliens and time travel

WELCOME TO THE MACHINE

Banana Rumble was fun fuck you

EVO was better. Like always, SNES wins

you are better off mentioning the panzer dragon remake and house of the dead 1-2 remake, but that's just poles being poles

i remember playing it when i was like 8, didn't like it, went back straight to contra 3

the first 2 are honestly one of the most amazing and unique games of their day, with very hauntingly beautiful soundtrack
youtube.com/watch?v=32S2oJuANxo

i hope they dont change such of the originals other than QoL and modernizations, im cautiously optimistic about the new entry

Any footage?

cool story, bro.

for a lot of people that's the quintessential Ecco experience. dick around in the opening area for a while and then just turn the game off and play something else

SoR is back

Wonder Boy is back

Alex Kidd is back

Shinobi is back

Golden Axe is back

Jet Set Radio is back

Crazy Taxi is back

now Ecco is back

So what about Ristar and Comix Zone?

With detailed slit

This is the most terrifying game ever created by human hands.

Is there a game where you get to play as a dolphin bringing human women to your rape cave?

The Ecco games are among my favorite Genesis games, so I hope this whole thing isn't shit.

you just don't get this type of lore from games these days

Phantasy star
Shining series

Do it

Genesis

*Mega Drive.

third

retards

third

wasn't there one on dreamcast and PS2?
shit, wasn't there one on game gear or pico or one of those other systems? I'm pretty sure I remember an Ecco Jr. existing

for being a guy who was supposedly instrumental in helping Sonic catch on in America, it's surprising to hear Al Nilsen had an idea that terrible
The Dreamcast/PS2 game was more of a soft-reboot than it was a true sequel. Ecco Jr. was a game for young kids that didn't touch on the story of the other two games.
Given that he's remastering the first two Genesis games first, I assume he's calling it Ecco 3 because it'll be a 2D game like the Genesis ones instead of 3D like the Dreamcast/PS2 one.

Boris Vallejo is 84 already

Will he manage to paint a final cover? His Ecco cover art is kind of iconic

WE FUCKING WON! THIS IS WHAT WE WERE WAITING FOR SINCE THE FALSE ALARM THAT WAS THE HYENAS TEASER

Can they bring good sonic games back while they're at it?

big anniversary year for Phantasy Star

it's probably not going to be anything worthwhile but more NGS cosmetic shilling

Fucking yes. I waited, and waited...

And now, finally, its here.

they used an old painting for ecco and added stars later.
they can pick anything

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Huh. Interesting, I guess those Ecco rumors were true at least

countdown on Ecco website is for a day in 2026

SEGA said their $200 million super game would release in 2026

oh my god

I doubt it. The Japanese branch never really touched Ecco.

I'd love for Skies of Arcadia to get a remake specifically.
The original game is nice, but the long panning shots of ship ass, unskippable battle animations and long pauses/ lack of QoL makes it hard to play now.

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And Vectorman. And NiGHTS.

Although Comix Zone is, for reasons unclear, getting a movie, so...

Ecco 1 and 2 getting remastered

Can't wait for the younger gamers end up shitting their pants when they get to the aliens, Vortex Queen, plus the other scary shit that are in those games. Back then that made us tough men, today it will make them nope out.

I've been waiting for a remaster for the last 15 years...

no Jr. or Defender of the Future

Why?

another case of devs mistaking proto-memes for genuine fanbases

Is there a single case of a game being successful exclusively ironically?

No one played Defender of the Future and nobody cares about Jr

Makes sense to start wit the originals then branch out if they are successful.

The only way a Gex game could be good is if it were still based in the 80's and 90's

I... I care about junior...

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I played Defender.

Jr...eh.

I have literally never heard about this ip before and I'm unironically a 24 yo boomer, am I getting baited by some AI scam?

The new Bubsy game from a few years back was successful enough that they made another one afterwards.

You never owned a Sega Genesis or Dreamcast, I assume.

Dumb zoomer

Sequels aren't exactly a measurement of quality or desire nowadays.
How many horizon games did they make?

Botticelli the Dolphin

another crowning achievement for the legends of marketing at Sega of America

24 yo boomer

Interesting, thanks for the links.

Hey, they made all the changes needed to ensure Sonic was a hit. So sometimes they get it right.

dolphins are woke

Was thinking about making an ecco the dolphin clone

Welp, there goes that idea!

Dolphins are evil and rapists.

The Machine

I think this might be the single most "please rerelease it" game for me.

phantasy star online rerelease with exclusive gamecube-pc chapters

Mid 20's

Zoomer

I don't you know the meaning of

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Griftslop for conservative Gen X boomers like earthworm jim """""4"""""

Thats never gonna come out.

Where the fuck are these games that were announced one of the Game Awards?? You don’t just announce more shit without delivering the stuff that was promised a while ago

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Before Gex

Banjo Kazooie and Megaman***

Shinobi was obviously the one furthest into development and is coming in the summer

Shinobi is out this summer.

I hope its in 2D. Ecco's 2D artstyle with todays technology would look amazing.

YOOO they're making a game based on that Symphony meme on tiktok??? This is gonna bussin frfr

i really really hope its not shit, my little heart cant take it if its shit

phantasy star online rerelease with exclusive gamecube-pc chapters

Unless you mean the Episode III content (the card battle game), might as well play Blue Burst on any fan-operated server.

hit enemy

freeze frame

So annoying.

gex was always medicore fredditor

it goes:
earthworm jim > conker > samus > Nigel > spyro > Simon > mega man > diddy kong > bomber man > tails > Aladdin > Simba > Crash > bubsy > garfield > toejam and earl > ristar > vectorman > rayman > gex > glover > ur mom

Down syndrome
sonic > mario > > > > > > Banjo

There's also the fact that, story-wise, Ecco: Tides of Time leaves off on a big cliffhanger.

Jet Set Radio is not back. It's gonna be some dogshit live-service GAAS shit. Same with Crazy Taxi. And if you're unfortunate enough to still be playing NGS every day, you'll know that SEGA cannot develop these types of games. ESPECIALLY decent ones. They are literally incapable of doing so.

I want Ristar too bro and Comix Zone would go so hard if done by the Shredder’s Revenge devs

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Zoomers when they experience welcome to the machine

Based, lets summon some non-MMO Phantasy Star chads in the thread

It wouldn't be sega without some bangin music

SEEEGAAAAA :D

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bombardiro crocodilo

I'm 30 and the original game filtered me hard. I'm not asking for journalist mode, but some better feedback would be appreciated.

remasters

iirc cd versions had some more levels and effects so they should use those as base

Me this was my favorite game as a kid

Shut the hell up that meme is beyond stupid

I wonder who owns Pulseman.

Dolphin Pussy :)

SEGA!

Humans are shitheads who destroy the environment and pollute it

tears of the kingdom copied the intro to this

I mean, the word 'boto' exists, which is portuguese for dolphin.
Would Ecco have been a hit in Brazil if they called it 'Boto Botticelli'?

Based Sega

Looks Kino

It was. The idea that as a creature who can only 'boop!' things into place was accomplished with as much skill as can be done with technology.
Genuinely this could rival Subnautica at times with feelings of dread and claustrophobia.

tfw still no real adapations of any Uplift books

i wanna game where i can play as a neo-chimp and fuck shit up

Better be on GOG

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QRD on these games? I never had any sega consoles growing up.

excellent soundtracks

fantastic atmosphere

gameplay ranges from bland and boring in 2d to unwieldy and frustrating in 3d

how would Anon Babble fix the ecco franchise?

Shinobi? Side scrolling action games about a ninja. Thats about the only common link between them, they vary alot otherwise.

The PS2 game is a 3D hack and slash thats balls-hard.

I wanna game where I can date the crew aboard the Streaker.
And also Fagin. I'm sure he'd be down for it.

I kneel SegaChads

*cheetos

industry is literally fishing out bottom of a barrel now

add ten years, "boomer"

Dolphins are mammals.

probably for the best, it turns to nightmare fuel in the end

I had it on game gear but barely remember anything about it besides at some point making a jump and suddenly being thrown into space with a bunch of sea creatures whizzing by

Thats the aliens abducting Ecco's family and all the nearby sea life.

God if they could capture a fraction of the spooky charm the first game had then I am on board

wanting a Ecco game in 2025

Enjoy your game about a black dolphin dealing with oppression from other white dolphins

Play pic related if you can get it for cheap/free.
Its pretty short, but a fun one-and-done kind of game.

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You mean the Dreamcast game?

John C. Lilly was a pretty weird guy, contemporary of Tim Leary. He did a lot of acid.
Basically the idea is that synchronicity (meaningful coincidence) is just out higher-order mind trying to communicate with itself.

I want to fuck ecco

This was free one month on PSplus and I couldn't get it cause it was only on PS5 and I couldn't add it to my account from my PS4 and I didn't have a PS5 at the time due to the fucking stock issues and I'm still fucking mad.

Nope

Dolphin sexo

Genesis box design was top tier take me the fuck back

Defender of the Future sucked grood ass.

The first Ecco is a game that's cool to experience but way too hard and obtuse in certain parts.
Great OST though.

Genesis OST > Sega CD