Update: Bloody SEGA! Earlier this week, the Tokyo Game Show 2021 website teased a "new RPG" from the Japanese publisher, with Persona developer Atlus also being present during the livestream. Immediately, minds turned to the prospect of a new Persona or Yakuza title. Maybe even a new Sakura Wars game.
But no, this new RPG is for mobile. SEGA has pushed a countdown website for the project (thanks, Gematsu), confirming that it'll be revealed during its TGS showcase.
Pack it up, everyone. Nothing to see here.
(Although we are still waiting on Atlus' Persona-related announcement, which is happening this month.)
Original Story: According to a new listing on the official Tokyo Game Show 2021 website (as spotted by VGC), SEGA is expected to announce a new role-playing game during the show. Said announcement is set to take place at 10PM Japan time on the 30th September, so keep an eye out for news here in the West on the 1st October.
This same SEGA livestream will also feature Atlus — the company behind the Persona and Shin Megami Tensei games. We don't know whether the aforementioned RPG will be from Atlus, but the we do know that the developer is planning a Persona-related announcement this month.
A new Sakura Wars title is a possibility as well. The long-running series celebrates its 25th anniversary this year, and TGS is promoting the game's tunes on its Music Festival site (as reported by Samantha Ferreria on Twitter).
And then there's SEGA's Yakuza series. New Yakuza titles have made a splash at TGS in the past, but it might be a bit too early for a reveal of the series' next instalment. We certainly wouldn't count it out, though.
What are you hoping to see from SEGA at TGS? Start making outlandish predictions in the comments section below.
[source tgs.nikkeibp.co.jp, via videogameschronicle.com]
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A new Valkyria Chronicles please.
Whatever it is, should be theoretically good either way. Sakura Wars Remastered Collection or a new Persona I am personally hoping for. I would hope for Yakuza, but I am still trying to convince myself to return to 7 and stick with the new turn-based system and characters (Love Ichiban, just not everyone else as of yet).
Hm, says a new RPG. Could be more news about SMT5. I'd like an announcement that Persona 4 Golden is coming to PS4/5. Doubt we'll see anything regarding a Persona 6.
Ngl, I'd take a new Sakura Wars in the new (shin) style.
Resonance of Fate 2. Would be a surprise anyway.
A new standalone Phantasy Star game would be nice and I won't lie but I'm hoping for Persona 6. Hell, I'd love to see P1 P2 and P3 remade in the style of Persona 5
I want sakura wars but the rpg sakura wars, not that weird 3D action game like the last one. Heck, maybe remake the old sega saturn sakura wars with new 2D graphics (like sonic mania or street of rage 4), since I never played those when I still have saturn console back then
My friends, most of whom are restricted to playstation, refuse to buy Sega games until the TGS ends as they suspect an acquisition announcement. Honestly I wish platforms would somehow pay for the right to have a game series on their platform (that they did not have before) rather than outright exclusivity. May be a pipe dream though. Oh well.
Edit: I think Persona 6 will get a weird teaser first (like persona 5) rather than an announcement
Would love to see Persona 3 Remake. An actual remake. Not a port, or lazy remaster like Nocture III.
Also a new Sakura Wars wouldn't be bad. Last one was pretty decent!
Also calling it right now. Persona 5 Royal Remastered for next-gen.
Hopefully persona 6 announcement or a port of persona 4 golden and persona 3 fes to modern consoles
@rawzeku P3 AND P4 on PS4/5 would be amazing, but I'd be happy with a compilation of upresed ports in my case.
Could be Project Re-Fantasy if it's on the Atlus side. If it is directly from Sega Valkyria Chronicles 5 would make me very happy!
Imagine the reaction if Persona 6 was announced.
Ill joing in with hoping for a new Valkyria Chronicles or new Sakura Wars (and please SW on Switch this time)
Persona 6 on PS5 will break the internet 😅
We already know that there will be a Persona related announcement this month as Atlus have already confirmed it. The smart money is on a Persona 4 Golden PS4/5 port
With Judgement 2 landing now and Yakuza LaD last Fall, I doubt there's anything Yakuza related for at least 2 years, they just launched two games in the franchise. And with Judgement maybe ending now, who knows.
Any Sega RPG is the highlight of the month for me though!
Honestly, I want a new Valkyria or Sakura game, I feel like it's gonna be a few years before p6 is announced.
Though any Atlus RPG would be awesome.
I’d love a nee Sakura Wars. The previous one is a great game and set new standards for graphics in an anime game. I love Persona as well, but I still need to finish Royal and play my unopened day one copy of Strikers.
I can't keep up.
@ApostateMage Yes! Vc4 seems like a million years ago and it was such a joy to play.
That said, theyhave some dormant Ips that would be very news-worthy if resurrected, like Skies of Arcadia and Phantasy Star (not online).
I do wish it were Yakuza 8 but it seems unlikely indeed. Most likely it'll be a Persona project to celebrate the anniversary. Other SMT spin-offs or Etrian Odyssey would be really exciting for me, though.
Valkyria Chronicles 5.
Persona 6.
Persona 3 Remake.
New JRPG I.P.
I'd be super happy with any of those
@nessisonett. Now you talking playa.resonance of fate is amazing.i would love a part 2.word up son
As an old Dreamcast fanboy, would love to see a "Skies of Arcadia" remake; a Jet Grind Radio RPG; and how about Shenmue 0? ;^)
even just a teaser image / logo / anything resembling a hint of Persona 6 and I'd be good.
OR maybe Atlus could finally reveal more about Project Re: Fantasy...?
@NEStalgia There could easily be a Yakuza announcement. The franchise has seen some type of release every year since 2005. They could easily announce a couple of remasters or next gen ports of older games for next year
@Floki Good point, I'd triple dip for kiwami 3, 4, 5. And I hate remakes!
You are all setting yourselves for disappointment with those predictions.
For all we know it could be a new RPG game for mobile devices.... after all Japan most lucrative market (gaming) isn't consoles/PCs, but phones...
@Feena I think I'd be more excited about a new Skies of Arcadia than Persona 6. It's fun to dream...
i am very surprised by the number of people who forgot about project re-fantasy — the next game from studio zero, aka the former persona team. we have not been given an update for over 3 years so maybe i shouldn't be surprised that nobody brings this game up anymore lol... but this game will be an evolutionary step up from persona 5 and should be amazing. any game announced outside of this will be disappointing to me. this will release before persona 6 so people shouldn't even bring up persona for at least 2 more years.
'New Yakuza game'
I KNEEL
Well even if the rumours of Microsoft buying sega are true its a bit late to keep persona 6 off playstation consoles as its alrwady in development and hopefully gets announced at TGS
I'll keep my expectations at rock bottom then I can't be disappointed 😅
….and it’s a phone game 😂
@rpg2000 DING DING DING
@UltimateOtaku91 Oh for goodness sake, that rumour hasn't reared its head again has it?
Japan is letting the rest of the world down, there's still lots of us who want more JRPGs!!
@Rob_230 It certainly has, courtesy of One Guy on Twitter.
@ShogunRok must be true in that case. Interestingly a website has written a whole article saying SEGA, Square, Konami, EA, WB games and - here is the most likely....- Playstation are all possibilities eye roll
Apparently Disney are going to buy Sony for the sole purpose of getting the rights to Spiderman back, and will then spin off the gaming division......
I'd say you couldn't make it up but apparently you can....
On SEGA, i see no value selling out to Microsoft given most of their revenue seems to come from Sony and Nintendo.
On Microsoft more generally i wouldnt be surprised to see them go after another big scalp - they arn't interested in building up smaller studios (like Sony with Housemarque, Firesprite etc), but seem to take great enjoyment from depriving others from what are traditionally multiplat games
Hmm, is that it? Can you think of someting more to say? no Push Square I can not.
Original statement I tried to post: ..........
Nothing more to say to this.
Honestly Sega stopped being relevant after the Dreamcast failed. They don't know how to listen to Feedback and instead they just do their own thing, their own BLEEP thing.
Man it's disappointing that the game is a mobile games..
@Rob_230 tbh I wouldn't mind Microsoft having sega aslong as atlus were left out of the deal and went their separate ways, otherwise that would mean no more persona for playstation and no more shin megami for nintendo and let's be honest these two atlus franchises would be dead if they were only on xbox consoles in the future as the majority of Japanese gamers still wouldn't buy an xbox.
Microsoft seem desperate for more acquisitions otherwise they will be third best again and let's be honest without the Bethesda acquisition I believe this could of been xbox's last gen.
Didn't expect much out of that announcement lol
Hopefully atlus delivers the goods with their TGS and the persona anniversary projects
@Carck @RubyCarbuncle Yep clearly irrelevant....
https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2021/03/metacritic_ranks_sega_as_the_best_publisher_of_2020_sony_in_top_5
SEGA are criminally underrated, and it amazes me we still see that narrative around them
Ah, it’s always good to expectations low. That way you won’t be disappointed.
Tbh wasn't expecting Persona 6 to be announced yet. On the topic of of Sega acquisition in comments, I would hate it more for their screwing over their traditionally loyal fan base on playstation than for the effect on Sony. I would probably not even get their games anymore for my PC or Xbox. Might even "retire" from gaming as gaming will truly have lost its soul to me at that point.
So, konami hints to the castlevania collection coming to consoles, all the while wipeout and sega announced new games for the mobile crowd. Are we in bizarro world??
@Rob_230 Dude I grew up with Sega it's just my opinion and that is subjective like my view is subjective. No need to take it so personally.
@RubyCarbuncle Sorry if it came across as defensive, blame internet and hurried text. I get you, and i understand that post-dreamcast SEGA has never been the same (going to Japan and seeing SEGA literally disappearing from the landscape has been a sad sight indeed!).
For the record, my comment on criminally underrated wasn't directed at you, but just the general narrative around SEGA. Thinking about the excellent games they have put out over the past few years - from stuff like Persona 5, Yakuza, Judgment, 13 Sentinels, Sonic Team Racing, Alien Isolation, Sonic Mania - to their more niche stuff like Hatsune Miku, Sakura Wars etc, they just seem to be one of the more creative publishers/developers out there at the moment. It surprises me that their critical success doesnt attract greater public acclaim.
But apologies if i upset you - wasnt my intention 👍
Oh well. Guess we'll have to just wait until the future.
@Rob_230 No it's fine I understand. By that statement I mean they've gotten our hopes up so many times only for them to be dashed. I guess like before I'm just disappointed again.
I can be oversensitive sometimes as I don't like it when I upset people.
Ouch! Well at least they nipped it in the bud now before the show. Here's hoping the Persona announcement is great.
@Carck Read previous reply above this one.
@Carck Nah you're good.
To be honest, if you include Atlus, SEGA is a top three publisher for me, alongside Nintendo and Capcom.
At least it's not another Sonic game. I feel like they release something Sonic every 6 months.
ay im not surprised motherduckers
Dang, a mobile game huh :/
At least they said it before the show started else hate would've been thrown there way.
Boo mobile game, hard pass. Thankfully we still have bunch of console announcements to look forward to later in the year.
I can see a low effort gacha style Valkyria Chronicles game coming out on mobile. They could dumb down the gameplay to work, make the missions bite sized and repeatable. I'd play it for like a month before dropping it and remembering mobile games are trash.
Because... of course it was.
I don't know why we even dared to hope for something better.
Everyone saying they want Persona 6 should really consider checking out Shin Megami Tensei V when it releases in November.
A game from the main series should scratch that itch while you wait for the latest entry in the spin-off series.
ASS U ME comes to mind with this article
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