SEGA-AM2 Outrun 2 annouced !!!!

spritescaler@directvinternet.com (Sprite Scaler) wrote in
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> http://www.sega-am2.co.jp/outrun2/index.html
>
>
> Outrun 2 for arcades. running on XBox-based Chihiro arcade board.

So that really was the big AM2 annoucement that was hyped? Rather
a disappointment there... Pretty much the bottom of the barrel
compared to some of the other speculations.

For a while, I hoped that AM2 would actually announce
Virtua Fighter Quest again. You know, the game Yu Suzuki announced
over a year ago, hyped for a little bit, and then never ever mentioned
again...

"Billy Bissette" <baines@coastalnet.com> wrote in message
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> spritescaler@directvinternet.com (Sprite Scaler) wrote in
> news:8dca4a2e.0307102255.33033379@posting.google.c om:
>
> > http://www.sega-am2.co.jp/outrun2/index.html
> >
> >
> > Outrun 2 for arcades. running on XBox-based Chihiro arcade board.
>
> So that really was the big AM2 annoucement that was hyped? Rather
> a disappointment there... Pretty much the bottom of the barrel
> compared to some of the other speculations.
>
> For a while, I hoped that AM2 would actually announce
> Virtua Fighter Quest again. You know, the game Yu Suzuki announced
> over a year ago, hyped for a little bit, and then never ever mentioned
> again...

I think that Virtua Fighter Quest was "Project Berkeley," which turned into
Shenmue.

>
>"Billy Bissette" <baines@coastalnet.com> wrote in message
>news:Xns93B58AD6BD8FDwhacholookinat@207.217.77.24 ...
>> spritescaler@directvinternet.com (Sprite Scaler) wrote in
>> news:8dca4a2e.0307102255.33033379@posting.google.c om:
>>
>> > http://www.sega-am2.co.jp/outrun2/index.html
>> >
>> >
>> > Outrun 2 for arcades. running on XBox-based Chihiro arcade board.
>>
>> So that really was the big AM2 annoucement that was hyped? Rather
>> a disappointment there... Pretty much the bottom of the barrel
>> compared to some of the other speculations.
>>
>> For a while, I hoped that AM2 would actually announce
>> Virtua Fighter Quest again. You know, the game Yu Suzuki announced
>> over a year ago, hyped for a little bit, and then never ever mentioned
>> again...
>
>I think that Virtua Fighter Quest was "Project Berkeley," which turned into
>Shenmue.
>

No, it's entirely new game. It was announced well after Shenmue 1 and
2 were already in existence.

The little info we do know.

1. GameCube exclusive.

2. Will contain all the Virtua Fighter characters.

3. Release date of 2003 - as this is the 10th anniversary of VF
series.

"wrestleantares" <padams27@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
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> >
> >"Billy Bissette" <baines@coastalnet.com> wrote in message
> >news:Xns93B58AD6BD8FDwhacholookinat@207.217.77.24 ...
> >> spritescaler@directvinternet.com (Sprite Scaler) wrote in
> >> news:8dca4a2e.0307102255.33033379@posting.google.c om:
> >>
> >> > http://www.sega-am2.co.jp/outrun2/index.html
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Outrun 2 for arcades. running on XBox-based Chihiro arcade board.
> >>
> >> So that really was the big AM2 annoucement that was hyped? Rather
> >> a disappointment there... Pretty much the bottom of the barrel
> >> compared to some of the other speculations.
> >>
> >> For a while, I hoped that AM2 would actually announce
> >> Virtua Fighter Quest again. You know, the game Yu Suzuki announced
> >> over a year ago, hyped for a little bit, and then never ever mentioned
> >> again...
> >
> >I think that Virtua Fighter Quest was "Project Berkeley," which turned
into
> >Shenmue.
> >
>
> No, it's entirely new game. It was announced well after Shenmue 1 and
> 2 were already in existence.
>
> The little info we do know.
>
> 1. GameCube exclusive.
>
> 2. Will contain all the Virtua Fighter characters.
>
> 3. Release date of 2003 - as this is the 10th anniversary of VF
> series.

Hmm, OK. Guess I haven't been reading enough game news. Sounds good then!

wrestleantares <padams27@bellsouth.net> wrote in
news:o700hvor6rass06j853tg5osg7q3o331ju@4ax.com:
>>I think that Virtua Fighter Quest was "Project Berkeley," which turned
>>into Shenmue.
>>
>
> No, it's entirely new game. It was announced well after Shenmue 1 and
> 2 were already in existence.
>
> The little info we do know.
>
> 1. GameCube exclusive.
>
> 2. Will contain all the Virtua Fighter characters.
>
> 3. Release date of 2003 - as this is the 10th anniversary of VF
> series.

Yes, but 2003 is half over and there hasn't been any word about the
game since a couple of weeks after its annoucement. Sega of Japan doesn't
acknowledge its existence since they themselves marked its announcement.
Nor has Yu Suzuki ever mentioned it again.

It might come out of nowhere, kind of like Outrun... But Outrun had
at least been rumored before it was officially announced/shown a few days
ago.

deKay <andyk@lofi-gaming.org.uk> wrote:
> Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Sat,
> 12 Jul 2003 07:38:45 -0500, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
> uk.games.video.xbox, yawatina tan reek esk wrestleantares
> <padams27@bellsouth.net> fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>>>I think that Virtua Fighter Quest was "Project Berkeley," which
>>>turned into Shenmue.
>>
>>No, it's entirely new game. It was announced well after Shenmue 1 and
>>2 were already in existence.
>
> No, it *was* Shenmue. VFQ was announced *before* Shenmue, and
> *became* Shenmue. It has now been re-announced as a new game.

As far as I can remember, Shenmue was always Shenmue.

Virtua Fighter 4 was for the PS2, and there were rumors of it going to
the XBox as well. Yu Suzuki made a comment about how he didn't think the
Gamecube was a good system for a game like Virtua Fighter (due to its
demographics). He later comes back (within a month? I forget) to announce
what he thought would work for the Gamecube audience, Virtua Fighter Quest.
It was to be an adventure/RPG set in the Virtua Fighter universe, would be
released for the anniversary, and would be a Gamecube release rather than
PS2 or XBox. Sega of Japan noted the announcement as well.

And that was pretty much the last that was heard of it. Neither Sega nor
Yu Suzuki ever mentioned the game again after that first month or so.