10 Video Games Sega Should Be Releasing Instead Of Sonic
7. A New Virtual On
Another arcade-orientated Sega classic, the Virtual On series was one created by giant robot lovers for giant robot lovers. The popularity of the games in Japan was never replicated in the West, but anyone in the English-speaking world that did get the chance to play one of the several titles in the series can probably attest to how fun Virtual On was. The premise was simple: you choose one robot from several to use in an arena setting and go head-to-head against either an AI opponent or another player. Every inch of your mech had some form of laser weapon attached to it, and the victor was the one still standing after the clock reached zero. The most recent title in the series was released in 2003 on PlayStation 2, so its been more than a decade since fans of robot-on-robot warfare have had to wait for a follow-up. With the astronomical leap in graphical fidelity since 2003, there's no doubting that Sega could create something truly special were they to ever pick the series back up again.
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