Sega Appears To Be Reviving Ecco The Dolphin After 25 Years | Time Extension (www.timeextension.com)
from ktec@lemmy.zip to retrogaming@lemmy.world on 16 Jan 09:13
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A 25-year-old Sega mascot, Ecco the Dolphin, is making a potential comeback. Sega has filed trademarks for ‘Ecco’ and ‘Ecco the Dolphin’ in Japan, hinting that an upcoming game may be in development.

Background on Ecco The Dolphin

The original Ecco The Dolphin was released in 1992 for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive, Master System, Game Gear, and Sega CD. It was followed with other titles such as ‘Ecco: The Tides of Time’ (1994) and ‘Ecco Jr.’ (1995), before transitioning to the Dreamcast in 2000 with ‘Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future’.

What Does This Mean for Fans and Gamers?

Is it trademark maintenance, or is Sega planning something more substantial? Only time will tell.

What do you hope that Sega include in new Ecco game?

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RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world on 16 Jan 09:30 next collapse

My hope: a cool new Ecco game like the final entry in the series.

Reality: Gambling simulator using environment conscious dolphins as a mascot.

ddash@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 16 Jan 12:52 collapse

Get ready for the wonderful AI-powered Ecco-NFT trading card blockchain experience!

brsrklf@jlai.lu on 16 Jan 11:25 next collapse

More “background” on Ecco : it’s inspired by the works of a crazy researcher obsessed with dolphins, aliens and hallucinogenic drugs, in no particular order. Fitting.

I’ve only played through the first one, back in the 90s on the PC version. Completed it several times, I had fewer games and too much time back then. That story included a completely straight bootstrap paradox around the middle, which blew my mind a bit.

Years later, I got it and the second one on the Wii, for old time’s sake. They aged terribly, I don’t have that kind of patience anymore. The shitty wiimote D-pad certainly didn’t help, but wow those time-limited barrier eating things and those pixel-perfect dashes through octopuses and currents are just tedious.

VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 16 Jan 13:01 collapse

Wait, you mean that guy that gave dolphins acid?

brsrklf@jlai.lu on 16 Jan 13:08 collapse
warmaster@lemmy.world on 16 Jan 11:54 next collapse

They could blend some of the old game mechanics with aspects from Subnautica or Abzu. I hope Sega can keep up their good streak.

stroz@infosec.pub on 16 Jan 12:25 next collapse

Imagine a VR Ecco experience. Propel yourself just below the waves in the chill ocean, jump out of the water occasionally for fun.

cybervseas@lemmy.world on 16 Jan 13:01 next collapse

Did…you play Ecco much? That game is terrifying, and in VR it would be intense.

Kolanaki@yiffit.net on 16 Jan 13:14 next collapse

Ecco the Dolphin in VR:

<img alt="" src="https://yiffit.net/pictrs/image/4a59b506-c14e-48c8-aaa2-be44690b72cc.jpeg">

brsrklf@jlai.lu on 16 Jan 13:55 collapse

Fuck the vortex machine level.

Shawdow194@fedia.io on 16 Jan 13:43 next collapse

I was just gonna say a remake of this game done right could be killer

Big_Boss_77@lemmynsfw.com on 16 Jan 14:59 collapse

I was just sitting here thinking about a movie adaptation a la sonic…

It turned into Aliens with a dolphin mo-capped by Sigourney Weaver…

brsrklf@jlai.lu on 16 Jan 13:06 next collapse

I play VR regularly, including some stuff with relatively free movement, but with all the dashes and jumps, my inner ear is going “Nope, no you don’t”.

WagnasT@lemmy.world on 16 Jan 16:55 collapse

Just don’t jump too high…

AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space on 16 Jan 13:10 collapse

Only a decade or so late to cash in on vaporwave