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E308 Simon Jeffery Destroys All of Your Hopes For Dreamcast 2, Shenmue 3, and Seaman 2

Adam Barenblat — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:20:39 MDT

See Brian try to talk the head of Sega of America into launching Dreamcast 2 to take on the Wii.
Dreamcast 2? Seaman 2? Shenmue 3? Hear Simon Jeffery crush all of your Sega wet dreams.

The Japanese Hardware Chart

Michael McWhertor — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 19:40:42 MDT

I wish I could lead off this post with good news that Seaman 2 greased the way for a strong week of PlayStation 2 sales, but, unsurprisingly, it wasn't much of a hardware mover. Actually, the PlayStation 2 performed almost exactly as it had the week before, besting only the Xbox 360, sales of which dropped some 50% week-to-week. Wii sales continue to slump as Japanese gamers wait desperately for something new and worthwhile to play.

Sorry, it's really quite a dull week, hardware-wise. So here's a picture of a bunny with a crimson and black Nintendo DS Lite on its head.

Nintendo DS Lite - 70,608
PSP - 58,669
Wii - 24,932
PlayStation 3 - 17,130
PlayStation 2 - 10,281
Xbox 360 - 3,011

Media Create Weekly Sales

The Japanese Software Chart

Michael McWhertor — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 03:00:00 MDT

Seaman! Buckets and buckets of Seaman! That's what Japanese gamers gobbled up this week, as Sega's sequel to the Dreamcast test of patience from Vivarium for the PlayStation 2 topped the Japanese sales charts. The voice activated, missing link-raising sim just barely beat out Nintendo's newest non-game for the Nintendo DS, DS Bungaku Zenshuu, a collection of Japanese literature readable on the dual screen sensation.

The only other exciting sales news was the debut of Beautiful Katamari for the Xbox 360 cracking the top ten and Lair for the PlayStation 3 hanging tough in the top 30. Also, I'm sure many of you were curious about the placement of DS Nishimura Kyotaro Suspense Shin Tantei Series: Kyoto Atami Zekkai no Kotou - Satsui no Wana. It held strong for another week and should best the 100,000 mark any day now. Sleep well, sales figure faithful.

01. Seaman 2 (PS2) - 33,000 / NEW
02. DS Bungaku Zenshuu (DS) - 32,000 / NEW
03. Dragon Ball Z: Sparking! Meteor (PS2) - 20,000 / 271,000
04. DS Nishimura Kyotaro Suspense Shin Tantei Series: Kyoto Atami Zekkai no Kotou - Satsui no Wana (DS) - 20,000 / 81,000
05. Gundam Battle Chronicle (PSP) - 19,000 / 133,000
06. Pokémon Mysterious Dungeon: Time Expedition Party (DS) - 19,000 / 521,000
07. Beautiful Katamari (360) - 19,000 / NEW
08. Pokémon Mysterious Dungeon: Shadow Expedition Party (DS) - 16,000 / 457,000
09. Flash Focus: Vision Training in Minutes a Day (DS) - 15,000 / 646,000
10. Banushi Life Game: Winners Circle (DS) - 15,000 / NEW

11. KanKen DS 2 + Jouyou Kanji Jiten (DS)
12. Wii Sports (Wii)
13. Tamagotchi no Puchi Puchi Omisecchi: Mina San Kyu (DS)
14. Galaxy Angel II: Mugen Kairou no Kagi (PS2)
15. Mario Party 8 (Wii)
16. Taiko Drum Master DS (DS)
17. Mario Kart DS (DS)
18. Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (PSP)
19. Tashiten: Tashite 10 ni Suru Monogatari (DS)
20. New Super Mario Bros. (DS)
21. Lair (PS3)
22. Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops+ (PSP)
23. My Housekeeping Diary (DS)
24. Wii Play (Wii)
25. Jikkyou Powerful Major League 2 (PS2)
26. ASH: Archaic Sealed Heat (DS)
27. Brain Age 2: More Training In Minutes A Day (DS)
28. Animal Crossing Wild World (DS)
29. Dragon Ball Z: Sparking! Meteor (Wii)
30. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd (PSP)

Seaman 2 Controller Revealed

kotaku.com — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 09:40:15 MDT

This tiny little controller, believe it or not, is the controller for the new virtual australopithecus sim, Seaman 2. That bit that looks like a mouth clamp for sadomasochistic ritual in the middle? The controller's fairly-obvious microphone, as near as I can tell. Interestingly, it won't be available merely for the PS2, but special drivers will also allow it to work on the PC and Mac. Florian Eckhardt

Seaman 2 Controller For PS2, PC, & Mac! [Gamebrink]

Clips: Seaman 2 at TGS 06

kotaku.com — Fri, 22 Sep 2006 08:40:13 MDT

Ashcraft has been pleading with me not to post anyone else's TGS videos until his crackerjack team of urinal enthusiasts finish uploading their multi-part series of features detailing the bathrooms of TGS 2006. "Why highlight other people's content at the expense of our own original work?" he asked.

Whatever. This is the Seaman 2 presentation from yesterday's presser. There's a bit of gameplay, in which a filthy monkey takes time out from flinging excrement and hooting at the sky to briefly run to the water, then run back. I still don't quite understand how they can justify calling it Seaman 2 when the creature is a cromagnon. It's not even voiced by Leonard Nimoy! What the heck? Florian Eckhardt

Seaman 2 Details Announced

Brian Crecente — Sun, 17 Sep 2006 11:00:50 MDT

\Sega has officially unveiled details for the sequel to Seaman, the Dreamcast game that had you caring for a half man, half fish pet of the same name.

In Seaman 2 you will be caring for a miniature Neanderthal man, which begs the question, why call it Seaman 2? The premise is that some Russian company produces 3,000 clones of the little sub-men from bones found in Peking, China. Hmm, maybe they should have called this game Peakingman.

Like in the original game you will be caring for you pet with the controller and a microphone, so the PS2 game will ship with a special microphone-embedded controller.

The game hits Japan next year, but no U.S. release date has been set. Thank God they didn't release this for the Wii. Brian Crecente

Seaman 2 Revealed for PS2 [1Up]

Seaman 2 News Coming on Friday?

kotaku.com — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 13:40:08 MDT

It looks like that long-awaited Seaman sequel will be officially announced this week. A year ago, Yoot Saito was confirmed by Sega to be working on a sequel to his eccentric, bossy fish-man game. Then a year of silence followed.

No longer, though. According to 1UP, we'll be getting details on Seaman 2 come Friday, along with the platform and release date.

1UP speculates that it'll be for the DS or Wii, but various forumers have said the website confirms it for the PS2. The website's down right now, so that's just rumors. But if true, that's a shame. Frankly, I've always had shameful dreams about getting Yoot Saito's Seaman on my WII. Florian Eckhardt