Sangokushi Taisen
On the first day of the even, SEGA revealed a new entry in their Sangokushi Taisen series. The game, developed by AM#1, is a card-based strategy game. Players move real cards on a flat board in order to move their troops around over the battlefield, with the ultimate goal being the destruction of your opponent’s castle. First launched in 2005, the series has been very successful for SEGA, and was even ported to the Nintendo DS and Windows PC. Below you can find the new logo and some of the art featured on the game’s new cards, as well as a video of the live event at JAEPO 2016. In addition, SEGA launched a new website for the game.
Official website for Sangokushi Taisen
Doodle Card Battle – Shooting Down the King
At least, that’s my attempt at translating the title for this “drawing amusement machine” from SEGA and coconoe inc. Aimed at a younger audience, the game first asks kids to draw a fighter plane on a card, which the machine then reads and transports into the game. Up to six players can let their ships battle against each other. It’s certainly an interesting piece of technology, and you can get a better idea of how this works in the following videos (the latter a short, but impressive, demonstration of the game being played at the expo):
Source for the link to the video: Famitsu
StarHorse 3 Season V – Exceed the limit
SEGA also showed the new StarHorse 3 Season V arcade game, developed by AM#1. SEGA’s StarHorse series are arcade horse racing games where the players can bet on the outcome of virtual horse races. We included a recent video of the game in action below:
The new King of Beetles
MUSHIKING: The King of Beetles is a card-based arcade games aimed at children. The cards represent beetles that can be scanned in by the machine, and players can fight the CPU or beetles from other real opponents. Gameplay consist of a simple rock-paper-scissors mechanic.
Medal Tower of Babel and UFO CATCHER 9
SEGA also showed a traditional UFO catcher and medal game cabinet. Some screenshots and a small video from SEGA’s Vine account can be found here:
That covers most of the games featured at the event! Sadly, few if any of the things talked about in this article will make an appearance in the West, but we hope it gives you some insight in to what SEGA’s arcade business looks like at the moment.
Sources for the images:
- Official SEGA JAEPO 2016 website
- maimai & Chunithm Twitter account
- Official SEGA of Japan Twitter acount
- Official Chunithm Twitter account
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