Thread:Mystic Monkey/@comment-2202259-20191010124259/@comment-2202259-20191017225116

Sega doesn't even know how to do Sonic properly anymore, unless that's Sonic Team. Nintendo always valued their series like Mario, Donkey Kong, & LoZ, which led to their success. Pokemon was once being groomed to their #2 series, then GameFreak went & screwed up in recent years. Nintendo gives their developers a lot of freedom these days & that ruined Pokemon, although Kirby's thriving on the freedom.

Sega on the otherhand, like you said chose not to invest in several of their series & even makes questionable choices when marketing Sonic. Burning Rangers & Nights could have used more games or rereleases for that matter. Sega's at least giving attention to Yakuza, Puyopuyo, & Project Diva these days. As well as the remake for Panzer Dragoon & Long awaited Western Release of PSO2.

Phantasy Star was always 1 of Sega's better series & managed to earn a cult following. It's Dreamcast Reinvention was incredible as well & it's shocking we had to wait 5 full years for the sequel. Super Monkey Ball was originally going to be released for the Dreamcast, although it was changed to GameCube with the 3rd Party Developer direction.

When I think of Sega, series that immediately come to mind include Sonic, Nights, Project Diva, Super Monkey Ball, Puyopuyo, Phantasy Star, Panzer Dragoon, Burning Rangers, Alex Kidd, Shinobi, & the Virtua Series. Nintendo has just as many famous series with Fire Emblem going from Japan Exclusive to within Nintendo's Top5 series worldwide after Melee. Super Smash Bros games would serve as an excellent proving ground for Nintendo's All Stars after that with Brawl showing Pit for Kid Icarus Uprising.