Thread:Mystic Monkey/@comment-2202259-20191010124259/@comment-2202259-20191013154343

Part of what led to Sega needing Sammy to bail them out of financial problems to begin with was the decline of Arcades. If you think about it almost all of the arcades that are still in business are more than just arcades. Whether they double as restaurants/bars like say Dave & Busters or they offer other forms of entertainment like skating rinks or Laser Tag in addition to the Arcade. Most just prefer to own the games than pay to play them at an arcade.

There were popular Saturn & Dreamcast games that weren't arcade games notably Nights, & all 3 Sonic games on the Dreamcast. The Monkey Ball Arcade game saw very little success compared to the vastly superior home console releases. Sega had the ability to make excellent 3D Sonic games within 2 1/2 years of eachother 2 decades ago.

I remember there being a poll asking about whether Tangle & Whisper should appear in the games. I would be all for them being playable with Jewel the Beetle being their teammate if Team Sonic Racing gets a 2nd game or DLC. I probably would have commented on a couple of discussions if DeCool didn't silence me.