Sega’s COO Speaks Out News

Tetsu Kayama, Sega's COO, recently spoke to Famitsu regarding the possibility of an online Virtua Fighter game and the possibility to Virtua Fighter 4 appearing on the GameCube. <br /> <br /> When asked about upcoming projects, Kayama replied, “I was thinking of an online game based on Virtua Fighter 4. This is just my personal idea, but I talked with Sega AM2 and they seemed interested. This will be different from Phantasy Star Online. I think it is a new concept and only we can probably pull it off.” <br /> <br /> When talking about GameCube projects, Kayama said, “We'd like to fine-tune the GameCube version of Eternal Arcadia so that kids can also play. I think kids should have fun controlling the airship and shooting cannons. I think it is nonsense to directly port Virtua Fighter to the GameCube. For example, we can make it Virtua Fighter Kids to curtail to the lower age demographic. The game system and fun factor should not be changed so that these players can then move on to the next step with the actual Virtua Fighter.” <br /> <br /> Kayama went on to speak about Sega’s policy to multi-platform development, and stressed that network games would be available on all systems, whilst standalone games would be targeted to each machines target demographics. <br /> <br /> Sega are set to announce a new AM2 game at the upcoming Sega Game Jam 2 event later this month, stay tuned for the latest developments. <br />