As mentioned, Sega has maintained a friendly relationship with Microsoft over the years. Composer Hideki Naganuma returned to offer up some of his best work, alongside several underground artists whose music remains far better than the vast majority of mainstream hits of today and of the time.īut what are the odds we get a Jet Set Radio Future releases via Xbox backwards compatibility? It's certainly not impossible. Of course, you can't mention Jet Set Radio Future without also talking about its legendary soundtrack. The strict time limit of the original was gone, replaced with a fully explorable open world loaded with secrets, superb level design, characters to unlock and challenges to beat. Jet Set Radio Future maintained the rollerblading, graffiti tagging, cop-outsmarting gameplay of the original but just made it far more polished and accessible. (Image credit: Sega) Jet Set Radio Future (2002)Īrguably one of the best games on the original Xbox, Sega took a look at the Dreamcast cult classic, ironed out the kinks and created a game that was in many ways quite ahead of its time. Porting legends Digital Eclipse are reportedly in talks (opens in new tab) with Marvel to get a Marvel vs. Licensing on the Marvel side is of course very complicated, but an ongoing campaign to register interest in the game, dubbed #FreeMvC2 (opens in new tab), has borne fruit. So what are MvC2's chances of a backwards compatible release? Slim, but certainly not impossible. An HD remaster was released on Xbox 360 in 2009, complete with online play and achievement support, but that version has since been delisted. Capcom 2 without coughing up a fortune for a second-hand copy on eBay. The big tragedy here is that there's currently no contemporary way to purchase Marvel vs. The Marvel side is equally impressive, featuring Avengers like Captain America, Thor and Hulk mixed in with X-Men including Wolverine, Rogue and Storm. So many Capcom stalwarts are present and accounted for, including Mega Man, Jill Valentine, Strider Hiryu and Chun-Li. Of course, one large appeal of fighting games lies in its characters, and MvC2 hardly disappoints in this area. In skilled hands, this could lead to mesmerizingly long combos that string together special moves and character assists. Players fought with teams of three heroes and were able to switch between them on the fly. Capcom 2 features one of the largest fighting game rosters of all time. The game's influence on its genre cannot be understated, and it's an extremely popular spectator game to this day, regularly being hosted at large-scale tournaments like EVO. Capcom 2 arguably did for fighting games what Phantasy Star Online did for online gaming. (Image credit: Capcom / Marvel) Marvel vs. Still, we'd love nothing more than to be proven wrong here, as Sega and Microsoft have always been on good terms since the Dreamcast days. The company is currently supporting the wildly popular Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis, and likely won't want to dedicate resources to the original game, let alone one with a re-established online connection. Now, do we expect Sega to grant backwards compatibility to PSO on Xbox Series X/S and Xbox One? Not a chance. It's quite similar to western looters like Diablo in that sense, which PSO drew direct inspiration from. Each tier of difficulty provides experience bonuses, and access to rarer enemies and loot. Higher difficulty modes and a wealth of content kept PSO incredibly fresh. Hunters can wield swords and spears, while Rangers fight from a distance with rifles and launchers, for example. Your player-created character can be of one of three different races, each with their own stats and class assignments. The online multiplayer aspect of PSO is definitely what made it stand out from the crowd the most, but it's an incredibly fun game to this day both online and off. While we certainly don't expect the "Online" part of Phantasy Star Online to make a return, the game is still fully playable in offline and local split screen modes on the original Xbox.
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