Famitsu contained an interview with SEGA’s creative director Yosuke Okunari. The interview is based around the SEGA Mini systems.
The SEGA Game Gear Micro just been released in Japan and Mr. Okunari was quizzed about what the company’s future plans are for the lucrative mini consoles.
Mr. Okunari said that while it hasn’t been decided, the next in line would probably be the very early SG-1000 Mini or a Dreamcast Mini.
Okunari – Mini Highlights
- “For the next Mini, we are considering everything that has been imagined by everyone.”
- “Of course, it doesn’t mean we can realize all of them. We are also thinking about projects that nobody has imagined.”
- “The projects are moved by a substantial amount of money, so we’re working first on the one that, realistically speaking, has the highest possibility.”
- “The Game Gear Micro is only sold domestically in Japan. When we do the next one, I feel like the project scope will be much bigger as we gaze upon the world. So we won’t be able to release it at this time the next year or two years after the Mega Drive Mini. We can’t make it that quickly. (laughs)”
- “I think for the next one, we may go with a concept close to the Mega Drive Mini. If I have to say some names, it could be an SG-1000 Mini or a Dreamcast Mini…”
