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Sega Considering Saturn Downloadable Games

Sega offers Genesis and Master System games on Virtual Console. Later this year, XBLA and PSN will get Dreamcast games as well. But what abut the Saturn? Sega's Yosuke Okunari, producer of the Dreamcast re-releases and former producer of the Sega Ages 2500 series of remakes/re-releases on PS2, offers hope in an interview that was posted today at Impress Watch (translated by Andriasang).

Impress Watch asked why Sega skipped from the Genesis to the DreamCast. "When you look globally," responds Okunari, "the Genesis and Dreamcast are well known, but Saturn is unknown. During that period, PlayStation and Nintendo 64 were a success overseas, but to be honest Saturn was not a success. Because of this, we decided on Dreamcast."

"It's not that we're ignoring Saturn. I think you can see this, considering that we ported Nights Into Dreams and other titles," referring to a 2008 PlayStation 2 updated port of Nights.

When asked directly about the possibility of Saturn game downloads, Okunari replies, "What we announced this time is a project where we will have consecutive releases of titles that were debuted on Dreamcast. Separate from this, we're of course thinking about ports of Saturn games. It's the same as how Sega Ages and Virtual Console were separate existences. It's not that we have no intention of porting Saturn titles, so please share your requests."

This is me, directly requesting Saturn downloads of Popful Mail, Princess Crown, Shining Force III, Radiant Silvergun, Silhouette Mirage, Guardian Heroes, and Panzer Dragoon Saga.