Segagaga
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| Developer(s) | Sega AM3 |
| Publisher(s) | Sega |
| Platform(s) | Dreamcast |
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| Genre(s) | Role-playing video game |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Segagaga (セガガガ Segagaga?, Stylized "SGGG") is a role-playing video game developed by Tez Okano of Sega and released solely in Japan for the Sega Dreamcast on March 29, 2001, towards the end of the console lifespan.
Segagaga's storyline makes tongue-in-cheek references to the commercially unsuccessful Dreamcast console - the player is recruited by Sega in a last-ditch effort to stop a rival company from taking over the console market. The game, interspersed with animated cut scenes, features numerous cameos by Sega characters and games, as well as a variety of gameplay styles.
While a variety of genres are included, as minigames or otherwise, Segagaga's overall structure is that of a role-playing video game. The game parodies the competition between the Dreamcast and Sony's PlayStation 2, challenging the player to supervise the company and prevent DOGMA (a parody of Sony, SEGA's biggest competitor at the time) from seizing all market share.
In the first section of the game, the player must progress through Sega's development studios and battle various employees. If the player is defeated, a month of development time is lost.
Set in the year 2025, the story depicts SEGA with only a 3% share of the market. In Ōta, Tokyo, the city in which SEGA was established in 1951, the company forms 'Project Segagaga': a plan to save SEGA from its main competitor, the evil DOGMA. As part of Project Segagaga, SEGA takes two teenagers Tarō Sega (瀬賀太郎 Sega Tarō?, voiced by Junko Noda) (the player's character) and Yayoi Haneda (羽田弥生 Haneda Yayoi?, voiced by Aya Hisakawa), and employ them to guide SEGA to the top of the market. The game features cameo appearances from SEGA characters past and present, such as Alex Kidd and Sonic the Hedgehog. The game also features satirical references to the PlayStation and PlayStation 2 consoles and Sony's associated franchises, and there is as a strange cameo appearance from Ralph Macchio of Karate Kid fame who, in various mecha-forms, can be fought in one of the R&D departments and persuaded to join your team.
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