Every Sega Franchise Ranked From WORST To BEST

Yes, it’s time. We’ve ranked Sony franchises. We’ve ranked Nintendo franchises. We’ve even ranked the franchises of a company that doesn’t have any franchises. Sega is the next logical step, and it’s a fascinating one, spanning just about every era of gaming history. Here is Every Sega Franchise Ranked From WORST To BEST!
VO: Peter Austin (@ThatPeterAustin) & Ben Potter (@Confused_Dude)
Script: Philip J Reed (@NoNoiseChitChat)
Video Editor: Alex Winters (@MrSteakFace)
#Sega #Sonic #Persona
Featured franchises:
7th Dragon
After Burner
Alex Kidd
Altered Beast
Columns
Crazy Taxi
Devil Children
Devil Summoner
DokiDoki Penguin Land
Ecco the Dolphin
Etrian Odyssey
Fantasy Zone
Football Manager
Golden Axe
Hang-On
Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA
Initial D
Last Bible
Majin Tensei
MegamiTensei
Monaco GP
NiGHTS
OutRun
Panzer Dragoon
Persona
Persona Dancing
Phantasy Star
Phantasy Star Online
Phantasy Star Universe
Power Instinct / GōketsujiIchizoku
PuyoPuyo
Sakura Wars
Sega Bass Fishing
Sega Rally
Shenmue
Shining
Shinobi
Sonic Advance
Sonic Boom
Sonic Racing
Sonic the Hedgehog
Space Channel 5
Space Harrier
Streets of Rage
Super Monkey Ball
Tempo
The House of the Dead
The Typing of the Dead
Thunder Force
Total War
Trauma Center
Valkyria Chronicles
Virtua Fighter
Virtua Tennis
Virtual-On
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War
Wonder Boy
Yakuza
Zaxxon
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[@TeamTripleJump]

Please, we beg of you, do not tag the Sonic The Hedgehog Twitter.

[@SonicParadox]

You've made a powerful enemy (love u really)

[@jaykatemorrison]

Atari Franchises ranked Worst to Best

[@JDjade1]

I get it. Everything after the first three games(except for R and 06) sucked out loud. But, NO MERCY!!!

[@Strigon07]

Too late.

[@MrMctuck]

Your content sucks, nothing but list videos. It's like Whatculture all over again

[@The-Game-Adaptation-Newscast]

What you said about Dreamcast was bang on: "It did so many things right, just not at the right time." That's it's entire fate in one sentence.

[@chrisbridston3438]

I loved my Dreamcast .. was such a great console ! The games that came out for it were just so new and cool looking .. SOUL CALIBER , Sonic Adventure , Code Veronica , shit we even got a terrible EVIL DEAD GAME !! But ….. IT WAS AN EVIL DEAD GAME !! Lol

[@rockfresh5359]

@matt nobody I know bought that thing we played PS1 and N64 games until the ps2 😂😂

[@dougr8646]

I bought it. Just because you played second rate shit for years doesn't mean it was bad

[@AronHsiao]

I had a Dreamcast and a PS1. Dreamcast was far superior in every way but two: (1) It had fewer games, and (2) it was more expensive. That was pretty much enough to kill it. @@rockfresh5359

[@reloadpsi]

Sega's entire mission statement as home hardware manufacturers always seemed to be "what's the tech not yet capable of doing well? Let's do that right now."

[@DavidHosey1]

It’s a crime for Yakuza to be so low, it should be within the top 5 at least. Some of the best stories that you can find out there, especially in realistic fiction overall, and some of the most fun you can have in a game series. Sad to see such a banger not get enough love

[@puzzle_boy]

Same with Megaten

[@MadDogSolo]

Yeah and I’d definitely say it’s way better than Sonic, that series has had so many bad games

[@nr2676]

1 bad/mediocre game like in Sakura Taisen (Sakura Wars 5: Epsiode 0), Phantasy Star (Phantasy Star III: Generations of Doom), Shenmue (Shenmue 3) significally decreased score. For Yakuza ,,Black Sheep'' is Yakuza Dead Souls (64%).

[@Animechargeblog]

I mean, number 12 is fine (it should've been higher, for sure). But then you look at Megaten at the bottom of the list and just understand: rpgs are not the most favorable viewed by critics.

[@DavidHosey1]

@@Animechargeblog I guess yea, but this is the premier flagship title in both story and side content, so it's honestly shocking it's losing to smaller name titles lol

[@SonicParadox]

Can't complain really.

[@juststatedtheobvious9633]

They ignored Afterburner Climax and then wondered why Sega never used digital distribution for the series. It's a rather curious mistake, but it wouldn't be a TripleJump list if they didn't get at least one thing incredibly wrong.

[@peanukinks5444]

the only opinion i needed

[@bumface1810]

If you are a newb this might seem legit, but- This ranking is inherently flawed because it is based solely off Metacritic ratings of CONSOLE games and does not take into account any equivalent scoring system of arcade games. Outrun, for example, would EASILY be in the top 10 SEGA franchises of all time. Also- the narrators style of attempted humour is tiresome.

[@noaht2005]

@@bumface1810 gotta agree. It gets old

[@larrybivens9987]

@jabroni destroyer no 😠

[@lucianonicolasgarcia7311]

Valkyria Chronicles is phenomenal, I hope we get the 5th entry sooner rather than later.

[@Ziggletooth]

I heard the last one wasn't very good so I skipped it. I didn't like how inaccurate the weapons were, you can't plan ahead when you miss 9/10 shots I was constantly saving and reloading because how can you win otherwise.

[@hellblueboy4]

@@Ziggletooth The last one is actually good but the story was all over the place.

[@timothylewis2527]

@@Ziggletooth VC4 was a god tier game! It's in my top 10 (had to make a top 50 list for a certain website). It just doesn't offer enough new gameplay elements--but it doesn't need to.

[@subjetividadobjetivaconmak4259]

@@Ziggletooth Who told you that!? It is fantastic game (if not the in the franchise)! Who told you such a dreadful lie! >:V

[@richadoruisuthegod3674]

@@Ziggletooth the only weapons that are badly inaccurate early game are lancers and sometimes snipers if the target is too far away

[@rockleesmile]

Really didn't expect that number 1. I used to sell copies of it on and off when I worked at GameStop and nobody ever came back raving about it but your description made me more interested. Great list folks. I appreciate all the effort!

[@kodytiffany5686]

Valkyria chronicles is also pretty tough at times as some maps make success nearly impossible without the exact correct people to back you. A certain Dessert map had me stuck for a while trying to memorize enemy patterns well enough to plan around.

[@bigc181]

You guys. Gonna save this for my next long car drive so I can feel less alone. Also massive kudos for the time and effort that goes into these.

[@bumface1810]

It’s crap and inaccurate, don’t bother. 😉

[@Thatniqqachris]

@@bumface1810 Name another channel who does it better bum face boy

[@bumface1810]

Sega Lord X & Sega Bits spring to mind. But it wouldn’t be hard- removing all the Atlus bullshit might help 😉 and then dumping the Metacritic scores as they don’t cover arcades and Sega is a company that made it’s names in the arcades.

[@Ronswanson940]

@@bumface1810 y u butthurt bro lmao

[@TheOnyxSpy]

@@bumface1810 You say it's inaccurate, but they literally used critical scored to judge this, so explain to me how it's inaccurate when it's practically as accurate as possible? The only way they could've pumped it up further would be to also factor in sales for the various franchises, and that would have added a minimum of another month of work and research to this list.

[@waggishohio3835]

I think the biggest sin this list makes is making an exception to count Nights as a franchise, but not doing the same for Jet Set Radio

[@chrisbridston3438]

Jet Set was just so damn weird and cool

[@shakkedgolan7954]

@@drizztdourden666 you can say the same thing on nights

[@Vectormantudeoz]

@@drizztdourden666 xd

[@HavelsRing96]

Bruh foreal

[@Vectormantudeoz]

@@drizztdourden666 ñ

[@CrowTRobot]

30:20 need a clip of Tails in the Chao Garden saying "everything will be ok".

[@TheDavidVAs]

Every Capcom franchise next? (unless it was already done, I probably forgot already)

[@THNF89]

As a former Sega kid I've been really looking forward to this one

[@flyingferron]

Peter's disdain at having to pronounce the Japanese title at 26:32 gave me life

[@CRedd9830]

Panzer Dragoon, Sakura Wars, Shining and Shenmue are by far my favorites. I have at least one game from each franchise in my top ten all time favorite games (Shining Force III, Panzer Dragoon Saga, Sakura Wars 3, Shenmue I & II).

[@nr2676]

Sakura Wars 3 is not only best game in series, but also highest rated Dreamcast title in Dreamcast Magazine (in Japan). Amazing game. Unfortunately still only in Japan.

[@Christian-rn1ur]

Suprised you've never heard of Initial D, they were pretty common arcade racers back when they used to be a thing. Really fun games with a great soundtrack - they're pretty much the perfect arcade racers.

[@thefcw]

The Triple Jump peeps are really young. There’s a reason everything is listed according to Metacritic scores and not their own opinion, I doubt many of them played anything before the PS2 era when originally released.

[@RadiShineAmigo]

I enjoyed the video! I don’t really get some of the seperated series choices though. Sonic Advance is seperate. So why is Sonic Riders not? Are the story book games or Sonic Drift included in the score or are they their own series but not included as there is 2 games? Either way this was a nice watch. Nice to see respect for Segas other franchises too!

[@lindagoad2163]

It's explained in the video, kind of. A series in a collection of 3 games or more. Advance has 3 games so becomes a different series. It fall flat on its face when they try to explain why mario was split 2d and 3d.

[@RadiShineAmigo]

Nick Goad i must have forgot that part thank you. Sonic Riders does also have 3 games though and I don’t remember it being seperate.

[@Crasky1992]

The first two Shenmue games were complete masterpieces. I don't think I've bought a game at release in about 15 years - but you can bet your arse I pumped money into the Kickstarter the day it was announced.

[@ChaseMC215]

Shenmue 3 isn't that bad.

[@Crasky1992]

@@ChaseMC215 Visually it was impressive, especially for the budget. The story was weak, and that was Shenmue's draw.

[@chrismccarver5380]

Around #5 I decided that Valkyria Chronicles must not have counted through some technicality and I was going to be ok with that as much as I love those games. When it showed up at #1 and was actually appreciated, it made my day. Love those games, wish I knew more people IRL who would actually give at least #1 a shot.

[@teddys5775]

I’m surprised golden ax is so low. I have a lot of fond memories being told I’m a cowered for playing in easy then finally beating it in hard and unlocking the true ending with my dad in coop. Which took longer than you might thing since you could attack the other player so we spent the first 2 weeks killing eachother to steal their mount

[@Vermicularchive]

Valkyria Chronicles being the best rated was a surprise. A personal favorite of mine from the past.

[@shortbreadhead]

4:02 oh my god, you unlocked a memory for me, me and my friends played this and loved it. Now I can ACTUALLY say I have always loved SMT and persona from the very beginning. How the hell did I forget this?!

[@utopua4all]

Would have been nice of you to mention the arcade cabinets for the first Virtual On game. They were pretty nuts with how you controlled the game, and yeah, you can't exactly replicate that at home.

[@ryanstewart4444]

That Etrian Odyssey never came out on the Wii U is quite simply baffling as what could have been a launch day showcase for the benefits of the new hardware seems to have been completely overlooked.

[@Felly117]

This list has proven conclusively that game critics are not to be trusted.

[@thekrazyhatter5063]

Right because it be Yakuza Persona and Total War In that order Because Valkyria Chronicles is SO DAMN OVERRATED

[@natef1212]

I leaned that after ign gave call of duty mw3 a higher score than battlefield 3

[@RyanBrown2K5]

Yep.

[@octopustraveler2502]

This video got me to try out the first Valkyria Chronicles. What a phenomenal masterpiece it is.

[@charlesbeerguy474]

No Devil Children game scored higher than 40? Wait a second... you guys just went on wikipedia and used the Famitsu scores. Which rate on a 40 point scale. You then used the 28's and 30's as if they were on a 100 point scale. This is exactly why those Atlus games rank so low, no question.

[@tylarjackson7928]

They do say that they attempt to set all ranking systems equal. So those two you mentioned would have been 70 and 75 on a 100 point scale. Edit: Wait, I'm thinking of what Metacritic does. But they used Metacritic when available. If what you're saying is correct, it's just an oversight I'm sure. These boys (or at least one of them) love most Shin Megami games

[@charlesbeerguy474]

@@tylarjackson7928 ACTUALLY, there might be another explanation. Remember when every SMT/Persona game got review bombed on Metacritic? Even the most obscure SMT games have at least 30 1/2-star reviews on GameFaqs. I guess this video was right to cringe about using them, all the obscure SMT ratings were trolled.

[@tylarjackson7928]

@@charlesbeerguy474 I only got into Persona about 1 year ago with P4G, so I haven't been following it that long. That does make sense tho. For obscure ones, they probably did have to go with user scores.

[@NikosiaMateas]

I absolutely consider Valkyria Chronicles my favourite Sega franchise. I absolutely adore this series. 4 is probably my favourite, and 1 isn't far behind. I hear 3 is possibly even better than those two... I just haven't gotten around to playing it. It's Japan-only, but it has a translation patch.

[@theonlybilge]

31:05 not even the Rush games, the Advance series, Unleashed, Generations, or Colours?

[@nintenstation128]

bass fishing better be #1

[@AstralPhnx]

I played Typing of The Dead's arcade release when I was in Japan a few years back. The cabinet is just a regular SEGA candy cab with SEGA branded keyboards just bolted to it. It looks amazing

[@sideswipe1261]

What were you expecting?

[@BWOY_MU5H]

Loved this vid. I been wanting to look more into sega games and franchises and this was very in depth and eye-opening. How did you get your ratings? Avg rating from each franchise entry? I ask because i belive that the sonic riders series should have a spot here and would like to see where it and Jet set radio duo would fit.

[@Asmallcorneroftheinternet]

I remember getting Sega Bass Fishing for my Wii, and playing it with my Dad. He immediately tore it apart, and started pointing out how certain fish wern't supposed to be in certain places. It was a nice moment for me, because I learned a little about nature. And for once, fishing had turned into a roast session.

[@lilbill7385]

They had done every franchise from Nintendo, Sega, and Capcom. They just need to do Konami and Square Enix.

[@jasonparker346]

The Shenmue franchise would of won this by a landslide if number 3 had not come out. Shenmue was awesome, when I first played the original I wasn’t playing as Ryo, I WAS Ryo.

[@StraightPunkEdge93]

I usually watch these longer videos while I'm high as shit but I'm working and bored as hell right now lol thanks video guys!

[@Wolfiegreenwood]

Stoners are cringe.

[@PixelSlayers]

The bass section made me laugh, and then a bit of what I was drinking went down the wrong tube in my throat and I started choking. You could have KILLED ME.

[@iggyelle]

Never one to complain just here to tell you about the strange allure of the Bass Fishing arcade version and screaming FISH like a hyperactive teenager when your buddy hooks one. There was also something truly disturbing about the soft coo of the Fisher trying to coax the fish to "bite it...bite it..." it should prolly be noted I and my friends were extremely sleep deprived at the time.

[@TravestyJunction]

I'd argue the Bass series should have been even higher though but I'll chalk up a of the reviews to non-sports fan lowerin' the scores just because they weren't interested. It's a very solid series without many games that fundamentally flawed.

[@funcoolfunfun]

Even with all its ups and downs, Sonic is still my favorite SEGA franchise.

[@sonicfan9144]

Same. Don’t care what anyone says, I love Sonic so much. My name even implies that lol.

[@marybonner7432]

Honestly I get it about Sonic as much as I love the series, there are some awful games in the franchise especially in the eyes of critics. That being said I still have a place in my heart for it as it introduced me to gaming.

[@elitef40]

Same here

[@thicc_astley]

i agree. the franchise has had some crazy highs and lows, but the highs are worth it, plus the critical reviews don’t always reflect fan opinion. i didn’t play sonic as a kid, so don’t have any nostalgia for it, i’m a very recent fan and i still love the franchise ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ even with the bad games, enough of them were bad enough to reach meme status, which in a weird circular way makes them enjoyable

[@SlapNuts4Life]

Freaking rad! So I kind of wish the first three and the second three persona games could’ve been listed separately seeing as they’re so different from each other. Nonetheless great list, thank you guys!

[@allercon]

Virtual On in the arcades made you feel like a mech pilot. The rig was awesome.

[@sideswipe1261]

SEGA’s “Star Wars” arcade and “Crazy Taxi” arcade both had killer cabs too! Very immersive!

[@lovebuttonsmoo]

Yes! This is exactly what I needed right now to get me through the rest of my afternoon!

[@R1CK3RS]

Hey triple jump team, what background music do you use for your video's? There's one song that always plays in the longer videos that's infuriatingly catchy to me and Shazam is just not interested

[@TheZmusicGroup]

SEGA always has been a very interesting brand. I like the broad variety of their IPs and, for most of them, their arcade spirit. They are not a perfect company and to be honest I dont like their flagship IP Sonic that much, but in arcade games I admire their philosophy.

[@mtallmen184]

Have you guys never heard of After Burner Climax? It was a downloadable title in 2010 and scored higher than Black Falcon (at least on PS3)

[@AstralPhnx]

Also worth noting about 7th Dragon! ALL the Japanese games are fully fan translated so you can actually play the whole series!

[@AstralPhnx]

Oh I KNEW Y'ALL WERE GONNA JAM CHRISTMAS NIGHTS IN THERE

[@timothyoswald8618]

Those Afterburner cabinets in the 80s... what a game.

[@sickrandy2946]

1:07:29 Look, Triple Jump finally acknowledges Yakuza

[@timothylewis2527]

Valkyria Chronicles is one of the absolute best series in gaming and VC4 is in my all time top ten. If you haven't tried it, TRY IT.

[@LucciClubStudios]

Wait did I miss Jet Set Radio?

[@Remix916]

I was thinking the same thing

[@tnevadi8370]

Cmon wheres the Jet Set Radio Games?

[@thefcw]

It’s amazing for a company that’s been around so long that they don’t have a single franchise with an average overall rating above 8.5/10. Sega always has at least a game or two in every series that absolutely tanks the average score.

[@carck6442]

because Sega always ported its games to a multitude of platforms. No matter how amazing Super Hang On was on the arcade, there's a shoddy ZX Spectrum port bringing the average down. These videos are fun, but are missing most of the context and boiling it down to a random number.

[@nr2676]

@@carck6442 Especially Megaten series is ruined by ports and the amount of "bad games", like RONDE.

[@mambatabac]

Virtua Cop? ToeJam & Earl? Sega Worldwide Soccer? Tbf though, another great video!

[@joecool4521]

Bass Pro Fishing for Dreamcast was actually pretty good. I haven't enjoyed a fishing game before or since. There was just something about it that made it enjoyable. It definitely is not a surprise that it won an award. I think if you played you know. It also had a fishing controller that you would cast, reel in and maneuver the position of the rod. I think they used some motion device inside the controller and it was spot on accurate with how you were moving. Sega was well ahead of it's time with Dreamcast when it comes to technology.

[@anthonymaslow798]

I remember this game. It WAS good. And I don't care about fishing. The graphics were amazing at the time, too! Lmao. Like almost mind-blowing.

[@katelynthewhitewerewolf6376]

Sonic the Hedgehog is the only Sega Videogame Series I like. Sonic X was my introduction to Sonic himself and I love it.

[@rain8788]

Is Take My Breathe Away being sampled in the background music randomly?

[@Sly88Frye]

I really think you should have separated the 2D Sonic games from the 3D Sonic games on this list so we can see where they rank separately considering if you at least don't count Sonic labyrinth or Sonic 3D blast, the 2D Sonic games maybe other than Sonic blast are going to be rated really high. It would be curious to see how things actually go with the 3D Sonic games as long as you don't include spin-offs like Sonic shuffle which would definitely bring it down for the Sonic kart racing games which I think would actually bring it up since all three are pretty good especially transformed which I think is incredible, and of course don't include the Sonic riders games since those are also racing spinoffs. I'd love to see where the 3D Sonic games rank if you just include the 3D platformers starting from Sonic adventure all the way to Sonic forces since at the time this video came out Sonic Frontiers didn't even release and maybe that games a different category anyways.

[@Bradley_Lute]

Very very sad that my favorite franchise Megami Tensei is so low on the list :'( It is so good guys. Most of the available games are some of the best jrpgs of all time. Strange Journey, Nocturne, IV, Devil Survivor, etc...etc...

[@puzzle_boy]

What makes no sense for me is that they put Devil Children and Last Bible apart, along with Majin Tensei, Devil Summoner and Persona, that are way higher. While they're considering DDS Megami Tensei and SMT as just one series. They could consider Megami Tensei as a whole in that case. Or rather, Shin Megami Tensei as its own too. Now I'm thinking about it. Digital Devil Story Megami Tensei shouldn't be considered, same reason why Devil Survivor or Digital Devil Saga weren't. They're NOT "sagas". Because they only had two games.

[@tiredhippo82]

So....you didn’t separate the 2d and 3D sonic games like you did with Mario....but you did separate the handheld games and a random 3D series........

[@carck6442]

And included Sonic Labyrinth because “Sega can’t decide what Sonic is”. I love Triple Jump and the stuff they come up with for each franchise, but Sonic was def pushed down purposefully

[@marciopinho6100]

I was surprised when I saw that SEGA was the new publisher for Football Manager. It's this kind of game were you get completely addicted to it or simply don't care or get it. The game is much simplier and straight forward than most may think. What I truly enjoy about it is building my dream team and see young players became valuable world wide stars...or became a flop :-D

[@BrawlerClaws67]

So happy to see Valkyria Chronicles at the top. I freaking love those games, even when I hate and suck at nearly every other strategy game ever. Though, to be fair, it's not my favorite SEGA franchise since I have a ton of nostalgia for Super Monkey Ball.

[@tomprice2587]

This list hits me right in the nostalgia balls

[@midmiddleton7907]

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[@rodneylagrone7180]

I really wish Jet Set Radio qualified for this list. Not only so they would talk about it, but I just really want another entry of the game.

[@JimsArcade]

Look for Bomb Rush Cyberfunk coming this year. It's in the same visual and gameplay style as JSR and it has the same music composer (Hideki Naganuma).

[@Gfrv3d]

As a Brazilian, i was really surprised to see that the Mônica games where remembered :)

[@CrowTRobot]

I was always fascinated by the fact that the Master System failed to catch on in every country but Brazil where a friend of mine who lives there tells me it's still beloved? That's so cool. I've always wanted to own one.

[@mariano3716]

There were some Sapo Xulé spin-offs as well. Master System was the first really mainstream console in Brazil, mostly because it came with games on its internal memory, it was cheap and it had local support (with Portuguese-written instruction booklets and covers) through Tec-Toy. Plus, NES games were heavily pirated, with many generic consoles compatible with its cartridges (the small ones), like Top Game (which I owned) and Turbo Game (which, oddly, had a upside-down controller). The only real competition came with the 16-bits war (on which the Genesis - Mega Drive, if you wanna get Brazilian about it - had the lead), with the Playstation obliterating everyone else when it arrived, mostly because pirated games were HELLA CHEAP. I mean 1U$D cheap, so a lot of people would save money to get it. Before that, a lot of poor people's contact with videogames was through placeds where you paid by hour to play it.

[@H0lyMoley]

Oooooh my childhood! Just thinking about the big three retro franchises - Sonic, Alex Kidd and Wonderboy - I'd actually expect all three of them to rank pretty low. Each franchise had a couple of iconic all-time-great games, and then a lot of games that were... not. Will also be interesting to see how Ecco does, since that entire franchise is pretty much the epithome of "you love it or you hate it". Phantasy Star, Streets of Rage and Shinobi have got to be pretty high, right?

[@juststatedtheobvious9633]

Shinobi has had some terrible western games. The Cyber Shinobi, especially, thought it'd be a great idea to use background tiles for the characters and kill the frame rate in a series that demands precise movements.

[@H0lyMoley]

@@juststatedtheobvious9633 Sadly, I never got to play The Cyber Shinobi. ...Actually I don't know why I'd be sad about that. I'm a little depressed that Shinobi 3, of all the great Shinobi games, should be the one that scores highest though. I always felt that was seriously overrated. The new movement tech is great, but they kept in the "one hit gets rid of the powerup that makes the bosses trivial" mechanic which was everyone's least favorite thing about Revenge of Shinobi, and the level design was just... not good. Really not good. Terrible level after terrible level really killed the fun of the game for me. It had some great improvements too, with the running, jump tech, etc. Wish they'd been put into a better game.

[@juststatedtheobvious9633]

@@H0lyMoley Finally, someone else says it. I much preferred Shadow Dancer on the Genesis, despite the one hit deaths. They had to actually design the levels, instead of asking you to just power your way through their lack of imagination.

[@H0lyMoley]

@@juststatedtheobvious9633 Did really like Shadow Dancer. It had some great tunes as well (another thing Shinobi 3 bizarrely lacked. They really went overboard making the music complex, missing the simple but insanely catching tunes in Revenge and Shadow Dancer.)

[@pk_1584]

Long comment below. ⏬ ⏬ Seeing Sonic being this low is very questionable. The funny thing is that most sonic games that gotten low scores by critics (0-49%) aren't even considered bad. Except for a few games like Shadow, Secret Rings, 06 (06 had decent moments, but I get why people hate it.) and Rise of Lyrics. Here's an example of a low scored sonic game that I and others considered good: Sonic and the Black Knights (Decent writing, awesome characterization, last good sonic story. I never really liked the gameplay. This and Sonic Unleashed felt like truly the last sonic games where Sonic Team had tried.) *Tl;dr* Not all low scored Sonic Games are bad. Journalists (Mainly IGN, Metacritics, Gamespot and Nintendo Life) just sucks at reviewing at Sonic games.

[@markelcraig5042]

Incredible take on this list for SEGA. Next year, can you do Capcom?

[@JoJoBeast]

Love the Shining series especially Shining force 2

[@darthpaul99]

Shining Force 1 & 2 fantastic games!

[@ColinLack]

Valkyria Chronicles is my favourite franchise from Sega. I want a VC5 soon.

[@roryk101]

I love valkyria chronicles, excellent gameplay, fun story and characters, just overall great

[@goofyfish17]

Was not expecting Sonic at #38, especially since most of the franchises after it I haven't even heard of.

[@TravestyJunction]

Sega Bass fishin' bein' ahead of Sonic made my day. There are so many good Sega Bass games compared to how many terrible Sonic games there are. Honestly, should have been even higher too but I'm guessin' some reviewers just hate sports.

[@Sly88Frye]

Just finished watching the entire list. I've heard about valkyria chronicles but never played any of the games. That's really incredible how consistent that franchise ended up being

[@ankr3w1]

Quick shout out to Yakuza: Like a Dragon. I didn't really get it for the first few hours , then I got sucked right in. I love that game with a passion. Advice to anyone, don't be turned away by not knowing or thinking you'll enjoy a Yakuza game. I was the same. If you like JRPGs it is a must play.

[@BENfromSUNDIAL]

It bears mentioning that the Alex Kidd remake you showed and mentioned in passing just came out in June 2021. Hard to write it off as forgotten when it’s a new release. You can switch between the original and updated versions any time, with a trigger.

[@mariano3716]

But it's just not good. Decent, but not good.

[@lunakingsley.7247]

@@mariano3716 the original was better but to be fair Sega also has been doing sonic for years so.. also this list is being a little unfair as it counts modern views when it really shouldn't.

[@synthetic20]

You really should've broken Sonic into 2D and 3D (especially since you broke Sonic Advance into another series). The games are fundamentally different enough to make that differentiation, and it would have given Sonic a more respectable placing on the list. (I will admit that the Adventure series couldn't be included, since it has only had 2 games.) I'm not even a Sonic fan, but if you get hate from Sonic fans, I feel like it's at least somewhat warranted. (Though the rabidity of any such hatred will likely be several volumes too high.)

[@ChrisTomson]

But even the “2D” games have 3D elements (or 2D elements made to look 3D).

[@jordyaguilar946]

He shouldn't had added the spin off games since it's easier just put sonic advance with the other sonic portable games like on the ds or even Sonic the Hedhehog for the Neo Geo pocket

[@Tom-jw7ii]

It’s still all just Sonic. Splitting it up into 2D and 3D is kinda arbitrary.

[@THENAMEISQUICKMAN]

@@Tom-jw7ii they did it for Mario...

[@Tom-jw7ii]

@@THENAMEISQUICKMAN They shouldn’t have.

[@CrystalBeastGuy]

I have very fond memories of Phantasy Star Universe. Playing it for years on my Xbox 360 with friends. Funny enough they stopped charging my parents credit card at the time for the remainder of its lifepsan as a game so I played it for free for years. Ill always remember the last day of that game and how everyone went to the Falz Memorial to hang out with the GM's before they pulled the plug. xSTx Zach was my character name if anyone was on at the time!

[@nickywampole3306]

Yakuza is by far my fav sega franchise the characters story fighting side characters bosses music always amazing

[@THENAMEISQUICKMAN]

Yakuza, Streets of Rage, Sega Rally, Persona and Virtua Fighter make up my top 5, but Yakuza will always be number one.

[@OfficialFingazMC]

Woop, the one we've all been waiting for!

[@RaphaelRemington6969]

This damn channel needs more goddamn subscribers what are youtubers busy doing I don’t get it nice work on the video, people.

[@witecatj6007]

From what I understand, Atlus won't release Devil Summoner because the original source code went missing/was destroyed accidentally (reports vary). It is a shame. Soul Hackers was the last great old school SMT game and still holds up. To bad we may never play the original. Also Raido Kuzinoha needs a new game. He is way too cool to not get a new one.

[@ironwolf2277]

It was awesome that you could slot Sonic 3 in Knuckles for the Genesis. It opened up more areas of the map with Knuckles that normally Sonic couldn't get to.

[@eh.meh.493]

that dragon in monster world 4 or wonder boy or wtfever is facking adorable

[@fdxpunk]

Hanagumi Taisen Columns 2 is my favourite battle game between friends :(

[@misterz6878]

I would really love to see you guys do a video on every castlevania game

[@RyanBrown2K5]

They recently did.

[@Sly88Frye]

I remember in an arcade a long time ago sometime in the 2000s I think. I was still a teenager at the time, but I remember that virtual on game or at least one of them in the arcade and it was fun.

[@illegaleagle9041]

You forgot to account for: Phantasy Star Portable 2:Infinifty. An expansion toward the portable installment of Portable 2 and perhaps the game in its best form. Remained in Japan only AfterBurner Climax: Removed from digital distribution... but I had heard it scored decently. Shinobi 3D on the 3DS! It exists!... I think!

[@dhall888]

I use to love playing initial d at my arcade in the mid 00s when they got it, had a card that saved all your info, it was freaking tight. I miss that game

[@Llucmenork]

Had Bonanza Bros had sequels for the GBA and DS, I assure you it would rank top 10.

[@desposyy]

As much as I believe the good sonic games have done amazing things...the crap games really drag the series whole down

[@TheJostler]

Nice job! I feel like you guys missed Daytona USA, Eternal Champions, and Toe Jam and Earl though. I'm telling Adam.

[@jackofallgamesTV]

There were only 2 EC games, but if one wanted to count spinoffs of the character before they entered the contest in limbo, there was Chicago Syndicate for Game Gear and one other game. Daytona never got sequels, just updates. But they made 4 TJ&E games, 1, Panic on Funkitron, the new release (if they count Shenmue as a Sega series despite the third game ridding itself of all Sega elements, the TJ&E should count too) plus Ready Aim Tomatoes on the Menacer 6 pack

[@TheJostler]

@@jackofallgamesTV yea I think Xperts was an EC spin-off… but idk if they counted Nights, surely they would have counted Toe Jam and Earl, especially with the newest release (which I heard was decent)

[@THENAMEISQUICKMAN]

@@jackofallgamesTV There are literally games called Daytona USA 2 and Daytona USA 3. And Daytona 2001 on the Dreamcast is also a unique game. Daytona USA 2 in particular is up there as one of the greatest arcade games ever that never came home.

[@jackofallgamesTV]

@@THENAMEISQUICKMAN i never heard of them. But now that I think of it. There was Championship Circuit Edition, and NetLink edition. I guess Sega had so many games that a few slip the mind of a few people.

[@revolution4189]

Finally a channel talks about all Sega not just retro

[@Spacemutiny]

Yesssssss! Love these lists.

[@lafeelabriel]

As undeniably odd ball as Sakura Wars sounds, and, absolutely, *is* , you can not deny that it has some seriously dedicated fans. And one seriously dedicated original cast, as they were the ones to keep the dream alive between 5 and the remake with their live action shows.

[@lafeelabriel]

Can find quite a few vids of them on this very site, including more than a few of the cast singing the very catchy opening tune^^

[@sbell2571]

Genuine question. Why is Sonic Boom not lumped in with the rest of the core series?

[@RyanBrown2K5]

It's not a part of the core series. It's a non-canon spinoff adaptation taking place in a different universe.

[@mr_indie_fan]

when ristar isnt a franchise because its only one game:

[@axeoseilez3207]

Apt description of the Yakuza series well done.

[@shanobian]

Id like to see an updated remaster indie style of doki doki penguin. Also what does tempo look like a precursor to Rayman

[@havok84]

Shining the Holy ARC, Virtual On and Panzer Dragoon were all great games on the Sega Saturn. I used to play Virtual On in the arcade, which was amazing, the console port was no where near its arcade version.