Resonance of Fate: SEGA's new RPG

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On Friday, SEGA and tri-Ace Inc. announced that they have formed a partnership in order to create a new role-playing game called Resonance of Fate. Tokyo's tri-Ace Inc. are the developers of this new entrant to the Xbox and PlayStation 3 systems, and they claim to be working on a ground-breaking product.

The first screenshots we've seen are gorgeous. Beautiful art and environmental design, and a look that reminds me more than a little of the Final Fantasy series. Sega promises "realistic gunplay and engrossing action". How they plan to have realistic gunplay in an RPG with giant robots and (presumably) magic, I'm not entirely certain.

Posted on Mon, 18 May 2009 08:00:00 CDT | by Robert Evans

Sega Body Trainer will come as ITAMI Fitrainer to U.S.

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Imagine you have a little dwarf sitting in your ear that tells you what to do. Well, this is kind of what the ITAMI FiTrainer is. Earlier this year Sega announced the Sega Body Trainer gadget in Japan. Now ITAMI USA informed us that they will market and sell the Sega Body Trainer under the ITAMI brand and the new fitness gadget is called Fitrainer in the United States.
The virtual electronic body trainer in the shape of a headset tells you exactly how you should exercise to achieve maximum results.

FiTrainer uses the Karvonen Method to determine your ideal “Training Heart Rate” (THR), a system that was developed in association with the IPA and recommended by the American College of Sports Medicine. Three exercise modes tailored for walking, jogging and aerobics. Varied workout levels test your physical condition. Read more

Posted on Fri, 24 Oct 2008 09:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sega Vision portable Media Device coming

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Sega is apparently getting back in the console business with a new portable gaming and media player dubbed Sega Vision.
The Sega Vision is more a media device than a gaming console, which is kind of odd for Sega.
Features of the Sega Vision include MP4 movie player, digital TV tuner, MP3 player, 2GB integrated memory, video and photo camera, eBook reader, and Java mini games. Read more

Posted on Sat, 4 Oct 2008 05:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sega LIVEDREAM leaves you scratching your Head

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Sega Toys just introduced a weird new music gadget in Japan dubbed LIVEDREAM. LIVEDREAM resembles a Rockband stage with drums, keyboard, guitar, bass and light system.

You can choose from a pre-set list of tracks including classics like Purple Haze and Smoke On The Water, that LIVEDREAM should "perform". You can add and remove the instruments and LIVEDREAM would start or respectively stop playing that instrument automatically. Read more

Posted on Thu, 2 Oct 2008 05:07:17 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sega E.M.A. female Robot is actually WowWee Femisapien

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Yesterday Sega announced the E.M.A. (via CrunchGear ) female robot toy in Japan. Robotsrule points out that this robot is actually made by WowWee and is called Femisapien. The Sega E.M.A. is just adapted for the Japanese market.

The WowWee Femisapien is schedule for a late summer release in the U.S. for $99. Read more

Posted on Fri, 13 Jun 2008 03:04:45 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sega Superstars Tennis Review

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OCModShop published a review of the Sega Superstars Tennis available on Nintendo Wii and DS, Sony PS3 and Xbox 360.

Quote from the review: "Wii players have been crossing their fingers that Sega Superstars Tennis would be the answer to our tennis itch. A fun, interactive, accurate tennis game would be to die for. Does Sega Superstars fill the void? Eh kinda. Read more

Posted on Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sega Updates Dreamcast Trademark Spurring Rumors

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Rumors were running rampant this week when Sega update its trademark on its old school Dreamcast console name. Many thought this was a sure sign that Sega was getting a Dreamcast 2 ready to battle the other console giants.

The trademark covers a wide gamut of products from controllers to the game console itself. It would make more sense to me for Sega to be getting a new line of gaming controllers ready for other manufacturers console gaming systems. Read more

Posted on Fri, 7 Dec 2007 14:21:58 CST | by Shane McGlaun

Sega introduces Game Line-up for E3 2007

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SEGA announced its line-up for the E3 2007 show in LA. The video game maker will debut 13 titles developed for the Wii system from Nintendo, the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, and PLAYSTATION 3 computer entertainment system.

Highlights of new SEGA games include: Bleach for Wii, The Club and The Golden Compass.
Details about all new SEGA game announcements at the E3 can be found below. Read more

Posted on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 08:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sega Dream Chick is a Hot Easter Gadget

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Happy Easter! Check out this new little robot chick from Sega toys.

The Segatoys Dream Chick is supposed a chick 20 days after its birth.
When being held, the little chick will flap its little wings.
Pad on its head or back and the chick will chirp happily.
The little baby chicken measures 65×60×95mm and is powered by batteries. Read more

Posted on Fri, 6 Apr 2007 04:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Cool Sega iFlower

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The Sega Toys iFlower or iSmile is an interactive plant that moves to your music and does things like tell the time.

As you can see in the photo this weird gadget is surprisingly stylish.
Leaves will move and the flower petals will flash with different colors when activated. The iSmile can also be used as PC speaker. Depending on the style of music the LCD display shows different smiley faces and expressions.

Gadget shop Brando sells this desk toy for $39.99.
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Posted on Thu, 25 Jan 2007 08:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sega Life-Size Robot Pony

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Sega Toys announces a life-sized robot Pony in Japan.

The Pony is part of Sega's dream pet series, which already includes several robot pets.

Sensors inside the Pony react to sounds, touch and light. Ears, head and tail move. The toy Pony also makes sounds.
Kids can sit on the 120cm tall Pony, but it is not moving. Read more

Posted on Sun, 17 Sep 2006 07:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sega Dreamcast Wristwatch

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If you are one of the die-hard Sega Dreamcast fans than this Sega Dreamcast Wristwatch is a must have for you.

The watch is shaped as the ancient Sega Dreamcast game console. Hidden under the disc cover is the analog time display. There are not many details available yet.

Japanese game exporter Play-Asia is offering the Dreamcast Wristwatch for pre-order at $129.90. The watch should ship September 29th. Read more

Posted on Sat, 5 Aug 2006 09:46:25 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sega Toys Mu-Bot for Apple iPod

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At the Toy Show 2006 in Tokyo the cute Mu-Bot music player accessory for iPods was shown.

I stumbled over the Mu-Bot in a Watch Impress (Japanese, More photos) report from the Toy Show. The Mu-Bot is actually offered by Sega Toys in cooperation with Avex Entertainment.

The Mu-Bot's hands are ear phones and the chord can be reeled inside the body of the little figure. It can be worn around the neck (see photo below). It is supposed to come in various colors in December. Read more

Posted on Sun, 16 Jul 2006 04:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sega Bakugan Battle Brawlers

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Sega Toys is announces another Anime and Game franchise called Bakugan Battle Brawlers available this summer in Japan and by 2009 around the world.

Sega Toys announced partnerships with Anime studios TMS Entertainment Ltd. and Japan Vistec Inc., Canadian toy maker Spin Master Ltd. and Canadian cable television and radio broadcaster Corus Entertainment Inc.

Sega targets Bakugan Battle Brawler at 9 to 11 year old boys.
Will it be as big as Pokemon? Who knows, at least it is not a card game. Read more

Posted on Wed, 19 Apr 2006 07:20:25 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sega Homestar Home Planetarium on Sale!

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We reported about the SegaToys Homestar last year, when the company introduced the unique gadget in Japan. Now AudioCubes is selling the Homestar internationally for $239.

With the Sega Homestar you can project the night sky onto your ceiling. Exchangable star slides show different areas of the night sky.
The Homestar is available in silver and black. Read more

Posted on Tue, 14 Feb 2006 09:34:40 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sega iFish Lower Price

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Japanese Gadget shop AudioCubes just listed the new Sega iFish for $59.

AudioCubes has proven to be the best source for color Sega iDogs during the Holidays. By the way the white Sega/Hasbro i-Dog is back in stock at Amazon.com.

AudioCubes is saying that the iFish will be in stock beginning February 5th. Read more

Posted on Tue, 31 Jan 2006 02:25:58 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sega iDog Capsule Toy

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For those who cannot get enough iDogs, there is an iDog Capsule Toy line.

The iDog Capsule toys come in six colors. The tiny iDogs have a little chain to connect them to keys or other things. See all iDog Capsule toys on this Sega page (Japanese).

The 'big' white i-Dog is in stock again on Amazon.com for $29.99. Read more

Posted on Fri, 27 Jan 2006 09:44:15 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

I4U Gadget Flyer: Sega iFish : Neomind : Koyono iPod Coat

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The Technology News Highlights for last week are:
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Posted on Sun, 22 Jan 2006 02:47:44 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sega iFish is Going on Sale

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Sega released a new music toy pet called the iFish in Japan.

Update:
Available at new Lower Price at AudioCubes

The iFish joins the hot selling iDog music dog. As the name implies the iFish has the shape of a fish. Sega's new iFish can move its tail and also 'swim' around on your desk on two wheels. It has 50 built-in 'healing' (ocean sounds, etc.) music tracks. A sensor reacts to movement and generates light effects on the iFish head. Connected to an MP3 player the fish reacts to the beats as the iDog is doing. Read more

Posted on Wed, 18 Jan 2006 06:04:23 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sega Toys Sound Carrier Gadget

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Sega Toys is offering a new multifunctional and very colorful music toy in Japan.

The Sega Sound Carrier looks like has a Tamagotchi function (pet mode) integrated besides, games, music games and voice recorder. The device has a small LCD screen and the face plate can be customized. Sega Toys is even offering face plates to print-out on color printers that can be put behind the transparent top.

I cannot find information how much memory this tricked-out Tamagotchi has. Read more

Posted on Thu, 10 Nov 2005 12:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Pink Sega iDog is Coming

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Sega announces in Japan a pink and a light blue version of the iDog (Hasbro i-Dog in US) music dog.

After the iPod white of the original iDog, a pink version had to come. To "Pink" a gadget is the trend for this holiday season. Just look at the pink RAZR for instance.
Sega already issued a special edition Atmos branded iDog.

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Gadget shop Audiocubes takes pre-orders for the pink and blue iDogs, which will ship on November 1st.
Segatoys iDog- Pink - $35
Segatoys idog iPod Speaker - Blue - $35
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Posted on Thu, 27 Oct 2005 08:31:29 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr