{"id":13465,"date":"2018-04-16T21:29:11","date_gmt":"2018-04-17T01:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/?p=13465"},"modified":"2018-04-16T21:29:11","modified_gmt":"2018-04-17T01:29:11","slug":"sega-revives-sega-ages-on-the-nintendo-switch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/2018\/04\/sega-revives-sega-ages-on-the-nintendo-switch\/","title":{"rendered":"SEGA Revives SEGA AGES on the Nintendo Switch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SEGA of America announced today that <strong>SEGA AGES<\/strong>, the original series that brought classic games to modern consoles, is being rebooted for Nintendo Switch. This series of retro titles will be launching in Japan, North America, and Europe starting in Summer 2018.<\/p>\n<p>The first five SEGA AGES titles have been announced, including such games as the Sega Master System versions of <em>Phantasy Star<\/em> and <em>Alex Kidd in Miracle World<\/em>, Sega Genesis versions of <em>Thunder Force IV<\/em> and <em>Sonic the Hedgehog<\/em>, as well as a port of the original arcade version of <em>Gain Ground<\/em>. This collection will mark the first time that several SEGA titles have had official launches in the West. <\/p>\n<p>More details about the first batch of SEGA AGES releases are on the way soon.<\/p>\n<p>Developed by M2, the Japanese developer known for ports of classic games such as the popular <em>SEGA 3D Classics<\/em> series on the Nintendo 3DS, <em>SEGA AGES<\/em> aims to bring prominent titles from SEGA&#8217;s legacy catalog to fans around the world. From a selection of home console classics, to a multitude of perfectly-emulated arcade games, <em>SEGA AGES<\/em> gives fans the ability to build their own retro SEGA collection unlike any other.<\/p>\n<p><center> <\/p>\n<div class=\"tumblr-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/embed.tumblr.com\/embed\/post\/jQUko9niqkGxW6XoVVWQ4w\/173013748645\" data-did=\"53498727d8404aafcb73a078a0dc428f85b27a90\"><a href=\"http:\/\/darkainartsgamers.tumblr.com\/post\/173013748645\/more-at-httpgamersdarkainartscom\">http:\/\/darkainartsgamers.tumblr.com\/post\/173013748645\/more-at-httpgamersdarkainartscom<\/a><\/div>\n<p>  <script async src=\"https:\/\/assets.tumblr.com\/post.js\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SEGA of America announced today that SEGA AGES, the original series that brought classic games to modern consoles, is being rebooted for Nintendo Switch. This series of retro titles will be launching in Japan, North America, and Europe starting in Summer 2018. The first five SEGA AGES titles have been announced, including such games as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13467,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1530],"tags":[1789,76,2124],"class_list":["post-13465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nintendo-switch","tag-nintendo-switch","tag-sega","tag-sega-ages"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/sega_ages.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6HXYU-3vb","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16442,"url":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/2019\/10\/sega-ages-titles-ichidant-r-and-columns-ii-coming-in-october\/","url_meta":{"origin":13465,"position":0},"title":"Sega Ages titles Ichidant-R and Columns II coming in October","date":"October 5, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"SEGA AGES brings the challenge with two puzzle games arriving on October 17th only for Nintendo Switch. 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