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Wednesday Jul 22, 2009
Sega at San Diego Comic-con Day 1
Here we are, sunny San Diego for Comic-con! The weather is nice and we are getting accustomed to our home away from home for the next five days. So what have we done today? Well, we had a chance to go through the convention hall, see a bit of the area, do some fun out of office emails via phones and get ready for the main event this week!
The show officially kicks off tomorrow with the doors opening at 9 am, but tonight there was a preview night, a pre-show chance to check out some special unveilings and get your hands on some nice gear from the floor. Sega was there in force with the full community team (woo) and everyone who will be manning the booth during the next four days.
This is my first Comic-con, I missed out on the trek to New York earlier in the year. I’ve done one smaller fan focused convention, but this is nothing like I’ve ever seen. The closest I know is E3, which is a beast in and of itself, but Comic-con is a consumer show with massive crowds, or so I’m told. Looking at preview night, I was a bit taken aback by the masses of people walking through the space. Overheard by too many people to count: “This is the busiest Preview Night I’ve ever seen.” I’m anticipating the next few days to be absolutely slammed, and can’t wait to see it!
As you can see from the photos posted, the Sega Booth is equipped with four playable games including, Planet 51, Bleach: The 3rd Phantom, Bayonetta, and Iron Man 2. Fun stuff! Look out for some upcoming blogs about a few of those tonight, we are all hitting the laptops and doing some posts about the stuff we saw.
Posted by Clumsyorchid in Bayonetta, Bleach: The 3rd Phantom, Iron Man 2, Planet 51, San Diego Comic Con 2009, Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing on 9:38:41PM Jul 22, 2009
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Comment # 1
Sega needs to make a SERIOUS comeback. Drop the new Sonic and go back to your roots. Only then can you achieve greatness again.
Posted by Salamahn on July 22nd, 2009 at 10:10 pm
Comment # 2
Gotta love the Bayonetta image!
Posted by Tristan on July 23rd, 2009 at 7:19 am
Comment # 3
Wow Salamahn. You know, there are people out there who actually LIKE the new Sonic games. One of them being me. The world is moving forward, and you should too. Stop complaining about the new Sonic games, and go play them and enjoy them, like they were meant to be. Not ridiculed by older fans who wish for days past.
Anyway, back on topic…I wish I could be there! I would love to just stand in front of the All-Stars Racing screen and talk about how much I can’t wait for it. XD
Posted by Kellie Davidson on July 23rd, 2009 at 7:47 am
Comment # 4
I see myself as Kage, but I can’t believe my headband is all the way above my head.
Posted by Kori-Maru on July 23rd, 2009 at 9:06 am
Comment # 5
Hey, is that a Shenmue booth in the first photo?
Posted by エメル on July 23rd, 2009 at 11:14 am
Comment # 6
:C can’t wait until the news about Sonic & Sega all stars racing
Posted by Axl-fox on July 23rd, 2009 at 2:45 pm
Comment # 7
Why was AvP NOT at Comic Con? Seriously AvP started as a comic series, who thought it would be better to show freakin’ Planet 51?… really?… REALLY?
Posted by Ryan on July 23rd, 2009 at 8:58 pm
Comment # 8
Just because YOU don’t like Planet 51 doesn’t mean that other people don’t. The reasons are varied and complicated, but yes, it was the right choice.
Posted by Kellie on July 24th, 2009 at 8:11 am
Comment # 9
Total agreed Salamahn…
I hope Sega treat Sonic with more respect and less business
Posted by Saberyoko on July 24th, 2009 at 3:12 pm
Comment # 10
Kellie I’ll get back to you when the reviews come in for AvP and Planet 51.
You’re preaching to Sega fans here, not the kids that will enjoy movie games… What do you expect.
Posted by Ryan on July 24th, 2009 at 5:14 pm
Comment # 11
No Salamahn, I don’t think Sega should drop the new Sonic. What they SHOULD do is give Sonic a much needed break and take more time with their games. But dropping their flagship character enitirely isn’t going to help Sega.
Posted by sonicfan on July 25th, 2009 at 2:40 pm
Comment # 12
Salamahn: Completely rude and totally off-topic. Realize that if that they did that, there would be an entire hoarde of fans that don’t mind the 3D games that would be completely irate, and that would NOT be good for business. If the fanbase can’t make its mind up on what direction it wants the series to take, why the heck should SEGA listen? They’re better off just doing what they want, at least it still sells. And why the heck is it that improving Sonic’s status is the ONLY way to improve SEGA’s cred, eh? They’ve been on a roll with plenty of high quality games that DON’T involve Sonic; you should play them sometime.
sonicfan has a point, either a hiatus, or giving Sonic games a decent amount of development time.
Posted by iNAUDiBLE on July 26th, 2009 at 11:51 am
Comment # 13
Sega’s roots come from an arcade style of play. This was the image to push. But when people think SEGA today, they think washed up, has been, afterthought. As I said, “Sega needs to make a SERIOUS comeback. Drop the new Sonic and go back to your roots. Only then can you achieve greatness again.” I mean what I say and I say what I mean. Take it or leave it. Besides, those of you who didn’t agree with that probably WANTED to see SEGA fail in the first place.
Posted by Salamahn on December 20th, 2010 at 11:23 pm