SEGA of Japan has just announced that Fantasy Zone II will be joining the 3D Classics line of retro games on the Nintendo 3DS. The latest entry in the 3D Classics series will release on the eShop on July 16 for 762 yen.
This version includes the Mark III (Master System) and System 16 arcade versions, and like the rest of the 3D Classics, Fantasy Zone II will feature stereoscopic 3D visuals.It will also feature several new modes, like Fantasy Zone II Link Loop Land, which is essentially an endless loop challenge to see how far you can proceed and how many points you can earn before dying.
While only the first series of 3D Classics have been released in North America and Europe, Japan is already deep in its second series, with the original Fantasy Zone, OutRun and After Burner II have already been released. We were hoping to see some of these games announced for a Western release during E3, but that sadly didn’t come to pass.
I suppose that’s just SEGA being SEGA, right?
Oh yeah, SEGA of Japan has opened an official Fantasy Zone II site, so you can go there and see screens and read poorly translated Japanese text.
I literally bought a 3DS because of the Sega 3D classics. Fantasy Zone was one of my first games ever, and holds up so well. We missed the Japan only Fantasy Zone Collection here, we better no miss these 3D remakes. Is it that hard to transfer digital games from one e-store to another? If the translation is the issue, why not just leave it in Japanese (better than no games at all, right)? Or better yet, they should release all the games we missed as a bundle, physically or digitally. Sega, you NEED to get these classic games to the U.S.!