TOKYO - NEC Home Electronics announced that it is building two titles for Sega's new console, the Dreamcast. In Japan, the company revealed information about both titles on Thursday.
Seven Cross, a simulation/RPG, will merge 3D exploration with a life simulator. As you fight and eat other life-forms, your character begins to evolve. One option will allow you to choose how you evolve. As you evolve, you'll gain access to explore more areas such as the highlands or the sea.Seven Cross will have more than 810,000 life-forms for you to battle, eat, and use to evolve. The game is scheduled for release on November 20.
The other game, Sengoku Turb, is a comical action-RPG title set in a fully polygonal world. The main character of the game is a little girl named Jino-chan. During the space flight, her spaceship was forced to land on the planet Lion. On this planet, a war between two countries, Cat and Sheep, has broken out. She joins the war as chief of army on the side of the Cat.... As it sounds, there will be lots of wacky, kiddy, and comical battles in the game. Sengoku Turb is scheduled for a winter release.
If you remember, NEC HE launched a gaming console called the PC-FX a few years ago, which failed in the consumer marketplace. Perhaps NEC with the teams behind its PowerVR line of graphics chip can safely transfer its technical knowledge and finally succeed in the console market.