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02-12-2009, 10:01 PM
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Alright folks, we're going to be straight with you: We have no idea what this is. Sega of Japan (http://sega.jp/project_ringo/) has dropped an almost teaser/maybe ARG, definitely confusing and certainly ambiguous flash animation on its website (http://sega.jp/project_ringo/) under the moniker "Project RINGO" (its capitalization, not ours). Aside from the notably monochromatic 2D image in the animation, the text "What happens? ... next_2.24" appears at the end, and source code is provided for a Flash doodad you'll find after the break. We're guessing the "2.24" reference is a countdown to the 24th of February. Oh and that Flash doodad after the break? It's an equation ending with the numbers "247" -- as in 24/7.
We don't know much else, but we can speculate:
-Is Sega making an iPhone game? "Ringo" = "Apple" in Japanese. "Project Apple" could be a game for the iPhone we've ever heard of or seen. You'll presumably play it 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and undoubtedly be picking apples.
-Will "Project RINGO" finally unveil Sonic the Hedgehog creator Yuji Naka's platformer (http://www.joystiq.com/2008/10/09/sonic-creators-studio-working-on-sonic-like-game/) from Sega subsidiary (and Naka's company) Prope (http://www.joystiq.com/tag/prope)? Speaking with Gamasutra (http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=20587) at last year's Tokyo Game Show, Naka said, "At Prope, we're actually actually planning on making a game like Sonic right now." That was four months ago.
-Is Sega making a game about NiGHTS and Sonic having a child who juggles apples and likes club music? Clearly the most likely choice.
Join in the speculation fun yourself in the comments!
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Alright folks, we're going to be straight with you: We have no idea what this is. Sega of Japan (http://sega.jp/project_ringo/) has dropped an almost teaser/maybe ARG, definitely confusing and certainly ambiguous flash animation on its website (http://sega.jp/project_ringo/) under the moniker "Project RINGO" (its capitalization, not ours). Aside from the notably monochromatic 2D image in the animation, the text "What happens? ... next_2.24" appears at the end, and source code is provided for a Flash doodad you'll find after the break. We're guessing the "2.24" reference is a countdown to the 24th of February. Oh and that Flash doodad after the break? It's an equation ending with the numbers "247" -- as in 24/7.
We don't know much else, but we can speculate:
-Is Sega making an iPhone game? "Ringo" = "Apple" in Japanese. "Project Apple" could be a game for the iPhone we've ever heard of or seen. You'll presumably play it 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and undoubtedly be picking apples.
-Will "Project RINGO" finally unveil Sonic the Hedgehog creator Yuji Naka's platformer (http://www.joystiq.com/2008/10/09/sonic-creators-studio-working-on-sonic-like-game/) from Sega subsidiary (and Naka's company) Prope (http://www.joystiq.com/tag/prope)? Speaking with Gamasutra (http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=20587) at last year's Tokyo Game Show, Naka said, "At Prope, we're actually actually planning on making a game like Sonic right now." That was four months ago.
-Is Sega making a game about NiGHTS and Sonic having a child who juggles apples and likes club music? Clearly the most likely choice.
Join in the speculation fun yourself in the comments!
[Via SegaOnline.nl (http://www.segaonline.nl/blog/2009/02/12/project-ringo/)]Continue reading Sega teases ... something ... called 'Project RINGO' (http://www.joystiq.com/2009/02/12/sega-teases-something-called-project-ringo/)
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