Skies Of Arcadia – could this Dreamcast favourite be making a comeback over 20 years later? (pic: Sega)



A new rumour says Sega is remastering cult classic Skies Of Arcadia, but doesn’t specify for which platforms.



In 2021, Sega mentioned wanting to bring back dormant IPs but, since then, it hasn’t really followed through with those plans, aside from a new Samba De Amigo that was announced for Nintendo Switch last month.



There were reports last year of big budget reboots for Crazy Taxi and Jet Set Radio but aside from them being namedropped in a recent survey , Sega hasn’t acknowledged either project.



Now, there’s chatter of the company reviving its cult classic role-player Skies Of Arcadia with a new remaster.



Skies Of Arcadia originally launched as a Sega Dreamcast exclusive in 2001 and is widely considered to be one of the console’s best games.



Unfortunately, it underperformed commercially and didn’t appear to do that much better when it was ported to the Nintendo GameCube in 2003.



Although Sega didn’t mention Skies Of Arcadia in its 2021 list of dormant IPs it was considering reviving, XboxEra’s Nick ‘Shpeshal’ Baker claims that it is getting the remaster treatment.



He even goes so far as to say, ‘If this thing doesn’t come out, it’s because Sega chose not to [sic] cause I’ve seen screenshots, so I know it exists.’ You can hear his comments from the 2:02:24 mark in the video below.









Baker has proven to be an accurate source in the past, having correctly leaked Lego 2K Drive’s title before the official announcement .



He doesn’t mention what platforms Skies Of Arcadia could launch for, although a safe bet would be the Nintendo Switch, given it was previously a GameCube title.



That said, there were cancelled plans to port the game to PlayStation 2 and PC, and a multiplatform release would help it reach a wider audience.



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Skies Of Arcadia has never seen any sort of re-release since the GameCube era, so it’s not as if the original game is easily accessible on modern systems.



Considering we now live in a world where something like Baten Kaitos and its sequel can get a modern remaster, Sega doing the same thing for Skies Of Arcadia isn’t too implausible, especially given its cult status.









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