Sega

Sega
Type	Subsidiary
Founded	June 3, 1960
Headquarters	Shinagawa, Tokyo
Key people	Hajime Satomi Hisao Oguchi Mike Hayes Yu Suzuki Takashi Iizuka
Industry	Video Games
Products	Various Video Games SG-1000 Master System Sega Genesis Game Gear Sega CD Sega Pico Sega 32X Sega Saturn Dreamcast
Employees	5,349 (Sega Sammy Holdings "Entertainment Contents Business")
Parent	Sega Sammy Holdings
Website	http://www.sega.com (US) http://www.sega.co.uk (Europe) http://www.sega.co.jp (Japanese, Japan)

Sega Corporation (株式会社セガ, Kabushiki-kaisha Sega), officially stylized as SEGA, is a multinational video game software and hardware development company, and a home computer and former console manufacturer headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world. The company is famous for many notable game franchises, including Sonic the Hedgehog, Bayonetta, Virtua Fighter, Puyo Puyo, Yakuza, Phantasy Star, Sakura Wars, and Valkyria Chronicles.

Sega was notably Nintendo's greatest rival company during the fourth generation console war with the launch of the Sega Genesis. While the company had significant success with both arcades and home consoles during that time, it would quickly decline following poor sales of later consoles, especially in western regions, and consequent internal conflicts. On March 31st, 2001, the Dreamcast was discontinued and Sega restructured itself as a third-party software developer for multiple platforms. Since then, the company has made frequent collaborations with Nintendo, including releasing exclusive games for their consoles and occasionally developing games involving their IPs, such as F-Zero GX, F-Zero AX and the Mario & Sonic crossover sports series.

On October 1st, 2004, they merged with Japanese pachinko company Sammy Corporation to form Sega Sammy Holdings, but still exist as a subsidiary of the company. On September 2013, Sega Sammy Holdings acquired Atlus, obtaining the publishing rights for franchises such as the Megami Tensei series and its various subseries such as Persona.

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Sega was described as being in "special collaboration" with Nintendo regarding Sonic's inclusion in Brawl, where he and Solid Snake became the first third-party characters to appear in the series. Additionally, other characters from the Sonic franchise, such as Shadow, Tails, Knuckles, and Silver, have minor roles in Brawl, and the iconic Sonic level, Green Hill Zone, appears as a stage. Content from F-Zero GX also makes its Super Smash Bros. debut in this game in the form of music, stickers and updated designs of featured F-Zero characters.

Jun Senoue was brought in to do an arrangement for the Sonic the Hedgehog series, Angel Island Zone.

In Super Smash Bros. 4

Sega's mascot Sonic returns as a third-party character in Super Smash Bros. 4. Additionally, Windy Hill Zone, a stage from their Nintendo (3DS/Wii U) exclusive Sonic Lost World, appears in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, while Green Hill Zone returns from Brawl in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS. Two Mii Brawler costumes based on Akira Yuki and Jacky Bryant from Sega's Virtua Fighter series appear as downloadable content. In addition, Mii costumes based off Knuckles and Tails appear for the Mii Brawlers and the Mii Gunners, respectively. Bayonetta from the Bayonetta series is another newcomer, available as DLC. She is Sega's second playable fighter in Super Smash Bros.

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Both Sonic and Bayonetta return as third-party playable characters. In addition, the Green Hill Zone stage returns from Brawl and for 3DS as well as the Windy Hill Zone stage from for Wii U and the Umbra Clock Tower stage from both versions of Smash 4. Shadow returns as an Assist Trophy. Knuckles, Rodin, and Akira Yuki also debut as new Assist Trophies. Akira and Jacky Bryant also return as Mii Brawler costumes. Joker from Persona 5, developed and published by Sega's subsidiary Atlus, makes an appearance as a DLC character.

Jun Senoue makes a return to Ultimate with Mega Man 4 Medley, along with new arrangers for Ultimate with Tomoya Ohtani with Bomb Rush Blush, Takenobu Mitsuyoshi with F-ZERO Medley, and Hideaki Kobayashi with Midna's Lament.

Trivia

• With three characters originating from Sega properties in Ultimate, they tie with Konami, Capcom, and Square Enix for the most characters of all third-party companies. Like Square Enix, all three fighters are unique, with no Echoes. Unlike Square Enix however, all three Sega fighters come from different series.
  • Additionally, all three characters and their respective universes were created by different companies; Sonic was created by Sonic Team, Bayonetta was created by PlatinumGames, and Joker was created by Atlus.
  • All three playable fighters have their victory themes taken directly from their home games. However, in Bayonetta’s case, the theme itself isn’t from the Bayonetta games, but the individual parts are directly taken. In Sonic’s case in Ultimate, the Act Clear from Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) was sped up and slightly abridged.

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