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With their next console, the Saturn, Sega announced that it would release on September 2nd, 1995, but surprised everyone when they later announced the Saturn would actually release ahead of schedule on May 11th. This angered developers, distributors and potential consumers by not being informed ahead of time and subsequently not have adequate time to prepare. The Saturn would be outsold by the Sony Playstation and later the Nintendo 64. Sega would try once again to win people over in 1998 with the launch of the Dreamcast. While initially having a successful launch, sales would slow down almost immediately to due the high price and was completely overshadowed by the Playstation 2 in 2000. On January 31st, 2001, Sega announced that it would officially pull out of the console market and officially become a third party developer and publisher, which is how it operates today. On October 1st, 2004, they merged with Japanese pachinko company {{s|wikipedia|Sammy Corporation}} to form {{s|wikipedia|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 ''{{s|wikipedia|Megami Tensei}}'' series and its various subseries such as {{uv|Persona}}. | With their next console, the Saturn, Sega announced that it would release on September 2nd, 1995, but surprised everyone when they later announced the Saturn would actually release ahead of schedule on May 11th. This angered developers, distributors and potential consumers by not being informed ahead of time and subsequently not have adequate time to prepare. The Saturn would be outsold by the Sony Playstation and later the Nintendo 64. Sega would try once again to win people over in 1998 with the launch of the Dreamcast. While initially having a successful launch, sales would slow down almost immediately to due the high price and was completely overshadowed by the Playstation 2 in 2000. On January 31st, 2001, Sega announced that it would officially pull out of the console market and officially become a third party developer and publisher, which is how it operates today. On October 1st, 2004, they merged with Japanese pachinko company {{s|wikipedia|Sammy Corporation}} to form {{s|wikipedia|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 ''{{s|wikipedia|Megami Tensei}}'' series and its various subseries such as {{uv|Persona}}. | ||
Currently headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world. The company is famous for many notable game franchises, including {{uv|Sonic the Hedgehog}}, {{uv|Bayonetta}}, {{uv|Virtua Fighter}}, ''Puyo Puyo'', ''Yakuza'', ''Phantasy Star'', ''Sakura Wars'', and ''Valkyria Chronicles''. Sega was notably [[Nintendo]]'s greatest rival company during the fourth generation {{s|wikipedia|console war}} with the launch of the Sega Genesis | Currently headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world. The company is famous for many notable game franchises, including {{uv|Sonic the Hedgehog}}, {{uv|Bayonetta}}, {{uv|Virtua Fighter}}, ''Puyo Puyo'', ''Yakuza'', ''Phantasy Star'', ''Sakura Wars'', and ''Valkyria Chronicles''. Sega was notably [[Nintendo]]'s greatest rival company during the fourth generation {{s|wikipedia|console war}} with the launch of the Sega Genesis. 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 (universe)|''F-Zero GX'', ''F-Zero AX'']] and the [[Mario (universe)|''Mario & Sonic'']] crossover sports series. | ||
==In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''== | ==In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''== | ||