As theories swirl on what the upcoming Xbox showcase’s mystery reveal is, Sega is found to have filed new trademarks for one of its dormant IPs. Between the likes of Jet Set Radio, Crazy Taxi, and Shinobi, Sega is going all in on reviving several of its classic IPs. Not just through games, but movies as well.
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It hasn’t provided an update on any of those projects since their reveals, but it has continued to announce new ones – with a Virtua Fighter revival debuting at The Game Awards 2024. Now, there’re rumblings of Sega plotting another retro revival, thanks to newly discovered trademarks the company filed for Ecco The Dolphin.
Published by Sega and developed by the now defunct Hungarian studio Appaloosa Interactive, Ecco The Dolphin was a series of action adventure games than ran from 1992 to 2000, where you explored the ocean as the titular dolphin. Rather than a cute and cartoony mascot character, Ecco was depicted as a realistic looking dolphin, albeit one with stars on his head. Also, the series’ plots were bizarre, involving time travel and thwarting an alien invasion.
The original 2D game for the Mega Drive did well enough to spawn a couple of sequels and eventually a 3D reboot for the Dreamcast in 2001, but the series has been dead in the water ever since. In 2016, according to a GamesBeat report, Ecco creator Ed Annunziata filed a lawsuit against Sega in an effort to reclaim control of the IP. While the two parties did reach a settlement, they didn’t comment on how things were resolved, though it was speculated that it could still allow for a revival of the series.
