SEGA of Japan's amusement park plans

[Augustus Caesar]

Though the alarming lack of decent Sonic the Hedgehog plushies somewhat soured the experience, the Joystiq staffers attending last year's Tokyo Game Show managed to enjoy a brief diversion to one of Sega's Joypolis entertainment centers. Just think of them as indoor theme parks and arcades where half the fun lies in figuring out what the hell it is you're playing. If you can't quite envision it, you'll be pleased to note that the feeling of delighted puzzlement is set to spread to other parts of the world, as Sega and Dubai properties firm Emaar have announced plans to open a number of similar theme parks across the Middle East and North Africa. That is where you live, right?

According to GamesIndustry.Biz, the first of these will be featured in The Dubai Mall, a 76,000 square foot monstrosity of consumerism set to open in Downtown Burj Dubai late 2008. Rashid Zakaria Doleh, CEO of Emaar Malls Group (and shameless user of words like "shoppertainment") reckons the Sega synergy will provide a "world-class experience" for those looking to be ... shoppertained.

Though it's still far from finished, we're particularly excited about the park's promised indoor roller-coaster. It's likely to be a variant of Sega's increasingly popular "Multiplatform Shift," a heart-stopping thrill ride which places fans at the highest point on the track before sending them plummeting into a vat of toxic sludge.


http://sega.jp/joypolis/tokyo_e.html
http://www.joystiq.com/2008/01/18/sega- ... th-africa/
http://www.joystiq.com/2006/09/18/japan ... -park-pics

[Edless]

Has anyone ever been to joypolis here?

Actually I went once and it was kind of strange.
Of course being a Phantasy star fan, I would have loved to see something related to Phantasy star in SEGA amusement Park, a poster or even a stamp or whatever but being realist, I knew I wouldn't find anything related to PS over there.

Still, I felt confused when I understood that not only there was no PS over there, but also very few things related to Sega like goodies.

The games where like the games you are used to have in an amusement park not even customised with a blue hedgehog. (And I don't remember seeing any goodies for Sega fans... I would have loved to see a golden axe doll or a tails stuffed animal or anything though)

[NYKgjl10]

I never been to the SEGA Amusement park, but hopefully in time, I would love to go. One game in particular I like to play is the new "Rambo Trilogy"