Sega lets first Seaman 2 details loose

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A sequel to bizarre Dreamcast pet sim Seaman has been unveiled by Sega, and is due to appear on the PlayStation 2 next year in Japan. It's been over half a decade since Sega first introduced us to the concept of communicating with a half man, half fish creature via a microphone. Although the voice technology wasn't as good as it could have been in the original, nurturing your cranky and cynical pet, teaching it speech and having full-blown conversations with it was always an engaging experience.

The PS2 sequel, which is set to ship with a specially designed controller with a built-in microphone, has an encouragingly weird backstory to it - apparently, after the bones of cavemen are discovered in China, a Russian company purchases them to make 3,000 tiny prehistoric men, and you're the lucky recipient of one of these pint-sized knuckle-draggers. Sadly, this means that the man-fish you reared in the Dreamcast title is now gone, replaced by a miniature neanderthal. We can only hope the genuinely amusing and excellent voice-acting of Leonard Nimoy (yes, Spock himself) in the first game is preserved.

A date for North America or PAL regions has yet to be announced, but check the Media Panel out for a series of stills taken from a mock infomercial developed by Sega to promote the game. More on this as and when.

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20 Comments

döppelgangbang

5 years ago

Ahh Seaman, how I have missed your needy imposition and punishing conversation. You gere a grumpy bastard, but you were my friend. It is long since the light glowed in your Vivarium, but the time I spent with you was unique. I'd gladly keep your kind again, to be a slave to you for another season of my life.

I've missed our conversation.

troublemaker

5 years ago

Wii, seaman ... what's the deal with bodily fluids, what's next vomiit?

Luke

5 years ago

I didn't get a chance to play the first one so i'm actually really looking forward to the second one.

Infested Jibbs

5 years ago

I'm dissapointed, it took two posts to draw a comparison between the wii and seaman

Nev

5 years ago

I personally think Sega should release Seaman BEFORE the Wii comes out.

troublemaker

5 years ago

lol ... GOLD!

Jellyfish

5 years ago

Nev wrote

I personally think Sega should release Seaman BEFORE the Wii comes out.

Post of the Year nomination!

DarkYoshii

5 years ago

Jibbs wrote

I'm dissapointed, it took two posts to draw a comparison between the wii and seaman

POTM material. xD

Infested Jibbs

5 years ago

Nah judges aren't allowed anymore

I haven't forgotten about potm either, i know i dominated(pedigreed?) the competition in the first of the potm, but come the start of the month(to fix ad's wonky half way through the month setup

) you'll see a frsh new batch of nominees go up.

Luke

5 years ago

Nev wrote

I personally think Sega should release Seaman BEFORE the Wii comes out.

Clearly the POTM, We don't need a vote.

Infested Jibbs

5 years ago

Uh uh not on my watch!

But........he's a nominee now, i guarantee it.

I listen to the people.I hear your tiny, shrill voices.

ObsoletE

5 years ago

Seaman 2 - here he comes.

(i wasn't going to stoop to such depths initially, but i couldn't help it.)

Luke

5 years ago

ObsoletE wrote

Seaman 2 - here he comes.

(i wasn't going to stoop to such depths initially, but i couldn't help it.)

Seaman 2 - Coming second is never better.

haha
Thread of the Month

Chris-Leigh

5 years ago

Luke wrote

Thread of the Month if you're seven.

Fixed.

Infested Jibbs

5 years ago

^Oh burn!

Third degree!

Chris-Leigh

5 years ago

Wasn't a direct go at Luke, btw; was more a general comment on the thread. C'mon guys, innuendo went out with the Carry On films.

Note: the first person to reply with a Todd-style "Inn-your-endo" is getting banned.

Luke

5 years ago

Chris-Leigh wrote

Wasn't a direct go at Luke, btw; was more a general comment on the thread. C'mon guys, innuendo went out with the Carry On films.

Note: the first person to reply with a Todd-style "Inn-your-endo" is getting banned.

HAHA, Dare i tempt the fate?

No.. I'm scared.

ObsoletE

5 years ago

Nev

5 years ago

Considering the Wii is coming out in white, wouldn't it be just too funny if the case for Seaman was yellow?

Capitalization is the difference between "I HAD to help my uncle jack off a horse," and "I had to help my uncle jack off a HORSE."