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Arcade Attack Retro Gaming Podcast

Ryoichi Hasegawa (SEGA of Japan & Sony Producer) Interview

Arcade Attack Retro Gaming Podcast · January 13, 2026

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00:17:45 - 00:18:04

Like Bomberman, Mega Man. And one of the infamous packages was the Phantasy Star 2, where the Japanese version, the girl called Nei, she is typical anime-ish look, the character for the Japanese version.

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... Actually, there aren't any games which were not changed. Like Bomberman, Mega Man. And one of the infamous packages was the Phantasy Star 2, where the Japanese version, the girl called Nei, she is typical anime-ish look, the character for the Japanese version. So it was not like a cute character. And speaking of which, right now, anime and manga became so popular globally, so Western people are used to those styles now. ...

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