The ghosts of Christmases past
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The last I’ve heard of Yoot Saito, he was converting his former success Yoot Tower to the iPhone and iPad, following the woeful example of so many other alternative game designers from the old Japanese school. About eleven years ago, when the Dreamcast was the latest and most powerful system available on the market, Saito was feasting on the positive sales and reception Seaman - by far his most gallant project which, somehow, still managed to be the third best selling Dreamcast game in Japan and find its way into the PS2 by means of a port and an incredible sequel. Apart from the regular Seaman console bundle, SEGA also released a special edition of the console with this distinctive version of Seaman, including a transparent red console as well as this exclusive version of the game named “Christmas Seaman”. To help build a clearer idea of how rare this Vivarium release is, may I remind the reader that it was sold uniquely in Japan for a period of 10 days before the Christmas of 1999.
Apart from an exclusive digipack box with a normal version of the game, this edition also includes an additional disk in a cardboard sleeve filled with extras and presents, some of them downoadable from the extinct internet service. As it so often occurs with Japanese limited editions, it also includes a set of highly original Seaman-themed stickers. Seeing this edition on my shelf today cannot prevent me from thinking how closer to the truth we were a decade ago.
1 year ago