SEGA 3D Fukkoku Archives 3: Final Stage devs on the collection's lineup, bonus games

The following comes from a Famitsu interview with devs Yosuke Okunari and Kagasei Shimomura...

F: How did you come to decide on the lineup of games for this title?

Okunari – Several of our core members, including Mr. Naoki Horii from M2, settled on them after much deliberation. Someone said, “Get as many in there as we can!” around the start of planning, but they were crazy thinking they could prepare thirty SG-1000 titles in time (laughs).

Shimomura – We promised we’d include the most requested game from the player survey from the previous collection, but we weren’t sure if we’d have the winner ready in one year. We expected something like Virtua Racing or Virtua Fighter to win, so we asked M2 to test whether those games would run on the 3DS. But in reality it was Turbo OutRun and Virtua Racing that were the most requested, with Turbo OutRun pulling ahead in the final stretch. We were also
able to acquire the rights from Technosoft, allowing us to to fulfill our long-held wish to include Thunder Force III.

F: And what was your reason for choosing the two bonus titles that you did?

Okunari – As I mentioned, M2 were already working on four different titles, meaning I would have to come up with a reason that would convince them to work on even more. So, I told them we should draw the curtain on this series by including the debut titles from Mr. Yu Suzuki and Mr. Yuji Naka, who were the lead developers at SEGA during the 80s and 90s.

Shimomura – Of course, M2 told us it would be impossible when we first asked them. But Okunari simply said “We have to make the collection complete by including their origins!”, and Mr. Horii agreed and made the necessary adjustments within M2.

Okunari – I know I was being unreasonable, so I told them they wouldn’t be required to include stereoscopic 3D functionality. However, not only did they include it anyway, they even added extra features! So I have nothing but praise for them. (laughs)