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On December 27, information went unnoticed by many, but could indicate the rebirth of a franchise as controversial as it is original and which Its protagonist is a dolphin in the quest to reform his home after a great cataclysm and even fight with aliens, as absurd as that sounds. And Sega in Japan repeated the names “Ecco” and “Ecco the Dolphin” for unknown reasons.
Ecco the Dolphin was born in 1992 from the creative minds of Ed Anunziata and the team at what is now known as Appaloosa Interactive but at the time was Novotrade International. The title was a Sega exclusive and had a sequel two years later called Ecco: The Tides of Time.
An echo from the past
The first two opuses had some success, which motivated Sega to produce two spin-offs, Ecco Jr, with a more childish audience in mind. The last time we would see the sea creature would be in Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future, released for the Sega Dreamcast.
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Being such a peculiar game in which you control a dolphin and have to solve different puzzles in a very labyrinthine sea, the production divides the waters (pun intended) between those who hate everything related to the title and those who admire the calm that it transmits and the originality of the production, I am among the last. We will see if this replay is something purely legal or if it is a strategy to revitalize the sagas.
