The Japanese Launch - November 27th, 1998
Japanese Launch Lineup
The Japanese launch lineup was fairly lackluster with only 4 titles being available and only one in particular being of interest to Japanese gamers: Virtua Fighter 3TB. July was a visual novel, Pen Pen Tricelon was an odd sort of party/racing game that is best with multiple players and Godzilla Generations was a 3D Godzilla game. All in all, a fairly weak launch for Sega's new console. The ongoing chip shortage which hampered Sega's ability to sell more Dreamcast consoles did not help them! Famously, the Blue Blur was notably absent at this launch, with Sonic Adventure releasing in Japan on December 23rd, 1998. Almost a whole month later. The launch lineup is listed below:
| Japanese Launch Game Lineup | |
|---|---|
| Godzilla Generations | July |
| Pen Pen Tricelon | Virtua Fighter 3TB+ |
