News Roundup for the Week of Sept. 25

There haven’t been any big stories in the world of Sega Saturn this week, but there have been a few notable odds and ends, so here’s a roundup of them.

Shenmue the Animation is canceled

Jason DeMarco, producer of Shenmue the Animation, confirmed Tuesday that his show wouldn’t get a season two.

Sorry guys. This happened. You can still watch all of the anime on Crunchyroll and it will still be available as digital downloads. And yes, it’s looking like no S2 of Shenmue, even though sadly- it did well enough that we were gearing up for S2. Maybe one day… https://t.co/WpM3O6NcSC

— NUNEKIN KAMUI DEMARCO (@Clarknova1) September 28, 2022

It’s yet another casualty of Discovery, which has axed lots of shows after buying Warner Bros. this year, much to fans’ chagrin.

The 13-episode anime adapted the first two Shemue games’ stories. It aired on Adult Swim and streamed on Crunchyroll in February through May this year. It’s already been pulled from Adult Swim’s website, leaving Crunchyroll as the last place to watch it.

Magical Drop 6 announced

Forever Entertainment debuted a trailer on Wednesday to announce Magical Drop 6, the latest entry in a series of puzzle games whose first three games appeared on the Sega Saturn in Japan.

It’s slated for release this winter on the Nintendo Switch.

This Winter the legendary Japanese arcade game comes back with its 6th installment!

Magical Drop VI – more than 15 playable characters, online and local multiplayer, 6 game modes, and much more!#MagicalDrop

Watch the announcement trailer:https://t.co/lJxJjp3KWB

— Forever Entertainment S.A. (@ForeverEntert) September 28, 2022

Forever Entertainment also developed the remakes of Panzer Dragoon and The House of the Dead in recent years. The Magical Drop series originally was developed by Data East for arcades.

The most recent entry in the series, Magical Drop V, launched on Steam in 2012 but was very poorly received. It was delisted in 2020.

Bluetooth adapter creator gets PCB in hand

Izzy Patrick, aka GamingNJncos, tweeted on Monday that he’s received a PCB for the basic version of his Bluetooth adapter that plugs into the top of a Saturn 3D analog controller.

Fresh of the truck "basic" version of the BLE3D pcb. No nonsense, just core controller functionality.

Haven't had a chance to file the pcbs down. Happy with the Segata via eyes. Latency testing solder point added for community verification!#blueretro #segasaturn pic.twitter.com/Co6N9SfdhD

— GamingNJncos (@GamingNJncos) September 26, 2022

It sports a striking image of Segata Sanshiro on it.

He said several weeks ago that he hopes to coax someone to make retail units. Anyone who wants to take a peek at the specs can do so here.

Izzy has been working on the adapter for about a year. Shiro last wrote an update in June about his project along with the one he was inspired by, a similar adapter from Drew Kenaz.