Multiple Ecco the Dolphin games in development

[ThunderBoy]

"Several new Ecco the Dolphin products and games" are officially in development, developer A&R Atelier announced. A&R Atelier is a studio founded in Half Moon Bay, California by veteran game developers, including the original creators of Ecco the Dolphin.

Ecco the Dolphin series creator Ed Annunziata, the chief creative officer of A&R Atelier, previously announced plans to release remastered versions of the Genesis games Ecco the Dolphin and Ecco: The Tides of Time, as well as develop a third Ecco the Dolphin game.

"It has been years in the making and we're honored to bring Ecco back," said Annunziata in a press release. "Ecco has always been more than a game about a dolphin—he's a bridge between worlds."

https://www.gematsu.com/2026/01/multiple-ecco-the-dolphin-games-officially-in-development

 

[TamagotchiTamaHero24's icon TamagotchiTamaHero24 TamagotchiTamaHero24]

I feel… uneasy? I’m happy he’s back, or at least there’s an attempt, but Ecco is a game that’s very unique in design. To make a modern version, I’m very worried they’d mess it up somehow. I mean… actual Ecco messed it up when Defender of the Future came out, so…

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Still, I’m happy the dolphin is back. Here’s hoping the best of luck to the development team! Hope it turns out as good as Shinobi: Art of Vengeance!

 

[bjork]

"Ecco has always been more than a game about a dolphin—he's a bridge between worlds."

Explains a lot about existing ecco games

 

[DinoRexMax]

Doesn't Ecco have stars on his forehead?

Also, Boris Vallejo was eating mighty good when the Genesis came out.

 

[Don Patch]

"Products" suggests to me that we're getting the "Ecco Re-Splashed Collection" somthing-or-other collection of roms.
As for a new game.... really depends on who's involved.
Let's wait and see.

 

[TamagotchiTamaHero24's icon TamagotchiTamaHero24 TamagotchiTamaHero24]

Doesn't Ecco have stars on his forehead?

Also, Boris Vallejo was eating mighty good when the Genesis came out.

The stars are only in the art.

But, yeah, the game series an adventure series with some mild horror elements and strong sci-fi elements, where you play as a dolphin. And I mean REALLY play as a dolphin, in the sense that you’re at the mercy of dolphin rules. Which is part of what makes the game fun, because you have to start THINKING like a dolphin in order to solve its challenges. You think about places you can rev up to launch out of the water in order to clear a gap. You think about and take note of any pockets of air, since you have only so much time underwater without air. You use echolocation to get a map of your immediate surroundings. And combine that with those horror and sci-fi themes… and you get Ecco! It’s why everybody likes it, it’s a very unique little project. One of the more artsy Genesis titles to hit it big.

 

[bjork]

you have to start THINKING like a dolphin

This must be why I could never make too much progress. My dolphin thought process was "holy shit a weird space tornado thing, I should hide" rather than "let's use my sonar waves that all dolphins have, to move rocks and stuff"

 

[RanmyakuIchi's icon RanmyakuIchi RanmyakuIchi]

This is certainly a surprise. Hopefully the new games retain the isolated, uneasy, and surreal mild horror of the originals. It wouldn't be Ecco without it.

 

[TamagotchiTamaHero24's icon TamagotchiTamaHero24 TamagotchiTamaHero24]

This must be why I could never make too much progress. My dolphin thought process was "holy shit a weird space tornado thing, I should hide" rather than "let's use my sonar waves that all dolphins have, to move rocks and stuff"

Me and my sick ass sonar waves are gonna protect me from when actual literal aliens arrive.

This exact video will be transmitted though my Dolphin sonar.

 

[diet_orange]

Hopefully the Sega CD soundtrack will be enhanced or even remixed/remastered

 

[Blueskunky]

And yet no new Space Channel 5 announcments anywhere :(