Trivia / Fantasy Zone

• Direct to Video: All of the games (except the first) were released directly to consoles.
• Doing It for the Art: Fantasy Zone II DX was funded entirely out of the pocket of M2's CEO, simply because he always felt that II should have gotten an arcade release. They even went through painstaking efforts to develop it for period-accurate hardware rather than for a modern system.
• Market-Based Title: Fantasy Zone Gear was localized as simply Fantasy Zone in North America and Europe, but only on the cover and cartridge, as the title screen still uses the Japanese title.
• No Export for You: Super Fantasy Zone was (originally) not released in North America.
  • Fantasy Zone II DX had this for a while, which was only included in the final Sega Ages collection until it came to 3DS in 2015.
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  • The bonus stage for the Japan-only arcade rhythm game Crackin' DJ Part Two is a hip-hop medley of songs from Fantasy Zone titled "Seven o' Clock".
  • The Muppet Babies (1984) episode "It's Only Pretendo" features numerous references to video games, including footage of Fantasy Zone and a couple of the babies riding Opa-Opa.
  • You can get miniature versions of various Fantasy Zone enemies from gachapon machines in Shenmue and its sequel.
  • In Sonic Riders, you can unlock an Extreme Gear based on Opa-Opa. Artwork and objects from Fantasy Zone also appear in the sequel's "80's Boulevard" track.
  • Sonic Superstars: Frozen Base Act 2 has the player character take control of Dr. Eggman's Egg Mobile in an Unexpected Shmup Level with gameplay very similar to that of Fantasy Zone, such as various enemies (including two bosses) redesigned as Eggman's badniks. Furthermore, Tails' incarnation of the Egg Mobile, while also based on the design from his debut game, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, is moreso designed to resemble Opa-Opa.
  • One joke ending in the fan-made Streets of Rage Remake has Opa-Opa make a cameo, and features music from Super Fantasy Zone.
  • In the Tamagotchi Licensed Game Sega Saturn de Hakken!! Tamagotchi Park, it's possible to unlock a line of Tamagotchi breeds based on various Sega characters, among them a Tamagotchi version of Opa-Opa named Opaopatchi.
  • A remixed version of Fantasy Zone's shopping music is featured in Turbo OutRun and the Genesis version of Super Hang-On.
  • In addition to featuring a fully playable Fantasy Zone arcade machine, you can win dolls of Opa-Opa from claw machines in Yakuza 0.
• Vaporware: A TurboGrafx-CD game developed by NEC Avenue called Space Fantasy Zone which had Space Harrier-style gameplay mixed with the setting from Fantasy Zone, further bridging the gap between both franchises. Legal disputes with SEGA resulted in the game's cancellation. A prototype ISO of the game can be found online.