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Space Channel 5 is a
console game, which was first released on the
Sega Dreamcast. The producer of this game is
Tetsuya Mizuguchi, the man who is also behind
Sega Rally. It features the character
Ulala (a reference to the phrase "ooh
la la"). Game is similar to
Dance Dance Revolution and earlier memorization games like
Simon Says where the computer shows a sequence of moves -
dance steps in this case - and the player must copy them successfully
to advance. The original Space Channel 5 was published in Japan, the US
and Europe on the Dreamcast but the sequel, Space Channel 5: Part 2 was
only released in Japan for the Dreamcast, and in English on the
PlayStation 2.
In early 2003,
Lady Miss Kier, formerly of the band
Deee-Lite, initiated a lawsuit against
SEGA corporation for allegedly stealing her former persona and using
it as the basis of a video game character. The lawsuit was based on
accusations of copying her look of knee-high boots, short skirts and a
pink ponytail, for SEGA's
Ulala character design. Lady Miss Kier (who's real name is
Kierin Kirby) claims that SEGA offered to pay her $16,000 to license
her name, image and songs for the game, though she rejected their offer.
Kirby later learned that the videogame maker went ahead and used her
resemblance anyway, and she decided to initiate the lawsuit, seeking more
than $750,000 in damages.
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