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Takashi Iizuka Says Sonic Frontiers Was His Most Difficult Sonic Development, Team Had No “Right Answer” Until Midway Through Production
Takashi Iizuka Says Sonic Frontiers Was His Most Difficult Sonic Development, Team Had No “Right Answer” Until Midway Through Production

Takashi Iizuka Says Sonic Frontiers Was His Most Difficult Sonic Development, Team Had No “Right Answer” Until Midway Through Production

Takashi Iizuka says Sonic Frontiers began without a clear answer for how Sonic should work in its vast open zones, with the team still searching midway through development before director Morio Kishimoto ultimately found the solution.

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Takashi Iizuka Says Sonic’s Popularity Is Still “Only Halfway There,” Recalls Being Told to “Surpass Disney”
Takashi Iizuka Says Sonic’s Popularity Is Still “Only Halfway There,” Recalls Being Told to “Surpass Disney”

Takashi Iizuka Says Sonic’s Popularity Is Still “Only Halfway There,” Recalls Being Told to “Surpass Disney”

Even after 35 years, Takashi Iizuka believes Sonic still has much further to go, recalling that SEGA once told him to “surpass Disney” with the character and even dreamed of eventually building a Sonic theme park.

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Takashi Iizuka Says Sonic Adventure 2 “Changed the Future of the Sonic Series,” Recalls Starting With Just 11 Developers
Takashi Iizuka Says Sonic Adventure 2 “Changed the Future of the Sonic Series,” Recalls Starting With Just 11 Developers

Takashi Iizuka Says Sonic Adventure 2 “Changed the Future of the Sonic Series,” Recalls Starting With Just 11 Developers

Sonic Adventure 2 began with just 11 developers moving to America, where San Francisco street culture inspired rail grinding and helped shape City Escape into one of the series' defining stages.

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Masato Nakamura Reveals Original Sonic Soundtrack Used Melodies He Wrote Before His Debut
Masato Nakamura Reveals Original Sonic Soundtrack Used Melodies He Wrote Before His Debut

Masato Nakamura Reflects on 35 Years of Sonic Music, From Beating Mario to Revisiting Green Hill

Original Sonic composer Masato Nakamura looks back on creating the 1991 soundtrack, SEGA’s drive to beat Mario, revisiting Green Hill with DREAMS COME TRUE, and why he once considered adding lyrics to every Sonic song.

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Sonic Takes Over CONTINUE Vol.90 With Iizuka, Hoshino, Senoue and Masato Nakamura 35th Anniversary Interviews
Sonic Takes Over CONTINUE Vol.90 With Iizuka, Hoshino, Senoue and Masato Nakamura 35th Anniversary Interviews

Sonic Takes Over CONTINUE Vol.90 With Iizuka, Hoshino, Senoue and Masato Nakamura 35th Anniversary Interviews

Sonic will make his first-ever appearance on the cover of CONTINUE for Vol.90, which celebrates the series’ 35th anniversary with a major feature including Takashi Iizuka, Kazuyuki Hoshino, Jun Senoue and original Sonic composer Masato Nakamura.

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