Happy 35th, Sonic: Sonic Team boss on anniversary plans and how Mania inspired new indie collab
Reflecting on the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise’s 35 th anniversary today, Sonic Team boss Takashi Iizuka has little hesitation picking his favorite behind-the-scenes memory of Sega’s blue mascot. “There have been a lot of great moments in the 35 years, but probably my favorite, and one of the most challenging, was the development of Sonic Adventure,” he says. “At the time, we were taking the classic Sonic game experience and character, and putting that in this brand new world that we hadn’t made before. “Nobody really had any idea of how this was going to get done or what the final game was going to be before making it. We were figuring it out as we were making it: what the character would look like and how the gameplay would be fun and really work. Read More...
Reflecting on the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise’s 35 th anniversary today, Sonic Team boss Takashi Iizuka has little hesitation picking his favorite behind-the-scenes memory of Sega’s blue mascot.“There have been a lot of great moments in the 35 years, but probably my favorite, and one of the most challenging, was the development of Sonic Adventure,” he says. “At the time, we were taking the classic Sonic game experience and character, and putting that in this brand new world that we hadn’t made before.
“Nobody really had any idea of how this was going to get done or what the final game was going to be before making it. We were figuring it out as we were making it: what the character would look like and how the gameplay would be fun and really work.
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