SEGA is getting serious about Sonic as famed Sonic the Hedgehog developer Takashi Iizuka has arrived in the United States in an effort to oversee all future titles. This is obviously a move to get the series back on track after the disappointment and critical panning of the last Sonic title Sonic Boom on both the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS. Let’s hope this move steers Sonic in the right direction.
Iizuka’s return is notable has he headed up development of mainline Sonic games, starting as director of 1998’s Sonic Adventure, on the Dreamcast. He moved to San Francisco to oversee development of Sonic Adventure 2, heading Sega Studio USA, which produced a number of Sonic titles. His experience with the franchise dates back to the Sega Genesis. He serves as vice president of product development and will move from Tokyo to “establish Los Angeles as the centralized hub for the global brand,” according to the press release.
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Sonic’s future is in good hands. I hope.
sonic is just about one of the best games ever made,and now it’s coming to Nintendo. i’ve even Downloaded it onto my Xbox360.
I personally like the majority of 3D Sonics. I especially find games like Sonic Heroes, Sonic Unleashed, and Sonic and the Black Knight to be very underrated.
But in any case, glad to see him around.
I agree. (Though not so much with Unleashed. I don’t know why, but I felt like it was lacking something.)
I thought Lost World was better than people gave it credit for.
Sounds like good news to me. I need the next Sonic game to be great. It’s a shame that it’s been so long since I 100%’d anything Sonic related other than Smash.
Sonic is one the few major franchises that has yet to get a true “next ten” title. I would be interested to see one. I think it’s good that Iizuka is trying to get things back on track, however there is no excuse for letting things get to the way they are…
Can’t wait for a new “next ten” Sonic title!
Sweet, hopefully we’ll get another truly great Sonic game again :)
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Until Sega work on their other IPs, other than Sonic or any other characters from that boring universe, Sega’s intentions are irrelevant!
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