Last summer, we sat down with Sonic Team Creative Officer Takashi Iizuka to discuss his decades-long career at Sega. We learn about his childhood interest in becoming a manga artist, his college life working at Sega, and his early career with games like Davy & Pi, Golden X3, and Sonic the Hedgehog 3. prepare The transition from the Sega Genesis (known as the Sega Mega Drive in Japan) to the Sega Saturn, allowed the team to progress from 2D pixel art to 3D polygonal modeling.
Specifically, Sonic the Hedgehog reflects on the early days of the lead Dreamcast, moving to the United States to better incorporate Western culture into Sonic Adventure 2, and finally, Sega’s hardware business. Describes his feelings after exiting and ending production of the Dreamcast.
Sonic the Hedgehog Lead Reflects SEGA’s Road to Dreamcast:
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