Final summer time, we sat down with Sonic Group Inventive Officer Takashi Iizuka to debate his multi-decade profession at Sega. We study his childhood fascination with changing into a manga artist, the transition from faculty life to working at Sega, and his early profession growing video games like Devi and Pii, Golden Axe 3, and Sonic the Hedgehog 3. Iizuka remembers the joy and problem through the transition from the Sega Genesis (referred to as the Sega Mega Drive in Japan) to the Sega Saturn, which allowed the group progress from 2D pixel artwork to 3D polygonal modeling.
Notably, the Sonic the Hedgehog lead displays on the early Dreamcast days, transferring to america to higher implement western tradition into Sonic Journey 2, and eventually, describes his feelings after listening to Sega was exiting the {hardware} enterprise and ending manufacturing of the Dreamcast.
Sonic the Hedgehog Lead Displays on SEGA’s Highway to Dreamcast:
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