Movie Sonic will get a redesign! Sonic creators' reaction

News from 2019.05.02-03
Archived on 2019.05.04

A couple of days passed from the 'Sonic the Movie trailer impact' - after seeing the first trailer featuring a blue furry creature we are totally not familiar with, most of the fans were mad or at least skeptical about the design of Sonic. Even the people who are involved in development of original Sonic series, and moreover the creators of Sonic himself - Ohshima-san the artist and Naka-san the game programmer - were confused and worried about the drastic change of their beloved son.

My energy was drained over these two days and I even had nightmare because of the design. It was already decided that I was to mourn over what they have done to Sonic forever. And I still will.

Yet, to our surprise: a Twitter account, which seems to belong the movie's director Jeff Fowler, posted following words:

Thank you for the support. And the criticism. The message is loud and clear... you aren't happy with the design & you want changes. It's going to happen. Everyone at Paramount & Sega are fully committed to making this character the BEST he can be... #sonicmovie #gottafixfast 🔧✌️

— Jeff Fowler (@fowltown) May 2, 2019

Wow. I can't believe what I'm seeing here.
But I'd gladly take this offer.

No wonder they had to make some move after having this much of thumbs-down on the trailer.

The news spread like wildfire and reached the creators of Sonic quickly as well. Here are their reaction:

What is Sonic reading? Mega Visions Magazine!

News from 2019.05.03
Archived on 2019.05.06

Whacha gonna read on the weekend?
How about this, you SEGA nerds!

Weekend reading courtesy of @megavisionsmag! #SEGAForever #SEGAlife pic.twitter.com/UKw1t6Uw6X

— SEGA Forever (@SEGAForever) May 3, 2019

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Sonic creators' reactions to first trailer of Sonic the Movie

News from 2019.04.30 - 05.03
Archived on 2019.05.02

As rumored on the former day, Paramount dropped their first posters and a trailer for Sonic the Movie.

The official poster and the trailer

Woah it's finally there.
...and you know how the trailer looks like already, right?

In case you don't, and if you are 120% sure you are prepared to see anything on the screen, here is the video.

Not recommended for those who have very high and concrete ideal for Sonic's appearance and attitude.

*Please note that we do not take any responsibility or liability for any damage or loss caused through watching the following material.* ...

Big the Cat's own song for TSR?!

News from 2019.05.02
Archived on 2019.05.02

Another TSR music... this time a character song?!

Big the Cat now has his own song for the upcoming racing game!
Let's sing together~

Follow the bouncing frog and sing along to Big the Cat with @egoraptor, featuring @JKCompletesIt and Jun Senoue (@Crush40)! pic.twitter.com/EGLYvtbO8D

— Sonic the Hedgehog (@sonic_hedgehog) May 2, 2019

(Wow, that lyrics...)
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Sonic in SEGA Europe's HQ!

News from 2019.05.02
Archived on 2019.05.02

SEGA Shop of Europe is showing off its HQ filled with SEGA-ness!

Isn’t the SEGA Europe headquarters just so beautiful? 😍 pic.twitter.com/i1ld4EUM0v

— SEGA Shop (@SegaShopEurope) May 2, 2019

I want to see that 3D emblem with my own eyes...it looks really cool!

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Eguchi-san's Sonic art!

News from 2019.05.01
Archived on 2019.05.02

Eguchi-san's new Sonic art!

《ＤＡＹ ＯＦＦ》(￣＜￣)🚬
『ＳＯＮＩＣ／ソニック』↓ pic.twitter.com/P0mhydQ06r

— 江口 寿志 (@eguchi_1203) May 1, 2019

What are you pondering about, Sonic?

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First Sonic game of Reiwa: TSR! Are you ready for it?

News from 2019.05.01
Archived on 2019.05.02

Team Sonic Racing is coming in only 3 weeks!
Are you getting ready for it?

These people are!

🦔令和元年🦔
『#チームソニックレーシング 』のご予約はお済みですか？PS4とニンテンドースイッチで令和元年5月21日(火)発売です★ ソニックの新作をプレイして令和のスタートダッシュを決めましょう！
🏁🏎三🚗三🚙三

公式サイトhttps://t.co/N5fJxcmpwK

販売店舗別特典https://t.co/7TVlC9db0l pic.twitter.com/XKLzSL3Q1h

— ソニック委員会「R」 (@sonic20th) April 30, 2019

"First year of Reiwa!
Have you pre-ordered 'Team Sonic Racing' already? It will be released on PS4 and Nintendo Switch on May 21st! Play the latest work from Sonic series and nail that start dash of Reiwa!"
- Sonic Official

Kanemaru-san is excited about Team Sonic Racing too!

『チームソニックレーシング』公式サイト。2019年5月21日（火）発売 #TeamSonicRacing #SonicChannel https://t.co/0F4YPEKV5X

— 金丸淳一VoiceActor&Vocalist Kanemaru Jun-ichi (@junichisonic) May 1, 2019

And Senoue-san too! He found this huge display in a store for TSR!

新元号になって初の「ソニック」タイトルとなる『チームソニックレーシング』の発売日まで3週間を切りました！大きく壁一面に展開されていたところがあったので、思わずパチリ！

3 more weeks for Team Sonic Racing! This is a picture of massive store display at one of the retailers in Osaka. pic.twitter.com/A4IyOljRhB

— crush40 (@crush40) May 1, 2019

The time is coming!

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Arrival of Reiwa era

News from 2019.05.01
Archived on 2019.05.02

And now it's Reiwa!

🔵 Japanese people celebrating the arrival of the new era Reiwa.
⬇

— ●SonicJPNews● (@SonicJPNews) April 30, 2019

SEGA of Japan's promise for Reiwa... 

ハロー令和！#ハロー令和

— セガ公式アカウント (@SEGA_OFFICIAL) April 30, 2019

"Hello Reiwa!"
- SEGA Official

新元号は

「令和（れいわ）」！

令和元年、はじまります。#新元号 #令和 #令和元年 pic.twitter.com/5oR2OpZFVg

— セガ公式アカウント (@SEGA_OFFICIAL) April 1, 2019

"New era name is 'Reiwa'!
The first year of Reiwa is starting."
- SEGA Official

そういえばこちらの「せがた三四郎アクリルスタンド ※2019年5月中旬頃出荷分」、セガストアにて予約再開しました。https://t.co/6X8PSfcKDG pic.twitter.com/RAidQ2Y2og

— セガ公式アカウント (@SEGA_OFFICIAL) April 30, 2019

"By the way, this Segata Sanshiro acrylic stand can be pre-ordered again on SEGA STORE."
- SEGA Official

令和元年、新時代の幕開け！

創造は生命の精神のもと、われわれが創造してきたのは、驚き、熱狂、喜びなど製品やサービスを通じた感動体験です。

令和時代もセガグループは感動体験を創造し続けますので、皆様の応援をよろしくお願いいたします！https://t.co/Gf963hiGIs

— セガ公式アカウント (@SEGA_OFFICIAL) April 30, 2019

"Reiwa Year One - the beginning of a new era!
Under the motto 'Creation is Life', we have been creating sensational experiences of surprise and joy through our products and services.
SEGA Group will continue to provide you great experiences in Reiwa era. Please keep on supporting us!"
- SEGA Official

#ハロー令和

昭和の終わりに発売されたメガドライブが、令和最初の新ハード「メガドライブミニ」（6,980円）として9月発売予定です。

全国のゲームショップなど実店舗にはまだまだ数に余裕あります。令和元年9月、ご期待ください！https://t.co/EzDAluFWON #メガドラミニ pic.twitter.com/vsWEWFi8py

— セガ公式アカウント (@SEGA_OFFICIAL) April 30, 2019

"Hello Reiwa
MEGA DRIVE which was released at the end of Showa is reincarnating as Reiwa's first new hardware 'MEGA DRIVE MINI'.
There are still many available at game shops allover Japan. Please look forward to the first September of Reiwa!"
- SEGA Official

Mazin-san's MEGA DRIVE system boards all work!

News from 2019.05.01
Archived on 2019.05.02

Remember the MEGA DRIVE game system boards Mazin-san showed us the other day?
Today he went to M2 and tested them all - here are the results!

M2さんで動作確認していただけるという事で、@U1_Toyamaさんの車で柏の実家から天王台に基板を運送中。
改めて所持基板を押入れの奥から引っ張り出して来たが、思ってたより沢山買ってたw
積みきれないのでナムコのSYSTEM2とそのロムキット一式、パワードリフト基板のYボードは実家に置いてきた。

— まぢん (@Mazin__) May 1, 2019

"M2 offered me to check the function of my system boards, so we transported them to Tennohdai from my home.
I dug up all the system boards I own from deep down in my storage to find out that I bought more than I thought I had. *laugh*
Not all of them fit in the car so I left Namco's SYSTEM2 and its ROM kits, Power Drift's Y board at home."
- Masato Nishimura (Mazin)

アレックスキッド ロストスターズも稼働確認！！曲がいいのよねー。ゲームは超アレだけど。 pic.twitter.com/65yJn2Vo3x

— まぢん (@Mazin__) May 1, 2019

"Alex Kidd: Lost Stars still functions!! I like its music. The gameplay is...that, though."
- Masato Nishimura (Mazin)

SYSTEM32も動作確認！！ pic.twitter.com/s7Ji5GaSKT

— まぢん (@Mazin__) May 1, 2019

"SYSTEM32 funcions too!!"
- Masato Nishimura (Mazin)

Cool to see SEGASonic the Hedgehog working!

とりあえず持ってきた基板でアフターバーナー以外は正常動作を確認出来た！アフターバーナーは2枚あるのでどっちかは動くんじゃないかと思う。あとは実家に置いてきたF1エキゾーストノートとパワードリフトとCPシステム2のヴァンパイアとスパII`Xだけだな。

— まぢん (@Mazin__) May 1, 2019

"So out of the system boards I brought, I was able to check everything other than After Burner functioning normally!
I have two After Burner so one of them should work. And that leaves F1 Exhaust Note, Power Drift, CP system2's Vampire and SuperII'X I left at home."
 - Masato Nishimura (Mazin)

🔵Mazin-san checked the function of the Mega Drive game system boards he owns!
RTs ⬇

— ●SonicJPNews● (@SonicJPNews) May 1, 2019

So everything seems to be working so far! The storing condition must have been really good at his home storage.
In the futrure, some games from his system borads collection might be used for porting more MEGA DRIVE games! Let's look forward to the time to come.


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SEGA people on the last day of Heisei era

News from 2019.04.30
Archived on 2019.05.02

The Heisei era of Japan that lasted for 3 decades is ending today, and everybody is looking back on the past 30 years.

From tomorrow, the Reiwa era starts. I wonder what SEGA and Sonic Team will show us in this new era!

🔵The Heisei era of Japan that lasted for 3 decades is ending today, and everybody is looking back on the past 30 years.

From tomorrow, the Reiwa era starts. I wonder what SEGA and Sonic Team will show us in this new era!

— ●SonicJPNews● (@SonicJPNews) April 30, 2019

Some look back on the history of Heisei era...

SEGA Official looks back on 'Print Club' or 'Purikura', the arcade machine which was invented in 1995 which became very popular especially among students, and is now a part of Japanese culture.

今日は「平成最後の日」。

平成に誕生し、平成を代表するエンターテインメントのひとつは『プリント倶楽部®︎』（セガ/アトラス 1995年）

通称「プリクラ®︎」と呼ばれ、日本独自の文化として、学生を中心に多くの人が楽しみました。 pic.twitter.com/2kp3MYti71

— セガ公式アカウント (@SEGA_OFFICIAL) April 30, 2019

"Today is the 'Last day of Heisei'.
One of the entertainment born in Heisei and represents Heisei is 'Print Club' (SEGA/ATLUS 1995)
Shortened as 'Purikura', it was enjoyed by many people, especially by students as a unique Japanese culture."
- SEGA Official