Thank you for your birthday message. Today I'm 54 years old. How many games will I be able to make by the retirement age, including the original action game that I'm currently making at Square Enix? I'd like to work hard to develop a game that everyone around the world can enjoy. pic.twitter.com/s74WdzWswc
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The first console to be sold in the Reiwa-Era, MEGA DRIVE MINI launches!
Here is the summary of tweets by SEGA and contributing people around its release.
Pre-release excitement
4 days until the Genesis Mini launches!
You'll no longer have to fight with adapters to get classic Genesis games working on your TV, and with M2 handling the ports, you can expect the games to play like a dream!
Only 3 days left until the Genesis Mini launches in North America!
Over the weekend, we shared our two-part interview with famed composer Yuzo Koshiro on his history with the SEGA Genesis/Mega Drive. If you missed any of it, here is the interview in full. pic.twitter.com/nT6lpr6UtR
Today marks the 20 th anniversary of Dreamcast!
Fans and SEGA members celebrated the day altogether.
What's your Dreamcast story?
20 years ago, the Sega Dreamcast launched in North America. With games like Crazy Taxi, Jet Set Radio and Shenmue, it's considered well ahead of its time.
Peter Moore, former Sega of America president during the system's launch, reminisces about the Dreamcast on its anniversary. pic.twitter.com/M8F3pXLqxN
Let's celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Dreamcast!
We have a collection of classic titles to play on stream, including Sonic Adventure 2, Power Stone, Soulcalibur, and Seaman, so come join us at 10am PT:https://t.co/ECE8g1N3uVpic.twitter.com/0ZVrd62Gdz
Oops. Seems like we, the non-US gamers still need to wait.
Also, a series of interview was conducted with various members who contributed to Dreamcast! Japanese members such as Satoshi Okano-san and Hirokazu Yasuhara-san answered the interview too!
I was interviewed from the foreign countries. Eminent members appear here....I am all right! ? But I am glad. Thank you very much 😊 https://t.co/YMlj6FQrQ3
I did a huge article for the 20th anniversary of the Dreamcast, interviewing many American and Japanese devs from the era, some of whom haven't spoken in ages. Here's a thread of interesting info! https://t.co/3Kk7YceF3tpic.twitter.com/gG0Ft7uGSG
Tokyo Game Show (TGS) 2019 is happening in just 7 days!
Gather information about SEGA booth/Sonic related stage and merchandise, get ready for the fun event!
New: #MarioSonic at #Tokyo2020 will be showcased on SEGA's main stage event at #TGS2019.
1st segment:
🗓️ Thu 9.12.2019
⏰ 🌏: 12:30pm - 1:15pm JT
⏰ 🌎: Wed 11:30pm - 12:15am ET
2nd segment:
🗓️ Sat 9.14.2019
⏰ 🌏: 12:30pm - 1:15pm JT
⏰ 🌎: Fri 11:30pm - 12:15am ET#SonicNewspic.twitter.com/8XeCGCe18M
Noah Lyles is a professional short track athlete who has beaten Usain Bolt's 200m record several times already, and is a favorite to win a gold at the Olympic Games taking place in Tokyo next year (Yahoo Sports).
He once showed his Sonic socks on his instagram once in 2018...
It would be cool if he would wear this pair at the Tokyo Olympics 2020 to win a gold medal - in the country where Sonic, the fastest hedgehog ever, was born! Don't you think?
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Satoshi Okano-san once again clarified that the cover of SEGA Saturn magazine, illustration of Sonic 3D, and the character design of Samba de Amigo are his works, not of Uekawa-san's as often mistaken for. And he is surprised by the high amount of responses he received.
It was said, "I liked it, & you described" the cover of Segasaturn magazine and illustration of sonic 3D from Naka-san & Hoshino-san. The character design of Samba de amigo is my work. I 'm mistaken for most Uekawa-san of my work. I'm understands it. It's OK🙆♂️ pic.twitter.com/P8ssQCCqJZ
I understand it. I don't talk about my many pasts. I handed over the credit of samba de amigo to Uekawa-san. He is actually an art director. So, I'm a character designer🤗 https://t.co/VHxp7s8hZ4
Mechanic designer Yasuhiro Moriki-san once again dug out his old arts - now we get to see even more setting boards from Sonic X! ★See this post for previous collection of his Sonic X setting boards.
If you have ever played a game released by SEGA, you surely remember their iconic blue logo.
However, have you ever noticed that this logo looks a little different depending on the region your game was released in?
Gem Drop's head and game designer Yuichiro Kitao-san addressed this differences between SEGA logo used in Japan and international products, and this tweet gathered attention of many Twitter users and people from the gaming industry, including Naka-san.
New trailers of "Mario & Sonic AT 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games" were released & official website of the game was updated with tons of new information!
There are two versions of the trailer: one for US & Europe and one for Japan, which is longer and has more interesting new footages.
These trailers confirmed the anticipated '2D Classic Mode' of the game which was teased in the first trailer in June. Moreover, the release dates were revealed to be beginning of November this year!
Crush 40's best edition album "DRIVING THROUGH FOREVER - THE ULTIMATE CRUSH 40 COLLECTION" is out now!
Senoue-san explained on Twitter about his track choices and retakes he has done for the new album.
I translated them briefly so that you get the idea too!
Crush 40の新規編集ベスト盤、"DRIVING THROUGH FOREVER - THE ULTIMATE CRUSH 40 COLLECTION"は好評発売中！色々と忙しかったこともあり、6月発売済の"THE WORKS III"も、これも、タイムリーにリリースのタイミングで告知できてませんでした！17曲収録のCDにボーナスDVD付き！
ぜひCDを入手してね！ pic.twitter.com/BS1QdQLMuI
The CD comes with 17 tracks chosen from Crush 40's most popular songs, plus a bonus DVD with video clip to every song! Don't miss it!
01. GREEN LIGHT RIDE：目下の最新作となる『チームソニックレーシング』のメインテーマ。シンプルな編成、構成でまとめた曲。Crush 40ナンバーとしては久しぶりにレギュラーチューニングで作ったかも。ちなみに、この曲のレコーディングにおいては全編に渡ってストラトのシングルコイルで録りました。
SEGA, the gaming compay which has been publishing many unique products over the past six decades, has attracted many hardcore fans who claim themselves as not only a fan of a specific game but fans of the whole SEGA brand - the 'SEGA fans'.
And SEGA, as a company which values its customers, wishes to show their gratitude towards those loyal fans. For the 'SEGA off-event', a fan meeting event lead by the person behind Japan's SEGA Official Twitter account, SEGA fans are invited at SEGA HQ for a chance to get to know SEGA even better. The event was a huge success last year, and so this time, the same event happened for the first time at their brand new HQ in Osaki with double the number of people invited.
New Sonic merchandise for SEGA's lucky tombola online will be available tomorrow ~ Aug 25th!
Try your luck with 500 yen and get a clear folder, tin badges, key chain or a tote bag!
(SEGA ID is required; shipping in end November, only inside Japan)
Look how adorable this artwork is!
There is no empty draw; you win a prize with every draw! See details to the prize by clicking on the picture abve (leads to the homepage with list of prizes & the percentage chances for winning them with each draw).
If you live in Japan or have an address to send your prize to, try this out and get these items! If the demand is high enough, they might consider making second set with more Sonic characters in this style. I would like to see that!
These were the announcement tweet by SEGA Plaza Official, SEGA Official and Sonic Committee.
🔵New Sonic goods for SEGA's lucky tombola online will be available tomorrow ~ Aug 25th!
Try your luck with 500 yen and get a clear folder, tin badges, key chain or a tote bag!
(SEGA ID is required; shipping in end November, only inside Japan) https://t.co/slsThgZyDH
Big news! A collaboration between Sonic the Hedgehog and the American action comedy animation series "OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes" happened!
Sonic and Tails will visit the world of OK K.O.! They already showed us a sneak peak on the animation... this looks 'way past cool'!
The episode contained lots of references and easter eggs from Sonic series! Overall it seems to be received well to majority of the fandom.
Did you watch it live? How did you like it?
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On July 18th 2019 in Fushimi, Kyoto, Japan, an arson broke into the first office of Kyoto Animation (KyoAni) and set fire after spilling gasoline. It was in the middle of workhours and the office had 74 employees preparing for an interview by NHK. The gasoline caused explosion and massive fire, injuring the workers and resulted in killing at least 34 of them. This was the worst arson ever happened since Heisei era (1989-2019).
KyoAni is famous for its high-quality animation works as a result of the company's system of hiring salaried employees rather than freelance workers, unlike many other animation sudios. KyoAni's works are popular all over the world, and not only fans and creators who worked on its anime but also officials from oversea governments showed their grief and support towards KyoAni.
The members of Sonic franchise were no exception.
Junichi Kanemaru-san is shocked by the news dropped into his smartphone. He grieves deeply about it.
Aoi Yuki-san is determined not to talk about the incident. She states she doesn't want to end it just by sharing her sorrow with others, but think, anger, grief and pray about it by herself. Instead, she would intentionally share fun things on Twitter, because who knows how others would interpret her comments in unintended ways. She still feels confused and needs time to sort her feelings before commenting about it officially.
Tomoya Ohtani-san is feeling anger towards the news, which was a little relieved by watching 'Tenki no Ko (Weathering with You)' - but he still can't forgive the culprit for what he has done.
The company shows deep sorrow over the loss of their employees, especially those who were young and had bright future. They will be focusing on the support of the survivors and the families left behind, and leave all managements of media interview requests etc. to a lawyer.
If you would like to show your support to KyoAni, there are few options.
- Buy digital KyoAni products from online website. https://kyoani.shop-pro.jp/
- Make donation at gofundme page set up by Sentai Filmworks. https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-kyoani-heal
- If you are in Japan, make donation at Animate stores' donation boxes at their counter.
- Some places which KyoAni animes are based on also started placing donation boxes.
- Watch KyoAni animes on legal video streaming sites.
Do what you can do now. That's good enough.
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🔵The new Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz HD (Japanese: たべごろ！スーパーモンキーボール) will have...
- 100 stages in total
- More playable characters to be unlocked as game progresses
- 10 party games
- New modes 'Time Attack' and 'Decathlon' added! https://t.co/Xg1pd8PC3B
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Hideki Naganuma-san mentioned Sonic again! His favorite character is Blaze the Cat, and he showed his interest in taking part in another SEGA game again, saying a mixture of Sonic and Jet Set Radio would be his 'dream'.
Sonic the Hedgehog.
— HIDEKI NAGANUMA｜長沼 英樹 (@Hideki_Naganuma) July 14, 2019
Sonic the Hedgehog is a media franchise owned by Sega, centering on a series of high-speed platform games. Sonic, the protagonist, is an anthropomorphic blue hedgehog with supersonic speed.
— HIDEKI NAGANUMA｜長沼 英樹 (@Hideki_Naganuma) July 14, 2019
Sonic Set Radio... is my dream.
— HIDEKI NAGANUMA｜長沼 英樹 (@Hideki_Naganuma) July 14, 2019
Blaze the Cat... is my favorite.
— HIDEKI NAGANUMA｜長沼 英樹 (@Hideki_Naganuma) July 14, 2019
🔵 'One-point Sonic Pocket T-shirt' which was originally designed for the 20th anniversary in 2011 are now available at EDITMODE in two color variants! https://t.co/Awg5xbJiCR
Later he posted his top 3 list! Did you and Senoue-san have anything in common?
Enjoy your weekend with TEAM SONIC RACING music! I wanna hear your top 3 favorite songs on this soundtrack. You don't have to repost if you did last weekend, thank you! Mine is "Frozen Junkyard", "Mother's Canyon" and "Sand Road". And of course GLR. Hard to pick! How about yours? https://t.co/Q9KMm1w2F0
It was Aaron's birthday on July 3rd! Katie from the SoA Sonic team posted a photo to celebrate it and Aaron replied on the following day, reporting that he's been enjoying Japan for the past week, as seen in his photo from Nara deer park and the tweet by Senoue-san few days ago with a photo of him and Aaron at Tokyo Joypolis!
Happy birthday to the talented and kindhearted US social media manager of Sonic the Hedgehog! Enjoy Japan, Aaron!
Happiest of birthdays to the one and only @RubyEclipse! Forever thankful for your friendship and guidance and patience and forgiveness for posting this hoo boy what a blessing. 🙏
Famitsu released an interview conducted on E3 with Takaya Ōhashi-san, the producer of the upcoming latest game to Mario & Sonic series: the 'Mario & Sonic AT Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games' for Nintendo Switch!
GO TO THE ORIGINAL ARTICLE FIRST Original Article:
「本作を遊んで、東京2020オリンピックをより楽しんでほしい」『マリオ&ソニック AT 東京2020オリンピックTM』プロデューサー・大橋宜哉氏インタビュー【E3 2019】 https://www.famitsu.com/news/201906/27178599.html GO TO THE ORIGINAL ARTICLE FIRST
Famitsu released an interview conducted on E3 with Eigo Kasahara-san, the director of the upcoming smartphone app game 'Sonic AT Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games'!
GO TO THE ORIGINAL ARTICLE FIRST Original Article:
191ヵ国で競い合う！『ソニック AT 東京2020オリンピックTM』の詳細を深掘り。ディレクター・笠原英伍氏にインタビュー【E3 2019】 https://www.famitsu.com/news/201906/27178624.html GO TO THE ORIGINAL ARTICLE FIRST
The King of Pop passed away 10 years ago from this day. Upon reading an article about the close relationship Michael Jackson and SEGA had, Yuji Naka-san recalled his memory about him.
🔵Naka-san on an article about Michael Jackson and SEGA: "It's been 10 years since Mr. Michael Jackson passed away. I think this article was checked and approved by SEGA; many of its contents are nostalgic. It's a good memory that we played Power Drift together. By the way, - https://t.co/yxbYEiJ7n3
- the person who kicked my seat was a different person."
*It is explained in the article that as Michael Jackson visited SEGA HQ with his children and played Power Drift, Naka-san was ordered by Hisashi Suzuki-san to let MJ win. So Naka-san acted a thrilling race well, but -
- right in front of the goal MJ did a mistake on control and crashed so Naka-san won. Then somebody kicked Naka-san's seat in anger. The author of the article thought it'd most likely be Suzuki-san, but Naka-san clarified in his tweet above that it was somebody else.
To add-on, in the article it is stated that as Naka-san realized what happened (and got kicked in the seat by somebody), he couldn't stand up from his seat for a while...
Well, the strict rule of 'clients first' must be followed... The article doesn't state any negative afterstory of this, so I assume MJ left SEGA happily despite this incident. Pfew!
Michael Jackson was known as a huge SEGA fan. Whenever he visited Japan, he'd visit SEGA HQ and let Hisashi Suzuki-san, who was a very good friend of him, show him new games in developments and give advices for making them better since he, too, was a creator and entertainer.
It is still very memorable that Michael Jackson brought his own project of making a game about himself and made it happen while actively contributing to it. (Fun fact: this game was once shown in a popular Japanese TV show「トリビアの泉 (Fountain of Trivia)」, in which trivias and not-so-useful facts of everyday life were posted by audience. So apparantly many people (at least, non-gamers) in Japan didn't know about its existence.) The rhythm game 'Space Channel 5' series also has his cameo appearance. And not to forget, he also worked on the music of Sonic 3.
His legacy in SEGA games shall be passed down the generations.
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🔵 Naka-san is impressed by the beach art of Sonic! He wonders how they create it, saying its perfectness almost makes him think it's a CG. https://t.co/lx1ektAqar
"This Sonic beach art is amazing. From the pictures it seems like the art is actually being drawn on real ground, but I'd like to watch a timelapse video of the process. And have a look at it with my own eyes."
- Yuji Naka
The artist then noticed Naka-san's mention and they had a little conversation!
Thank you ! Sorry I don't have timelapse of the process for this one ! It's difficult to do all alone also taking time for the drawing and the camera.
Yes I do it all alone. Sometimes friends help me for fun but for this one I was alone and running after the tide. That's why I can't do timelapse or additionnal videos all the time.
28 years ago from today, Sonic the Hedgehog was released in the US and sped through the gaming world like a fresh wind.
Today, not only the fans all around the world celebrated the birthday of our beloved Blue Blur, but messages from the people on the official side of Sonic development were seen on Twitter. Here is the summary!
The birthday of our beloved blue hedgehog is right in front of you, and there are several unique events happening around June 23rd!
Here is a summary of how to celebrate Sonic's birthday 2019 in Japan.
Bentley Jones, aka Lee Brotherton, has released a new mix of his song "Dreams of an Absolution", the theme of Silver the Hedgehog for 'Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)'!
Watch the MV and listen to his unchanged soothing voice with a new flavor.
— Bentley Jones | ベントレー・ジョーンズ (@Bentley_Jones) June 24, 2019
🔵Ⅰ know I'm a little behind with this news, but anyway! Bentley Jones @Bentley_Jones released his 10th annivresary album & a music video to a new version of 'Dreams of an Absolution', the theme of Silver in Sonic the Hedgehog 2006! Check them out!https://t.co/w0BBM9P6OR
It looks like it's currently only the Sonic greetings that's going to take place. There won't be any stage event. I guess Iizuka-san's schedule didn't fit this time? Last year he came all the way from LA just to attend thie event!
I wish they would have planned TSR competition or something similar, it's be a great opportunity for that! Or live music event with Senoue-san and his 'Sonic Adventure Music Expenditure'! Would be a blast.
Kanemaru-san saw the news too and commented as follows!
今年こそは参加してみたいな…。
— 金丸淳一VoiceActor&Vocalist Kanemaru Jun-ichi (@junichisonic) May 27, 2019
And Kanemaru-san wishes to go there too! How cool would it be if there was a greeting with Kanemaru-san and Sonic?😊 Hopefully this will be realized someday!
Hi everyone! I hope you have all enjoyed the 4th Twitter Takeover by official Sonic the Hedgehog Twitter account of the US a month ago.
Every year the takeover crew is growing in number; now adding to the last year's members Sonic, Dr. Eggman and Shadow, Tails has joined the team this year to receive hundreads of questions gathered from Sonic fans from all over the world.
We're here to refresh your memory of this extremely amusing event with the summary & transcription of every Q&A video tweets by the official account, alongside with Japanese translation for the Sonic fans in Japan!
Translations are combination and modification of those by @celeritas128 and me, @Knuttunk55 .
As the official Sonic the Hedgehog account announced the date and time of the event, four casts were revealed to take part to the 4th Takeover! As the fans responded cheerfully, Mike Pollock (voice of Dr. Eggman), Roger Craig Smith (voice of Sonic), Aaron Webber (Social Manager of US Sonic Team) tweeted their passion and additional useful information to raise the spirit further.
Join us this Friday at 10 AM Pacific as Sonic, Tails, Shadow and Eggman take over our Twitter to answer your questions! pic.twitter.com/WaqEZBksyK
— Sonic the Hedgehog (@sonic_hedgehog) May 22, 2019
🔵On the release day of Team Sonic Racing, the evil genius gives an interview to NDW! Read the 5th and the last article to the TSR teams direct interview series! https://t.co/Pen9fl0Buq
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