Naka-san looks back on console war in 1994

News from 2019.04.04
Archived on 2019.04.22

Naka-san on the timing of SEGA Saturn's launch and him making NiGHTS instead of continuing with Sonic series...:

セガサターン出す時ってまだ欧米ではジェネシスが頑張っていたので、地域売上差が大きい中での船出だったので、あのタイミングで出して良かったのかわからないですね。良く言われるのが僕がソニック作りたくなくてナイツ作ったのは本当にすみません。良いゲームなんですけどねhttps://t.co/tFSsGp3pOc

— Yuji Naka / 中　裕司 (@nakayuji) April 4, 2019

🔵A manga artist drew about SEGA Saturn's defeat in console war in 1994 and how SEGA fans who reincarnated into a SEGA employee tries to make Saturn win…and fails.

Naka-san's reaction:
"At the time we were launching SEGA Saturn, GENESIS was still doing well in the west. The -

— ●SonicJPNews● (@SonicJPNews) April 4, 2019

- difference of sales between regions was huge, so I'm not sure if it was the right timing.
What I often hear is that I made NiGHTS because I didn't want to make another Sonic, and I'm really sorry for that. It's a good game though."

— ●SonicJPNews● (@SonicJPNews) April 4, 2019

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