NDW's direct interview with TSR teams #3: Team Dark

News from 2019.05.07
Archived on 2019.05.07

Nintendo Dreams conducted an interview with each team of Team Sonic Racing!

The full article can be found on their vol. 302 issued this month, but they are also releasing a part of these interviews online!

Each interview-part will be released on Nintendo Dreams Web (NDW) from April 23rd onwards every Tuesday towards the game release on May 21st.

And I will translate all of them and collect them here on my archive blog!

Schedule for Team Sonic Racing racers direct interview:
#1: Team Sonic (April 23rd) - ORIGINAL / TRANSLATION
#2: Team Rose (April 30th) - ORIGINAL / TRANSLATION
#3: Team Dark (May 7th) - you are here 
#4: Team Vector (May 14th) - ORIGINAL / TRANSLATION
#5: Team Eggman (May 21st) - ORIGINAL / TRANSLATION


The third team they interviewed is... Team Dark!

『#チームソニックレーシング』に参戦するソニックたちに直接インタビュー！
NDWにて毎週火曜日に更新中です。本日より第3回「チームダーク」公開！
ふだんはクールな3人の“絶妙”な掛け合いをお楽しみください♪https://t.co/n9a2z8BugH pic.twitter.com/632q0qeRWl

— ニンテンドードリーム編集部（ニンドリ） (@nindori) May 7, 2019

🔵NDW's Team Sonic Racing interview #3 is up online! This time it's Team Dark's turn! https://t.co/RwTNHEL2UR

— ●SonicJPNews● (@SonicJPNews) May 7, 2019

【特別企画】『チームソニックレーシング』レーサー直撃インタビュー！ その3「チーム ダーク」

https://www.ndw.jp/teamsonicracing-interview_dark/

↑↑↑↑　As usual, check out the original article first!   ↑↑↑↑

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Maekawa-san on behind-the-scene of a Sonic Heroes cutscene

News from 2019.03.30
Archived on 2019.04.17

Another interesting backstory from Maekawa-san on production of Sonic!
This time it's about Sonic Heroes, the last cutscene of Team Dark's story.

ううっ…あのシーンの理解者が😢
これ、CG担当のアメリカ人に最も理解されなかったシーン。
何度言っても「なんでここでルージュがウィンクするんだ？ 意味がわからん！」って口論になり結局「わかんなくてもいいから絵コンテ通りにしろ！」って飯塚さんが押し通してくれたのを今でも思い出す。😌 https://t.co/HjQosUPP2r

— 前川司郎 (@mizuhano) March 29, 2019

なんで分からないのか分からないのが分からないというね。
どんだけ話し合っても分かり合えないことはある。そういう前提が必要なんだと学んだ良い機会でござった。

— 前川司郎 (@mizuhano) March 29, 2019

🔵A fan mentioned how good a scene in Sonic Heroes is, and Maekawa-san reacted with tear of joy:

"Oh, somebody here understands that scene well. The CG creator in the US had the most difficulty to understand this scene. No matter how many times I explained, they said -

— ●SonicJPNews● (@SonicJPNews) March 29, 2019

- 'I don't understand why Rouge winks here. Why?!' and we got into arguments. At the end, Iizuka-san helped me and pushed it through, telling them 'It doesn't matter if you understand it. Just make it as it is directed in the storyboard!'. I still remember that." -

— ●SonicJPNews● (@SonicJPNews) March 29, 2019

- "I didn't understand why they don't understand it.
It was a good opportunity to learn that sometimes there are things people can't agree upon no matter how long they discuss about it, and you have to deal with that premise."

— ●SonicJPNews● (@SonicJPNews) March 29, 2019

Wow, they didn't understand the scene? That's so sad, I don't understand whny they didn't get it either.
It must've been a hard time for Maekawa-san trying to convince them...
And Iizuka-san did a good job there! Thanks to them we have the great scene as it is meant to be. Good grief.

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