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2019/05/09

More info on TSR OST 'Maximum Overdrive'!

News from 2019.05.08
Archived on 2019.05.26

From Senoue-san: more info on physical copy of Team Sonic Racing's original soundtrack album 'Maximum Overdrive'!
Oooh this is going to be exciting!!

Release is on May 29th. 3 CDs, 130 tracks! Pre-order now!!

This CD will also be released worldwide in digital format in various music streaming services. Get ready to boost on!

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2019/05/08

Naka-san on improved port of Space Harrier Mark III by a fan

News from 2019.05.08
Archived on 2019.05.13

Back then, Naka-san worked on porting Space Harrier to Mark III, but he couldn't remove the frame by programming. His boss told him that it doesn't bother them much so he could decide to release it, but it seems like the frame remained a worrying factor to him.

Today, he found someone who ported Space Harrier with some improvements (removing the frame, smoothing out zooming in/out) is amazed by the result!

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More comments from Kanemaru-san on Sonic X!

News from 2019.05.08
Archived on 2019.05.13

Upon seeing the first three episodes of Japanese Sonic X released online on YouTube for free for limited time, Kanemaru-san comments further on each episode & on the interview footage to Sonic X casts!

Previous summaries:
Episode 1

 Kanemaru-san on Dark Sonic

Episode 2:

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Kanemaru-san and Senoue-san on TSR music video!

News from 2019.05.08
Archived on 2019.05.13

Kanemaru-san reacted to Senoue-san's lookback on TSR music making video!
Both of them seem to be very excited for the game like we are!

Senoue-san explains that he chose a blue metallic guitar to match Sonic's car 'Speed Star', and the its pickup cover is metallic red - a perfect 'Team Sonic Racing edition'!

Kanemaru-san praises it and tells him: 'If Sonic hears the sounds played on blue metallic guitar, he definitely will go 'Boost on!'.

Another reference to "Cyber Formula", the formula one Anime in which Kanemaru-san played the protagonist.

I'm really excited for the TSR and its music too!


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Naka-san on Sonic Adventure Production Presentation from 1998!

News from 2019.05.08
Archived on 2019.05.12

A few days ago, Kanemaru-san and Naka-san looked back on the unique advertisement for Sonic Adventure with Sonic plush.

Today, Naka-san recalled on the Sonic Adventure Production Presentation, which I also mentioned in the post above.

This exciting Presentation event was held in Tokyo International Forum on August 22nd, 1998.
Official announcement from back then...: http://sonic.sega.jp/sonicadv/info/happyoukai.html

SEGA invited fans and press to this once-in-a-life opportunity to have a sneak-peek into the latest work to Sonic series presented by Yuji Naka-san, the head of Sonic Team himself.

This event was initially planned to have two shows on this day, but since the number of people gathered to join the presentation exceeded the expectation of SEGA greatly, they had to add the third show on spot.
(from a report by MAYON)

The event included real-time gameplay of the product on Dreamcast with Naka-san's explanations, a video documentary on Sonic Team's business trip to mid-south America for collecting materials for ideas and aesthetics of the game, recording of 'Sonic!' call by the audience together with Segata Sanshiro, and live performance of 'Open Your Heart' with Jun Senoue-san.

What does Naka-san remember from the preparation for this memorable event?

Oh wow, so despite the hardware not having full memory. the Sonic Team did their very best to fit everything in to make the live-demo of the game happen! Hats off to them.

You can watch the summary of this presentation event including 'Sonic Team Story' (documentary of Sonic Team's business trip to mid-south America) in this VHS of the event which was distributed for the members of "SEGA Partners" back then.

Here is one Naka-san mentioned in his tweet & the one you can watch with English subtitles which I helped out a little bit.
Enjoy!




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Updated blog features: Navigation banner for both PC and mobile versions!

News from 2019.05.07

Hey all!
I did another update on this blog archive site.

This time, it's the navigation banner on top!

I didn't realize this function existed on Blogger. And it works fine both on desktop and mobile versions! So not only the PC users but also people visiting my site on their smartphones will have much easier overview and quicker access to different pages and categories. That is really practical!

I should have done this waaaay before...

But anyways, now I did!

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List and description of each tab:

  • Home (mobile version only) = Goes to the top page of the website with every posts listed in chronological order. (In desktop version, simply click on the blog logo at very top of the page.)
  • PC ver. = Switches to desktop version of the website. (usage for mobile version users / as HOME button for PC version)
  • Introduction = Posts for introduction to SonicJPNews & how-to-use for this archive site.
  • Sonic = Gotta go fast! Shows all posts tagged with 'Sonic'.
  • Game = Any game related news and fun stuff. Shows all posts tagged with 'Game'.
  • Art = Looking for good art? Here you'll find them! Shows all posts tagged with 'Art'.
  • Music = SEGA's Music = perfection. Shows all posts tagged with 'Music'.
  • -OMZ- = Direct link to the parent page of Official Materials Zone. (List of links to my translations of official materials such as official game/product page, user guide, game manual etc.)
  • -TAZ- = Direct link to the parent page of Translated Articles Zone. (List of links to my posts for translation of articles, mostly interviews.)
  • -ENSZ- = Direct link to the parent page of Event News Summary Zone. (List of links to my summary posts for Sonic related events)
  • Behind-the-Scene = Interesting backstories and look-backs by Sonic developers. Shows all posts tagged with 'Behind-the-scene'.
  • Discussion = Articles summarizing hot topics discussed by Sonic developers. Shows all posts tagged  'Discussion'.
  • Anniversary = Find something to celebrate for! Shows all posts tagged  'anniversary'.
  • Birthday = Check whose birthday it is today! Shows all posts tagged  'birthday'.
  • Plush = Need some comfort? You love plushies? Come here and adore Sonic plush adventures posted by SEGA Offcial! Shows all posts tagged  'Plush'.
  • Merch = Looking for cool SEGA stuff just for yourself? Then you came to the right place! Shows all posts tagged  'merchandise'.
  • JP Culture = Love Sonic and love Japan? What if they are combined together? Learn about Japan with Sonic! Shows all posts tagged  'Japanese culture'.
  • SEGA-JP = Shows all posts tagged  'SEGA of Japan'.
  • SEGA-US = Shows all posts tagged  'SEGA of America'.
  • SEGA-EU = Shows all posts tagged  'SEGA Europe'.

For more tags, switch to PC desktop version and look at the right side of the page. There you can find every tag I used in alphabetical order!

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On PC it looks like this...
Navigation banner on top of the site page. Make use of this for much easier SonicJPNews life!


and on mobile, like this.
Tap the blue banner which says 'Home'...

And you'll find this drop-down list of tabs.

Tap on 'PC ver.' to switch to desktop version which has more fun gadgets, such as World Map, Random Post, Popular Posts and Sonic Sounds Player!

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Alright! So what do you think of it?

Now it's much easier to navigate to major topics of this blog without scrolling down the labels section on the right or searching for keywords in that little searchbox above it. Nice!

I also put link to the desktop version of this site as the first button! So mobile users don't need to go all the way down to the bottom of the page to find 'switch to web version' link.

PC version has much more contents than mobile version, so please check it out too by choosing 'PC ver.' from the dropdown list!

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2019/05/07

Crush40 in Sonic the Movie? Johnny wants you to sign the petition!

News from 2019.05.07
Archived on 2019.05.12

Johnny Gioeli needs your help!

Want Crush 40 in Sonic the Hedgehog movie?
Then sign the petition!

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Mazin-san's photo report on dismantlement of old SEGA HQ

News from 2019.05.07-
Archived on 2019.05.12

As the dismantlement of the old SEGA HQ is about to start, Mazin-san (Masato Nishimura-san) started taking photos of the iconic building every day.

Here is the summary.

May 7th
"Pre-Daily Ohtorii. Nothing has changed yet though, but just as a first record in Reiwa. Well, actually I passed here in a car on the very first day of Reiwa, but anyway.
'Let's burn the house every day!'
Kidding, I'm going to come here every day as often as I can."
- Masato Nishimura (Mazin)


"So I decided to do some jogging from my home in Kawasaki to Ootorii every night until the old SEGA HQ will be dismantled.
But honestly, to jog this distance every day is very challenging.
Let's say it's a recklessness of being young. I'm not young anymore though."
- Masato Nishimura (Mazin)


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SEGA Official & Sonic Committee's cheer-up after Golden Week

News from 2019.05.07
Archived on 2019.05.07

Golden Week, the longest national holiday week of Japan has ended.
For this year 2019, this giant holiday season was especially long with 10 days due to extra holidays added because of the Era Change.
(See reaction of SEGA people on the end of Heisei era and the beginning of Reiwa era here.)

So today is the day 1 for people in Japan to get back to work for the longest national holiday they ever had. They are either filled with energy to work, or don't want to go back to work at all...

Which type are you? :D

For those who are shining with charged energy and for those who need something to lift up your day - Sonic Committee and SEGA Official are there to encourage both of you with nice stuff here!

1. Release of Team Sonic Racing is getting close, only in 2 weeks!
Are you ready to play the new type racing game with Sonic characters? Here you go! Pre-order now and get ready to give full acceleration!
"The first day after a long vacation. The head-spinning everyday started again, but if you wait 14 days more, it's the release day of Team Sonic Racing! Let's do our best for the day!"
- Sonic Committee


 2. For those who need some energy source... how about this little adorable hedgehog?
"The timeline on day 1 after the big holiday is in such a chaos, so I'm posting here a video for you to pick out the thorns out of your heart. Fluffy. (At Orbi Yokohama)"
- SEGA Official

Orbi Yokohama is SEGA's animal park joined with technology where you can interact with different kinds of animals in unique environment of DigitaReal, located in Minato Mirai.
If you have a chance, visit there and you may be able to touch a real hedgehog!

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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!



【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/

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