Naka-san once wanted to use Mario but got rejected by Nintendo

News from 2019.03.21
Archived on 2019.03.24

Naka-san on Nintendo being generous for letting an indie game studio use its own IP:

インディースタジオにゼルダのIPを使わせてくれてる任天堂って変わった感じがしますね。昔マリオを使いたいと言う話を任天堂に話に行って撃沈して帰ってきたのを思い出しました。 https://t.co/cNZDLXmlIu

— Yuji Naka / 中　裕司 (@nakayuji) March 21, 2019

"Letting an indie studio use Zelda's IP - I guess Nintendo has changed,. I remembered that time when I went to them and said we wanted to use Mario, and was rejected straight away."


That must've been way before they were planning Mario & Sonic at Olympic games. I wonder what Naka-san wanted to make with Mario back then...

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GDC Awards 2019 Ceremony: Rieko Kodama-san receives Pioneer Awards as the first Japanese woman

News from 2019.03.21-22
Archived on 2019.04.13

The Game Developers Choice (GDC) Award Ceremony was held on this day and Ms. Rieko Kodama from SEGA Games received the Pioneer Awards as the first Japanese woman for this awards.
Congratulations!

She was unfortunately not able to attend the ceremony on the place, but she sent a video message for the ceremony, which can be seen in the archive of livestream on Twitch.

GDC Choice Awards 授賞式。セガゲームスの小玉理恵子が日本人女性として初めて受賞（Pioneer Awards）しました。
小玉本人は残念ながら出席できませんでしたが、受賞の模様は1:46~1:54の約8分間、1:50~1:54に小玉のビデオメッセージが流れます。https://t.co/PPBYs7YOWZ https://t.co/PPBYs7YOWZ

— 松原　健二 (@kjmatsu) March 21, 2019

The news also made it to several game news sites. Congratulations, Kodama-san!

「Game Developers Choice Awards 2019」パイオニア賞をセガゲームスの小玉理恵子氏が受賞 https://t.co/LkpoWeNqA9 pic.twitter.com/MS97gPprw8

— Gamer＠ゲーム情報 (@GamerNeJp) March 22, 2019

セガの小玉理恵子氏が「Game Developers Choice Awards 2019」パイオニア賞を受賞　日本人ゲーム開発者では史上3人目、女性としては史上初！ https://t.co/YWXhQv0DLK #セガ pic.twitter.com/qqfDvvsSM4

— GAME Watch (@game_watch) March 22, 2019

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Naka-san visits old SEGA HQ again: all traces of SEGA are gone

News from 2019.03.21
Archived on 2019.03.24

Naka-san re-visited the old building of SEGA HQ again to discover that the SEGA logos are now completely gone.

He posted following tweets with pictures:

"I visited the Haginaka Park near SEGA Enterprises for my children's bike riding practice, and I took this opportunity to see the building again. All of the signboards and logos on the ground were removed. According to a guardman, due to confidentiality he can't tell me what the next company is going to be, but the construction starts next week. I wonder if it's going to be taken down. "

子供達の自転車の練習の為にセガエンタープライゼス近くにある萩中公園に来たついでに、見に寄ったら、地面のロゴも看板も全部外されてました。警備員さんによると守秘義務があるので次の会社は言えないんだけど、来週から工事が始まるようです。壊されるんですかね。 pic.twitter.com/0vo2QZE4lA

— Yuji Naka / 中　裕司 (@nakayuji) March 21, 2019

子供達の自転車の練習の為にセガエンタープライゼス近くにある萩中公園に来たついでに、見に寄ったら、地面のロゴも看板も全部外されてました。警備員さんによると守秘義務があるので次の会社は言えないんだけど、来週から工事が始まるようです。壊されるんですかね。 pic.twitter.com/3wLtvuPit8

— Yuji Naka / 中　裕司 (@nakayuji) March 21, 2019

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New SEGA game character key chains from Amiami!

News from 2019.03.20
Archived on 2019.03.23

New merchandise from Amiami-Figure: SEGA game character key chains (5 pack set)!
Pre-order begins in April. Get your acryl key holders of Rent a Hero, Virtualon, Puyo Puyo, Space Channel 5 and NiGHTS!

SEGAキャラクターキーホルダー 5種セット[インドア]⇒ https://t.co/CJflfwq4OC
ご予約開始です♪ pic.twitter.com/U34Tf2NExG

— あみあみ (@amiami_figure) March 20, 2019

That design for NiGHTS is beautiful, don't you think?

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Naganuma-san knows we want a new Sonic Rush game...

News from 2019.03.20
Archived on 2019.03.23

Sonic Rush composer Naganuma-san has a question to you!

Which is my best Sonic Rush track?

— HIDEKI NAGANUMA｜長沼 英樹 (@Hideki_Naganuma) March 19, 2019

 What's your answer?

I know. RT @FlamefammS: We want a new Sonic Rush game

— HIDEKI NAGANUMA｜長沼 英樹 (@Hideki_Naganuma) March 20, 2019

And yep, he knows. And it looks like he also does want another Sonic Rush game.
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2nd Anniversary of SonicJPNews! Thank you everyone!

News from 2019.03.20
Archived on 2019.03.23

It was the 2nd anniversary of my SonicJPNews account! Time flies.
Here are my messages I posted on Twitter. Thank you everyone for your support! I wish my free time hobby is also helpful to other people.

Oh! Looks like it's the 2nd anniversary of SonicJPNews!🎉

2 years ago I started out this project by collecting and translating tweets related to Sonic Forces and Sonic Mania, in the hope to reduce misunderstandings on information given by the Japanese side.
My follower count - pic.twitter.com/SGTvRd1B1h

— ●SonicJPNews● (@SonicJPNews) March 20, 2019

- reached 100 on day 1 and continued to grow, now surpassing 2k. Some of my followees followed me back too. Incredible!

After 2 years, now we are expecting Team Sonic Racing and more information on new major Sonic games.
Let's see what future awaits us!#MyTwitterAnniversary

— ●SonicJPNews● (@SonicJPNews) March 20, 2019

So everyone, thank you all for your support! I started this to help the worldwide Sonic community, and I wish to continue to do so.

If you need to remember what happened back in those days, take a look at my new archive blog!https://t.co/EKzH1VOtAm

— ●SonicJPNews● (@SonicJPNews) March 20, 2019

And if you like what I do, please consider supporting me through ko-fi.

Thank you very much!
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— ●SonicJPNews● (@SonicJPNews) March 20, 2019

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Okunari-san on new info for Virtua Racing on SEGA AGES

News from 2019.03.20
Archived on 2019.03.23

Yosuke Okunari-san on new information on SEGA AGES Virtua Racing:

春発売予定です。あともう少しです。お待ちください！ https://t.co/XoRuw7rVku

— Yosuke Okunari /奥成洋輔 (@okunari) March 20, 2019

"It will be released in spring. Just a little bit more. Please look forward to it!!"
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Naka-san on Google's new cloud console 'Stadia'

News from 2019.03.20
Archived on 2019.03.23

Google's new hardware: Stadia has been announced today and Naka-san tweeted his thoughts about it.

A Twitter user posted these pictures which he found at GDC2019, and Yuji Naka-san retweeted them.
The tweet shows a row of game consoles such as Dreamcast, ATARI, PlayStation and so on, and at last an empty box hinting at a new console developed by Google.

Googleが不穏な展示してる #GDC2019 pic.twitter.com/EMsa2Ezsyf

— WILDMAN ✈️GDC/VRDC2019 (@yasei_no_otoko) March 18, 2019

ガチで新ハード？ pic.twitter.com/gc8RH9ustd

— WILDMAN ✈️GDC/VRDC2019 (@yasei_no_otoko) March 18, 2019

Later, an article about this new console, 'Stadia', was released from GIZMODO and Naka-san posted his own thoughts on the matter together with the link to an article:

Googleのハードちょっと面白そうですね。気になりました。今後のゲーム機はこう言う形になっていくんでしょうか？
こう言うクラウドゲーム機ならではのゲームを誰が最初に思いつくか楽しみですね。
きっと最初は移植ばかりになっちゃいますよね。 https://t.co/VoKogcUKQd

— Yuji Naka / 中　裕司 (@nakayuji) March 20, 2019

Naka-san: "Google's hardware, sounds interesting. It drew my attention. Are future consoles going to be like this?
I'm looking forward to seeing who will be the first one to think of a game that is unique to such cloud console.
I guess at first there will be ports only."

This must be a very intriguing topic for Naka-san, who himself is a very talented programmer who was in charge of porting games to different systems and consoles when he was still a highschooler.

There are also rumor going around that Google and SEGA will be / have partnered up for the new console.
Let's see what they are going to present in near future! This new game streaming service might change our standards of gaming.

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Amy: Taeko Kawata-san's birthday!

News from 2019.03.20
Archived on 2019.03.23

Today, March 20th is the birthday of Taeko Kawata-san! Happy birthday!

🔵Today is the birthday of Taeko Kawata-san, the voice of our adorable and strong girl Amy Rose.

Happy birthday, Kawata-san!💝🌹 https://t.co/h0wbEur7sI

— ●SonicJPNews● (@SonicJPNews) March 20, 2019

元気で今、生きていることは

本当に幸せなことですね

自分を大切にすることは

人を悲しませない、
人をも大切に思うことだと

今、しみじみ思います。

お祝いメッセージ、本当に嬉しいです。

ありがとう(*´∀｀)♥

— 川田妙子 (@fanfunGarden) March 20, 2019

Taeko Kawata-san:
"Being alive and having good health is
Truly fortunate thing.

Taking care of oneself means
To treasure people and to not make them sad
That is what I believe sincerely.

I am very happy to receive birthday messages.

Thank you(*´∀｀)♥"

May your new age be healthy and prosperous!

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Sonic related info on SEGA FES 2019 updated!

News from 2019.03.20
Archived on 2019.03.22

Sonic-related information for SEGA FES 2019 was updated!
Vsit SEGA FES 2019 in Akihabara on March 30th and 31st!

セガのお祭り「セガフェス2019」が、2019年3月30日（土）・31日（日）に東京・ベルサール秋葉原にて開催！ソニック関連情報を公開しましたので、ぜひチェックしてくださいね★https://t.co/CwtJto1vQJ#SonicChannel

— ソニック委員会「R」 (@sonic20th) March 20, 2019

Summary from the official website:

• Team Sonic Racing demo play in first floor demo game corner. Players obtain a special sticker.

• A limited edition 'Umai-Bou' (stick snack) with Sonic design. Some will be distributed to early arrivals, the rest can be obtained by playing MEGA UFO CATCHER in the first floor.

セガフェス会場では、ソニックがパッケージされた「セガフェスオリジナルうまい棒」が先着来場特典として配布予定のほか、会場1Fの「MEGA UFO CATCHER」の景品としても登場！ぜひゲットしてくださいね★https://t.co/CwtJto1vQJ pic.twitter.com/xEga5noQ9r

— ソニック委員会「R」 (@sonic20th) March 20, 2019

• Shiro Coppe (White Coppe Bakery)'s booth will attend the event, and attendants can buy the Sonic Chili Dog collaboration menu together with a collaboration tin badge. An acryl key chain will be sold at 500 yen + tax.

• Sonic goods at merchandise corner: Sonic the Hedgehog plush ball chain, Japanese Sonic 'Tatami coaster' (4 versions), Japanese Sonic T-shirt ver. 4

• Sonic will attend the event too! Look for him and take photos with him!

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