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2019/05/21

NDW's direct interview with TSR teams #5: Team Eggman

News from 2019.05.21
Archived on 2019.05.21

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) - ORIGINAL / TRANSLATION
#4: Team Vector (May 14th) - ORIGINAL / TRANSLATION
#5: Team Eggman (May 21st) - you are here 


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


【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5「チーム エッグマン」

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

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2019/05/20

Team Sonic Racing online game manual!

News from 2019.05.20
Archived on 2019.05.20

Tomorrow is the day! Team Sonic Racing will be released on May 21st!

Right before the big day, Sonic Committee announced the release of a web game manual for Team Sonic Racing! Check it out on the official website at the bottom of the top page!


Team Sonic Racing official website http://sonic.sega.jp/TeamSonicRacing/

Team Sonic Racing web manual https://manual.sega.jp/teamsonicracing/?pid=0



...Or if you want an English translation, see mine below:
(I only translated interesting info, excluding obvious ones)

The 'Tipps from Tails' is only available in Japanese mannual - which I also translated below:

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TSR developers' video message to fans right before the game release!

News from 2019.05.20
Archived on 2019.05.20

Tomorrow is the day! Team Sonic Racing will be released on May 21st!

Nintendo Dream, who has been releasing the Team Sonic Racing direct interviews every Tuesday
, has released a video today - this time it's messages from the TSR developers to fans!

Listen to the video message by Director Kawarazuka-san, Lead Composer Senoue-san and Producer Iizuka-san's passion towards the game and get ready to boost on!






Translation:

2019/05/14

NDW's direct interview with TSR teams #4: Team Vector

News from 2019.05.14
Archived on 2019.05.14

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) - ORIGINAL / TRANSLATION
#4: Team Vector (May 14th) - you are here 
#5: Team Eggman (May 21st) - ORIGINAL / TRANSLATION


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

【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4「チーム ベクター」

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

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




Translation

2019/05/11

DARTSLIVE collaboration with Team Sonic Racing! Get free TSR theme for limited time!

News from 2019.05.10
Archived on 2019.05.25

The dar game DARTSLIVE is collaborating with Team Sonic Racing!
Its original TSR-designed theme is now available for.. FREE!
Get the theme while you can! Offer ends on June 16th.



Kanemaru-san saw the information and offers everyone to play the game & get the special theme!
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2019/05/09

Kanemaru-san met Sonic in Akihabara by chance!

News from 2019.05.08
Archived on 2019.05.20

Kanemaru-san found his buddy by chance as he was taking a walk around Akihabara!

"In Akihabara where I took a walk.
'Hey, I didn't know you were here.'
I was a little surprised."
- Junichi Kanemaru


If you ever visit Akihabara, don't forget to go to Komeda's Yawaraka Shiro Coppe!
https://tempo.sega.jp/tnsb/shirocoppe_akihabara/

For 600 yen, you can eat Sonic's favorite chili dog and get special tin badge!
Also, a special Sonic acrylic key chain with collab design can be obtanied for 500 yen!

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Mazin-san on Sonic CD: 'I'm outta here' or 'I'm outer here'?

News from 2019.05.09
Archived on 2019.05.26

Have you ever left the game untouched for 3 minutes long while playing Sonic CD?
Then you must have seen Sonic jumping off the stage, saying "I'm outta here'. And you've successfully lost a life.

This is Mazin-san's another unique contribution to Sonic CD, aside from that infamous 'Fun is Infinite' illustration which he addressed the other day.

And today, he spoke about his voice acting for Sonic as he found an old game magazine with an article on Sonic CD development team!
"Due to influence of overseas merchandise, 'I'm outta here.' is now common - but I remember saying it as 'I'm outer here.' and got confused. But now I found this image from a magazine from that time, and as I checked, I was right with 'outer'.
I guess my English pronounciation was bad. *laugh*
By the way, everyone looks so young..."
- Masato Nishimura (Mazin)


So it seems like in his script back then, it was written as 'I'm outer here'!
But that doesn't quite make sense as an English sentence in that context. I think 'I'm outta here' is correct because that means 'I'm going out of here', the shortform of a verb - which Sonic executes as he says. He is not in the state of being 'outside' of the game yet, so using 'outer' (an adjective) wouldn't fit here.

The pronounciation of both words are a similar and might sound pretty much the same to those who are not faimilar with English that much. The scriptwriter, Mazin-san and the magazine writer apparently didn't know the difference. Welp!

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Senoue-san on Puyo Puyo Champions!

News from 2019.05.09
Archived on 2019.05.26

Senoue-san's game tip of the day!
Enjoy Puyo Puyo in the West too, with Senoue-san's cool remixes!
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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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