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Interview With Sonic Adventure 2 Director Takashi Iizuka
Sonic Adventure 2 will be the last Sonic game on the DC, and Iizuka-san is making sure it\'s the best
June 1, 2001
When Sonic the Hedgehog released way back on the Genesis, it changed the format of platform gaming. Before Sonic appeared, every platform aspired to be Mario-esque in its platforming mechanics. Sonic changed all that, offering lots of blazing speed, fresh visuals, and a big does of attitude. We have thanked Yuji Naka constantly for his contributions and he has rightfully deserved all the accolades. There is a rather unfortunate result of being Yuji Naka; as head of Sonic Team, he has to oversee so many innovative video game projects. Thankfully, Yuji Naka has some extremely talented wizards in charge of each Sonic Team project and perhaps none is more important than Sonic Team USA Director Takashi Iizuka, who is currently handling what could be the last Sonic game for the Dreamcast – Sonic Adventure 2.
While Takashi Iizuka may not have enjoyed the spotlight attention of Yuji Naka, Iizuka-san has quite a history in the video game industry as he has contributed much to the Sonic series. He started working for SEGA of Japan in 1992 and a year later, he came to the US to work on Sonic 3 and Sonic/Knuckles for the Genesis. After completing both projects he went back to Japan where we became the main designer for the legendary Saturn title, NiGHTS. While working on his next Saturn title, Sonic Jam, he can up with the concept of Sonic Adventure and while writing up the spec document of Sonic Adventure, he supported the efforts in making Sonic R and Sonic 3D Blast. As the director and main designer of Sonic Adventure, he introduced Sonic to a 3D world and with the success of the title, it was only natural for him to head up the direction of the Sonic Adventure 2. Sonic Adventure 2 is not only the 10th anniversary of Sonic but possibly the last Sonic game on the Dreamcast, and that would seem to put a lot of pressure on Sonic Team USA. However, throughout our very pleasant interview with Takashi Iizuka, he was excited about the development of Sonic Adventure 2 and seemed anything but stressed.......continue onto link at top to read rest.
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it looks pretty cool, i love sonic games.
