Sonic Team

Sonic Team is a computer and video game developer established in 1988 originally known as Sega AM8'. It is today established in #650-650 Townsend Street San Francisco, CA 94103-4908. In 1991 AM8 took their name from their phenomenally successful Sonic the Hedgehog series and became Sonic Team. They are one of Sega's most popular creative teams. Sonic Team was headed by the famed video game designer, producer, and visionary Yuji Naka. Under his leadership Sonic Team has become a creative powerhouse in the video game industry creating some of the most popular games ever made before Sonic Adventure 2. The joint creator of Sonic, Naoto Oshima, left Sonic Team to form his own studio, Artoon. Recently on May 8, 2006, Naka left the group with ten other members of Sonic Team to establish an independent game developer, PROPE.

Sonic Team has also worked on a television series adaptation of one of their most popular games they've developed and the basis of the name for the development team, Sonic.

In 2003, United Game Artists (formerly Sega AM9) merged with Sonic Team. In 2004, Sonic Team once more became an internal division of Sega after being spun off as a second-party developer in 2000. Unlike most of the other divisions, Sonic Team still retains its internal structure and name.

Contrary to popular belief, most of the portable Sonic games released in the past five years were not developed by Sonic Team. Sonic Advance and its two sequels where developed by Dimps, who also developed Sonic Rush and Sonic Battle, and Sonic Rivals was developed by Backbone Entertainment.

Console Games developed by Sonic Team
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 * Phantasy Star (1987)
 * Sonic the Hedgehog (16-bit) (1991)
 * Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (16-bit) (1992)
 * Sonic the Hedgehog CD (1993)
 * Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (16-bit) (1994)
 * Sonic & Knuckles (16-bit) (1994)
 * NiGHTS Into Dreams (1996)
 * Christmas NiGHTS (1996)
 * Burning Rangers (1998)
 * Sonic Adventure/Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut (1998)
 * ChuChu Rocket! (1999)
 * Samba de Amigo (1999-arcade version; 2000-console versions)
 * Samba de Amigo Ver.2000 (2000-Japan)
 * Phantasy Star Online (2000)
 * Sonic Adventure 2/Sonic Adventure 2: Battle (2001)
 * Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg (2003)
 * Sonic Heroes (2003)
 * Puyo Pop Fever (2003-arcade version; 2004-console versions)
 * Shadow the Hedgehog (2005)
 * Sonic Riders (UGA Division) (2006)
 * Atama Scan (2006-Japan)
 * Phantasy Star Universe (2006)
 * Sega Genesis Collection (2006)
 * Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)
 * Sonic and the Secret Rings (Unreleased; Feb/March 2007)

Handheld Games developed by Sonic Team
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 * Sonic Pinball Party (2002)
 * Puyo Pop Fever (2004)
 * Feel the Magic: XY/XX (UGA Division) (2004)
 * The Rub Rabbits! (UGA Division) (2005)
 * Puyo Pop Fever 2 (2006)
 * Sega Genesis Collection (2006)

Games developed in co-operation with Sonic Team
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 * Sonic The Fighters (Arcade) (1996)
 * Sonic 3D Blast (1996)
 * Sonic R (1997)
 * Sonic Shuffle (2000)