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- Not to be confused with Team Sonic.
Sonic Team (ソニックチーム Sonikku chīmu?) is a Japanese video game developer and a division of Sega. Established in 1990 during the development of the original Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic Team is the primary developer of video games in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. Sonic Team was headed by game designer, producer, and visionary Yuji Naka. The joint creator of Sonic, Naoto Ohshima, left Sonic Team to form his own studio, Artoon.[citation needed] On 8 May 2006, Naka left the group with ten other members of Sonic Team to establish an independent game developer, Prope.[1]
In 2003, United Game Artists (formerly Sega AM9) merged with Sonic Team.[citation needed] In 2004, Sonic Team once more became an internal division of Sega after being spun off as a second-party developer in 2000.[citation needed] Sonic Team has been headquartered in Shināgawa, Tokyo, Japan, and Burbank, United States.[2]
Sonic games developed by Sonic Team[]
Console games[]
- Sonic the Hedgehog (16-bit) (1991)
- Sonic Adventure (1998)
- Sonic Adventure 2 (2001) - (As Sonic Team USA)
- Sonic Adventure 2: Battle (2001) - (As Sonic Team USA)
- Sonic Heroes (2003) - (As Sonic Team USA)
- Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut (2003)
- Sega Superstars (2004)
- Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)
- Sonic and the Secret Rings (2007)
- Sonic Unleashed (Xbox 360/PlayStation 3) (2008)
- Sonic and the Black Knight (2009)
- Sonic Colors (Wii) (2010)
- Sonic Generations (console/PC) (2011)
- Sonic Lost World (Wii U) (2013)
- Sonic Forces (2017)
- Sonic Frontiers (2022)
Handheld games[]
- Sonic Battle (2004)
Mobile games[]
- Sonic Cafe (2001)
- Sonic Runners (2015)
Compilation games[]
- Sonic Jam (1997) - Sega Saturn
- Sonic Gems Collection (2005) - Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2
Sonic games developed in co-operation with Sonic Team members[]
Console games[]
- Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (16-bit) (1992) - Sega Technical Institute
- Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (1994) - Sega Technical Institute
- Sonic & Knuckles (1994) - Sega Technical Institute
- Sonic 3D Blast (1996) - Traveller's Tales
- Sonic R (1997) - Traveller's Tales
- Sonic Shuffle (2000) - Hudson Soft
- Sonic Riders (2006) - Now Production
- Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity (2008) - O-Two
- Sonic Unleashed (Wii/PlayStation 2) (2008) - Dimps
- Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode I (2010) - Dimps
- Sonic Free Riders (2010) - O-Two
- Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II (2012) - Dimps
- Sonic Superstars (2023) - Arzest
Handheld games[]
- Sonic the Hedgehog Pocket Adventure (1999) - SNK
- Sonic Advance (2001) - Dimps
- Sonic Advance 2 (2002) - Dimps
- Sonic Pinball Party (2003) - Jupiter
- Sonic N (2003) - Dimps
- Sonic Advance 3 (2004) - Dimps
- Sonic Rush (2005) - Dimps
- Sonic Rush Adventure (2007) - Dimps
- Sonic Colors (Nintendo DS) (2010) - Dimps
- Sonic Generations (Nintendo 3DS) (2011) - Dimps
- Sonic Lost World (Nintendo 3DS) (2013) - Dimps
Compilation games[]
- Sonic & Knuckles Collection (1997) - H.I.C., USP
- Sonic Mega Collection (2002) - VR-1 Japan
- Sonic Mega Collection Plus (2004) - COMOLINK, Inc.
- Sonic Origins (2022) - Headcannon
- Sonic Origins Plus (2023) - Headcannon
Cancelled games[]
- Sonic X-treme (1996) - Sega Saturn - Sega Technical Institute
Other[]
- Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie (1996)
- Sonic X (2003)
Trivia[]
- Sonic Team exists within the Sonic universe; in Sonic Battle, a building with their name appears in downtown Central City. It appears that they are a film studio in-universe, as at least two Chao in Space films were produced by them.
Gallery[]
Logos[]
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Videos[]
References[]
- ↑ Yuji Naka confirmed to be leaving Sega to form Prope. Engadget. Dan Choi (8 May 2006). Retrieved on 24 July 2020. "Engadget: Back in March, we heard rumblings that Sega stalwart Yuji Naka was planning to leave Sega to start his own studio. Today, that rumor's been confirmed. According to Next Generation, Naka's new company is called Prope, which means "'beside' and 'near' future." Prope's web site (not linked on Next Gen) apparently explains that the name was chosen "in the hopes of bringing game entertainment much closer to users, establishing closer ties between users and us, and creating near future entertainment.""
- ↑ Shea, Brian (July 20 2022). Sonic Frontiers Cover Story - Brave New World. Game Informer. Retrieved on 23 July 2022.
External links[]
- Official website
- Sonic Team at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Producers | Akinori Nishiyama · Takashi Iizuka · Yuji Naka · Yoji Ishii |
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Programmers | Takahiro Hamano · Takeshi Sakakibara · Tetsu Katano · Yuji Naka · Yoshihisa Hashimoto |
Designers | Eitaro Toyoda · Hirokazu Yasuhara · Kazuyuki Hoshino · Makoto Yonezu · Manabu Kusunoki · Naoto Ohshima · Nobuhiko Honda · Hiroshi Miyamoto · Sachiko Kawamura · Shinichi Higashi · Shiro Maekawa · Shun Nakamura · Takashi Yuda · Yasushi Yamaguchi · Yoshitaka Miura · Yuji Uekawa |
Directors | Hiroshi Nishiyama · Kenjiro Morimoto · Morio Kishimoto · Takashi Iizuka |
Sound engineers | Hideaki Kobayashi · Jun Senoue · Kenichi Tokoi · Mariko Nanba · Masaru Setsumaru · Naofumi Hataya · Takahito Eguchi · Tatsuyuki Maeda · Teruhiko Nakagawa · Tomoya Ohtani |
Other | Yui Karasuno |