In Interview, Also Says he’s “Not Sure” about Recreating Sonic
Yuji Naka really got around last week at the Electronic Entertainment Expo as he promoted the domestic release of Ivy the Kiwi? for the Summer. But the big winner for depth went to 1UP’s Ray Barnholt, who not only touched on Mr. Naka’s recent work, but delved deep into the past.
Much of what’s noteworthy to Sonic fans is in the second part of the four page feature. Much is said by Mr. Naka on Sonic the Hedgehog 2, but it’s a question posed by Barnholt on Sonic Jam–the Sega Saturn era compilation that in effect served as a placeholder for the next proper Sonic in Dreamcast’s Sonic Adventure–that may catch your eye. Mr. Naka’s response included an acknowledgment that 3D Sonic was first in development for the Saturn, followed by an apology for leaving that generation of followers in the cold:
We were actually creating a 3D Sonic for the Sega Saturn, but right when we were in the thick of development, Sega was getting ready for the next console, Dreamcast. It was at a crucial point where, if we were going to move ahead with the project, we’d better move it to Dreamcast, or else we wouldn’t be able to finish it [for Saturn] in time. But we did have a certain amount of 3D graphics for the Saturn version, so we decided to [keep that and] pull in and emulate the Genesis games. For the Sega Saturn users back then, I’m sorry we couldn’t create a 3D Sonic for them, but [in Jam] you were able to have a glimpse.
Toward the end of the interview, Mr. Naka quips that he’d rather not be involved in another Sonic again, but wouldn’t mind taking another crack at Girl’s Garden, the first Sega title he created for the SG-1000 system in 1984:
Well, I’m not sure I want to make Sonic again, but… Girl’s Garden! It’s a really fun game. Maybe I shouldn’t say this, but I was using an emulator to play it recently, and I was really surprised how much fun it was.
For more nuggets of Naka wisdom, you can read the interview in full at the link cited above.
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@DAMN
I heard recently that Donkey Kong Country Returns well not have the King K. Rool and his minions which is a huge disappointment as for the Kinect it definantely looks like it’s going to fail the only good game in my opinion was Sonic Free Riders ironicly.
Sonic Free Riders for the Kinect is the only good game I mean.
@SonicLegends i hope the kinect fails to the point where microsoft is forced to to not make game consoles anymore i hate XBOX 360.I like the Wii and PS3 though i would want that sega once again would be a first party developer but everybody knows that that is not possible
Damn@: you’r right but my cousin who works for Insert Coin and MaxiConsolas (very famous games news company here in my country) got the invitation and I had the possibility to go with’em
weeeeee…
for you’r other question, no I didn’t play donkey kong I just don’t like it, it feels kind of absurd his games :S sorry that’s what I think…
I’ve played lots of games, but I’ve spended most of my time near SEGA
@Sonic Unleashed (SU) You’re a lucky dog.Actually give Donkey Kong Country Returns a chance or atleast rent it its going back to the old style gameplay of the classic donkey kong country series(only that their getting the physics right unlike sonic 4).Well Donkey Kong Country Returns could practically be called Donkey Kong Country 4 cuz it is the 4th installment on the series and Rayman Origins will be a grat game too it wont be reatial so it wont be expensive it’ll be DLC
@Sonic Unleashed (SU) what i mean to say is that with DKCR going back to its roots will be a really good game unlike his recent shitty games and you can co-op with a friend too
@DAMN
You sir are absolutely right the Xbox Kinect is destined to fail for sure and ya I never once had a Sega system but I can guarantee you that if they came back to the hardware business I would buy there new system in a heart beat. I hope Microsoft dies as well seriously this is there worst move ever the full motion thing is ridiculous. Anyway Donkey Kong Country Returns ya I recommend renting it doesn’t feel like a true remake if King K. Rool and his minions are not in it like they were in the original one so why not here?
@ Sonic Unleashed (SU)
Isn’t it funny how you didn’t mention anything about going to E3 until we started talking about the annoying fans who like everything. I’m not going to believe a word you say until you can prove to me that you were at E3.
edge@: see friend I’m not like you I don’t like to make others envy me… and if you didn’t notice I did’nt make any coments for some time, a few weeks maybe, because of what? oh I don’t know maybe I was at some game convention, my first by the way…
Well I don’t got to prove anything to you or anyone.
Damn@: DKRC seemed to me like a veyr very very shitty game holmes :S sorry, but I garantee you it’s going to be better than his latest games…
For the Kinect I thnik you guys are wrong, I think the Xbox will expand more, and secondly Xbox360º guys are rich it will not going to die lol, thanks god
@Sonic Unleashed (SU) the Kinect software is crap nobody is going to buy it the majority of gamers in the world are not gonna wanna buy it cuz
1.Its too expensive
2.I font think many companies will support the Kinect with their games cuz they’d just be losing money cuz nobody would buy the kinect
3.the majority of the world are traditional gamers and they will not want to try something that boring even if they are rich(and they’d be embarrased if somebody caught them playing with it)
How do you know DKCR is a bad game when you yourself said you didnt play it i say judge it when you play it
@SonicLegends
I had a mega drive(EU version) but i didnt have sonic with it but goddamit it was a cool console with a cool controller and i arleady said about Kinect “its the Sega CD all over again”(if you dont know about the sega CD it suffered sales) and what pissed me off most is that Xbox totally copied the Dreamcast controller only changed its shape,recolored some of the buttons,added a crappy D-pad instead of a good one and added one more analog i mean look at the Xbox 360 controller and the Dreamcast controller and compare them its a fukin clone i tell ya
@Sonic Unleashed (SU)
How would you know if I want to make others envy me? I could care less what people think of me. And E3 is one week long, not a few weeks long. And really, if you can’t prove something, nobody is going to believe you, so if you want us to believe that you actually went to E3 you must give us a video, picture or some form of proof.
Also, Microsoft kills things off that doesn’t sell well. No company would keep something alive that doesn’t sell very well, regardless of how much they have. SEGA did it with the Saturn and Dreamcast, Sony did it with the PSX, Nintendo did it with the CDi. If nobody buys Kinect Microsoft will kill it off. I do think that it will sell very well because people will buy anything that they think makes them thin and involves flailing around. I’m buying it, but only for Free Riders, and I really hope it’s good, but I doubt it.
@ DAMN
As I stated before to SU, you would be surprised, everybody will buy this regardless of price. Remember the iPad? That’s an expensive iPod touch but big and 200 dollars more expensive and everybody is buying it.
As for the 360 controller copying off of the Dreamcast’s, I’ve said that long ago so I agree with you. The only difference is that it has one more analog stick and lacks a VMU.
Things are going apeshit here, It’s obnoxious
Sorry SU, gotta leave you here, I recomend you to do the same and leave it be.
Ya can’t change people ya know? Specially this kind of Sonic Fans.
@ Zeth
We don’t hate SU. We just hate the fact that SU loves everything with Sonic’s face on it. At that point it goes from being a hobby to a religion.
@Edge whatever microsoft is taking big risks here and you missed the point where i said “Game companies probably won’t support the Kinect” i think it will fail miserably and microsoft will lose a heck alot of money they invested(why hell till know they probably oredered millions of those things to be made and shipped)
@ DAMN
I understand what you’re saying and why you think it’ll sell, but seriously, people payed 2 thirds the price of Kinect for Wii Fit, that’s why I think it’ll sell. People buy things that they think will make them loose weight and is for kids.
@Edge i bet it wont sell nearly much nobody would like to look like a fool while playing it atleast Sony is playing it more un-risky and is copying the wii-mote
@Edge
I have to agree with DAMN on this and since when has Microsoft been more of a kid system sure it has kid games but only a little to that of the Nintendo Wii the Wii motion stuff works on the Wii for that reason because it has more games for kids and casual gamers. Anyway you guys have got to see this just win Miyamoto is not impressed LOL. http://allisbrawl.com/blogpost.aspx?id=73544
Zeth@: no problem friend, I’m with’cha tired of this kind of fans to thanks
SEGA RULES and Xbox too
@SonicLegends Miyamoto is awesome man and thanks for backing me up(i have no idea how i learned all those statisticy thingys).Miyamoto is one of the best developers i know in fact if he made a sonic game it’d be as awesome as hell
@ DAMN
Like I said, I understand, but seriously, people will buy anything that looks revolutionary. That’s the reason that the Wii has sold so much and why 3D is so popular now, it’s been revolutionized. And a lot of companies have already jumped on the Kinect boat.
As for move, Sony isn’t copying off of anybody. Sony made a motion controller that was identical to the sixaxis for the PS1, eventually they were going to use it for the PS2 but it wasn’t complete so they saved it for the PS3. Plus they made a motion controller that would respond to the eyetoy back in 2002.
@ SonicLegends
I meant that Kinect is a kids toy because there are no hardcore games aside from Free Riders, which can barely be considered hardcore. Also, I love that Miyamoto picture, I saw that a long time ago and completely forgot about it. Thanks for reminding me.
@Edge yeah the wii didnt sold just because of that it mainly sold because it was cheaper then the competition and yes sony is copying nintendo,nintendo is copying sega(yes they had an unreleased motion controller for the dreamcasr which looked really similar tp the wiimote and the nunchuk)
@Zeth:
So criticism doesn’t help the gaming industry? So you’re saying if some people didn’t get a hold of the Sonic 4 leak, play it, and let everyone know what they thought, that the game would be as good as it’s going to be in the future?
Criticism is ruining the gaming industry? Just like how Midway kept making terrible Mortal Kombat games? Then when someone else gets a hold of the IP, listens to what people want, and makes something that looks great?
If no one complained about things that were broken, or what we didn’t like, we’d just have more Sonic Shuffle, Shadow the Hedgehog and Sonic ’06 sequels where you could turn into warehogs.
@ DAMN
Yeah, one factor for the Wii was price, but Kinects price is also at a price range so that families who already have a 360 can buy it, and there are a reasonable number of family gamers who own a 360, so Kinect will likely sell well.
And no, Sony is not copying off Nintendo. I’m a Nintendo die hard (Nippon Ichi and Sega aside, they *are* my favorite company) and I can admit that. Also, it’s never been confirmed that the Dreamcast remote was a motion controller, so really, nobody is copying off of anybody. Sony kept their mouth shut on the motion controller so not many people knew about it, including Nintendo.
@Edge
Yeah. A lot of people waste their money just because it’s new tech.
@Edge from what i saw when AVGN was playing with it at E3(or anotherkid was playing i dont know) to me it looked like the wii remote and the nucnhuk “Sony Style” and you can just search on google its not that hard look at this DC motion controller video(the DC fishing rod) and this the real unreleased one http://www.gametrailers.com/user-movie/dreamcast-motion-controller/68901
@Edge sorry this are the right links
DC Fishing Rod Motion Controller video:http://www.gametrailers.com/user-movie/dreamcast-motion-controller/68901
DC unreleased Motion Controller http://dreamcast.dcemu.co.uk/pics/dcwii.jpg
also one thing dont you miss when nintendo used to color the buttons you know red,yellow,blue etc it just doesnt look appealing at all in the ughh fuking XBOX 360