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Sonic Adventure 3
''Sonic the Hedgehog'' is a video game series and media franchise created and published by the Japanese company Sega. Since the release of the original ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' for the Sega Genesis in 1991, several ''Sonic'' games have been canceled or reworked into other projects. Builds of unreleased ''Sonic'' games have leaked online, and some introduced concepts that were reincorporated in released games. Early in ''Sonic'' history, two spin-off games—the edutainment game ''Sonic's Edusoft'' and the falling block puzzle game ''SegaSonic Bros.''—were completed, but Sega declined to publish them. Sega and Nihon Falcom planned to remake Falcom's PC-8801 game '' Popful Mail'' (1991) for the Sega CD as a ''Sonic'' game, but canceled it in favor of a more faithful remake after a negative fan response. Unreleased Genesis ''Sonic'' games include three spin-offs pitched by Sega Technical Institute (STI) and ''Sonic Crackers'', which was reworked into the 32X game '' Knuckles' Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sega Technical Institute
Sega Technical Institute (STI) was an American video game developer owned by Sega. Founded by the Atari veteran Mark Cerny in 1990, STI sought to combine elite Japanese developers, including the Sonic Team programmer Yuji Naka and his team, with new American talent. STI developed games for Sega Genesis, including several ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' games, before it was closed at the end of 1996. After working in Japan for Sega on games for the Master System, Cerny proposed the creation of a development studio in America, which was approved. When Naka quit Sega after the release of ''Sonic the Hedgehog (1991 video game), Sonic the Hedgehog'', Cerny convinced him to join STI. After completing ''Sonic the Hedgehog 2'' in 1992, STI was divided in two due to friction between the Japanese and American developers: the Japanese developed ''Sonic the Hedgehog 3'' and ''Sonic & Knuckles'' before leaving in 1994, while the Americans developed games including ''Sonic Spinball''. The failed devel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonic Heroes
is a 2003 platform game developed by Sonic Team USA and published by Sega. The player races a team of series characters through levels to amass rings, defeat robots, and collect the seven Chaos Emeralds needed to defeat Doctor Eggman. Within each level, the player switches between the team's three characters, who each have unique abilities, to overcome obstacles. ''Sonic Heroes'' downplays the action-adventure and exploration-based gameplay of its predecessors ''Sonic Adventure'' (1998) and '' Sonic Adventure 2'' (2001) in favor of returning to the linear style of Sega Genesis-era ''Sonic'' games. ''Heroes'' was the first multi-platform ''Sonic'' game, produced for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, and Windows. Sonic Team USA's Yuji Naka and Takashi Iizuka led the game's 20-month development. The team wanted ''Sonic Heroes'' to appeal beyond ''Sonic'' series fans and so designed a game that did not depend on the continuation of its predecessors. The team revived elements ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
