As it turns out, the origins of Sonic's inability to swim all sprung from a misunderstanding on the part of "Sonic the Hedgehog" lead programmer Yuji Naka. When developing the ... there is original ...

Some of these look mightily impressive, too, with Shinobi's new Okami-like art ... and Yuji Naka to work on creating a new, edgier character to become its official mascot. Thus, Sonic the Hedgehog ...

Two of Sonic's primary development staff, Yuji Naka and Hirokazu Yasuhara ... to create a feeling of despair and misery.) Sonic CD art director Hiroyuki Kawaguchi and art designer Kazuyuki ...

Sonic the Hedgehog co-creator, Yuji Naka, has been found guilty of insider trading by a Tokyo District Court. Japanese news agency Jiji Press reported that Naka had violated Japan's Financial ...

After the catastrophic flop of Balan Wonderworld in 2021, which was spearheaded by former Sonic Team developers Yuji Naka and Naoto Ohshima, the latter is back to contribute art design for the ...

The life trajectories of Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto and Sonic co-creator Yuji Naka could not have turned out more differently. Miyamoto’s career has seen decades of critically acclaimed ...

Prosecutors in the Tokyo District Court are pushing for a heavy punishment for Sonic and Balan Wonderworld creator Yuji Naka, Abema Times ... re probably not making art' if the devs are never ...

Yuji Naka, Sonic the Hedgehog co-creator, has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison and has been ordered to pay the equivalent of over $1.2 million in fines. The former Square Enix ...

In a 1999 interview with Edge magazine, Sonic The Hedgehog’s creator Yuji Naka was asked why he decided ... music for video game consoles and art installations or award-winning films, Sakamoto ...

Yuji Naka, who co-created the video game “Sonic the Hedgehog,” was arrested Friday in Tokyo on suspicion of insider trading involving Square Enix’s mobile game “Dragon Quest Tact.” ...

Yuji Naka, alongside Taisuke Sasaki, a former Square Enix employee, and Fumiaki Suzuki were arrested as part of an investigation that opened in late January 2020. All three individuals purchased ...