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| − | {{sub-stub}}'''Sega Studios USA''' was a continuation of [[Sonic Team USA]], being renamed in 2004. Lead by [[Takashi Iizuka]], it was effectively a US branch of [[Sonic Team (company)|Sonic Team]] designed to help ''Sonic'' games appeal to Western audiences. | + | {{sub-stub}}'''Sega Studios USA''' (セガスタジオUSA){{ref|1=https://ircms.irstreet.com/contents/data_file.php?template=39&brand=93&folder_contents=11197&src_data=39764&filename=pdf_file.pdf}} or '''Sega Studio USA R&D Dept.'''{{fileref|IR EN 2004-05-18.pdf}} was one of 7 departments in the '''Global Entertainment R&D Div.''' of [[Sega Corporation (2000-2015)|Sega Corporation]]{{fileref|IR EN 2005-03-31.pdf}}. It was a continuation of [[Sonic Team USA]], being renamed in 2004. Lead by [[Takashi Iizuka]], it was effectively a US branch of [[Sonic Team (company)|Sonic Team]] designed to help ''Sonic'' games appeal to Western audiences. |
The biggest change with Sega Studios USA is that by this point, [[Yuji Naka]] was being moved to a higher role at [[Sega]], overseeing all consumer game development. As such, Iizuka played a larger role, spearheadding development on ''[[Shadow the Hedgehog]]'' and ''[[NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams]]''. | The biggest change with Sega Studios USA is that by this point, [[Yuji Naka]] was being moved to a higher role at [[Sega]], overseeing all consumer game development. As such, Iizuka played a larger role, spearheadding development on ''[[Shadow the Hedgehog]]'' and ''[[NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams]]''. | ||
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Sega Studios USA (セガスタジオUSA)[1] or Sega Studio USA R&D Dept.[2] was one of 7 departments in the Global Entertainment R&D Div. of Sega Corporation[3]. It was a continuation of Sonic Team USA, being renamed in 2004. Lead by Takashi Iizuka, it was effectively a US branch of Sonic Team designed to help Sonic games appeal to Western audiences.
The biggest change with Sega Studios USA is that by this point, Yuji Naka was being moved to a higher role at Sega, overseeing all consumer game development. As such, Iizuka played a larger role, spearheadding development on Shadow the Hedgehog and NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams.
Sega Studios USA ceased to exist in mid-2008, with the team moving back to Japan.
Contents
Softography
PlayStation 2
- Shadow the Hedgehog (2005)
GameCube
- Shadow the Hedgehog (2005)
Xbox
- Shadow the Hedgehog (2005)
PlayStation 3
- Shadow the Hedgehog (2013)
Wii
- NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams (2007)
PlayStation Portable
- Sonic Rivals (2006)
- Sonic Rivals 2 (2007)
- Double Rivals Attack Pack! (2011)
List of staff
- Mitsuru Takahashi (programmer)
- Nobuhiko Honda
- Kazuyuki Hoshino
- Takashi Iizuka
- Ai Ikeda
- Hiroshi Kanazawa
- Asahiko Kikuchi
- Soosa Kim
- Daizo Kinoshita
- Takahiro Kudo
- Shun Miyanaga
- Tomoyuki Naito
- Yu Ohmura
- Kazuyuki Okada
- Atsushi Saito
- Takeshi Sakakibara
- Outa Sano
- Hirono Sato
- Motoyoshi Sato
- Satoru Takeshima
- Michikazu Tamamura
References
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