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"10 years ago, we were fighting to survive. It's totally different now" - Sega's franchise guru on Sonic's redemption arc


The rise, decline, and surprising rise of Sonic the Hedgehog is a fascinating tale, and no one is more familiar with it than Takashi Iizuka.

It’s only when we consider Sonic’s current position when directly compared to years prior that the disastrous depths the world’s favorite hedgehog plunged becomes truly clear. For Takashi Iizuka, the Sonic series producer who first worked on the franchise just two years into his career, fresh out of university, he naturally ties the memories - and comparisons - to different periods of his life. In fact, as a British-based website we are contractually bound to note that the only true tragedy remains the continued dormancy of the comic’s excellent UK iteration, which died alongside Sega’s hardware-publishing aspirations.

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