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It wasn't always smooth sailing for the world's fastest hedgehog. Takashi Iizuka opens up about the challenging times for the Sonic brand and expresses his deep gratitude for the fan support that has kept the series alive through games, movies, and more.
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00:00So it's been 35 years of Sonic titles coming out and I know some people may think oh we've just
00:06been always on the up and up but there's been a lot of up and downs in our history. There's
00:11even
00:11a time when Sega said you know what we don't need you to make any more Sonic games we're good
00:15you
00:16know we're done with Sonic. That internally was a conversation that did happen and even 10 years
00:21ago when I first moved to America Sonic was really at a low point and they said Izuku-san if
00:28you
00:28don't go over to America and start you know building this up and raising Sonic back up
00:33Sonic is going to end and we're just going to be done with it. It's really you know thanks to
00:37the
00:37fans for all of the support we've gotten. Each one of our titles it's an investment of a lot of
00:43creators time and energy and we need the titles to sell in order for Sega as a company to say
00:49yeah
00:50we want more Sonic games and our fans have been there this entire time supporting us whether it's
00:55with movies or animation or whatever it is that we're doing. The fans are there and they've been
01:00really supportive the past 35 years so I'd just like to say a big thanks to all the fans that
01:04have
01:05been there and continue to be there.
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