In early 2008, Sonic Team USA (Sega Studio USA) was shut down, and all of its members absorbed back into Japan. To show appreciation for their talent and absence, I've made a video dedicated to them. They developed Sonic Adventure 2/Battle, Sonic Heroes, Shadow the Hedgehog, and NiGHTS Journey of Dreams. All of the key elements in the sonic series such as the ARK, Maria, Shadow, Soap shoes, the new Chaotix designs, the Black Arms, and the rebirth of the NiGHTS franchise all came from them. They also supervised Backbone Entertainment with the Sonic Rivals series. I'm gonna miss that american influence in the sonic games. A tribute to the following members: Takashi Iizuka, Kazuyuki Hoshino, Eitaro Toyoda, Nobuhiko Honda, Ai Ikeda, Asahiko Kikuchi, Hirono Sato, Yu Ohmura, Takeshi Sakakibara, Tomoyuki Naito, Outa Sano, Mitsuru Takahashi, Masato Nakazawa, Motoyoshi Sato, Satoru Takeshima, Kazuyuki Okada, Takahiro Kudo, Hiroshi Nishiyama, Hiroshi Kanazawa, Soosa Kim, Michikazu Tamamura, Brad Wagner, Daizo Kinoshita, Shun Miyanaga, Atsushi Saito, Jun Senoue Music in order: 1)I got somebody new by George Levin 2)Innerself by Gimax 3)Homebase by Dzihan & Kamien
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