One of the key creators of the Sonic the Hedgehog series, programmer extraordinaire and former long-term head of Sonic Team, Yuji Naka turns 50 on September 17. One minute for each ten years seems fair.
While right now Yuji Naka is preparing for the North American release of his Rodea the Sky Soldier on Wii U, I very much doubt heāll ever been widely remembered as the Rodea guy or the creator of Ivy the Kiwi. His prototype designs led to Sonic the Hedgehog, his programming skills gave him life and his leadership shaped the Sega mascotās future, for better or worse. Heās basically Sonicās dad.
Plus he produced Burning Rangers. For that he can have his choice of any two items from my pantry.
Oh look, itās already September 17 in Japan. Happy Birthday, Yuji Naka!
TheFirst Five is the first five minutes of a game with light commentary. Once the five minutes are up, so am I.
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