Yuji Naka's studio, Prope, released a new game called Samurai Santaro for iOS and Android platforms today.
I have a long history with Digimon — while I don’t pay attention to it as much as I used to, I was a big fan as a kid. I distinctly remember watching the first three series every Saturday morning along with a slew of other shows on Fox Kids which would later become Kids WB. I remember being super excited to see Digimon: The Movie, and when I did — oh, it didn’t disappoint.
Yuji Naka is best known as the former head of Sonic Team, and as the Lead Programmer that gave us the first three chapters of the Sonic franchise. Not everyone know that after leaving Sega he created his own indie studio, Prope.
Now the studio is recruiting for a PS4, Xbox One project.
I will play the title because:
1. Sonic was a tonne of fun!
2. He has stuck to what he is now good at and has a higher chance of bringing a title with great potential, as opposed to him making a come back in an entirely new genre.
3. Read number 1.
I have high expectations of the game's quality and experience it will bring.
Yuji Naka cemented his name in the history of video games by programming the original Sonic the Hedgehog. But Naka, once defined by his time at Sega, has now been outside of the company for nearly six years, after forming his own studio, Prope. And it seems he couldn't be happier.
Sonic 1-3 and Knuckles were such a big part of my younger years... Ahhh, those games are still so much fun to go through...
"One of the reasons I left Sega was, if I stayed there, I would have had to just make Sonic games," he told Polygon in an interview at Prope's Tokyo headquarters. "Right now I don't have to make Sonic anymore, so I'm enjoying that freedom a lot."
That kinda stinks if Sega wouldn't allow him to do other games, or make a new IP if that's what he means. :/
Same as snookie my younger days were blessed with playing sonic,for hours upon hours upon hours, maximum respect to this guy my childhood just wouldnt of been the same without sonic and his posse... :-) ...