Naka/Ogawa interview: New Sonic gameA sliver of information has emerged about the new Sonic Gamecube title that was first announced at Nintendo’s Gamer Summit back in 2003. In an interview conducted in London by Nintendo Official Magazine UK, Yuji Naka revealed that the new game is currently planned for a late 2005 release and will be shown alongside Sonic DS at this years E3.
The Nintendo Official Magazine interview also explores Naka’s discussions with Shigeru Miyamoto about Sonic and Mario teaming up for a new adventure. However, the latest edition of the magazine, which went on sale yesterday, only contains a teaser of the interview. The full article will be published in next month’s edition.
Naka’s interactions with Miyamoto can be traced back to as early as October 2001, when, in an interview with UK publication CVG, the Mario creator expressed his enjoyment of collaborating with the Sonic Team CEO (although, Miyamoto was keen to emphasise that his comments did not necessarily indicate that the pair were actually working on a game).
The current edition of Nintendo Official Magazine also features a lengthy interview with Yojiro Ogawa, the creator of Sonic Team’s first DS title, Kimishine. In the interview, Ogawa-san makes a further reference to the Sonic Gamecube title. He also suggests that Sega and Sonic Team will not only be supporting the DS but will continue to release Gameboy Advance titles as well. Other interesting revelations include the meaning of the pun behind the European title of the game and the reasons for the addition of the bikini to the Western version of the box-art silhouette.
The GHZ Newsboard exclusively presents scans of all three above-mentioned articles:
Naka teaser interview
Ogawa interview page 1
Ogawa interview page 2
Ogawa interview page 3
Extract of Miyamoto interview from CVG, October 2001
