Yuji Naka, who you'll no doubt know as the lead programmer on the original Sonic the Hedgehog games, has revealed that he is working on an "original action game" at Square Enix.
The Sonic creator joined Square Enix in January 2018; at the time, he said that he wished to "develop an enjoyable game" without sharing any further details.
In a new message posted to his social media channels this morning, in which he thanked fans for congratulating him on his 54th birthday, Naka-san refers to an "original action game" that is currently being made at Square Enix. Here's the full message:
"Thank you for your birthday message. Today I'm 54 years old. How many games will I be able to make by the retirement age, including the original action game that I'm currently making at Square Enix? I'd like to work hard to develop a game that everyone around the world can enjoy."
Naturally, at this stage, it's impossible to know exactly how such a game might take shape, but we're sure you'll agree that the whole situation is rather exciting.
Any hopes for this upcoming project? Share your wildest hopes and dreams with us below.
[source twitter.com]
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Squall Hatcher and the Giant Egg inbound!
I imagine it will be like Billy the Hatcher.
Nobody was excited for Rodea, so why should we be excited now?
Rodea felt like a miss to me, I can’t say I’m excited for whatever this new project is.
I still wish he didn't left Prope,his own developer studio.I loved Rodea the sky soldier,bought all 3 versions.A Switch version, based on the original Wii one, would have been amazing.
Guarantee it won't be on switch
Billy the hatcher whould be very Nice.
Please switch version also.
Ill just wait for the actual reveal of the game.
Remember staying in a hotel over the road from that office back in 2013 - how time flies!
Cloud the hedgehog? Sonic Densetsu? SoniC: Automata? Sonic Trigger/Cross? Sonic Fantasy: A Hedgehog reborn?
Please stop me when I guess right
It’ll be a F2P mobile pachinko game starring a badger.
Honest opinion here: I think Yugi should just go work with Nintendo at this point. The dude has quite a few cool ideas, but because of his legacy most other companies wouldn't consider imposing their company policies, leaving his ideas without question or polish. Nintendo is likely ample enough to tell him "Don't do that," enough that a game like Rodea can actually be good.
Everyone wants him, because his legacy, but no one wants to scare him away.
Excited? Not particularly. Sonic has only had a couple of good games and Yuji’s adventures since leaving Sonic behind haven’t exactly been exciting either.
But sure I’m curious in what he’s up to, but we’ll just have to wait and see if whatever he’s doing is good and if it even ends up on the Switch.
I'm glad he mentioned an ORIGINAL game. I don't think I could take a post apocalyptic edgy teenage-angst-filled Sonic jRPG
@Snow-Dust @Snow-Dust It's an unfinished game. it could of been good if you could actually play it.
I really liked Let's Tap.
Seriously.
@Bobb It would still be better than the Sonic movie.
Since Sega is not working with Square Enix, all the previous IPs don't have apply. It is an original action game, so lets just hope it closer to Sonic or Nights than Rodea...
Actually, no.
because he doesn't really have any action games and sonic games bar the first few are terrible, so his work has been pretty awful overall, well... bar phantasy star
Forget he helped create Sonic. He was part of the Phantasy Star 1 team. That's more important to me. I'd like to see a game with the original Phantasy Star line up. Alis, Odin, Myau, and Noah.
@YANDMAN I got it on the wii u and after a stage or 2, I just couldn’t continue anymore.
Sonic RPG legend of the seven rings?
@aughra aka will be sue for stealing the long time super mario seven stars so yea sega will be sue if they do that..
Would be nice to see some non-Sonic-the-Hedgehog-games from this man.
To bad that his other games never were as popular as Sonic. Although there are much better, at least in my eyes. This goes for Sega in general. They have so many great IPs: Nights, Skies of Arcadia, Billy Hatcher, Panzer Dragoon and all of them got over-shadowed by so many awful Sonic games.
Wonder if that SA remake will go ahead, i could go for an overall more challenging game and nice graphics.
Sonic chronicles 2 electric boogaloo ?
Maybe we will get that Slo-Mo: The Sloth Guy game I've always wanted.
Sonic Odyssey. Although I'm sure it won't be another Sonic game.
A Final Fantasy Sonic would be nice but since it's an action game I hope it's Brave Fencer MuSonic or Parasite Amy or Knuckles Hearts or Chrono Tails.
Oh boy, I can't wait for Speedy the Porcupine! 😜
@Bobb Ah c'mon... you always wanted SatAM season 3, right?
@MarioFan02 Now THAT would be sweet 😅
@Snow-Dust Yep, it's totally broken, it's a shame.
@AstralSoul13 haha! If it were the original cast on the original planets, could you imagine?
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