[Stardust Speedman]

This might interest some of you: A research I have done about Sonic Team Creative Directors.

A List of Sonic Team Creative Directors

Hirokazu Yasuhara:
1. Sonic the Hedgehog
2. Sonic the Hedgehog 2
3. Sonic the Hedgehog 3
4. Sonic & Knuckles

Naoto Ohshima:
1. Sonic the Hedgehog CD
2. NiGHTS into Dreams
3. Christmas NiGHTS
4. Burning Rangers

Takeshi Niimura:
1. Ristar the Shooting Star

Takao Miyoshi:
1. Sonic 3D Blast
2. Phantasy Star Online
3. Phantasy Star Online Episode I & II
4. Phantasy Star Online Episode III C.A.R.D. Revolution
5. Phantasy Star Online Blue Burst
6. Phantasy Star Universe
7. Phantasy Star Universe Ambition of the Illuminus

Takashi Iizuka:
1. Sonic Jam
2. Sonic R
3. Sonic Adventure
4. Sonic Adventure 2
5. Sonic Heroes
6. Shadow the Hedgehog
7. Sonic Rivals
8. Sonic Rivals 2
9. Nights Journey of Dreams

Yuji Naka:
1. ChuChu Rocket

Shun Nakamura:
1. Samba de Amigo
2. Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg
3. Sonic the Hedgehog 15th Anniversary

Akinori Nishiyama:
1. Sonic Advance
2. Sonic Advance 2
3. Sonic Pinball Party
4. Sonic Advance 3
5. Sonic Rush

Takashi Yuda:
1. Puyo Pop Fever
2. Puyo Pop Fever 2
3. Puyo Pop 15th Anniversary

Tomoyuki Hayashi:
1. Sonic Battle

Hideki Anbo:
1. Astro Boy

Takumi Yoshinaga:
1. Feel the Magic XY/XX
2. The Rub Rabbits
3. Atama Scan
4. Kokoro Scan

Yoshihisa Hashimoto:
1. SEGA SuperStars

Kenjiro Morimoto:
1. Sonic Riders
2. Sonic Riders II Zero Gravity

Yojiro Ogawa:
1. Sonic and the Secret Rings

Sakae Ohsumi:
1. Sonic Rush Adventure

[eggFL]

Very interesting I think. Thanks for this.

This is accurate right? Because now we can make rash judgements and rationalizations!!!

Shun Nakamura - surprised to see he did Sonic06. Samba and Billy Hatcher are a much lighter tone.

Takashi Iizuka - wow he did all of those games and now he's gonna do Nights 2! Is this bad? Heroes and Shadow creative director doing Nights 2? :x

Naoto Ohshima - gonna miss him. Look at his sense of style.

[Stardust Speedman]

No Problem! ^.^

I am pretty sure this list is accurate. As for the Sonic games, I have all the info from theghz.com, which is a relyable source, although I absolutely hate its Forum, since it is an absolute Sonic-hater forum. As for the other games, I did a lot of research and I am pretty sure I got the directors rights.

[JBertolli]

Hey, what's wrong with Heroes :? The dude did the Sonic Adventure series as well. Didn't know that. The styles are quite different, yet, similar.

[P.P.A.]

Naoto Ohshima:
1. Sonic the Hedgehog CD
2. Nights into Dreams

That explains a lot. NAOTO OHSHIMA FOR FUCKING SONIC TEAM DIRECTOR!

Also I now HAVE to get Burning Rangers.

[yse]

Iizuka for Nights 2. Oh god.

I believe he was in control of Rivals too (which explains a lot).

[Bilan]

Burning Rangers is amazing.

[P.P.A.]

Burning Rangers is amazing.

IF IT'S BY THE GUY WHO DIRECTED NiGHTS Into Dreams AND Sonic CD, IT BETTER BE! :O

* P.P.A. puts it on his list of games to buy once he's done with the school stuff.

[Stardust Speedman]

Takashi Iizuka also was a main designer of Nights into Dreams. I think Nights Journey of Dreams seems to become a great game.

[Stardust Speedman]

UPDATE!

I have updated the list with some new information. Interesting notes:

- Although Sonic 3D Blast was developed by Traveler's Tales, it was designed by Takao Miyoshi who is responsible for the Phantasy Star Online/Universe series.

- Although Sonic R was developed by Traveler's Tales, it was designed by Takashi Iizuka, who every one should know who he is.

- Although The Sonic Rivals games were developed by Backbone Studios, they were both designed by Takashi Iizuka.

- Although most HandHeld Sonic games have been developed by Dimps, most of them have been designed by Akinori Nishiyama, who works at Sonic Team, not at Dimps. He has also been involved with other Sonic Team games, like the Sonic Adventure series and others.

[Stardust Speedman]

Here a wallpaper I have created for Sonic Team: http://stardustspeedman.deviantart.com/art/20-Years-of-Sonic-Team-79971377

[P.P.A.]

^ But Sonic 2, Sonic 3 & Knuckles (STI), Sonic CD and Chaotix (SEGA Enterprises), SOnic R and Sonic 3D (Traveller's Tales), Sonic Adventure 2, Sonic Heroes and Shadow (Sonic Team USA), the Advance and Rush series' (Dimps) and the two Rivals games (I forgot) aren't developed by Sonic Team!

[Stardust Speedman]

I explaned many of these before. It is not about which company developed them, but about the creative directors, who are all part of Sonic Team.

- Sonic 2 & 3 were developed by Sega Technical Institute AND Sonic Team.
- Sonic CD was directed by Naoto Ohshima, who was an imortant member of Sonic Team.
- Knuckles Chaotix isn't even on my list.
- Sonic Team USA is also Sonic Team. It's in the name and the share the same logo. Also Takashi Iizuka was already before the creation of Sonic Team USA an important member of Sonic Team.
- About Sonic 3D, Sonic R, the Sonic Advance and Rush series, and the Sonic Rivals series, look a few post further up, uder "interesting notes".