Sonic CD designer Masato Nishimura: "after tidying my room, I found some Mega Drive-era Sonic spec documents, which I'd previously presumed lost, much to my regret. today was a great day... work-from-home rules!"🇯🇵
for the unaware, Nishimura not only designed environment art for Sonic CD but he also provided Sonic's voice!
he was also responsible for this infamous easter egg—it comes across as much creepier than intended in the NA version due to the different music
he was also responsible for this infamous easter egg—it comes across as much creepier than intended in the NA version due to the different music
obligatory plug: I'm keeping database of arcades & gaming spaces around the world that are crowdfunding or otherwise requesting alternate methods of support while people are self-quarantining—please share & let me know if your local venue's not listed!
"looking over these docs, I can see many ideas conceived while we were feeling out the Mega CD & it's sad to read them in hindsight knowing they'd be impossible to pull off😂 Rotating terrain a la Ordyne, rotating the BG during loops a la Marvel Land…"🇯🇵
(oh and Nishimura still works at Sega and will be returning these documents for the official archives, so don't pester him for anything too juicy because he can't & won't give it to you)
