Yuji Naka leaves Sega

SuperGrafx · Post by **SuperGrafx** » Tue May 09, 2006 12:05 am

Confirmed.
He's going to start his own studio...Prope.

http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?optio ... 9&Itemid=2

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Tue May 09, 2006 12:14 am

Sayonara, bitch!

icycalm · Post by **icycalm** » Tue May 09, 2006 12:23 am

That guy doesn't give a crap about games. I doubt he has any more good ideas left in him.

Turrican · Post by **Turrican** » Tue May 09, 2006 12:34 am

he left. Maybe he has played a bit of Shadow the hedgehog and now is under shock.

jp · Post by jp » Tue May 09, 2006 1:24 am

Turrican wrote:he left. Maybe he has played a bit of Shadow the hedgehog and now is under shock.

Isn't Prope still under Sega technically though?

Ah well, I just hope we get Air NiGHTS on the Wii.

Blade · Post by **Blade** » Tue May 09, 2006 2:23 am

Wow....that's sad really, that the creator of Sonic the Hedgehog would be hated so much for leaving.

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Tue May 09, 2006 2:43 am

Isn't Prope still under Sega technically though?

No. They're investing 10% of it's capital, reportedly. They would likely make some type of return on their games, but of course, wouldn't have creative control.

Specineff · Post by **Specineff** » Tue May 09, 2006 3:17 am

As long as Yu Suzuki doesn't leave, I'm happy. Good riddance. I still say that bastard spent all the money from PSO's hunter licenses on coke to snort.

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Tue May 09, 2006 3:55 am

Specineff wrote: I still say that bastard spent all the money from PSO's hunter licenses on coke to snort.

Well, there's really no crime in that, now is there?

Specineff · Post by **Specineff** » Tue May 09, 2006 3:57 am

Well, what about not giving any quests or taking care of the server? I mean, if they were going to charge everyone 8 bucks per month, they should at least make it look they weren't spending it all in coke.

Kiken · Post by **Kiken** » Tue May 09, 2006 4:57 am

Blade wrote:Wow....that's sad really, that the creator of Sonic the Hedgehog would be hated so much for leaving.

Sonic's creator, Naoto Oshima, left some time ago. Yuji Naka was the lead programmer for Sonic Team. Although, for nearly the past decade, he's been more of a figure-head than an active designer/programmer.

Blade · Post by **Blade** » Tue May 09, 2006 6:50 am

So can someone explain to me why it is there's a lot of backlash towards him? I mean, what did he do that pissed people off so much? I haven't been paying much attention to Sega lately.

PepsimanVsJoe · Post by **PepsimanVsJoe** » Tue May 09, 2006 6:58 am

No idea really.

Then again I'm actually a fan of Shadow the Hedgehog.

Some people are mad that there hasn't been a NiGHTs sequel. Some are mad about the state of Phantasy Star Online (JP servers >> US servers). Some are angry about Shadow/The current state of the Sonic games. Some don't like his attitude..etc etc etc.

There's always someone angry about one thing or another, so needless to say everyone hates him. He is/was an amazing programmer however.

I think he's alright personally, but then again I have no taste in games as I actually thought Shadow was good..

Ganelon · Post by **Ganelon** » Tue May 09, 2006 4:48 pm

I can't think of any game from Yuji Naka that I really liked since the original 2D Sonic series...

icycalm · Post by **icycalm** » Tue May 09, 2006 6:57 pm

PepsimanVsJoe wrote:I think he's alright personally

How much time have you spent with him?

PC Engine Fan X! · Post by **PC Engine Fan X!** » Tue May 09, 2006 8:24 pm

icycalm wrote:
PepsimanVsJoe wrote:I think he's alright personally
How much time have you spent with him?

You mean physically as in like "intimately" with him? J/King here... ^_~

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

jp · Post by jp » Tue May 09, 2006 8:36 pm

Kiken wrote:
Blade wrote:Wow....that's sad really, that the creator of Sonic the Hedgehog would be hated so much for leaving.
Sonic's creator, Naoto Oshima, left some time ago. Yuji Naka was the lead programmer for Sonic Team. Although, for nearly the past decade, he's been more of a figure-head than an active designer/programmer.

Indeed. Oshima-san is at Artoon, making Blinx the Cat, Vampire Rain, Blue Dragon, etc.

highlandcattle · Post by **highlandcattle** » Tue May 09, 2006 9:49 pm

Billy the Hatcher was A-okay so was Puyo Puyo Fever

LoneSage · Post by **LoneSage** » Tue May 09, 2006 9:58 pm

Not much to say about Naka, except that he peaked over ten years ago with Sonic 3.
I've heard stories about how he was going to leave Sega after Sonic 2 because the Sonic Team didn't work on it, until he demanded a Porsche and an assload of money. Always seemed like a pompous prick to me, considering most of his games weren't that great anyways.