List of Sonic Team games explained

Sonic Team is a Japanese video game development division of Sega. The initial team was composed of developers from Sega's Consumer Development division, including programmer Yuji Naka, artist Naoto Ohshima, and level designer Hirokazu Yasuhara. The team took the name Sonic Team in 1991 with the release of Sonic the Hedgehog for the Sega Genesis. The game was a major success, and started the long-running Sonic the Hedgehog franchise.

The next several games were developed by Naka and Yasuhara in America at Sega Technical Institute. In late 1994, Naka returned to Japan to become the head of CS3, later renamed R&D #8. During this time, the division was branded with the Sonic Team name but also developed games that do not feature Sonic, such as Nights into Dreams (1996) and Burning Rangers (1998). Following the release of Sonic Adventure in 1998, some Sonic Team staff moved to the United States to form Sonic Team USA and develop Sonic Adventure 2 (2001). With Sega's diversification of its studios, R&D #8 became Sonic Team in 2000, with Naka as CEO and Sonic Team USA as its subsidiary. Sega's financial troubles led to several major structural changes in the early 2000s, the United Game Artists studio was absorbed by Sonic Team in 2003, and Sonic Team USA became Sega Studios USA in 2004. After Sammy Corporation purchased Sega in 2005, Sonic Team was restructured to become Sega's GE1 research and development department, and later, CS2. As of 2019, Sonic Team is a team within CS2.

In addition to the Sonic series, the company has developed other games for Sega, such as Nights into Dreams (1996) and Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg (2003).^[1] ^[2] The 1991 release of Sonic the Hedgehog is considered significant in video game history, as it increased the Sega Genesis's sales and Sega displaced Nintendo as the leading video game company.^[3] Some Sonic Team games, such as the Sonic games and Nights, are considered among the greatest of all time.^[4] ^[5]

On this list, games are gathered that are either on the official Japanese Sonic Team website or titles where it is officially mentioned that Sonic Team is involved.

Games

Game	Platforms	Release date	Role	Producer	Director	Notes	Ref(s)
Sonic the Hedgehog	Sega Genesis		Developer	Shinobu Toyoda	Hirokazu Yasuhara		^[6]
Nights into Dreams	Sega Saturn		Developer	Yuji Naka	Naoto Oshima		^[7]
	PlayStation 2	February, 2008	Supervision	Makoto Uchida	Akira Ogata
	Xbox 360	October 5, 2012
	PlayStation 3
	Windows
Sonic 3D Blast	Sega Genesis		Co-developer Traveller's Tales	Kats Sato	Takao Miyoshi
Sonic 3D Blast	Sega Saturn		Co-developer Traveller's Tales	Kats Sato	Takao Miyoshi
Sonic Jam	Sega Saturn		Developer	Yuji Naka	Takashi Iizuka
Sonic R (Co-developer)	Sega Saturn		Co-developer Traveller's Tales		Masamitsu Shiino
Sonic R (Co-developer)	Windows		Co-developer Traveller's Tales		Masamitsu Shiino
Burning Rangers	Sega Saturn		Developer		Naoto Ohshima
Sonic Adventure	Dreamcast				Takashi Iizuka
	GameCube				Kenjiro Morimoto	Includes more content, titled Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut.
	Windows				Kenjiro Morimoto
ChuChu Rocket!	Dreamcast				Yuji Naka
ChuChu Rocket!	Game Boy Advance				Yuji Naka
Space Channel 5	Dreamcast	December 16, 1999	Originally developed by United Game Artist	Tetsuya Mizuguchi	Takashi Yuda
Samba de Amigo	Arcade		Developer	Yuji Naka	Shun Nakamura
Samba de Amigo	Dreamcast				Shun Nakamura
Phantasy Star Online	Dreamcast				Takao Miyoshi
	Windows					Enhanced version subtitled Blue Burst, which includes a new exclusive episode, released in 2004.
	GameCube					Includes more content, titled Phantasy Star Online Episode I & II. A Plus enhanced version was later published.
	Xbox					Includes more content, titled Phantasy Star Online Episode I & II.
Sonic Adventure 2	Dreamcast				Takashi Iizuka	Developed by Sonic Team USA
Sonic Adventure 2	GameCube				Takashi Iizuka	Includes more content, titled Sonic Adventure 2 Battle.
Puyo Pop	Game Boy Advance		Co-developer with Caret House		Akinori Nishiyama
Rez	PlayStation 2	November 22, 2001	Originally developed by United Game Artist	Tetsuya Mizuguchi	Jun Kobayashi
	PlayStation 2	February 14, 2002	Originally developed by United Game Artist	Tetsuya Mizuguchi	Jun Kobayashi
Sonic Advance	Game Boy Advance		Co-developer with Dimps	Yuji Naka, Hiroshi Matsumoto	Akinori Nishiyama
Sonic Mega Collection	GameCube		Developer	Yuji Naka	Yojiro Ogawa	Games were compiled by VR-1 Japan
	PlayStation 2					Includes more content, titled Sonic Mega Collection Plus.
	Xbox					Includes more content, titled Sonic Mega Collection Plus.
Sonic Advance 2	Game Boy Advance		Co-developer with Dimps	Yuji Naka, Hiroshi Matsumoto	Akinori Nishiyama
Sonic Pinball Party	Game Boy Advance		Co-developer with Jupiter	Yuji Naka, Hiroshi Matsumoto	Akinori Nishiyama
Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg	GameCube		Co-developer with Jupiter	Yuji Naka	Shun Nakamura
Puyo Pop Fever	Arcade		Co-developer with MileStone Inc.		Takashi Yuda
	PlayStation 2		Developer
	Dreamcast	February 24, 2004
	GameCube
	Xbox
	Mac OS X
	Game Boy Advance
	Windows
	Pocket PC
	Nintendo DS
	PlayStation Portable
	GameCube				Yojiro Ogawa
Sonic Battle	Game Boy Advance				Tomoyuki Hayashi
Sonic Heroes	PlayStation 2				Takashi Iizuka	Developed by Sonic Team USA
	GameCube
	Xbox
Astro Boy	PlayStation 2		Co-developer with Tezuka Productions	Yuji Naka, Mineko Okamura	Hideki Anbo
Sonic Advance 3	Game Boy Advance		Co-developer with Dimps	Yuji Naka, Kochi Sakita	Akinori Nishiyama
Sega Superstars	PlayStation 2		Developer	Yuji Naka	Yoshihisa Hashimoto
	Nintendo DS			Yuji Naka, Yojiro Ogawa	Takumi Yoshinga
Sonic Gems Collection	PlayStation 2				Mizuki Hosoyamada
Sonic Gems Collection	GameCube				Mizuki Hosoyamada
The Rub Rabbits!	Nintendo DS				Takumi Yoshinaga
Shadow the Hedgehog	PlayStation 2			Yuji Naka	Takashi Iizuka	Developed by Sega Studios USA
	GameCube
	Xbox
Sonic Rush	Nintendo DS		Co-developer with Dimps	Yuji Naka, Koichi Sakita	Akinori Nishiyama
Puyo Puyo Fever 2	PlayStation 2		Developer	Yuji Naka, Takashi Yuda	N/A
	PlayStation Portable
	Nintendo DS
Sonic Riders	PlayStation 2		Co-developer with Now Production	Yuji Naka, Takashi Yuda	Kenjiro Morimoto
	GameCube
	Xbox
	Windows
Jukugon	PlayStation Portable		Developer	N/A	N/A
Phantasy Star Universe	PlayStation 2			Yuji Naka, Takao Miyoshi	Satoshi Sakai
	Windows
	Xbox 360
	Nintendo DS	September 14, 2006		N/A	Takumi Yoshinaga
Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)	Xbox 360			Masahiro Kumuno	Shun Nakamura
Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)	PlayStation 3			Masahiro Kumuno	Shun Nakamura
Puyo Puyo! 15th Anniversary	Nintendo DS			Akinori Nishiyama	Mizuki Hosoyamada
	PlayStation 2
	PlayStation Portable
	Wii
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games	Wii	November 22, 2007	Supervisor	Osamu Ohashi	Eigo Kasahara
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games	Nintendo DS	January 17, 2008	Supervisor	Osamu Ohashi	Eigo Kasahara
Sonic and the Secret Rings	Wii		Developer	Yojiro Ogawa	Yojiro Ogawa
Onsei Kanjou Sokuteiki: Kokoro Scan	Nintendo DS		Developer	N/A	Takumi Yoshinaga
Sonic Rush Adventure	Nintendo DS		Co-developer with Dimps	Akinori Nishiyama	Sakae Osumi
	Wii		Developer	Takashi Iizuka	Takashi Iizuka	Developed by Sega Studios USA
	PlayStation 2		Co-developer with O-Two	Kenjiro Morimoto	Kenjiro Morimoto
	Wii		Co-developer with O-Two	Kenjiro Morimoto	Kenjiro Morimoto
Phantasy Star Portable	PlayStation Portable		Co-developer with Alfa System	Satoshi Sakai, Tatsuya Sasaki	Katsuya Kira
Sonic Unleashed	PlayStation 2		Co-developer with Dimps, O-Two	Akinori Nishiyama	Yoshihisa Hashimoto
	Wii		Co-developer with Dimps		Yoshihisa Hashimoto
	Xbox 360		Developer		Toshiyuki Nagahara
	PlayStation 3				Toshiyuki Nagahara
Sonic and the Black Knight	Wii			Tetsu Katano	Tetsu Katano
Mario & Sonic at the Winter Olympic Games	Wii	November 5, 2009	Supervisor	Osamu Ohashi	Takashi Iizuka
Mario & Sonic at the Winter Olympic Games	Nintendo DS	November 5, 2009	Supervisor	Osamu Ohashi	Eigo Kasahara
Puyo Puyo 7	Nintendo DS		Co-developer with h.a.n.d.	Mizuki Hosoyamada	Takumi Yoshinaga
	PlayStation Portable
	Wii
	Wii		Co-developer with Dimps	Takashi Iizuka, Hiroyuki Kawano	Toshiyuki Nagahra
	PlayStation 3
	Xbox 360
Sonic Free Riders	Xbox 360		Co-developer with O-Two	Kenjiro Morimoto	Kenjiro Morimoto
Sonic Colors	Wii		Developer	Takashi Iizuka	Morio Kishimoto
	Nintendo DS		Co-developer with Dimps	Takashi Iizuka, Hiroyuki Kawano	Takao Hirabayashi
	Nintendo Switch		Co-developer with Blind Squirrel Games	Takashi Iizuka	Morio Kishimoto	Includes more content, titled Sonic Colors Ultimate.
	PlayStation 4
	Xbox One
	Windows
*Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games*	Wii	November 15 2011	Supervisor	Osamu Ohashi	Eigo Kasahara
*Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games*	Nintendo 3DS	February 9 2012	Supervisor	Osamu Ohashi	Koji Shindo
Puyo Puyo 20th Anniversary	Nintendo DS		Co-developer with h.a.n.d.	Mizuki Hosoyamada	Takumi Yoshinaga
	PlayStation Portable		Co-developer with O-Two
	Wii		Co-developer with O-Two
	Nintendo 3DS		Co-developer with h.a.n.d.
Sonic Generations	PlayStation 3		Developer	Takashi Iizuka	Hiroshi Miyamoto
	Xbox 360
	Windows
	Nintendo 3DS		Co-developer with Dimps	Takashi Iizuka, Hiroyuki Kawano	Tetsu Katano
	PlayStation 4	Late 2024	Developer	Takashi Iizuka	Hiroshi Miyamoto	Includes more content, titled Sonic X Shadow Generations.
	PlayStation 5
	Xbox One
	Xbox Series X/S
	Nintendo Switch
	Windows
Sonic CD	Xbox 360		Developer	Naoto Ohshima	Includes in HD.
	PlayStation 3
	Android
	iOS
	Windows
	PlayStation 3		Makoto Suzuki
	Xbox 360		Makoto Suzuki
Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games	Wii U	November 8, 2013	Supervisor	Eigo Kasahara, Nobuya Ohashi	Hiroshi Miyamoto
Sonic Lost World	Wii U		Developer	Takashi Iizuka	Morio Kishimoto
	Nintendo 3DS		Co-developer with Dimps	Takashi Iizuka, Hiroyuki Kawano	Takao Hirabayashi
	Windows	November 2, 2015	Developer	Takashi Iizuka	Morio Kishimoto
Puyo Puyo Tetris	PlayStation 3		Co-developer with O-Two	Mizuki Hosoyamada	Koji Shindo
	Nintendo 3DS
	PlayStation Vita
	Wii U
	Xbox One		Developer
	PlayStation 4
	Nintendo Switch
	Windows	February 27, 2018
	Wii U	November 11, 2014	Supervision	Stephen Frost, Lisa Kapitas	Bob Rafei
	Nintendo 3DS	November 11, 2014	Supervision	Jenny Huang	Bill Spence
Sonic Runners	Mobile		Co-developer with Hardlight	Takashi Iizuka	Takao Hirabayashi	Discontinued on July 27, 2016.^[8]	^[9]
Sonic Forces	Windows		Developer	Takashi Iizuka, Shun Nakamura	Morio Kishimoto		^[10]
	Nintendo Switch
	PlayStation 4
	Xbox One
Sakura Wars	PlayStation 4	December 12, 2019	Co-developer with Sega CS2	Tetsu Katano	Tetsuya Ohtsubo	Developed the battle portion, and lent the Hedgehog Engine 2	^[11]
Sonic Origins	Nintendo Switch		Developer	Takashi Iizuka	Katsuyuki Shigihara	Games ported by Headcannon and Christian Whitehead
	PlayStation 4
	PlayStation 5
	Xbox One
	Xbox Series X/S
	Windows
Sonic Frontiers	Nintendo Switch			Takashi Iizuka, Sachiko Kawamura	Morio Kishimoto		^[12]
	PlayStation 4
	PlayStation 5
	Xbox One
	Xbox Series X/S
	Windows
Sonic Superstars	Nintendo Switch		Co-developer with Arzest	Takashi Iizuka, Naoto Ohshima, Yasuyuki Tsuzuki	Shunsuke Kawaraduka
	PlayStation 4
	PlayStation 5
	Xbox One
	Xbox Series X/S
	Windows

Notes and References

Company Profile: Sonic Team . . . 26 . 2006 . Sean . Smith . 24–29 .
Web site: Casamassina. Matt. Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg. IGN. 29 November 2017.
January 2002. This Month in Gaming History. Game Informer. 12. 105. 117.
Web site: Game Informer's Top 100 Games Of All Time (Circa Issue 100) . https://web.archive.org/web/20091119071214/http://gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2009/11/16/game-informer-s-top-100-games-of-all-time-circa-issue-100.aspx . dead . November 19, 2009 . . Cork . Jeff . November 16, 2009. December 10, 2013.
100 Greatest Games of All Time. Computer and Video Games. January 2000. 218. 53–67. Future plc.
Web site: Parish. Jeremy. Who Makes the Best Sonic the Hedgehog Games?. USgamer. July 17, 2017. June 5, 2014. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170808153905/http://www.usgamer.net/articles/who-makes-the-best-sonic-the-hedgehog-games. August 8, 2017. mdy-all.
Web site: SEGA ソニックチームプレイステーション2 専用ソフト. 2021-06-26. www.sonicteam.com.
Web site: Whitehead . Thomas . Sonic Runners, SEGA's Mobile Release by the Sonic Team, is Getting Shut Down . . August 20, 2018 . May 28, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180822213934/http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2016/05/sonic_runners_segas_mobile_release_by_the_sonic_team_is_getting_shut_down . August 22, 2018 . live .
Web site: Musgrave . Shaun . Sonic Team's 'Sonic Runners' Soft Launches In Japan And Canada . . August 19, 2018 . February 26, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180822181413/https://toucharcade.com/2015/02/26/sonic-teams-sonic-runners-soft-launches-in-japan-and-canada/ . August 22, 2018 . live .
Web site: 2016-07-23. Project Sonic 2017 Confirmed for Nintendo NX Release. 2021-06-26. Nintendo Life. en-GB.
Web site: 『新サクラ大戦』に『龍が如く7』！ 2020年に向けて飛躍するセガゲームスの取り組みを名越氏に訊く【電撃PS】 . 2022-08-02 . 電撃オンライン . ja.
Web site: Shea . Brian . 2022-08-23 . Sonic Frontiers Release Date Set For November . https://web.archive.org/web/20220823183837/https://www.gameinformer.com/gamescom-2022/2022/08/23/sonic-frontiers-release-date-set-for-november . dead . August 23, 2022 . 2022-08-23 . Game Informer . en.

List of Sonic Team games explained

Games

See also

Notes and References