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| division=[[Sega Enterprises, Ltd.|Sega Enterprises]]
| founded=1991
| defunct=1995
| headquarters=Japan
| prevdate=1991
| prev=[[Sega R&D 2]]
| prev2=[[Sega R&D 6]]
| nextdate=1995
| next=[[Sega CS]]
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'''Sega Consumer Research and Development Dept. #2''' (nicknamed '''Sega CS2''', which it was officially renamed to in 1994){{magref|harmony|128|15}} was a video game research and development division within [[Sega]]. As the name suggests, it was the second "consumer"-specific R&D department created by [[Sega Enterprises]]. It was responsible for first-party [[Sega Game Gear]] titles, certain [[Sega Mega Drive]] titles with international appeal, RPGs for the [[Mega-CD]], and certain early [[Sega Saturn]] titles. Notable developers who got their start at CS2 include [[Tadashi Ihoroi]], [[Kazufumi Ohashi]] and [[Shinichi Higashi]]. It was later followed up by another department named [[Sega CS2 (1996-1999)|Sega CS2]].

==History==
Consumer Research and Development Dept. #2 was founded in 1991 as a continuation of both [[Sega R&D 2]], which handled [[Sega Game Gear]] and [[Sega Master System]] title, and [[Sega R&D 6]], one of the departments working on [[Sega Mega Drive]] titles. While the teams would generally stay in the same lanes as before, certain projects would have input from both previous departments' developers, such as ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (8-bit)|Sonic the Hedgehog 2]]'' and ''[[World of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck]]''. CS2 was also the department which developed somewhat early RPG titles for [[Sega Mega-CD]], but many of the developers behind these titles were transferred to [[Sega CS3]] around 1993 or so to continue focusing on Mega-CD and Mega Drive.

With the approach of the [[Sega Saturn]], CS1 and CS2 were assigned to develop software for the new hardware, Game Gear development spun off into the new [[Sega CS5]].{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20230620153953/https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/interview/190909a/2}}{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20230819073044/https://www.mirai-idea.jp/post/segasaturn01}} As producer [[Makoto Oshitani]] is the only person currently confirmed a member of CS2 at the time, this indicates ''[[Astal]]'' as one the department's games, and which features several developers Oshitani had with worked on [[Sega CS3]] games like ''[[Streets of Rage 3]]'' and ''[[J.League Pro Striker 2]]''. By the same logic, CS2 possibly co-developed ''[[Clockwork Knight]]'' and ''[[Kanzen Chuukei Pro Yakyuu Greatest Nine]]'' with CS1 and developed ''[[World Advanced Daisenryaku: Koutetsu no Senpuu]]'' on its own.

It was abolished in 1995 alongside every other separate consumer department and merged into a temporary single department, with a new [[Sega CS2 (1996-1999)|Sega CS2]] established in 1996.{{magref|ssmjp|1996-09|138}} This new CS2 acted as both a successor to the previous CS2 and [[Sega RPG Production]].

==Management==
In 1992, the department could in some ways be divided in 2, with several developers in section 1, headed by [[Noriyoshi Ohba]] and [[Tomohiro Kondo]] (both design), [[Keiichi Yamamoto]] (programming) and [[Hiroyuki Kawaguchi]] (art). It also housed many developers who frequently worked on [[Game Gear]] software (and by proxy, [[Master System]] software), which were instead part of its 2nd section, headed by [[Hiroshi Aso]] and [[Katsuhiro Hasegawa]] (both design, deputy in the latter's case), [[Eiro Nagata]] (art) and an unknown programming section manager. Game Gear became the department's sole focus in 1993, with section managers Hiroshi Aso (software development), [[Junichi Tsuchiya]] (producer of design), Katsuhiro Hasegawa (design development) and Eiro Nagata (art), the section 1 managers all transferred to [[CS1]] or [[CS3]].{{magref|harmony|119|15}}

==Softography==
{{CompanyHistoryAll|Sega CS2}}

==List of staff==
{{StaffList|Sega CS2}}

==References==
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