Yuji Naka
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- Birthday: 17 September 1965
Also known as "YU2"
When Yuji Naka was 17 years old, he decided to program video games. Debt at this sudden fascination had naturally Ryuichi Sakamotos "Yellow Magic Orchestra", the volume, which its Musi with computers composed. (Yuji was also not alone with its inspiration, which has YMO many large names of the play industry fascinated - among other things Kenji Eno, creator of "D".)
Anyway, Yuji announced itself at a play school (or like always one such Institut to call should...) and had to pull therefore also from Osaka to Tokyo. A large fan of Namco, he wanted to work after his conclusion immediately at those, the late times Taki would draw and Mina and Sophitia and... Ivy! Mjamm! But Namco presupposed a university conclusion for the work - any farmer nincompoop should not finally program Takis and Ivys back! Naka sama was putrid. Stink-putridly. It did not want to the university, and therefore it has itself then somehow to service Games pierced...
At the beginning of its career it was busy primarily with conversions on the SG-1000 Mark III, but its large break-through should take time not all too for a long time. 1990 became in the again created "Sonic Team" a leading programmer for Sega's first correct Maskottchen attempt. (although the Grandpa Grandpas from Fantasy would have actually already been zone or the slope on motorcycle okay, or?)
After the completion of Sonic 2, he became already producer. Today he is a president of Sonic Team, Ltd..
Production History
- Girl's Garden - Lead Programmer
- Great Baseball - Programmer
- F-16 Fighting Falcon - Lead Programmer
- Hokuto no Ken (Fist of the North Star) - Programmer
- Space Harrier (1985) - Lead Programmer
- Outrun - Lead Programmer
- Spy vs. Spy (1986) - Lead Programming
- Phantasy Star (1988) - Lead Programmer ("Muuu Yuji")
- Super Thunderblade - Lead Programmer
- Phantasy star II (1989) - Producer, Lead Programmer ("Muuu Yuji")
- Phantasy Star III: Generations of Doom (1990) -
- Dai Makai Mura (aka "Ghouls & Ghosts") - Lead Programmer
- Sonic the Hedgehog (1991) - Programmer ("Yu2")
- Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (1992) - Lead Programmer
- Sonic Spinball (1993) -
- Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (1994) - Producer, Lead Programmer
- Sonic & Knuckles (1994) - Producer, Lead Programmer
- NiGHTS into Dreams (1995) - Producer, Lead Programmer
- Christmas NiGHTS (1995) - Producer, Programmer
- Sonic 3D Blast (1996) - Advisor
- Sonic Jam (1997) - Producer
- Sonic R (1997) - Producer
- Burning Rangers (1998) - Producer
- Sonic Adventure (1999) - Producer
- ChuChu Rocket! (2000) - Producer, Director
- Samba de Amigo (2000) - Producer
- Sonic the Hedgehog Pocket Adventure - supervisor
- Samba de Amigo Ver.2000 - Producer
- Phantasy Star Online (2001) - Producer
- ChuChu Rocket! (GBA) (2001) - Producer, Director
- Phantasy Star Online Ver.2 (2001) - Producer
- Sonic Adventure 2 (2001) - Producer
- Sonic Advance (2002) - Producer
- Sonic Pinball Party (2003) - Producer
- Sonic Battle (2004) - Producer
- Feel the Magic XY/XX (2004) - Chief Producer
- Sonic Mega Collection Plus (2004) - Producer
- Sonic Gems Collection (2005) - Chief Producer
Interviews
Being the producer of most of Sonic's games has earned Yuji Naka the rights to many interviews with those in the gaming industry. Some of those interviews may be found below (couresy of Sonic World):
- Oct. 1992 - Sega Visions Interview with Yuji Naka
- Dec. 1996 - Sega.com Interview on Yuji Naka's life
- July 31, 1999 - NextGenOnline Interview regarding sequels
- [http://sonicworld.sclassic.net/sts/interviews/1999/sonic_1999_aug_09.htm Aug. 9, 1999 - GameWeek Interview with Naka on piracy, e
mulation]