'I've been making Sonic games and been with Sonic longer than I've been with my own children' — Sonic Team head looks back on the franchise for its 35th anniversary

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  • Sonic Team head Takashi Iizuka says that working on the franchise is "a lot of pressure"
  • He thinks he is "going to continue to enjoy making Sonic games" for the foreseeable future
  • The comments come as the franchise celebrates its 35th anniversary

At Summer Game Fest 2026, I had the chance to chat with Sonic Team head Takashi Iizuka in a wide-ranging interview that touches on everything from the newly revealed Sonic Pico Parkto his thoughts on the current position of the franchise as a whole.

Right now the blue blur is celebrating its 35th anniversary, which kicked off in January this year, and the series is in a very good spot. The most recent games, racing spinoff Sonic Racing: CrossWorldsand the Sonic X Shadow Generationsremake, were very well received, and Iizuka seems driven to keep the quality up for the sake of the series' most...

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