Sonic Team
🇯🇵 JapanSonic Team is a video game developer owned by the Japanese video game company Sega as part of its Sega CS Research and Development No. 2 division. Sonic Team is best known for its namesake long-running Sonic the Hedgehog series and games such as Nights into Dreams and Phantasy Star Online. The initial team, formed in 1990, comprised staff 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 their first game, Sonic the Hedgehog, for the Sega Genesis. The game was a major success and contributed to millions of Genesis sales. The next Sonic games were developed by Naka and Yasuhara in America at Sega Technical Institute, while Ohshima worked on Sonic CD in Japan. Naka returned to Japan in late 1994 to become the head of CS3, later renamed R&D No. 8. During this time, the division took on the Sonic Team brand but 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 divestiture of its studios into separate companies, R&D No. 8 became SONICTEAM Ltd. 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 2004, Sonic Team was reincorporated to become Sega's GE1 research and development department. Naka departed during the development of Sonic the Hedgehog (2006), and Sega Studios USA was merged back into Sonic Team in 2008. The following decade was marked by Sonic games of varying reception, with head of studio Takashi Iizuka acknowledging that Sonic Team had prioritized shipping over quality.
Developed Games
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Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds - Pac-Man Pack
2026
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds - SpongeBob SquarePants Pack
2025
Sonic Rumble
2025
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds - Minecraft Pack
2025
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds
2025
Sonic Racing CrossWorlds: Season Pass
2025
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds - Digital Deluxe Edition
2025
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds - "Blue Star" Extreme Gear
2025
Sonic X Shadow Generations: Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Movie Pack
2024
Sonic X Shadow Generations: Sonic Jam Skin
2024
Sonic X Shadow Generations
2024
Shadow Generations
2024
Sonic Generations
2024
Sonic x Shadow Generations: Digital Deluxe Edition
2024
Sonic Superstars: Retro Diner Amy Costume
2024
Sonic Superstars: Shadow Costume for Sonic
2024
Sonic Superstars: Holiday Pack
2023
Sonic Superstars
2023
Sonic Superstars: Lego Dr. Eggman
2023
Sonic Superstars: Digital Deluxe Edition featuring LEGO
2023
Sonic Superstars: Lego Fun Pack
2023
Sonic Superstars: Lego Sonic Skin
2023
Sonic Frontiers: The Final Horizon
2023
Sonic Frontiers: Sonic’s Birthday Bash
2023
Sonic Frontiers: Sonic Adventure 2 Shoes
2022
Sonic Frontiers
2022
Sonic Origins: Digital Deluxe Edition
2022
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles
2022
Sonic Origins
2022
Sonic Forces + Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz HD Double Pack
2020
Sonic Double Pack: Sonic Mania Plus & Sonic Forces
2018
Puyo Puyo Champions
2018
Sonic Forces: Super Sonic
2017
Sonic Forces: Sanic T-Shirt
2017
Sonic Forces
2017
Sonic Forces: Episode Shadow
2017
Puyo Puyo Chronicle
2016
Puyo Puyo Touch
2015
Sonic Runners
2015
Sonic Lost World: The Legend of Zelda Zone
2014
Puyo Puyo Tetris
2014
Sonic Lost World: Yoshi's Island Zone
2013
Puyo Puyo!! Quest Arcade
2013
Sonic Lost World
2013
Puyo Puyo!! Quest
2013
Puyo Puyo!! 20th Anniversary: Mini Version
2012
Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode Metal
2012
Sonic Generations: Casino Night DLC
2011
Puyo Puyo!! 20th Anniversary
2011
Sonic Generations: White Time and Space 20th Anniversary Set
2011
Sonic Generations: Collector's Edition
2011
Sonic Generations Collection
2011
Sonic Generations
2011
Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut
2011
Sonic Colors
2010
Sonic Free Riders
2010
Sonic Adventure
2010
Sonic Adventure: Sonic Adventure DX Upgrade
2010
Puyo Puyo 7
2009
Puyo Puyo! The Medal Edition
2009
Sonic Putter
2009
Sonic Unleashed: Apotos & Shamar Adventure Pack
2009
Phantasy Star Portable
2009
Phantasy Star Zero Mini
2009
Sonic and the Black Knight
2009
Phantasy Star 0
2008
2 Games in 1: Columns Crown + ChuChu Rocket!
2008
Sonic Unleashed
2008
Sonic Jump 2
2008
Nights Into Dreams
2008
Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity
2008
Nights: Journey of Dreams
2007
Phantasy Star Universe: Ambition of the Illuminus
2007
Sonic Rush Adventure
2007
Sonic and the Secret Rings
2007
Sonic the Hedgehog: Very Hard Mode
2007
Puyo Puyo! 15th Anniversary
2006
Sonic the Hedgehog Genesis
2006
Sonic the Hedgehog
2006
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
2006
Mind Quiz: Your Brain Coach
2006
Phantasy Star Universe
2006
Sonic Riders
2006
2 in 1 Combo Pack: Sonic Heroes/Super Monkey Ball Deluxe
2005
Sonic the Hedgehog
2005
Puyo Puyo Fever 2
2005
2 Games in 1: Sonic Advance + ChuChu Rocket!
2005
2 Games In 1: Sonic Pinball Party + Columns Crown
2005
Shadow the Hedgehog
2005
Sonic Rush
2005
Combo Pack: Sonic Advance + Sonic Pinball Party
2005
The Rub Rabbits!
2005
Sonic Gems Collection
2005
Sonic Reversi Hyper
2005
Sonic Jump
2005
Puyo Pop Fever
2004
Feel the Magic: XY/XX
2004
Sonic Mega Collection Plus
2004
Sega Superstars
2004
Puyo Pop Fever
2004
Phantasy Star Online Blue Burst
2004
Sonic Hopping 2
2004
Astro Boy
2004
Sonic Hopping
2004
Phantasy Star Online Episode I & II Plus
2003
Billy Hatcher Hyper Shoot
2003
Sonic Heroes
2003
Tails no Flying Get
2003
Sonic Battle
2003
Phantasy Star Online Episode III: C.A.R.D. Revolution
2003
Puyo Pop Fever
2003
Sonic Reversi
2003
Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg
2003
Dragon Crystal II
2003
Speed DX
2003
Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut
2003
Sonic Pinball Party
2003
Sonic Putter
2003
Sonic Racing Shift Up
2002
Sonic Mega Collection
2002
Sonic no Jirai Sagashi Game
2002
Eggman no Kazuate Panic!
2002
Phantasy Star Online Episode I & II
2002
Nights Into Dreams: Score Attack
2002
Sonic Golf C-Mode Cup
2002
Sonic Racing Kart
2002
Sonic Bowling
2002
Nakayoshi Chao!
2002
Sonic Fishing
2002
Speed
2002
Sonic Golf
2002
Sonic Adventure 2: Battle
2001
Puyo Pop
2001
Fantasy Zone: Boss no Gyakushuu
2001
Phantasy Star Online Ver. 2
2001
Phantasy Star Online
2000
Samba de Amigo ver. 2000
2000
Samba de Amigo
1999
ChuChu Rocket!
1999
Sonic Adventure: Limited Edition
1999
Sonic Adventure
1998
Sonic R
1998
Sonic Jam
1998
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
1998
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
1998
Sonic & Knuckles
1998
Burning Rangers
1998
Sonic R
1997
Sonic the Hedgehog
1997
Sonic Jam
1997
Sonic World
1997
Sonic & Knuckles Collection
1997
Christmas Nights into Dreams
1996
Nights Into Dreams...
1996
Knuckles' Chaotix
1995
Sonic & Knuckles
1994
Blue Sphere
1994
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
1994
Sonic CD
1993
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
1992
Sonic the Hedgehog
1991
Sonic the Hedgehog
1991
Air Nights
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Limited Edition
Fifth Phantom Saga
Knuckles the Echidna in Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic Generations
Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds - Mega Man
