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- Not to be confused with Team Sonic
Sonic Team's logo.
Sonic Team is a computer and video game developer established in 1988 originally known as Sega AM8. In 1991, AM8 took their name from their phenomenally successful Sonic the Hedgehog series and became Sonic Team. They are one of Sega's most popular creative teams. Sonic Team was headed by the famed video game designer, producer, and visionary Yuji Naka. Under his leadership Sonic Team has become a creative powerhouse in the video game industry creating some of the most popular games ever made before Sonic Adventure 2. The joint creator of Sonic, Naoto Oshima, left Sonic Team to form his own studio, Artoon. On May 8, 2006, Naka left the group with ten other members of Sonic Team to establish an independent game developer, PROPE.
Sonic Team has also worked on the Sonic X anime series.
In 2003, United Game Artists (formerly Sega AM9) merged with Sonic Team. In 2004, Sonic Team once more became an internal division of Sega after being spun off as a second-party developer in 2000. Unlike most of the other divisions, Sonic Team still retains its internal structure and name. Sonic Team is today headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan.
Console games developed by Sonic Team
- Sonic the Hedgehog (16-bit) (1991)
- Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (16-bit) (1992)
- Sonic the Hedgehog CD (1993)
- Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (16-bit) (1994)
- Sonic & Knuckles (16-bit) (1994)
- Knuckles' Chaotix (1995)
- Sonic Adventure/Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut (1998/2003)
- Sonic Shuffle (2000)
- Sonic Adventure 2/Sonic Adventure 2: Battle (2001)
- Sonic Heroes (2003)
- Sega Superstars (2004)
- Shadow the Hedgehog (2005)
- Sonic Riders (UGA Division) (2006)
- Sega Genesis Collection (2006)
- Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)
- Sonic and the Secret Rings (2007)
- Sega Superstars Tennis (2008)
- Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity (2008)
- Sonic Unleashed (2008)
- Sonic and the Black Knight (2009)
- Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode I (2010)
- Sonic Colors (2010)
- Sonic Free Riders (2010)
- Sonic Generations (2011)
- Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II (2012)
- Sonic Lost World (2013)
- Sonic Forces (2017)
Handheld games developed by Sonic Team
- Sonic the Hedgehog Pocket Adventure (1999)
- Sonic Advance (2001)
- Sonic Advance 2 (2002)
- Sonic Pinball Party (2003)
- Sonic N (2003)
- Sonic Advance 3 (2004)
- Sonic Battle (2004)
- Sonic Rush (2005)
- Sega Genesis Collection (2006)
- Sonic Rush Adventure (2007)
- Sonic Colors (2010)
- Sonic Generations (2011)
- Sonic Lost World (2013)
- Sonic Forces (2017)
Mobile games developed by Sonic Team
- Sonic Runners (2015)
Sonic Team compilations
- Sonic Compilation (1995) - Sega Mega Drive
- Sonic & Garfield Pack (1995) - Sega Mega Drive, PC, Sega Game Gear
- Sonic & Knuckles Collection (1997) - PC
- Sonic Jam (1997) - Sega Saturn
- Sonic Mega Collection (2002) - GameCube
- Sonic Mega Collection Plus (2004) - PlayStation 2, Xbox
- Sonic Gems Collection (2005) - Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2
- Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection (2009) - Xbox 360, PlayStation 3
Games developed in co-operation with Sonic Team
- SegaSonic the Hedgehog (Arcade) (1993)
- Sonic the Fighters (Arcade) (1996)
- Sonic 3D Blast (1996)
- Sonic R (1997)
- Sonic Shuffle (2000)
- Sonic Rivals (2006)
- Sonic Rivals 2 (2007)
- Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood (2008)
Cancelled games by Sonic Team
- Sonic Crackers (1994) - Sega Mega Drive
- Sonic X-treme (1996) - Sega Saturn
Trivia
- Contrary to popular belief, most of the handheld Sonic games released in the past several years were not developed by Sonic Team. Sonic Advance and its two sequels were developed by Dimps, who also developed Sonic Rush and Sonic Battle, and Sonic Rivals was developed by Backbone Entertainment.