"I Had To Fight" - Sonic Boss Takashi Iizuka Reveals Sega Wanted To Cancel Entire Sonic Franchise
📍 How it ended
{ "epilogue": "Sonic boss Takashi Iizuka revealed that Sega previously wanted to cancel the entire Sonic franchise before the first live-action movie proved the character's popularity and changed the course of the series. Following these revelations, Sonic Team confirmed that a new Sonic the Hedgehog game is currently in development with unprecedented gameplay." }
Epilogue added 43d ago, after coverage quieted.
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Sonic the Hedgehog races into Grand Central Toowoomba Chronicle · 46d ago broke it first
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