As gamers debate among themselves whether a game is good or not, many fans tend to wonder just what the developers who make said games think of their own product. Many players tend to want to hear the stories behind scrapped objects or features as well. These behind the scenes anecdotes from studios and gaming companies are something many fans enjoy, andSonic Teamhas given fans a chance to learn some stories from itself directly through the unexpected medium ofYouTube livestreaming.As long as the video game industry has been around, its brought all sorts of people together. It’s no secret that video games have helped many players find lifelong friends and have left an impact on a fair deal of gamers' lives, which makes some fans wonder if those that create the games share the same sentiments about it as they do.Sonic Teamhas taken a rather unique step forward to share its own games with these fans.RELATED:SEGA Clarifies Long-running Sonic the Hedgehog Theories and Lore via TailsTubeThe JapaneseSonic the Hedgehogsocial media channels have launched a project featuring a team called “On-Soku Gamers;” which can be translated to “Sound Speed Gamers.” The On-Soku Gamers are a team comprised of Sonic Team members who will playingSonictitles live on YouTube every so often. The first video is already available which features aplaythrough ofSonic Mania.
According to the official tweet announcing the project, currently the group features Masayuki Inoue, a Day-time Level DesignerfromSonic Unleashed, and Eitaro Toyoda, a long-time creative Sonic Team member who’s worked on games fromSonic AdventuretoSonic Forces. Among them are two of the JapaneseSonicsocial media account personnel, “Ed” and his manager “Fujiki-san.” Another Sonic Team member, Kazuyuki Hoshino, has spoken about the project on Twitter in English.
According to Hoshino’s tweet, the project aims to show fans how Sonic Team personally enjoys the games it creates, while also sharing stories from the developers themselves about the games in question. Unfortunately, the behind the scenes stories may only reach Japanese audiences, as the stream is quite understandably only in Japanese. However, the streams are available to fans worldwide, so some fans may translate the more interesting anecdotes for others as the project goes on.
Despite the language barrier, some gamers may still enjoy watching the streams regardless. The reactions the team give are rather genuine, as can be seen by the first video featuring Edgetting all seven Chaos EmeraldsinSonic Maniawithin the first 30 minutes of the stream complete with him stressing over the Special Stage’s difficulty curve. Fans may simply enjoy watching members of Sonic Team experience their favorite games in general. For those interested, they may want to keep an eye on whatSonic Teamstreams over on the official JapaneseSonicYouTube channel.
