Naoto Ohshima was once quoted as saying that he wanted to be the Walt Disney of videogames.

Walt Disney gave us Mickey Mouse.  Naoto Ohshima gave us Sonic the Hedgehog.  I’d say they’re about even.

Mission accomplished, Ohshima-san :)

“Sonic is the personification of my image of America back then. Relative to Japan and its politics, America had a sense of speed and motion that were dynamic. I wanted to capture that essence in Sonic.”

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—Naoto Ohshima, to Nintendo Power (2008)

I find this man fascinating.

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