List of Sonic Team games

Sonic Team is a Japanese video game development division of Sega. The initial team was composed of developers 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 Sonic the Hedgehog for the Sega Genesis. The game was a major success, and started the long-running Sonic the Hedgehog franchise.

The next several games were developed by Naka and Yasuhara in America at Sega Technical Institute. In late 1994, Naka returned to Japan to become the head of CS3, later renamed R&D #8. During this time, the division was branded with the Sonic Team name but also 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 diversification of its studios, R&D #8 became Sonic Team 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 2005, Sonic Team was restructured to become Sega's GE1 research and development department, and later, CS2. As of 2019, Sonic Team is a team within CS2.

In addition to the Sonic series, the company has developed other games for Sega, such as Nights into Dreams (1996) and Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg (2003).^[1][2] The 1991 release of Sonic the Hedgehog is considered significant in video game history, as it increased the Sega Genesis's sales and Sega displaced Nintendo as the leading video game company.^[3] Some Sonic Team games, such as the Sonic games and Nights, are considered among the greatest of all time.^[4][5]

On this list, games are gathered that are either on the official Japanese Sonic Team website or titles where it is officially mentioned that Sonic Team is involved.

Games

Game	Platforms	Release date	JP	NA	PAL	Role	Producer	Director	Notes	Ref(s)
Sonic the Hedgehog	Sega Genesis	June 23, 1991	Yes	Yes	Yes	Developer	Shinobu Toyoda	Hirokazu Yasuhara		[6]
Nights into Dreams	Sega Saturn	July 5, 1996	Yes	Yes	Yes	Developer	Yuji Naka	Naoto Oshima		[7]
	PlayStation 2	February, 2008	Yes	No	No	Supervision	Makoto Uchida	Akira Ogata
	Xbox 360	October 5, 2012	Yes	Yes	Yes
	PlayStation 3		Yes	Yes	Yes
	Windows		Yes	Yes	Yes
Sonic 3D Blast	Sega Genesis	November 7, 1996	Yes	Yes	Yes	Co-developer Traveller's Tales	Kats Sato	Takao Miyoshi
	Sega Saturn	November 20, 1996	No	Yes	Yes
Sonic Jam	Sega Saturn	June 20, 1997	Yes	Yes	Yes	Developer	Yuji Naka	Takashi Iizuka
Sonic R (Co-developer)	Sega Saturn	November 18, 1997	Yes	Yes	Yes	Co-developer Traveller's Tales		Masamitsu Shiino
	Windows	November 11, 1998	Yes	Yes	Yes
Burning Rangers	Sega Saturn	February 26, 1998	Yes	Yes	Yes	Developer		Naoto Ohshima
Sonic Adventure	Dreamcast	December 23, 1998	Yes	Yes	Yes			Takashi Iizuka
	GameCube	June 17, 2003	Yes	Yes	Yes			Kenjiro Morimoto	Includes more content, titled Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut.
	Windows	December 18, 2003	Yes	Yes	Yes
ChuChu Rocket!	Dreamcast	November 11, 1999	Yes	Yes	Yes			Yuji Naka
	Game Boy Advance	March 21, 2001	Yes	Yes	Yes
Space Channel 5	Dreamcast	December 16, 1999	Yes	Yes	Yes	Originally developed by United Game Artist	Tetsuya Mizuguchi	Takashi Yuda
Samba de Amigo	Arcade	December 1999	Yes	Yes	No	Developer	Yuji Naka	Shun Nakamura
	Dreamcast	April 27, 2000	Yes	Yes	Yes
Phantasy Star Online		December 21, 2000	Yes	Yes	Yes			Takao Miyoshi
	Windows	December 20, 2001	Yes	No	No				Enhanced version subtitled Blue Burst, which includes a new exclusive episode, released in 2004.
	GameCube	September 12, 2002	Yes	Yes	Yes				Includes more content, titled Phantasy Star Online Episode I & II. A Plus enhanced version was later published.
	Xbox	April 15, 2003	Yes	Yes	Yes				Includes more content, titled Phantasy Star Online Episode I & II.
Sonic Adventure 2	Dreamcast	June 19, 2001	Yes	Yes	Yes			Takashi Iizuka	Developed by Sonic Team USA
	GameCube	December 20, 2001	Yes	Yes	Yes				Includes more content, titled Sonic Adventure 2 Battle.
Puyo Pop	Game Boy Advance	October 18, 2001	Yes	Yes	Yes	Co-developer with Caret House		Akinori Nishiyama
Rez	PlayStation 2	November 22, 2001	Yes	Yes	Yes	Originally developed by United Game Artist	Tetsuya Mizuguchi	Jun Kobayashi
Space Channel 5: Part 2	PlayStation 2	February 14, 2002	Yes	Yes	Yes
Sonic Advance	Game Boy Advance	December 20, 2001	Yes	Yes	Yes	Co-developer with Dimps	Yuji Naka, Hiroshi Matsumoto	Akinori Nishiyama
Sonic Mega Collection	GameCube	November 10, 2002	Yes	Yes	Yes	Developer	Yuji Naka	Yojiro Ogawa	Games were compiled by VR-1 Japan
	PlayStation 2	November 2, 2004	Yes	Yes	Yes				Includes more content, titled Sonic Mega Collection Plus.
	Xbox		Yes	Yes	Yes
Sonic Advance 2	Game Boy Advance	December 19, 2002	Yes	Yes	Yes	Co-developer with Dimps	Yuji Naka, Hiroshi Matsumoto	Akinori Nishiyama
Sonic Pinball Party	Game Boy Advance	June 1, 2003	Yes	Yes	Yes	Co-developer with Jupiter
Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg	GameCube	September 23, 2003	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yuji Naka	Shun Nakamura
Puyo Pop Fever	Arcade	November 26, 2003	Yes	No	No	Co-developer with MileStone Inc.		Takashi Yuda
	PlayStation 2	February 4, 2004	Yes	No	Yes	Developer
	Dreamcast	February 24, 2004	Yes	No	No
	GameCube	February 27, 2004	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Xbox		Yes	No	Yes
	Mac OS X	June 24, 2004	Yes	No	No
	Game Boy Advance	July 24, 2004	Yes	No	Yes
	Windows	September 24, 2004	Yes	No	Yes
	Pocket PC	October 24, 2004	Yes	No	No
	Nintendo DS	December 24, 2004	Yes	Yes	Yes
	PlayStation Portable		Yes	No	Yes
Phantasy Star Online Episode III: C.A.R.D. Revolution	GameCube	November 27, 2003	Yes	Yes	Yes			Yojiro Ogawa
Sonic Battle	Game Boy Advance	December 4, 2003	Yes	Yes	Yes			Tomoyuki Hayashi
Sonic Heroes	PlayStation 2	December 30, 2003	Yes	Yes	Yes			Takashi Iizuka	Developed by Sonic Team USA
	GameCube		Yes	Yes	Yes
	Xbox		Yes	Yes	Yes
Astro Boy	PlayStation 2	April 18, 2004	Yes	Yes	Yes	Co-developer with Tezuka Productions	Yuji Naka, Mineko Okamura	Hideki Anbo
Sonic Advance 3	Game Boy Advance	June 7, 2004	Yes	Yes	Yes	Co-developer with Dimps	Yuji Naka, Kochi Sakita	Akinori Nishiyama
Sega Superstars	PlayStation 2	October 22, 2004	Yes	Yes	Yes	Developer	Yuji Naka	Yoshihisa Hashimoto
Feel the Magic: XY/XX	Nintendo DS	November 16, 2004	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yuji Naka, Yojiro Ogawa	Takumi Yoshinga
Sonic Gems Collection	PlayStation 2	August 11, 2005	Yes	No	Yes			Mizuki Hosoyamada
	GameCube		Yes	Yes	Yes
The Rub Rabbits!	Nintendo DS	October 20, 2005	Yes	Yes	Yes			Takumi Yoshinaga
Shadow the Hedgehog	PlayStation 2	November 15, 2005	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yuji Naka	Takashi Iizuka	Developed by Sega Studios USA
	GameCube		Yes	Yes	Yes
	Xbox		Yes	Yes	Yes
Sonic Rush	Nintendo DS	November 15, 2005	Yes	Yes	Yes	Co-developer with Dimps	Yuji Naka, Koichi Sakita	Akinori Nishiyama
Puyo Puyo Fever 2	PlayStation 2	November 24, 2005	Yes	No	No	Developer	Yuji Naka, Takashi Yuda	N/A
	PlayStation Portable		Yes	No	No
	Nintendo DS	December 24, 2005	Yes	No	No
Sonic Riders	PlayStation 2	February 21, 2006	Yes	Yes	Yes	Co-developer with Now Production	Yuji Naka, Takashi Yuda	Kenjiro Morimoto
	GameCube		Yes	Yes	Yes
	Xbox		Yes	Yes	Yes
	Windows	November 17, 2006	No	Yes	Yes
Jukugon	PlayStation Portable	July 13, 2006	Yes	No	No	Developer	N/A	N/A		[8]
Phantasy Star Universe	PlayStation 2	August 31, 2006	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yuji Naka, Takao Miyoshi	Satoshi Sakai		[7]
	Windows		Yes	Yes	Yes
	Xbox 360	October 25, 2006	Yes	Yes	Yes
Mind Quiz: Your Brain Coach	Nintendo DS	September 14, 2006	Yes	Yes	Yes		N/A	Takumi Yoshinaga
Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)	Xbox 360	November 14, 2006	Yes	Yes	Yes		Masahiro Kumuno	Shun Nakamura
	PlayStation 3	December 21, 2006	Yes	Yes	Yes
Puyo Puyo! 15th Anniversary	Nintendo DS	December 14, 2006	Yes	No	No		Akinori Nishiyama	Mizuki Hosoyamada
	PlayStation 2	March 21, 2007	Yes	No	No
	PlayStation Portable		Yes	No	No
	Wii	July 26, 2007	Yes	No	No
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games	Wii	November 22, 2007	Yes	Yes	Yes	Supervisor	Osamu Ohashi	Eigo Kasahara
	Nintendo DS	January 17, 2008	Yes	Yes	Yes
Sonic and the Secret Rings	Wii	February 20, 2007	Yes	Yes	Yes	Developer	Yojiro Ogawa	Yojiro Ogawa
Onsei Kanjou Sokuteiki: Kokoro Scan	Nintendo DS	August 16, 2007	Yes	No	No		N/A	Takumi Yoshinaga
Sonic Rush Adventure	Nintendo DS	September 13, 2007	Yes	Yes	Yes	Co-developer with Dimps	Akinori Nishiyama	Sakae Osumi
NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams	Wii	December 13, 2007	Yes	Yes	Yes	Developer	Takashi Iizuka	Takashi Iizuka	Developed by Sega Studios USA
Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity	PlayStation 2	January 8, 2008	No	Yes	Yes	Co-developer with O-Two	Kenjiro Morimoto	Kenjiro Morimoto
	Wii		Yes	Yes	Yes
Phantasy Star Portable	PlayStation Portable	July 31, 2008	Yes	Yes	Yes	Co-developer with Alfa System	Satoshi Sakai, Tatsuya Sasaki	Katsuya Kira
Sonic Unleashed	PlayStation 2	November 18, 2008	No	Yes	Yes	Co-developer with Dimps, O-Two	Akinori Nishiyama	Yoshihisa Hashimoto
	Wii		Yes	Yes	Yes	Co-developer with Dimps
	Xbox 360		Yes	Yes	Yes	Developer		Toshiyuki Nagahara
	PlayStation 3	December 9, 2008	Yes	Yes	Yes
Sonic and the Black Knight	Wii	March 3, 2009	Yes	Yes	Yes		Tetsu Katano	Tetsu Katano
Mario & Sonic at the Winter Olympic Games	Wii	November 5, 2009	Yes	Yes	Yes	Supervisor	Osamu Ohashi	Takashi Iizuka
	Nintendo DS		Yes	Yes	Yes			Eigo Kasahara
Puyo Puyo 7	Nintendo DS	July 30, 2009	Yes	No	No	Co-developer with h.a.n.d.	Mizuki Hosoyamada	Takumi Yoshinaga
	PlayStation Portable	November 26, 2009	Yes	No	No
	Wii		Yes	No	No
Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode I	Wii	October 11, 2010	Yes	Yes	Yes	Co-developer with Dimps	Takashi Iizuka, Hiroyuki Kawano	Toshiyuki Nagahra
	PlayStation 3	October 12, 2010	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Xbox 360	October 13, 2010	Yes	Yes	Yes
Sonic Free Riders	Xbox 360	November 4, 2010	Yes	Yes	Yes	Co-developer with O-Two	Kenjiro Morimoto	Kenjiro Morimoto
Sonic Colors	Wii	November 11, 2010	Yes	Yes	Yes	Developer	Takashi Iizuka	Morio Kishimoto
	Nintendo DS		Yes	Yes	Yes	Co-developer with Dimps	Takashi Iizuka, Hiroyuki Kawano	Takao Hirabayashi
	Nintendo Switch	September 7, 2021	Yes	Yes	Yes	Co-developer with Blind Squirrel Games	Takashi Iizuka	Morio Kishimoto	Includes more content, titled Sonic Colors Ultimate.
	PlayStation 4		Yes	Yes	Yes
	Xbox One		Yes	Yes	Yes
	Windows		Yes	Yes	Yes
Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games	Wii	November 15 2011	Yes	Yes	Yes	Supervisor	Osamu Ohashi	Eigo Kasahara
	Nintendo 3DS	February 9 2012	Yes	Yes	Yes			Koji Shindo
Puyo Puyo 20th Anniversary	Nintendo DS	July 14, 2011	Yes	No	No	Co-developer with h.a.n.d.	Mizuki Hosoyamada	Takumi Yoshinaga
	PlayStation Portable	December 15, 2011	Yes	No	No	Co-developer with O-Two
	Wii		Yes	No	No
	Nintendo 3DS		Yes	No	No	Co-developer with h.a.n.d.
Sonic Generations	PlayStation 3	November 1, 2011	Yes	Yes	Yes	Developer	Takashi Iizuka	Hiroshi Miyamoto
	Xbox 360		Yes	Yes	Yes
	Windows	November 3, 2011	No	Yes	Yes
	Nintendo 3DS	November 22, 2011	Yes	Yes	Yes	Co-developer with Dimps	Takashi Iizuka, Hiroyuki Kawano	Tetsu Katano
	PlayStation 4	October 25, 2024	Yes	Yes	Yes	Developer	Takashi Iizuka	Hiroshi Miyamoto	Includes more content, titled Sonic X Shadow Generations.
	PlayStation 5		Yes	Yes	Yes
	Xbox One		Yes	Yes	Yes
	Xbox Series X/S		Yes	Yes	Yes
	Nintendo Switch		Yes	Yes	Yes
	Windows		Yes	Yes	Yes
Sonic CD	Xbox 360	December 14, 2011	Yes	Yes	Yes	Developer	Naoto Ohshima	Includes in HD.
	PlayStation 3		Yes	Yes	Yes
	Android		Yes	Yes	Yes
	iOS	December 15, 2011	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Windows	January 1, 2012	Yes	Yes	Yes
Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II	PlayStation 3	May 15, 2012	Yes	Yes	Yes	Makoto Suzuki
	Xbox 360	May 16, 2012	Yes	Yes	Yes
Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games	Wii U	November 8, 2013	Yes	Yes	Yes	Supervisor	Eigo Kasahara, Nobuya Ohashi	Hiroshi Miyamoto
Sonic Lost World	Wii U	October 18, 2013	Yes	Yes	Yes	Developer	Takashi Iizuka	Morio Kishimoto
	Nintendo 3DS		Yes	Yes	Yes	Co-developer with Dimps	Takashi Iizuka, Hiroyuki Kawano	Takao Hirabayashi
	Windows	November 2, 2015	Yes	Yes	Yes	Developer	Takashi Iizuka	Morio Kishimoto
Puyo Puyo Tetris	PlayStation 3	February 6, 2014	Yes	No	No	Co-developer with O-Two	Mizuki Hosoyamada	Koji Shindo
	Nintendo 3DS		Yes	No	No
	PlayStation Vita		Yes	No	No
	Wii U		Yes	No	No
	Xbox One	December 4, 2014	Yes	No	No	Developer
	PlayStation 4		Yes	Yes	Yes
	Nintendo Switch	March 3, 2017	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Windows	February 27, 2018	Yes	Yes	Yes
Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric	Wii U	November 11, 2014	Yes	Yes	Yes	Supervision	Stephen Frost, Lisa Kapitas	Bob Rafei
Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal	Nintendo 3DS		Yes	Yes	Yes		Jenny Huang	Bill Spence
Sonic Runners	Mobile	February 25, 2015	Yes	Yes	Yes	Co-developer with Hardlight	Takashi Iizuka	Takao Hirabayashi	Discontinued on July 27, 2016.[9]	[10]
Sonic Forces	Windows	November 7, 2017	Yes	Yes	Yes	Developer	Takashi Iizuka, Shun Nakamura	Morio Kishimoto		[11]
	Nintendo Switch		Yes	Yes	Yes
	PlayStation 4		Yes	Yes	Yes
	Xbox One		Yes	Yes	Yes
Sakura Wars	PlayStation 4	December 12, 2019	Yes	Yes	Yes	Co-developer with Sega CS2	Tetsu Katano	Tetsuya Ohtsubo	Developed the battle portion, and lent the Hedgehog Engine 2	[12]
Sonic Origins	Nintendo Switch	June 23, 2022	Yes	Yes	Yes	Developer	Takashi Iizuka	Katsuyuki Shigihara	Games ported by Headcannon and Christian Whitehead	[13]
	PlayStation 4		Yes	Yes	Yes
	PlayStation 5		Yes	Yes	Yes
	Xbox One		Yes	Yes	Yes
	Xbox Series X/S		Yes	Yes	Yes
	Windows		Yes	Yes	Yes
Sonic Frontiers	Nintendo Switch	November 8, 2022	Yes	Yes	Yes		Takashi Iizuka, Sachiko Kawamura	Morio Kishimoto		[14]
	PlayStation 4		Yes	Yes	Yes
	PlayStation 5		Yes	Yes	Yes
	Xbox One		Yes	Yes	Yes
	Xbox Series X/S		Yes	Yes	Yes
	Windows		Yes	Yes	Yes
Sonic Superstars	Nintendo Switch	October 17, 2023	Yes	Yes	Yes	Co-developer with Arzest	Takashi Iizuka, Naoto Ohshima, Yasuyuki Tsuzuki	Shunsuke Kawaraduka
	PlayStation 4		Yes	Yes	Yes
	PlayStation 5		Yes	Yes	Yes
	Xbox One		Yes	Yes	Yes
	Xbox Series X/S		Yes	Yes	Yes
	Windows		Yes	Yes	Yes

See also

• List of Sega video games

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