Interview with the director on Sonic's future

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We get the scoop with Sonic Team director, Yojiro Ogawa

When the DS was first unveiled, Sega put together a Sonic tech demo which saw Sonic run through a 3D environment along a fixed path. Does Secret Rings bare any relation to that?

Ogawa: I never noted their similarity so no, they're completely separate projects. However, the team that worked on Secret Rings also worked on Project Rub on DS, so you might see some places or aspects that are similar in Secret Rings.

Project Rub has 2D actions scenes, and you might notice similar 2D action scenes in Secret Rings. You could consider this type of 2D-oriented action something I'm keen on and something I try to put into our games. I have previously worked on the Panzer Dragoon games so you can see the similarity there [in that it's on rails, we think he means].