S3E22 - Sonic & Knuckles (08 November 2023)

Suddenly, the finale of Individual crept up on us! And it's technically a two-parter, with the American-focused Sonic the Hedgehog being made complete by locking on Sonic & Knuckles: a dive into pretty much every developer of the game. There are designers like Hirokazu Yasuhara and Takashi Iizuka, there are programmers like Yuji Naka and Masanobu Yamatomo, and there are artists like Kunitake Aoki, Takashi Thomas Yuuda and Satoshi Yokokawa. Beyond that, all 8 contributors from the SEGA SOUND TEAM are covered, more on the surface level and their Sonic 3&K contributions, and there's 2 more obscure sound teams once get past Knuckles: CUBE, who made some possibly unused music, and USP, who made the MIDI arrangements in Sonic & Knuckles Collection. Chapters: 00:00:00 - Introduction to Individual 00:00:19 - 2P Competition Medley 00:04:51 - Talk 1 “Game Designers” 00:08:16 - Talk 1 - Sega Technical Institute? 00:09:00 - Talk 1 - Hirokazu Yasuhara 00:10:43 - Talk 1 - Hisayoshi Yoshida 00:11:16 - Talk 1 - Takashi Iizuka 00:14:46 - Sonic & Knuckles Collection - Angel Island (FM? and YPG-235) 00:18:07 - GUNVALKYRIE - The pandemonium 00:19:52 - Talk 2 “Programmers” 00:21:00 - Talk 2 - Yuji Naka 00:23:53 - Talk 2 - Hiroshi Nikaidoh & Takahiro Hamano 00:25:02 - Talk 2 - Masanobu Yamamoto 00:25:42 - Talk 2 - Adrian Stephens 00:27:11 - Sonic the Hedgehog 2 - STH2 Casino Night Zone (2P) ~ Mega Drive version ~ 00:28:38 - Sonic the Hedgehog 3 - Special Stage 00:30:50 - Sonic Adventure - Pleasure Castle …for Twinkle Park 00:32:22 - Talk 3 “Artists” 00:33:13 - Talk 3 - Kunitake Aoki 00:34:33 - Talk 3 - Takashi Thomas Yuuda 00:36:10 - Talk 3 - Satoshi Yokokawa 00:36:54 - Talk 3 - Chie Yoshida 00:38:29 - Talk 3 - Tsuneko Aoki 00:39:06 - Talk 3 - Shigeru Okada 00:40:05 - Talk 3 - Osamu Ohashi 00:41:11 - Talk 3 - Jina Ishiwatari 00:42:36 - Magic Knight Rayearth - Dancing Girl 00:44:04 - Panic! - Jagajogo 00:45:36 - Carnival Night Zone - Act 2 (requested by Jamie) 00:47:29 - Talk 4 “SST1” 00:49:11 - Talk 4 - Bo 00:50:43 - Talk 4 - Sachio Ogawa 00:54:17 - Castle of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse [Master System] - Toyland 00:55:56 - Sonic & Knuckles - Robotnik's Theme 00:57:06 - SEGA Bass Fishing - Fight 3 00:59:38 - Talk 5 “SST2” 01:00:46 - Talk 5 - MILPO 01:03:35 - Talk 5 - Masaru Setsumaru 01:05:38 - Dream Passport 2 - Main Menu 01:07:21 - OLIO2 - Shines on the Grassland 01:11:54 - Talk 6 “SST3” 01:12:40 - Talk 6 - Tatsuyuki Maeda 01:13:58 - Talk 6 - Tomonori Sawada 01:16:53 - Sonic 3D: Flickies' Island - Gene Gadget Zone Act 1 01:20:21 - Sonic & Knuckles - Mushroom Hill: Alternate Cue 01:21:47 - Golden Axe III - The Scorching Sand 01:24:20 - Talk 6 “SST4” 01:25:12 - Talk 6 - Masayuki Nagao 01:26:56 - Talk 6 - Jun Senoue 01:29:38 - Talk 6 - SYAVLIENA & Jr. 01:32:20 - Sonic Drift 2 - Sonic 3-related Medley 01:34:06 - Formula One World Championship, Beyond the Limit - Time To Detonate 01:36:29 - Talk 7 “CUBE” 01:38:06 - Talk 7 - Hisaki Nimiya 01:39:46 - Talk 7 - Masanori Takeuchi & CUBE in General 01:41:25 - Talk 7 - Miyoko Takoka (nee Kobayashi) 01:42:28 - Talk 7 - Sonic Pocket Adventure 01:43:41 - Talk 7 - The Marble Garden Conspiracy 01:44:55 - Talk 7 - Masanori Nakayama (STUDIO WHO) 01:46:45 - Terranigma - Dark Side Field 01:49:07 - Sonic the Hedgehog 3 - Knuckles' ~ Launch Base Zone - Act 1 (prototype) 01:51:42 - Talk 8 “USP” 01:52:35 - Talk 8 - Introduction to Sonic & Knuckles Collection 01:53:52 - Talk 8 - Sonic the Hedgehog The Screen Saver 01:55:26 - Talk 8 - Shigeaki Irie 01:58:20 - Talk 8 - Masaaki Nishizawa 01:59:36 - Talk 8 - Goro Takahashi 02:00:51 - Talk 8 - SEGA-side Help 02:02:40 - Sonic & Knuckles Collection - Flying Battery: Alternate Cue (FM & MIDI ver) 02:04:43 - Tokimeki Memorial MIDI collection - Go For It, Cultman! ~Cultman's Theme~ 02:07:13 - MIDI POWER Pro 3 ~Policenauts~ - GIRL 02:10:28 - Sonic & Knuckles Collection - IceCap(YPG-235) (requested 02:12:29 - Talk 9 “The End” 02:13:59 - Talk 9 - Thank YOU! (Individual in the Ever-Growing Future) 02:15:21 - Talk 9 - Soundtrack Sergeant 02:17:18 - Talk 9 - Totsies, Individual! 02:19:07 - Sonic & Knuckles / Sonic the Hedgehog 3 - THEME OF KNUCKLES