266 - Utsumi's Greatest Achievement and No Adventure Remake (News Roundup July 2025)
Description
July was a bit of a slower news month, but there's still lots to discuss as we dive into Shuji Utsumi and Takashi Iizuka's interviews, and get closer to the release of Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds.
Relevant links:
- Shuji Utsumi's interview: https://www.thegamebusiness.com/p/reviving-sega-will-be-the-greatest
- SEGA Shop is back: https://shop.sega.com
- GamesCare announces release date for the GF-1 Neptune: https://segabits.com/blog/2025/07/01/gamescare-announces-a-december-2025-release-date-for-their-new-fpga-genesis-32x-console-the-gf-1-neptune/
- Obscure Gamers and Video Game Preservation Museum create fundraiser to preserve SEGA game prototypes: https://segabits.com/blog/2025/07/02/fundraiser-started-to-rescue-and-preserve-hundreds-of-sega-3ds-and-ds-game-prototypes-before-august-2025/
- Premier League Summer Series tickets giveaway: https://x.com/sega/status/1948405371489378758?s=46&t=WKzbQs2ONy3PodEgb19kcg
- SAGE returning in September: https://www.segadriven.com/2025/07/sonic-amateur-games-expo-set-to-return-september-19th-2025-fan-scene/
- Takashi Iizuka currently has no plans to remake Sonic Adventure: https://bsky.app/profile/tailschannel.com/post/3lsp254743t2y
- New Modern Sonic FiGGYZ wave announced: https://x.com/FiGGYZOfficial/status/1940410865804771580
- More FiGGYZ: https://figgyz.com
- Sonic Racing CrossWorlds customization and gadgets trailer: https://youtu.be/Ljvm9Fo9QRg?feature=shared
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Chapters:
(00:00:00 ) Intro
(00:14:22 ) Misc. SEGA news
(00:54:55 ) Sonic news
(01:44:06 ) Outro
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