Why are Sonic's eyes green in Sonic Adventure, the franchise's first serious crack at a fully 3D polygonal platformer? It turns out there's a lovely little story behind that. Ristar creator Yuji Uekawa was the man tasked with revamping Sega's mascot for his debut on Dreamcast. Some of his decisions were practical: shrinking Sonic's enormous, swept-back skull and elongating his limbs, for instance, so that he doesn't look like a fuzzy joystick when viewed from the rear. Others were a touch more poetic. "He is always seeing these green pastures around him, like in Green Hill Zone," Uekawa explains in an interview conducted for Sega's 25th anniversary artbook. "I thought it would be nice to reflect that in his eyes."
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SEGA's released its revamp of Dreamcast favourite Sonic Adventure on Xbox Live Arcade.
SEGA's PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade revival of Crazy Taxi has had to forfeit the original soundtrack and some in-game locations such as Pizza Hut due to licensing issues.
Sonic's Dreamcast debut Sonic Adventure looks set to be making its way to PSN as well as XBLA, Siliconera reports.
SEGA has signed a three-year deal with Alton Towers, the UK's most popular theme park.
A new version of classic boardgame RISK is in development for Xbox Live Arcade.
