“As it turns out the BioWare guys, Ray and Greg in particular, are big fans of Sonic–they’ve met Yuji Naka and even have an autographed Genesis. They were very open to a collaboration in which they have creative freedom, but they still run stuff through us just to make sure we’re okay with it, that none of the hard-and-fast rules of the Sonic universe have been broken. We’re pretty much allowing them to build a game that needs to be built. We trust those guys. It’s a bit of a reboot for Sonic, contemporizing Sonic and making him a little bit more appealing to a wider, Western audience. And just putting that BioWare touch of class on that product is going to be pretty cool.” - Sega of America boss Simon Jeffery

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