YUJI NAKA CRIMES UPDATE
July 7, 2023 8:34 AM Subscribe
Last year, Yuji Naka, the co-creator of Sonic the Hedgehog, was arrested for insider trading which occurred during his stint at Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest publisher Square Enix. After his resignation from Square Enix, he had sued the company for removing him as director on the ill-fated Balan Wonderworld. Today, Naka received a suspended prison sentence and was fined and penalized a total of 173 million yen (approx. 1.2 million USD).
The title of this post comes from the text I would use to share various updates about this story to a certain gaming Discord server.
The title of this post comes from the text I would use to share various updates about this story to a certain gaming Discord server.
Balan Wonderworld was the true crime here.
posted by Your Childhood Pet Rock at 9:29 AM on July 7, 2023 [6 favorites]
posted by Your Childhood Pet Rock at 9:29 AM on July 7, 2023 [6 favorites]
(sound of Sonic losing his rings)
posted by qxntpqbbbqxl at 9:41 AM on July 7, 2023 [23 favorites]
posted by qxntpqbbbqxl at 9:41 AM on July 7, 2023 [23 favorites]
Grand Theft Sonic Adventure
posted by JoeXIII007 at 9:54 AM on July 7, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by JoeXIII007 at 9:54 AM on July 7, 2023 [1 favorite]
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