I know this is old news, but I resurrect this topic because good old Shmuplations has released a very interesting interview with Yuji Naka and I'm surprised by his insistence at the time.
Just look at these quotes:
This is kinda heartbreaking for most hardcore Sega fanboys lol.
I cannot deny I have a profound curiosity in this "what if Yuji Naka made games at Nintendo" timeline.
(PD - before your rant: this is not a company wars thread. Don't get me wrong, I love Sega).
Just look at these quotes:
—This may open an old wound for you, but… (laughs) You quit Sega right after you made Sonic, correct?
Naka: Yeah.
—And I heard that you actually approached Nintendo after you quit…?
Naka: When I was driving back to my home in Osaka from Tokyo, I decided to stop by Nintendo's headquarters in Kyoto. I actually wanted to see how long it would take for me to commute from Osaka to Nintendo's offices. (laughs) However, when I stopped my car in their parking lot, a security guard came out and started eyeing me suspiciously. I got scared and decided to just go home. (laughs) If that security guard hadn't been there, who knows how different my future might have been…! (laughs)
Naka: While I was reading those books, I got a call from a third-party developer asking if I would come work for them. But the truth is, I was holding out for a call from Nintendo.
—Oh, really?! (laughs)
Naka: The reason I thought that is, a few months before I quit Sega, I heard a story about another programmer from a big gaming company who had quit his job, and was then called by Nintendo. I was like, "Wow, that could happen to me too!" (laughs) So when I quit Sega I had this faint hope that I'd be getting a call… but it never came. (laughs) It was sad.
This is kinda heartbreaking for most hardcore Sega fanboys lol.
I cannot deny I have a profound curiosity in this "what if Yuji Naka made games at Nintendo" timeline.
(PD - before your rant: this is not a company wars thread. Don't get me wrong, I love Sega).