"This year, Sonic turns 20. The concept of Sonic Generations was essentially to compress all 20 years of his history into a single game. For example, what we did to adapt the traditional Sonic, with all of his traditional 2-D platforming and his signature charateristics, to fit with the modern Sonic, with his own unique characteristics. In my opinion, there both are fans that prefer classic 2-D Sonic platform-action games, and fans that prefer the 3-D Sonic games as of late." [Editor's Note: But not in my opinion. While there are plenty aspects that I and many other people I've spoken to like better about the 3-D series, like its characters and graphics, I've never met anybody who thinks the 3-D gameplay was superior. But moving on...]

"In 2010, we released Sonic 4: Episode I, which was intended mostly for classic Sonic fans, [Editor's Note: I forgot classic Sonic games were filled with shitty physics!] but also Sonic Colors, which was for the fans that enjoy Sonic in 3-D. What we wanted to do with Sonic Generations was to create a game that's intended to please both fanbases. We hope that the whole world is pleased with this unique game, and can celebrate Sonic's 20th Anniversary together."

"We designed the game to be an authentic look back upon 20 years of Sonic. So it tends to shy away from a lot of the more defined elements of both versions in favor of a more generalized view of the last 20 years as a whole. [Editor's Note: This bit is an approximation. I didn't know exactly what they were saying here, and nor, really, did Babelfish--and this is the first I've used it to translate a sentence in this interview--but that seems to be gist of his statement. Also stay tuned for more on this bit.*] Today we gave a demonstration of Green Hill Zone, the first level in the whole franchise, and throughout the year we will announce other levels until we reveal them all. We aren't just going with all old stuff and all new stuff, we want to include both. Today we announced that you only can play as the two versions of Sonic, but many other characters from the Sonic universe will make an appearance. We're talking about the friends of Sonic; Tails, Knuckles, Shadow [Editor's Note: Damn!] , etc, that form a part of his history, and they're an important part of the game."

"We've still got a lot more surprises to reveal, for now suffice to say that the point is to make a fun action game along the lines of the classic formula, but with both the classic and modern Sonics. Not so much to either collaborate or compete, but to create a pure action game for gamers in general."