Sonic the Hedgehog co-creator Yuji Naka apprehended over expert trading

The co-creator of timeless computer game collection Sonic the Hedgehog has actually been apprehended for claimed expert trading, according to public district attorneys in Tokyo.

Yuji Naka, a 57-year-old developer recognized for making Sonic and also various other significant titles at Japanese video game company Sega, was apprehended on Friday, a prosecution paper gotten by AFP stated.

His affirmed misbehaviour happened almost 3 years earlier, when Naka was a worker at “Final Fantasy” developer Square Enix, the Tokyo District Prosecutors Office paper stated.

Naka is charged of purchasing shares in an additional video game business, Aiming, when he recognized they were mosting likely to launch a brand-new title collectively established with Square Enix.

He acquired 10,000 shares in Aiming for 2.8 million yen ($ 20,000) in January 2020, according to the paper, and also the brand-new video game was introduced the complying with month.

Prosecutors on Thursday apprehended 2 various other previous Square Enix staff members, likewise for claimed expert trading connected to Aiming.

Naka was not instantly reachable for remark, yet his followers shared shock and also dissatisfaction on social networks.

” Please inform me this isn’t real. He brought Sonic to life … I’m so unfortunate,” one Twitter individual created.

” He worked with lots of fantastic video games. Frustrating,” stated an additional.

On the web site of the video game workshop that Naka started called Prope, the developer stated he wished to develop “video games that stun and also delight kids around the globe”.