Following the recent visit to the UK of the great man himself, Yuji Naka confirms interest in a future Dreamcast 2

It’s not everyday one of gaming’s living legends visits our shores here at Blighty, so when the beautiful people at Rising Star Games recently managed to pull off the coup that saw one of the industry’s truly genial figures touching down in this our green and pleasant land, as you can probably imagine, the gaming press went weak at the knees as we all fell about fawning and cooing at the colossus that is none other than Sonic the Hedgehog creator Yuji Naka. And rightly so for that matter I might add.

It was, however, startling to overhear during one interview that Naka-san revealed his love not only for the creation of iconic gaming characters, but also for creating actual gaming hardware and peripherals to boot. Said the great man himself on the subject:

“I’m hoping to work on Dreamcast 2“, Naka told CVG. “Of course Dreamcast was my baby back at Sega and I want to carry on making good games for the European market and one day I’m hoping it gives me the opportunity to work on Dreamcast 2.

But the revelations did not stop there, Naka went on to reveal his nostalgia for the day’s at Sega had made him more open to the concept of working on gaming hardware for any of the ‘Big Three.’

“I do miss those old days when I was heavily involved in hardware making at Sega. I was involved in most of the consoles and controllers that Sega came up with.”

“If I have the opportunity in the future I want to be involved again with hardware making,” he said. “It would be ideal if I could become some sort of advisor working with the platform makers in future. I think if I can work really well with the platform makers then it’s good for everyone, because I can then come up with totally new games.”

So if anyone high up there in the sprawling corporate corner-offices at Sony, Microsoft or Nintendo is reading these statements from Naka-san then we heartily suggest that you take up the offer made by the gaming great as soon as possible.