What is Sonic Team?
{{Infobox company | name = Sega CS R&D No. 2 | logo = | logo_alt = | trade_name = Sonic Team | native_name = ソニックチーム | native_name_lang = ja | romanized_name = Sonikku chīmu | former_name = {{ubl|Sega CS3|Sega R&D No. 8 (AM8)|SONICTEAM Ltd.|Sega GE1}} | type = [[Division (business)|Division]] | industry = [[Video game industry]] | founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|April 1996}} | hq_location_city = | hq_location_country = | key_people = {{ubl|[[Yuji Naka]]|[[Naoto Ohshima]]|[[Hirokazu Yasuhara]]|[[Takashi Iizuka (game designer)|Takashi Iizuka]]}} | products = [[List of Sonic Team games]] | parent = [[Sega]] | website = {{URL|sonicteam.com}} }} {{Contains Japanese text}} {{Nihongo foot|'''Sega CS Research and Development No. 2''',|セガ 第二CS研究開発部|Sega daini shīēsu kenkyū kaihatsubu|lead=yes|group=lower-alpha}} often abbreviated as '''Sega CS2 R&D''' and known as {{Nihongo foot|'''Sonic Team''',|ソニックチーム|Sonikku chīmu|lead=yes|group=lower-alpha}} is a [[video game]] development division of the Japanese company [[Sega]]. Sonic Team is best known for the ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog series|Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' series. They are also known for making games such as ''[[Nights into Dreams]]'' and ''[[Phantasy Star Online]]''. Sonic Team is a Japanese video game development division of Sega. The initial team was composed of developers from Sega's Consumer Development division, including programmer Yuji Naka, artist Naoto Ohshima, and level designer Hirokazu Yasuhara. ==Notes== {{notelist}} {{video-game-stub}} [[Category:Sega divisions and subsidiaries]]