The Golden Bolt's video: The Fall of Sonic Team: Sega s Collapse Crunch and Chaos in the Early 2000s

A significant chunk of Sonic the Hedgehog's history has been brushed aside simply as "the bad years," without much effort having gone into preserving the actual stories that led to Sonic's more controversial or perhaps disappointing titles: Games like Shadow the Hedgehog, Sonic Heroes, and to many, even Sonic Adventure 2. Each of these Sonic games has a fascinating history that's been overshadowed by other discussions - each has its own story of crunch, of layoffs, of developers losing 20+ pounds trying to meet deadlines, of a Sega that was even closer to the brink than we ever remember. Regardless of whether you feel that any of these Sonic titles ended up being good or bad, the chaos behind the scenes that led to these games explains essentially everything about them - and the stories are far worse than we tend to hear. These are the true stories behind Sega's collapse, the fall of Sonic Team, and the "dark era" of Sonic games. Subscribe for more! http://bit.ly/TGBSub Support future videos! http://www.patreon.com/TheGoldenBolt Follow me on Twitter! http://www.twitter.com/TheGoldenBolt Mugs, Merch, & More! http://bolt.merch.haus Become a Channel Member! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIySeFc0rD9_WK5CRCuB_oA/join "The Golden Bolt Theme" composed by AllHailBuckets. Show him some love on Spotify or your music service of choice! https://open.spotify.com/artist/2dWDmPnBqbOuoGGF5oclcv Full list of citations and sources: https://rentry.co/az7ta Chapters: 0:00 Intro 2:09 1998-2001: Sonic Team USA 13:44 2002: "Tell Him to F*** Off." 23:16 2003: The Sonic Heroes Diet 39:06 2004-2005: That Damn Fourth Video Chapter (working title) 51:00 2006 51:04 2007 and beyond 55:42 Credits CREDITS: Lead Editor: MykonosFan https://www.youtube.com/MykonosFan Guest Voices (in order of appearance): MykonosFan https://www.twitter.com/MykonosFan minimme https://www.twitter.com/minimme AntDude https://www.twitter.com/antdude92 SomecallmeJohnny https://www.twitter.com/Somecallmejon Tom Campbell https://www.twitter.com/TomCampbell TheRealFTA https://twitter.com/TheRealFTA gamesEnlisted https://twitter.com/gamesEnlisted Smoovies https://twitter.com/StephenAymond SPECIAL THANKS Big the Cat That Trav Guy Gritty Dana Carvey This video is not intended for viewers under 13 years of age, and may contain content inappropriate for such viewers. Parental guidance suggested.