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>Sega sent Iizuka to San Francisco with 11 guys, and quickly made SA2 in an attempt to try and save the Dreamcast, then ported it to GameCube about 6 months later.
>It was always swan song for the console and farewell to Sonic.
And then he nearly died almost-solo'ing Heroes development which brought Sonic into the multi-plat era and continued on until the very present. Izuka is more important to the Sonic franchise than Naka.