When I started work on Sonic 06 we wanted to do something big. We wanted to create the best Sonic Game yet... now we'll be lucky if we can get the game to a point where the player can reach the final boss... and there's a mighty fine chance we won't even be able to pull that off...
Half of the Dev Team has gone off to work on a Wii game and we're expected to be able to ship the game by Christmas, Sega's corporate office expects us to finish the 360 version first despite the fact that development primarily took place on the PS3.
It's ironic that the level we're working on is called "Crisis City" because that's what Sonic Team Headquarters is like right now...
We cannot make Sonic 06 a good game... but at the very least we can make it playable...
We can't afford to make many more new levels or environments anymore, we just don't have time... but fans have supported this franchise for 15 years and we owe it to them to do everything we can to make this game the best we can... we cannot make this game 'good' but perhaps we can at least show them that we did everything we could against impossible odds to make it an enjoyable experience...