Sonic the Hedgehog 3’s Michael Jackson Connection Confirmed by Yuji Naka

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The rumors and or facts surrounding Michael Jackson’s involvement with ‘s soundtrack have circulated the internet since the early days of online forums and webrings. Many confirmations have come and gone, but none will stick like the producer of the game tweeting direct proof. That’s exactly what happened earlier today when Yuji Naka expressed his confusion about the altered soundtrack for found inside .

SEGA Official uses Michael Jackson's music. means this. https://t.co/cJ4kFMFB4C

— Yuji Naka / 中　裕司 (@nakayuji) <a href=«https://twitter.com/nakayuji/status/1539982336850157568?ref_src=» https: www.comingsoon.net>June 23, 2022

Naka, who no longer works with Sega, picked up like scores of other fans of the Blue Blur, so his tweets about the missing music seem to be genuine confusion about the situation. Many in the gaming community were surprised that Naka confirmed something that has been the subject of much speculation over the years.

is the missing piece of many Genesis retrospectives by Sega over the years. There was no official reason for the removal, but many suspected that the music co-written by Jackson was the main justification. With returning in the newly released and featuring prototype tracks also found in the PC rerelease of the game rather than the original tunes, that speculation also seems right on the money.

Did You Know Gaming? provided a rather comprehensive track record of the rumor in a video from July 2020. Many thought the musician produced tracks for due to similarities between his music and the game’s soundtrack. Some of Jackson’s frequent collaborators like Brad Buxer, Doug Grigsby III, and Scirocco also contributed to, further perpetuating those rumors. Sega also made  in 1990, showing that the