[framapotari]

And I believe Tommy Tallarico was the first American to work on the Sonic franchise, ever.

[cholantesh]

Still? Pretty sure it's widely acknowledged as one of his many fabrications.

[LocalH]

He absolutely was not. The first Sonic game involving American developers was Sonic 2 on Genesis (developed at Sega Technical Institute with a combined American and Japanese crew), and he did not work on that game.