Sonic Co-Creator Wanted GameCube Game To Be Called Billy Hatcher And The Giant Cock

Former Sega of America product manager Mike Fischer says Yuji Naka pushed to retitle Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg for English markets.

The proposed names reportedly included Giant Eggs and, in a more off-color suggestion, Giant Cock; Sega ultimately kept the released title.

Fischer shared the anecdote in a Sega-16 interview alongside broader criticism of Naka’s management style and credit-taking.

The story is a rare insider look at Sega’s localization debates around a GameCube-era release.