Sonic Crew head Takashi Iizuka has mentioned he’d wish to make a Sonic the Hedgehog RPG someday.
The one RPG in Sega’s flagship franchise is 2008’s Sonic Chronicles: The Darkish Brotherhood for Nintendo DS, nevertheless it was developed externally by Mass Impact studio BioWare.
Throughout a current interview with Good Vibes Gaming, Iizuka was requested if Sega would possibly someday have one other crack at releasing a Sonic RPG.
“Personally, I like role-playing video games,” he responded. “The RPG recreation format is a number of enjoyable and I’ve even thought to myself, ‘you realize, for the previous 30 years we haven’t accomplished a Sonic RPG’, and I’m questioning myself, ‘why haven’t we accomplished a Sonic RPG in all this time? How have we gotten to 30 years with no RPGs?’
“So I’d wish to hopefully work on a Sonic RPG sooner or later earlier than I retire from Sega. However, you realize, that’s only a dream proper now, there are not any concrete plans at this level.”
Sega will launch Sonic X Shadow Generations on October 25, 2024 for PS5, Xbox Collection X/S, Nintendo Change, PS4, Xbox One and PC.
A contemporary replace of 2011’s Sonic Generations, the sport may even embrace “a brand-new story marketing campaign” starring Shadow because the playable character.
After going hands-on with the title at Summer time Sport Fest in June, VGC sat down Iizuka to focus on the adjustments made for this new model, in addition to the present standing of the Sonic franchise generally.