In an interview with Famitsu, noticed by the people over at DualShockers, SEGA has shared that it might have extra Sonic the Hedgehog-related reboots and remakes up its sleeves.
The interview was with SEGA president and chief operations officer, Yukio Sugino, and noticed him focus on what SEGA has executed properly as of late, and what it’s hoping to do in future with its video games. As well as, there was a lot of dialogue concerning the ever-changing sport market, and the way SEGA intends on increasing.
On the very starting of the interview, Sugino is requested what he discovered most spectacular for SEGA throughout 2022. “Initially, Sonic Frontier,” he responds.
“Led by Utsumi, varied initiatives to make Sonic even larger have come to fruition. In April final yr, the film Sonic the Hedgehog 2 was launched in North America, and it bought off to a superb begin there, with worldwide field workplace income of about 570,” Sugino shares.
Sugino continues, “It turned a success that exceeded 100 million yen. With that in thoughts, we launched Sonic Frontier, and had been in a position to promote extra items than we had initially deliberate. I’m blissful about that itself, and I’m additionally blissful to listen to loads of messages from North American customers saying, “I’m so blissful that Sonic is headed in the best path.””
Relating to the dialogue of reboots and remakes, although, Sugino was first requested about Samba De Amigo, which is headed to the Nintendo Swap on August 29. Sugino claims, “To me, Samba De Amigo: Occasion Central shouldn’t be a reboot, however a brand new collection. However, Sonic Superstars, which was introduced the opposite day, is a return to 2D motion.”
Interviewer, Katsuhiko Hayashi, then factors out that “Sonic Superstars has a reboot facet” when in comparison with the brand new installment, Sonic Frontiers. Sugino responds, “In fact we now have to do new issues, however not all IPs are the identical for brand new releases and reboots. For every IP, we’ll select which methodology is suitable presently, akin to “This methodology is finest for this IP.” Sonic is SEGA’s flagship IP, and we’re contemplating reboots and remakes parallel with new titles.”
And there we now have it; Sonic isn’t going anyplace anytime quickly, and with Sonic’s new adventures, it appears followers may also anticipate to maintain seeing blasts from the pasts alongside any contemporary escapades.
Sonic followers have extra to look ahead to in 2023, too, with Sonic Superstars launching later this yr. Whereas we don’t have a launch window for Sonic’s return to 2D motion simply but, Sugino did share that “the sport incorporates fairly new components by way of gameplay, and you’ll take pleasure in it together with multiplayer, so please look ahead to it.”
