Sonic Group head Takashi Iizuka needs to know why the hell Sonic Group haven’t made their very own Sonic The Hedgehog RPG but. He sounds positively hysterical about it, hopping mad, which you understand, mate, you’ve been working the present since 2008. You’ve been engaged on Sonic video games since 1994. I too yearn to certain by the Star Submit portal and right into a world the place Sonic has to min-max his trainers and do companion quests for Large The Cat. The spinning ball of spines is in your court docket, Iizuka-san. The folks of Mobius are prepared. Mario has had that style all to himself for lengthy sufficient.
Iizuka made these harmless remarks throughout a Good Vibes Gaming interview at a Sonic x Shadow Generations preview occasion – this being the 12 months of Shadow. They have been subsequently pounced upon by Eurogamer’s Ed Nightingale, who notes that Sonic Group have labored on RPGs up to now, corresponding to Phantasy Star Universe, and as such, haven’t any excuses save boring business ones.
“Personally, I actually like role-playing video games,” he mentioned. “The RPG recreation format is a number of enjoyable and I’ve even thought to myself you understand, for the previous 30 years we have not accomplished a Sonic RPG. And I am questioning myself. Why have not we accomplished a Sonic RPG in all this time? How have we gotten to 30 years with no RPGs?!”
“So I would prefer to hopefully work on a Sonic RPG in some unspecified time in the future earlier than I retire from Sega,” Iizuka went on. “However you understand, that is only a dream proper now. There are not any concrete plans at this level.” Once more, Mr Iizuka, I have to loom sinisterly and remind you that you’re the top of Sonic Group. Make these plans concrete. Sure, I do know it’s extra difficult than this, I do know Sega aren’t within the temper for ardour initiatives for the time being, however come now – the one extant official Sonic RPG is a third-party challenge for Nintendo DS, which I’m not allowed to jot down about or Graham will break my knees.
I desire a Sonic Group-made Sonic RPG for precisely two causes: I feel it could be nice, and I feel it could be terrible. Sonic video games have a behavior of veering in both route, particularly these launched after 2001, however maybe these Mania folks fancy one other chunk of the apple. Both manner, it’s an entertaining prospect. Gotta go quick? No Sonic, you gotta go after Tails has his flip, and in addition, you’re out of mana, so no spin-dash for you. It’s simply as properly that we now have Itch.io builders to fill the hole.
