Chris Olson, who is the COO of Sega Networks, its mobile division, wants to make Sonic relevant with both new and longtime fans. They realise the potential there is with the Sonic franchise and they want to utilise this. Sonic has been extremely popular on mobile platforms, but his recent console games have disappointed many fans.
“SEGA wants to bring Sonic to where gamers are. There’s still a very large-sized audience with old-school Sonic fans who grew up with the Genesis. (recent titles) didn’t hit the mark (with the veterans). We have an obligation to the fans of Sonic and the consumer. (We will continue to ) evaluate different ways to bring cool experiences (combining) cool with quality.”
“The business is always a conflict of weighing bringing a title to a market and making the yearly plan versus maybe waiting and bringing something else. You can see that on the mobile side of things. In the earlier day of mobile development, there was a tendency to bring things out immediately. Those days are … gone. Consumer expectations have been raised. Video game development is a pretty chaotic thing, and it’s important not to rush things because we want to be sure we’re bring out the most polished thing.”
“When we look at bringing Sonic to modern-day gamers, we … obviously want to appeal to as many people as possible but still focus on what it means to be Sonic and a Sonic game. Maybe that might lose some fans along the road, but we’re picking up new fans that will hopefully grow with us as Sonic grows.”
Thanks, MasterPikachu6
Well, as long as it is well done, I wouldn’t mind, but you must have very clear your focus target and not rush it.
Guess that explains why they’ve been making mobile Sonic games like Sonic Dash 2 lately. Hopefully, that money goes out into a new and good Sonic game for PC and current gen consoles.
Would you take a Sonic Adventure 3?
Sega, take elements from unleashed, colors, gen,adverntures 1/2 and make a good game that is all
Meh, the Sonic Adventure games aren’t that great. Horrible controls, horrible camera, and just overall bad game. I never understood the hype for them.
2 words chaos garden
I didnt care for it. I know a lot of people like SA for it, but I personally didnt like it. Dont get me wrong, I played the hell out of it when I got it on my GC, but I never thought it was this pedestal worthy game that everyone puts it on.
They just needed a bit more testing, the camera was very annoying (controls were okay) but everything else was just so fun. Even that stupid little Omochao robot helper was so hilarious to kill. And speaking of Chao, the Chao Garden was literally my life. xD
Never could make a chaos chao.
Me neither. That’s some illumunati sh!t. xD
Sonic Adventure had the gameplay closest to the Classics in 3D. I’d say they should take the Sonic gameplay from that and polish/improve it to it’s fullest extent.
I’ve liked the majority of 3D games, so I’ll likely look forward to whatever you have.
sonic died long ago they destroyed him HE IS A JOKE….
its been going on for years,terrible games,no innovation,abused and made to look CHEAP – TACKY-SILLY-POINTLESS game after game
sonic is the flip side to mario mario stands for gold whilst sonic stands for SHIT
For me, I lost probably 70% interest after they changed the voice cast. I just can’t play without the OG voices. On the other hand, almost all the games after the voice changes were horrible. :/
Good luck on making him relevant, period.
Take your time, put as much effort as possible and have the game play like Daytime Unleashed/Colors/Generations, and you should have a good Sonic Game.
Alienating longtime Sonic fans with Boom and only giving them a few bones in the form of mobile games and cheap rehashes/retreads, while not hooking new fans due to crap quality games and taking part in meme culture is not really what i’d call a step in the right direction.
I’ll give the next Sonic game a shot if it’s not another Boom title, and not another rehash/retread of Sonic 1+2. But I’ve had my fill of Sonic games for a while. The comics are where he’s doing his best these days anyway.
your not making any sense.
I say start safe by releasing a Remix original sonic game from “Sonic 1 – Sonic 3”
Design every level based from the classics, make it HD, and for the cry babies about the game being to hard, make a difficulty option.
On easier difficulty, you could have the coins bounce a bit closer to sonic for easier re-pickup.
COINS? FUCK!
Cool. I still like Sonic.
Give us another Sonic Adventure and titles that’s more like Generations.
A Sonic Adventure title with just Sonic and no bullshit hub world fetch quests then.
A Sonic Adventure game where only Sonic is playable would be pointless. The first two were about seeing the same overall plot from the perspectives of several characters- to not have that in Adventure 3 would just destroy all the wishes we’ve had for it for years.
And another thing A3 needs is the return of the REAL Chao Garden.
Real Chao Garden? Like SA1?
Precisely. Or like 2.
That is the one thing Im hoping they don’t FU** up if they do revive the chao garden.
No, any sane person would only care about Sonic anyways. Amy and Tails are terrible. I mean Sonic is kind of a dick but hose two. Bleh. They should be support characters nothing more. Knuckles is an idiot, his stages were shit, nobody wants to go glide around digging the whole stage. Don’t even get me started on Big. WHY just fucking why wasn’t his stages just optional mini games? UGH! The games might not be the worst but hell no they are holding up as well. Maybe 10 years ago I could get that opinion but now, no, just no. If Sonic Adventure 3 was made it would need more than some gameplay improvements.
Except why make all these characters and then not use them? The only one I could agree with you on is Big- worst part of Adventure 1 hands-down. But Tails, Amy, Knuckles, The Chaotix, Blaze, Silver… Many fans want those characters back in action because of what they can offer.
You’re the type of Fans that hold Sonic back from greatness.
Sega take all the time you want even if it takes 5 year’s
But don’t make another sonic 06/ boom
Meh. It’s good they’re realizing their mistakes, but I will believe it more when I see a new title in action. And none of that mobile game crap.
All they have to do is refine what they did in Lost World. Take away the Mario Galaxy rip-off mechanics, make Sonic a bit faster and have more inspired level design and art direction. So, a big overhaul. If they bring back boosting, that’ll just be another step backwards imo. Unless it’s like Colors. Generations was way too easy as Modern Sonic, specifically due to boosting.
Also, how come Tails and Knuckles can’t be playable anymore? They were good in Sonic 3+Knuckles, do something like that again, with the alternate paths and such. It would be kickass. Which is why it won’t happen.
Well, I imagine Sega isn’t really sure how to handle multiple characters because most of the time in the past where they used multiple characters, they got criticized, which is pretty much much the more recent games have focused solely on Sonic.
i agree SEGA is collecting there profits on making good sonic games.
I actually thought Sonic Lost World was not too bad of a game. I think if they could build off that, throw some classic Sonic in the mix… Who knows.
well the developers work there way on polishing modern sonic but im surprisedly see that the developers are working other sonic titles including the 25th anniversary but not only sonic boom is having a hard time on selling because the fans dont like the boom design they like there modern design better i wonder if one of thoses SEGA representative are coming up with good ideas on sonic future titles but thats there point on trying to think of a good plan of sonic games.
You mean turning into a werehog isn’t relevant???
Lol sarcasm.
want to open to new fans? Stop making them suck by hiring back the old sonic team…face it sega, they were your only hope of NOT dying out like you already have. That’s saying something there…
Sonic can easily appeal to anyone, the problem is the games aren’t utilizing the character to his full potential. They need to skip out on Sonic Boom games, it’s ruining the franchise. The CGI show is okay but still not on the same calibre as Sonic The Hedgehog, The Adventures Of Sonic the Hedgehog or Sonic X. The character redesign was an awful idea and it’s such a bland show with only a few good moments. They did really well with Sonic Generations, I really didn’t have any complaints with that one. Sonic doesn’t have to be a 2D side-scroller in order to sell, 3D titles can work. They just seem to enjoy making gimmicks, like the Werehog or the Wisps. I know I have the unpopular opinion, but I felt the Wisps were annoying to use. They need to look at the games that have been really successful and see what made them work. Going multiplatform would probably help as well, they skipped PS3 and 360 with Colors and skipped Wii with Generations, both of which have been their best received titles. Don’t isolate the audience when the audience is already small.
Sonic Unleashed was literally God of War but with Sonic.
They don’t care about longtime fans. They only want new ones. The title doesn’t fit the final takeaway word.
“Maybe that might lose some fans along the road, but we’re picking up new fans that will hopefully grow with us as Sonic grows.”
Sadly, I could never be a fan of the Sonic The Hedgehog series. Because I HATE the very thing that Sonic is known for….. Speed. I always hated how fast Sonic ran. Makes me freakin’ dizzy. And I can’t even see what the hell I’m doing a lot of times because of it.
Sega thats easy just make a Sonic Adventure 3 game or Colors. The game people been asking for?
Here’s an idea I had for a new Sonic Game. The start of a new Sonic Adventure Series.
I’d say it’d be a good idea to polish the gameplay Sonic had in Adventure 1 and add some new moves to it (Slide Attack, Bounce Bracelet, Grinding). Then, they can add in Tails, Knuckles and Amy as playable characters like the style of Sonic 3 & Knuckles and Sonic Advance. In those games, you could play as all 3 characters and they played similar to Sonic, but had their own moves to explore levels differently and have more replay value. And if this is a New Adventure Series, maybe Blaze and Silver could be other playable characters as well, keeping the tradition of 6 characters being playable in a Sonic Adventure game. They can bring back hub worlds and have all 6 characters have their own individual stories that are intertwined like Sonic Adventure. In the hubs, you can find Level-Up Items like the Light Speed Shoes and Skill Shops like in Generations. Each character can use those Skill Shop Credit Cards that were in it to buy different items and abilities for Sonic and friends to equip with them on their adventure. Also, they could bring back those cartoony NPC’s from Sonic Unleashed to talk to around the hub worlds. They’ll sometimes give you valuable information, have items to give you to deliver to people or use later in your adventure and supply sub missions to help them do in the hubs and in stages. Also, I think Professor Pickle needs to make a comeback.
Hub Worlds (Town Stages):
Central City, the city where the City Escape stage in SA2 took place. Professor Pickle will have a sick San Francisco styled condo there that he goes to for vacations, that functions as his lab like he had in Unleashed (Good opportunity to have a cucumber sandwich or two on a plate in the living room. Kek.) There’s gotta be a skate park in the Central City Hub. Which can be used to test how Sonic reacts to momentum, to have some random grind rails in and for a skate mini game for Sonic to do to impress all the kids at the park.
Mystic Ruins will make a comeback and be updated and restructered.
Hidden Palace will be transformed into one. I want the story to have something to do with the Super Emeralds.
The Egg Carrier will make a comeback, but it’d have an updated design and a bunch of new rooms and places to explore.
Multiplayer:
There’s a bunch of different modes to play it like in SA2 and Heroes. The Stages to do multiplayer in will be the ones you find in the main game and they could do Retro Tracks (like City Escape, Windy Valley and other stages from past 3D Sonic games) similar to how MK8 does, as DLC. There’s Online and Local with Competitive and Co-operative play. A ton of other characters who weren’t playable in the main game will make their appearance in multiplayer, bringing their own unique style for any of the multiplayer modes.
Chao Garden:
Bigger and better Chao Gardens make their return in this game. There are a bunch of different ones you can find in the Town Stages in the game. All of which you can use online with all the features from the other Adventure games. As well as a New Feature: Chao Assist! Now you have the option to take a Chao from the Chao Garden as an Assist Buddy through your Adventure! Use their help to fight enemies, give them animals and Chaos Drives from your Special Meter on the fly, find hidden items, etc.
Playable Characters:
The same Sonic Adventure style set up. But just one playstyle:
Get to the Goal Ring
Sonic:
A: Spin Jump/ Homing Attack
X (Hold): Spin Dash
B: Slide/ Bounce Attack (In mid air)
Y: Light Speed Dash
RT: Special
Tails:
A: Spin Jump/ Flight (Hold)
X (Hold): Spin Dash
B: Tail Sweep
Y (Hold): Energy Ball
RT: Special
Knuckles:
A: Spin Jump/ Glide (Hold)
X (Hold): Spin Dash
B: Punch/ Quickly Mash button for Quick Jabs (Similar to Heroes. But in the air you’ll do the Drill Drive move)
Y (Hold): Dig
RT: Special
Amy:
A: Spin Jump/ Homing Attack (Less range then Sonic’s)
X (Hold): Amy Dash
B: Hammer Attack (All moves from SA1 with Amy’s hammer are available.)
Y: Warrior Feather (Press to engage the Hammer Spin Attack, repeatedly press B to keep spinning and use the Left Thumbstick to move while spinning)
Blaze:
A: Tornado Jump/ Hover (Hold)
X (Hold): Burst Dash
B: Spinning Claw (The Homing Attack she had in Sonic 06)
Y: Flame Stomp (In midair)
RT: Special
Silver:
A: Spin Jump/ Hover (Hold)
X (Hold): Burst Dash
B (Hold): Psychic Knife
Y: Shock Bracket Stomp (In midair)
RT: Psychokinesis
LT: Strafe
Right Thumbstick (With Psychokinesis): Move Object.
Ahahaha. Nice. You deserve to work at Sega.
Thanks a lot!
I’ve heard so from others 😅