SEGA is mulling over the idea of developing more Sonic the Hedgehog remakes and reboots in addition to new titles, its president and COO has revealed during a chat with Famitsu.
Yukio Sugino noted that while not all of SEGA’s IPs are ripe for the picking when it comes to remakes and/or reboots, the Sonic franchise is something that may benefit from such endeavours.
Of course, we have to do new things, but not all IPs are the same for new releases and reboots. For each IP, we will choose which method is appropriate at this time. Sonic is Sega’s flagship IP, and we are considering reboots and remakes for it in parallel with new titles.
Last year Sega repackaged the classic 2D Sonic titles for the series’ 30th anniversary in the shape of Sonic Origins, while the all-new Sonic Frontiers took the franchise in an open-world direction for the first time. Sonic’s history has been pretty hit and miss when it comes to 3D games, although hopefully the Blue Blur is on the right track now after Frontiers’ success.
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