Sonic Team’s Takashi Iizuka Wants To Make A Sonic RPG Before He Retires

Takashi Iizuka, the head of Sonic Team, has revealed during a chat with Good Vibes Gaming that he’d love to make a Sonic RPG before he retires.

Personally, I really like role-playing games. The RPG game format is a lot of fun and I’ve even thought to myself ‘you know, for the past 30 years we haven’t done a Sonic RPG’. And I’m questioning myself. ‘Why haven’t we done a Sonic RPG in all this time? How have we gotten to 30 years with no RPGs?!’
So I’d like to hopefully work on a Sonic RPG at some point before I retire from Sega. But you know, that’s just a dream right now. There are no concrete plans at this point.

The Blue Blur has dabbled in the realms of RPGs before with Nintendo DS’ Sonic Chronicle: The Dark Brotherhood, although it would still be great to see a full-fledged entry released for modern platforms. The Mario franchise has showcased great success in the RPG genre with the likes of Paper Mario and Super Mario RPG, so maybe it’s Sonic’s time to shine?

Sonic is returning later this year with the remastered Sonic X Shadow Generations, which spruces up 2011’s Sonic Generations with brand new stages featuring Shadow the Hedgehog.

[Source – Good Vibes Gaming]