In March, Sonic Team's Takashi Iizuka confirmed the development of the next entry in the mainline Sonic the Hedgehog series was officially underway. Since then, there's been no other information about this game.
When Iizuka caught up with Game Informer at E3 2019 last week, he was queried about the next major entry in the series. While he refused to reveal any details, he is believed to have perhaps teased when fans can expect this next outing.
Its release is seemingly tied to the upcoming anniversary preparations. 2017 was the last "big year" for Sonic with the release of Sonic Mania and Sonic Forces and 2021 will be the next one according to the head of Sonic Team:
“The next big year for Sonic is 2021. That’s the 30-year anniversary for Sonic. We are now preparing.”
2019 was meant to be a big year in the hedgehog's history until his silver screen debut was delayed at the end of May. Fortunately, fans were still able to get their speed fix with the release of Team Sonic Racing in the same month.
Are you eager to find out what Sonic's next major game will be like? Are you looking forward to his 30th-anniversary celebrations? Tell us down in the comments.
[source gameinformer.com]
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As a fan, I'm definitely looking forward to seeing what Sonic Team and Sega has in store for the 30th anniversary. Though I want to find out more about the new game, I can wait on it. Meanwhile, I have Mario and Sonic at Tokyo 2020 to look forward to at the moment.
So sonic mania 2, right?
If its a 3D Sonic, then by god take your time with it and try to really do something above Forces and not look like the 3D Series is running out of steam/ideas.
If its Sonic Mania 2, great! Let the same team do their thing and it will be beloved. Heck, you would not even need a 3D Sonic for 2021 if you have Mania 2, so delay the 3D Sonic if thats the case.
Please no Classic Sonic in a 3D game.
@TheDragonDAFan Honestly I got nothing against him as an easter egg or unlockable character, just not one that needs to actually be involved until post game.
"Surprise! After 20 years, we've finally accepted that we have no idea how to make a good Sonic game. Therefore, instead of out the franchise to no-name studios that have no history of solid workmanship like you're used to, we've asked our friends over at EAD to make the next Sonic game while we shadow them and take notes!"
-Sonic Team, in my dreams
How were sales of Forces? Ah whatever, it’s not like Sega wants Sonic to be a premiere character game anymore , they’re fine just making it look different enough to get the curiosity sale from people who don’t look into game reviews. I guess it works for Sega who no longer craft their series but simply manage them. Time to manage the 30th Anniversary, put that sticker on the box, franchise managed...
I’d be happy with a Generations sequel, Mania 2 or hopefully even Adventure 3. Still, I’d rather pin my hopes on Sega remembering that next year’s the 20th anniversary of Skies of Arcadia. Now that would be a nice surprise.
Looking back on the Sonic series, the even numbered anniversaries tend to go better; not to discredit Sonic Mania, but compare the likes of Adventure 2 and Generations to '06, the GBA port of Sonic 1, and Forces, and clearly the first batch of games is better. Mania is an outlier, but it can't pick up all the slack for its companions. I tend to overthink patterns, yes, but I'm hopeful for Sonic's 30th. Just make sure (for a Boost formula game) the level designers for Colors and Generations are in charge over the paltry three that worked on Forces and I'll be stoked.
It's still fascinating that they made two truly excellent 3d Sonic games back to back with Colors and Generations and then NEVER DID AGAIN for no good reason.
Sonic mania was the first sonic game in a very.. very.. VERY long time that I’ve enjoyed. Unless you make another game like that then I won’t really be excited for one. Before that game came out and leading up to it I was extremely hyped I will say. And I wasn’t let down. Do it again, surprise me!
We'll probably get an Adventure remake which would be great but like most recent sonic games, they would probably tackle that with the lighter tone of the series with its canon/not canon shenanigans we've seen pretty much since Colors. That or Generations 2 is the safest bet for a 30th anniversary game imo
@kkslider5552000 I’m pretty sure some of the head people who worked on those two games left and went to work on mario odyssey
SoNIc 06 PoRT PlEaSe!
Mania 2 or a well made 3D game would be real nice, won’t lie.
Give us Sonic Adventure 3 or Sonic will continue to suck forever.
@Roam85 Sonic Team didn't make Mania.
Big deal. There are a LOT of beloved Sega IPs not named Sonic that are just as old or older, yet haven't seen a release in years or decades. Sega talks about a "big year" for Sonic's 30th Anniversary, but they (over)emphasize him so much year in and year out that it honestly doesn't mean much.
I used to love Sonic, but Sega's overused him to the detriment of every other IP they have been sitting on for so long, and I guess I'm just burned out with him. I enjoyed Valkyria Chronicles 4 this past year and I'm glad to see Phantasy Star Online 2 (finally) make it to Western consoles. I'm also delighted to see the remaster of Panzer Dragoon on its way (albeit with Sega outsourcing the honors to another company). But such treats have been few and far between for so long while every single year Sonic seemingly gets at least one game (and all too often mediocre and phoned-in at that). Maybe he's Sega's biggest seller (perhaps if Sega tried more of their IPs again that would change), but for me personally his schtick wore out its welcome a long time ago.
Get rid of this guy and the fixation on anniversaries. 4 years to get a Mania sequel would be absolutely nuts, they had a good little thing going with Mania and it’s animated spin-off now they’ll gonna let time and that awful movie kill the goodwill they got from the mainstream audience and that’s ruling out they wouldn’t do something predictably stupid like not want a Mania sequel or something else with Evening Star in favor of another Sonic Team mess.
Any other publisher would see the wonderful sales and press Mania got and instantly greenlit a sequel but with Sega they’d rather keep trying to ram a square peg into a round hole.
Sonic Mania 2 would be good. I can do without a 3D game, unless Sonic Team can get it like Generations.
I’d buy a sonic 4 part 1 and 2 port if they redid the physics... it was too floaty/weird. Sonic Mania 2 would be even better. It wouldn’t even have to be labeled “Mania” — just another side-scroller in the style of Mania/1/2/3/Knuckles. They’re the only sonic games I’ve ever enjoyed. Can’t get into the 3D ones for some reason. I’m all about Mario 64, and 3D platforming but something about going real fast and then hitting obstacles turns me off.
When was the last big year for Sonic?🤔
No Sonic Mania 2 or something similar, don't care.
At this point I doubt ST can pull off another Sonic Adventure, so enhanced 06 port yes. Heck, don't even touch it, just put it on PC and let the fans do the rest.
All the Megadrive games remade with Sonic 4's graphics, please!
@kkslider5552000 Well, Generations was a great 3D game, a great 2D game not so much...
2021 seems a while off, but trust me, it's gonna go fast...
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get it..?
FAST.
Super sonic mania? 32-bit graphics?
I always thought the on-rails segments of the 3D games worked best. If they went generations style and did some more of that with 2D of mania and maybe some rhythm-based 3D autorunner platforming bonus stages, I'd be in.
Maybe a good time to close the book on Sonic.
Just give us sonic 3 and knuckles. Best game ever.
There’s not been much to celebrate in that 30 years. A hand full of game but the majority were utter garbage
As long as it doesn't go as badly as their 15 year anniversary, sonic '06
Ho boy, more retro re-hashes and spin-offs or mediocre main titles. Yeah, I've never understood why Sonic is such a thing.
Whatever it is, hopefully, it'll be more like Sonic Mania, and a lot less like Sonic Forces.
Mania was such a great game, I had so much fun playing through it, that I ended up going out to find a copy of Forces, only to be disappointed by it.
@GutayS5 YAAAAAAAAAAAAS!
Surprise me with SonicMania 2 and I will be one happy Sonic fan!
Sadly I don’t have any hope in Sonic Team’s output. Hope they learn from Sonic Mania and forget Forces ever existed.
sonic generations port and maina 2 with best of 2d and 3d levels or make a best of sonic collection.and have a new mario and sonic platformer
or bring back the unrealed sonic game from the saturn
@MrBlacky 2017, Sonic Mania was released. It was followed a couple months later by Sonic Forces, but we don't talk about that game.
I hope Sonic Team are kept very far away personally
cause his 15th and 20th went so well
I mean.... Don't we all really want a game where sonic looks like he does in the sonic movie!?!?
@burninmylight lol we need an EAD game.
No idea why they don't use the sonic cd sonic boom song in other versions or other games. Ah well.
To me the only great Sonic games have been Sonic 1, 2 & 3, Sonic and Knuckles, Sonic CD, Sonic Adventure 1 & 2, and Sonic Mania. Everything else has been quite mediocre to bad IMO, although Sonic Generations wasn't bad.
I would prefer a sequel to Mania. So fun!
A new 2DHD Sonic game would be awesome, like Capcom did with Megaman 11!
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