Sonic Team head Takashi Iizuka would like to make a Sonic RPG before he eventually retires from SEGA, according to a recent interview at Good Vibes Gaming. Iizuka is personally a fan of RPGs, and considers the genre to be a lot of fun.
When speaking with GVG, Iizuki notes that Sonic Team has not developed a Sonic RPG internally (not to be confused with BioWare’s Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood). In fact, he’s surprised that the team has not developed a RPG for the blue blur in the past three decades of its existence.
“Personally, I really like role-playing games,” Iizuka said.” 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 to 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.”
Sonic X Shadow Generations, the latest game in the series, will launch on October 25 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam and Epic Games Store. Before launch, fans may earn the Sonic Jam Legacy Skin for free.
Final Weapon had the opportunity to preview Sonic X Shadow Generations at Summer Game Fest 2024 Play Days. In addition, we featured gameplay of the new Shadow levels on our official YouTube channel.
