Although it has been the pet of SEGA since more than 30 years, Sonic has come back with a vengeance in recent years and is proving to be one of the company’s flagship series after the good performance of their games along with the enormous success of their live-action movies. Without going any further, this year it is published Sonic x Shadow Generationsa review of the game Sonic Generations, which came out as a reason for the 20th anniversary of the blue hedgehog.
This new Generations focuses on the character of Shadow and is accompanied by the “Intrepid” campaign (Fearlessin English). In addition, at the end of the year it will be released Sonic 3: The Movie after the broadcast of the series Knuckles. We are definitely in the Shadow year!
The future of the franchise
As for the future of the saga, it is known that more titles will be released open worldin the style of Sonic Frontiers. But there will also be for the nostalgicas proposed by Sonic SuperstarsHowever, in a recent interview, Takashi Iizukahead of Sonic Team, has hinted that the studio has no plans to develop a standalone game. Chao Gardensat least not in the near future.
For those who don’t know, the Chao Gardens were introduced into the saga Sonic Adventure. These are special areas where players can to create to the adorable ones Chaoa feature much loved by players of the series. After the return of the Chao in Sonic x Shadow Generationsspeculation began about the possibility of a mobile game dedicated to his upbringing. However, Iizuka himself denied that this was even a possibility.
He boss of Sonic Team has clarified before VGC that there are no plans for a launch independent of Chao Gardens. Iizuka explains that it is a fundamental part of the structure of Sonic Adventure
A Sonic Adventure 3 in the future?
As of today, it seems that the return of the Chao Gardens would involve the development of Sonic Adventure 3. Although Izuka clarifies that there are no plans to make this game a reality, his team does not rule out work on it in the future, if circumstances allow. However, for now we can only wait and see what direction the project takes. franchise during the coming years.