The director of Sonic Frontiers talks about the future of 3D Sonic

Sonic looks at the stars in Sonic Frontiers

The latest 3D Sonic game Sonic Frontiers was nothing short of a sales success for Sonic Team and saw them build a stable template for future 3D Sonic adventures. Sonic Frontiers director Morio Kishimoto took to Twitter to chat with fans and answer questions. Mr. Kishimoto says work on the next 3D Sonic game is already underway and thankfully says Sonic Team is listening to fan feedback on what worked and what didn’t work in Sonic Frontiers. He explained that the overall story in Sonic Frontiers was not handled as well as it could have been and that this is something that they will need to pay more attention to in future games. Here are some key points rounded up by Sonic’s fan site Channel of tails

The next big step for this new “generation” of Sonic games is adding more playable characters.
The story in Sonic Frontiers was not handled in the best possible way, according to Kishimoto, this led him to express that the next installments should pay even more attention to the script and story, and go deeper into the characters.
The constant repetition of previous Sonic levels in games, such as Green Hill Zone and Chemical Plant, will be avoided more in the future, following fan feedback.
Work on the next main Sonic game has already begun, with Kishimoto and his team researching what game features would be ideal based on fan feedback.
There are plans to expand the combat even more and make the battles deeper and more immersive.

“Homing Dash” technique from Sonic Frontiers Accidentally discovered by Kishimoto and his team during development, it was decided to leave it as a possible gameplay bonus for players in the game.
The bigger focus for Sonic games right now is to provide a good single-player experience, but multiplayer games aren’t ruled out outright.
Kishimoto won’t be the sole director for each upcoming Sonic project, there will be other directors helming different projects.
The Open Zone style of play will be worked on and is being seriously considered for the next main game.