Sonic Superstars is shaping as much as be the most important Sonic sport of the yr partly due to the brand new 2.5D aesthetic for Traditional Sonic. Nonetheless, Sonic Crew suggests Traditional Sonic’s new look could also be everlasting, as they imagine pixel artwork will not be a viable fashion for Sonic in 10 to twenty years.
In accordance with a report from GamesRadar, Sonic Crew inventive officer and producer Takashi Iizuka stated at Gamescom that Sonic Superstars is “an evolution of the 2D Sonic gameplay,” however does not imagine that 2D pixel artwork will survive as a online game artwork type for the franchise inside the subsequent twenty years.
This remark successfully throws chilly water at the potential for Traditional Sonic followers seeing Sonic Mania 2 coming to mild.
“[W]e take a look at the pixel artwork — it is nice — however once we take into consideration 10-20 years sooner or later, we do not suppose it may be a viable artwork fashion or presentation for our gamers,” Iizuka stated by means of a translator. “And with a purpose to advance and actually step issues up, we did need to guarantee that we’re presenting one thing that 10-20 years down the highway we’re nonetheless evolving and creating new content material for.”
It is necessary to notice that Iizuka-san’s feedback about pixel artwork not being a viable gaming artwork fashion solely applies to Sonic, not different video games normally. Pixel artwork sustained itself remarkably nicely in lots of indie video games within the final decade, together with 2064: Learn Solely Reminiscences, Lifeless Cells, Kaze and the Wild Masks, Freedom Planet, and extra just lately Sea of Stars and Octopath Traveler 2.
These pixel artwork feedback could also be surprising to some Sonic followers, given the wild success Sonic Mania gained when it first launched six years in the past, promoting greater than 1 million copies worldwide. However as with something, plans can change. Simply do not count on a Sonic Mania successor with lovely pixel artwork any time quickly.
As for Sonic Superstars, which is due October 17, try our first preview.
Cristina Alexander is a contract author for IGN. To paraphrase Calvin Harris, she wears her love for Sonic the Hedgehog on her sleeve like a giant deal. Comply with her on Twitter @SonicPrincess15.