Sonic Team's Head Wants a New Sonic RPG!

We interviewed Sonic Team maestro Takashi IIzuka about Sonic X Shadow Generations and more, including what he'd like to see in the Blue Blur's future!
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[@Johnjohnson2695]

He seemed really pleased that the interview took an interest in him personally and wasn't just begging for info on the game that everyone knew he couldn't give.

[@calvezthemexicanjedi6443]

Right??? This was a fantastic interview, the questions led to some genuine contemplation and insight, and it honestly seemed like he was having a good time with the conversation. Even the questions about the game were basic enough to not feel prying while still giving some well needed info for fans that just want to know what to expect with the package overall. Just really great work all around, this was clearly an exciting opportunity and he really used it to its fullest

[@treesnip5667]

Sega has not one but two phenomenal RPG studios. Both Atlus and Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio could make an amazing Sonic RPG.

[@Robospy1]

Yakuza: Like a Hedgehog

[@atre5763]

Eh. They aren’t Monolith soft or Square.

[@kernium]

​@@atre5763 They are different, but to me, they are about on par with current Square Enix.

[@gustavolobo2001]

I have always dreamt about a Sonic JRPG made by Atlus

[@MilkEnjoyer2]

@@atre5763 for sure, its not like atlus makes some of the best turn based RPGs for a long while and RGG also proved to be able to make an amazing turn based RPG game like infinite wealth

[@Evoflare133]

“All three hedgehogs in one game.” Mr. Izuka, I think you forgot a hedgehog.

[@kernium]

It's almost as if Silver never existed...

[@dreadangel3752]

Technically speaking he's still right, Silver IS in Generations

[@oc6871]

Technically 5 Hedgehogs amy is one as well

[@lordpeeps1]

No but when i was little, i legit thought there were only 3 hedgehogs because i assumed Amy was a cat or something, since her name isn’t “Amy The Hedgehog”

[@oc6871]

@@lordpeeps1 Sega can't pick wether to keep going with "THE" or normal full name lol

[@TalkingBook72]

It feels so good to know that the developers of Sonic Adventure 2 had a great time making the game together, and that Iizuka looks back fondly on the making of the game

[@niksooxyz]

A sonic rpg developed by ATLUS with the style and music that the persona series had would be pretty amazing...

[@JK-xw5rn]

Social links with those characters would be crazy lmaoo

[@thephantomgamingbros.6329]

I have been saying that FOR YEARS

[@Jethcon]

personic

[@CiromBreeze]

We kinda have that already in fangame form with the SRB2 Persona mod.

[@marche800]

Hell even RGG studios would be good

[@amirgarcia547]

Sega! Let Atlus or RGG make a Sonic RPG and my life is yours!

[@HolyHadou]

Izuka san at 4:03, "Sonic can't do Chaos Control." Me a Sonic Nerd: "Screams in Sonic Adventure 2"

[@shadowopsairman1583]

Im not impressed, SA2 was the beginning of the downfall of the series from a graphical, physics and gameplay standpoint. SA2 showed Chaos Control, to me Izuka is self absorbed

[@darkhorse744]

He's obviously talking about it from a Gameplay standpoint.he was the director for SA2, I doubt he's forgotten that Sonic uses it in cutscenes. Far as I'm aware, the only time Sonic has used Chaos Control in Gameplay is during the battle against Shadow at SA2's climax, if you're playing as Shadow.

[@HolyHadou]

@@shadowopsairman1583 You're intitled to your opinion just know I stare at your opinion with both nostalgia and confusion. But you do you. Also, I'm not sure how you got self-absorbed from Izuka but okay.

[@HolyHadou]

@@darkhorse744 He also uses time stop and Sonic Wind during the 2 player mode. Still think he was misspeaking but I'm pedantic nerd man so whatever. Dude is still running the show for Sonic stuff.

[@darkhorse744]

@@HolyHadou Mm, I thought he might've used it during Multiplayer, but I wasn't 100% sure, there's also the possibility that the translation missed a bit of what Iizuka said. Also definitely a chance that he misspoke. It happens to everyone.

[@rickster008]

The Anime expo interview Mr izuka looks like he was having fun. It's rare that I've seen directors have that much fun. I'm happy that he had fun there

[@dukemon6163]

Sonic RPG: Legend of the Seven Chaos Emeralds Paper Sonic Sonic & Tails: Super Rings Saga

[@andersonsansonowski5644]

We really need a proper crossover of these

[@WhatIsMatter101]

They already copied 2 Mario & Luigi's titles, if you havent noticed: Mario and Luigi Superstar Saga Mario and Luigi Dream Team

[@andersonsansonowski5644]

@@WhatIsMatter101 hahha..... that is actually true though

[@skyhighlander6447]

Get the right studio for it and it’s a potential jackpot.

[@bloodmoon7018]

Well they’ve already got two.

[@WhatIsMatter101]

Like Bioware? LOL

[@jackayers4955]

The one where Iizuka hurls brutal shade at Bioware...

[@MacUser2-il2cx]

Bioware had a cool concept and the sequel would have been better. They got screwed by Penders.

[@newdawnhorizon9879]

@@MacUser2-il2cx penders had nothing to do with sonic chronicles being trash

[@Ability-King-KK]

@@newdawnhorizon9879 No, but Penders is still the reason why a sequel was never made.

[@DarkkirbyKRPG]

@@newdawnhorizon9879 Eh, Chronicles isn't trash moreso as it is weighted down by the DS' gimmicks. If it were to be remade with proper controls, reduce the amount of mashing for certain attacks, maybe rework the soundtrack if possible and polish up the combat a bit, it'd be a pretty good rpg imo. All of the structure is there for a great game. It just needs to escape the DS.

[@brandonwilliams6119]

@@MacUser2-il2cxI saw that DYKG video on it and from the way they described it, a Chronicles 2 would’ve seemed to have the same plot and story as Forces with Eggman actually taking over the world. Who knows if Chronicles 2 would’ve been better than the Forces we got in this timeline.

[@WolfPhoenix0]

A Sonic RPG with platforming elements would be incredible to see.

[@WhatIsMatter101]

Sounds like a Mario & Luigi RPG.

[@mediaguyking7045]

Not all rpgs are turned based

[@TeamSoraPresents]

Remember: the biggest reason Sonic Chronicles hasn't been remade is because of one man: Ken "The Worst Thing To Ever Happen To Sonic The Hedgehog" Penders. But a new one, maybe from Atlus, the people behind Persona? Hell yeah, I'd play that!

[@cookietoonam116]

It may be safe to assume that Sega doesn't see Panders as a threat anymore, especially since they don't want anything to do with Archie's Sonic in any form.

[@SaiyanGamer95]

To be fair, Ken didn't really do a lot to the series. Nothing major, anyway.

[@DarkkirbyKRPG]

@@cookietoonam116 I'm sure they are bothered by Penders in some shape or form, mostly because of the technicalities of what he owns. For example one of his copyrights is literally named "Evil Sonic" (which was the identity Scourge went by before he actually had a name) and notice how Sega, ever since the Archie fallout, has never allowed another version of Sonic to exist in any of the new media (Boom had an episode of alternate realities, no alternate Sonic. Sonic Prime is all about alternate realities, no alternate Sonic. No alternate Sonic in IDW either) I'm sure he's not a threat but more of a "shit that's right. the Penders thing" annoyance every time they have to do something

[@brandonwilliams6119]

@@cookietoonam116Imagine Shade the Echidna actually comes back despite the risks of Ken suing again? Would be crazy to see her after all these years

[@cookietoonam116]

@@brandonwilliams6119 I never played the game, but it would be a victory to the fans.

[@HouseHawk62]

A “spin-off” Sonic RPG would be a nice way to ease in the IDW comics characters to a wider audience since they are canon to the games as they start right after Forces but before Frontiers but you don’t want fans feeling like they have to do homework to understand who these characters are and how/why the main cast know them. I feel an RPG would also be a good way to give some of the main cast who haven’t had spotlight moments a chance to shine as well like the Chaotix.

[@sopapopp]

that's a great idea!!

[@viruschris3160]

I’m thinking of making a Sonic RPG like that myself with the IDW characters appearing it as both Playable and Non-playable characters as you interact with the world and story. The gameplay is inspired by Paper Mario’s Action Command Turn-Based system using the commands like Sonic games to perform their moves. If only I got off my lazy butt to learn and make it with Godot.

[@andreou3335]

Fantastic questions, and I love this transcript format. Thanks so much guys, congrats on getting to talk to Izuka, and thanks for the info :)

[@InvaderIceStrike]

Izuka-San has been doing quite a few interviews; this man is busy! Ash did a great job interviewing, keeping a fine balance between seeking information and keeping things respectful.

[@ivanzoneBR24]

Yes, PLEASE! I want a new Sonic RPG ever since Sonic Chronicles The Dark Brotherhood failed, there is so much potential with an RPG, you can told an awesome story, have a lot of areas to transverse, new attacks for the battles, hopefully great music and overall more development for Sonic, Amy, Tails, Knuckles and more. If Mario & Luigi can return and be so great already by the trailer, imagine what they can do with a Sonic RPG.

[@penguinreloaded7756]

That game is fascinating... bad, but fascinating. I played through it while on vacation one year. Just not a good game. I was hyped when it was announced; Sonic as an RPG is a fun concept!

[@johnshea7871]

@@penguinreloaded7756Sega’s mentality is that if journalists despise a certain game then that gameplay style is abandoned. It is why the Adventure style games are discontinued

[@brandonwilliams6119]

@@johnshea7871Sega shouldn’t always take journalist opinion to the heart especially if they aren’t true Sonic fans or care about him, that’s what I feel holds the series back sometimes

[@johnshea7871]

@@brandonwilliams6119 The majority of journalists when it comes to Somic the Hedgehog are biased towards the Genesis games as well as the Advance trilogy Rush Mania and to a lesser extent Rush Adventure which means they prefer Sonic’s 2D games

[@EdgardoJCruz-dk5kv]

Sonic is LONG overdue for a proper RPG game. Be it turn based, tactics based, or action based RPGs. It has already done other videogame genres, other franchises have shown it's doable without sacrificing the series identity, if approached right like with Mario, and lastly they need to redeem themselves from Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood.

[@Mojo1356]

Well Sonic Chronicles basically got shafted by BioWare, so that was hardly Sega’s fault for not knowing BioWare was gonna care so little.

[@randomdoctorsstudios142]

Giving how the Sonic series is usually about speed I think a hack and slash rpg would fit sonic pretty well

[@GameAW1]

To be fair, Sonic Chronicles had everything set against it that there was no way it was going to end up good. Its more an unfortunate game that could have ended up something really cool but it really never even had a fair chance.

[@atre5763]

Yeah and all those other genres sonic did were failures. How would this be any different?

[@johnshea7871]

@@GameAW1What also didn’t help was that Bioware was being bought by EA by that point

[@natoriousthehopeful2786]

I juat have 4 things to say: 1. I just know that Ash was over the moon for this interview😊 2. I would LOVE a Sonic RPG, especially if it does a cross over with like a Dragon🐲 3. So Izuka got the idea for a Generation remaster turn on the fans? All right my Adventure homies, it's time to raise your voice📣 4. Here's hoping Blaze gets some love next year🔥

[@KutieKatelyn]

Such a bummer he says there's no plans for an RPG but maaaaaaaaaan we need them to try again! RGG or Atlus could make a killer Sonic RPG 😭😭 Excited for SXSG and so happy my question got answered but I can't help but feel a bit wanting haha

[@itselguapo]

I would kill for a sonic rpg with IDW sonic characters.

[@RyuuSix]

Sonic & Tails: Super Emerald Arc

[@SuperFreddy64-mp5ew]

Considering Chronicles’ mixed reception, troubled development and legal issues. SEGA will most likely go a different route if they made a new Sonic RPG.

[@user-jy8nh6jg2j]

Ok so who are these fans who said "we want generations", but ok i love generations

[@lyinginertia]

I was expecting this to just be a video covering some news article. Cool you got to interview him!

[@Butwhythough881]

Personally, if they do another Sonic RPG, I think it would be smart to use the RPG format adapt story arcs from the IDW Comics. Since Sega is adamant on both games and comics being one connected canon, it would he smart to use games like this to introduce the characters like Tangle, Whisper, Dr Starlight, and Surge into the games (not counting Sonic Forces Speed Battle) so that way if and when they’re included in the mainline Sonic titles, those who don’t read the comics can be caught up with who these characters are.

[@Volvagia1927]

If they do that? Party: Sonic Tails Knuckles Amy Tangle Whisper Lanolin Silver Duo

[@harrisoncora4259]

Why not just do a new story that just has the IDW characters?

[@Butwhythough881]

@@harrisoncora4259 I doubt a standalone Tangle and Whisper game or Surge game would sell as well as say, doing a game that adapts the the Battle for Angel Island or Metal Virus stories in an RPG format. I feel it would make more logical to adapt those stories first, then include those characters in a mainline game to win over casual fans to then possibly do spinoff games with just the IDW characters.

[@harrisoncora4259]

@@Butwhythough881 if it features the main Sonic cast, I think it’ll sell fine. Besides, anyone who wants to see those stories can just pick up the graphic novels. And if not that, then anyone can simply look at a breakdown of the IDW storylines for context. But I really think a new RPG would be stronger if it has a new story.

[@MacUser2-il2cx]

Sonic Prime too.

[@WhyYouWahYoo]

EXCELLENT interview! Asked so many good questions! Can’t wait for this game

[@agentomecha634]

It would be cool to see SEGA attempt a Sonic RPG again. There’s a lot of potential with it. Plus, it would be a cool way to implement the large cast of Sonic characters.

[@Taidower]

I think it would be really interesting if they remake Sonic Adventure and they add a Cream the Rabbit story. She was a cameo in the DX version giving Sonic and Tails the Ice Key, so it would be neat to see her interacting with Chaos and Tikal, considering she has Cheese and can show Chaos how the present people cheerish Chao.

[@aarondobbe8400]

This was such a great interview, thanks for sharing it with us!

[@Trashedaccount123]

Can you imagine an ATLUS Sonic RPG

[@animosity3771]

1:48 / 10:10 Ngl I never heard someone request a Generations remaster. I always see people wanting the Adventure games, Heroes, even 06, and especially Unleashed.

[@drakordarkstar383]

I live in hope that silver will get his own spotlight one day

[@corvid1968]

But Sonic did use chaos control at one point. He even managed it with a fake chaos emerald!

[@corvid1968]

Oh and Silver can use it too.

[@pro-toman]

Had to come into the comments just to find this. I was offended!

[@l3rvn0]

To be fair, Shadow was supposed to die in that game, so Sonic would probably become a chaos control user in future games, kind of like if it was a Shadow's memento But since they brought him back in heroes due to popular demand, they returned it to be a Shadow exclusive skill

[@Ability-King-KK]

Yes he did and I hate when people complain about it because they don't understand what's going on.

[@andersonsansonowski5644]

and in sonic 06 too with normal emeralds

[@OmegaSon]

I would absolutely love to see what RGG could do with a Sonic rpg they are some of my favorite developers in this modern age

[@skelswap]

this was an amazing interview!

[@wmv8996]

"And we heard a lot of people say Sonic Adv- Generations."

[@elederanjo26]

Great interview Ash!!! Thanks you for your work

[@robertwilliamson2856]

Great job on the interview, Ash!

[@biko6158]

If we start getting spin off titles in different genres again, it could open the door for a proper Sonic fighting game. Modern mechanics, combos, hella characters, full thing. Its not like Sega hasnt made fighting games before. In an ideal world, Sega would partner with ArcSystem to give us a glorious cel shaded Sonic fighter like Dragon Ball FighterZ

[@PurpleLite]

Great questions guys, really enjoyed the video.

[@metaking4263]

I would really love a sonic chronicles the dark brotherhood sequel

[@MrSir]

Man, my childhood me just wants to see a continuation of Sonic Chronicles

[@alessandroortiz379]

1 thing i love about sonic chronicles is all the playable characters you can play as. I really want another sonic game with lots of characters to play

[@ansemthetrueseekerofdarkne2730]

Bring back the Nocturnis Clan and tell Penders to fucking shove it.

[@DylanofScreenTime]

ATLUS!!! MAKE A NEW SONIC RPG AND MY LIFE IS YOURS!

[@rictendones]

Very well done job with the interview. Good work.

[@ghiatharodaki]

I feel as if Shadow's character masters the idea of an "Adventure style" era. So just like the Adventure era had "Sonic" style, "Shooting style", "Haunting style", Sonic series should release games that can have characters in high demand with certain style of gameplay and Shadow probably should be an "Adventure style" where it is more exploring and platforming vs "Boost style" which should be much more geared towards Sonic or "2D style" which is more Classic Sonic.

[@MxBeccas]

Good work you two!

[@jeromemccalla9520]

Felt like we were starting to get good questions half way through.

[@Introvert3721]

That’ll be sick if atlus works on a sonic rpg game

[@olezornow4239]

Major respect for Izuka San

[@Brian-bw9fh]

Iizuka is a freakin legend

[@Cyb3rpunk117]

Great interview!

[@katieee_llyn]

I’ve been begging for a new sonic rpg for YEARS

[@Cloud-dt6xb]

I would love a new Sonic rpg it’d guarantee other characters are playable.

[@chaoscommentz4582]

heres what i want for a sonic rpg, a Rpg where E123 Omega's the Main Character, and sonic's the side character

[@Vantoxify]

thank you for interviewing Iizuka! I really like hearing his thoughts even though he can be vague sometimes.

[@NaOkii]

bro predicted Emerl

[@justtrainingv1z]

Sonic game but make it play like Yakuza. give him maybe 5 giant hub levels. a few dungeons and a fuck ton of side quest and bam we have Like a Hedgehog

[@JH-no8sy]

I would love a Sonic Adventure 1 and 2 remake collection. They’re some of my favorite childhood games, and I’ve been waiting for one for so long! A Sonic RPG sounds like a fun idea, too!

[@Ali-ii8il]

sonic Chronicles dark brotherhood still deserved a remake to make it great and to be canon agian and get that sequle we almost got also screw penders

[@juiceala]

Dear Izuka-san... Can we get Sonic Advance Trilogy Remaster next, please?

[@YaBoyBen01]

I would love to see a Sonic Adventure 1 + 2 remake collection at some point. I really want to beat Sonic Adventure 2 properly for the first time, but to me it's a bit dated now. I would love to see a newer version with brand-new visuals and maybe potential gameplay changes.

[@Axecon1]

I'd like to see a trilogy of Sonic titles next - Adventure 1, Adventure 2, and Heroes

[@somemadnessfan4763]

i want the Advanced trilogy on modern platforms

[@darthest530]

Never expected IIzuka to sound very similar to Steve lol

[@Aztiren]

Sonic and Shadow RPG would be great. I would love a SA2 remake. I'm also a huge Shadow fan so I am happy he isn't just simply going to disappear after this year and hope they use him more. I am very excited for Shadow Generations

[@ThatOneGhostRat]

Iizuka is a chaotix fan real

[@TommyDeonauthsArchives]

This game came about because Paramount was including Shadow in the 3rd Sonic movie! Amazing!

[@biozivm4032]

WE ARE SO BACK

[@GameAW1]

I would like to see one. The last one they did was pretty heavily screwed through no fault of Sega's own (Bioware rushed to hit the bare minimum so they could release it and dip once the contract with Sega ran out, then work on Dragon Age, and then there's Ken Penders who doomed any hope of revisiting it in any capacity) so I think the hedgehog deserves an actual fair shot at a proper RPG game.

[@RadzPrower]

A modern Sonic RPG really does need to be an action RPG more akin to something like FFVII remakes rather than the turn-based combat of Sonic Chronicles. As much as I generally don't like open-world games (and that's actually something that kinda turned me off with FFVII: Rebirth), Sonic and Co.'s movement style really could really make for an enjoyable open world environment in addition to the RPG elements.

[@kao7143]

this channel going from saying final horizon made one of their reviewers feel cheated, robbed, lied to, and depressed to a different one interviewing takashi iizuka is so jarring and funny to me

[@sunnyezemba7021]

Oh no… I’m feeling sonic chronicles again…

[@VGLounge]

Everyone's talking about Atlus but imagine what RGG could do with these characters that can both be wacky and have serious stories

[@misterniceguy429]

If they want to make another Sonic RPG they should really get advice from the people who worked on Mario & Luigi and Paper Mario series.

[@danknhshinki73]

Sonic deserves another RPG title after the first game in 2008.

[@wall_e_snorlax]

I hope a Sonic RPG happens mainly for the fact of the characters you could unlock throughout the story besides like the main faces like Tails and Knuckles Amy etcetera we can maybe get some characters that maybe haven't had the spotlight in a while like the chaotix or maybe some characters from IDW like tangle or whisper or maybe even trip the new character from Sonic superstars

[@tcClockworth]

GVG getting the goods, ya love to see it.

[@FirevexBg]

I would LOVE a new Sonic RPG game, the lots of fan games show that this is a great idea and it would be fire.

[@shrobbyy]

I beg them to do something similar to Mario & Luigi and the first two Paper Mario games. It would fit well

[@StellaFangX]

Why not like Super Mario RPG from snes? It looked fun and could took advantage of the huge roster of playable characters.

[@MegaSolopolo]

We need an official fighting game. They have enough characters.

[@Sonic_Speedy_And_Friends_VR]

A new Sonic RPG would be fire, please make it happen!

[@ObligationOrDesire]

SEGA owns Atlus now too, so I hope they link up for it. After SMT V, it's clear they know how to make an RPG that plays well with movement speed so even just reaching out for guidance would probably be really valuable

[@pikachufrankie]

Remake Shadow’s game but add RPG elements to it to make the “choose your own story” bit work flawlessly. Simple.

[@PVKip999]

I vouch for that!

[@talondiwisch5206]

Year of Silver next!

[@SonicTheBlueBlur15]

Sonic chronicles sequel!?!?!??!!

[@roiitzkovich4545]

If the next Sonic RPG comes out, I actually don't mind if they make it a direct sequel to Sonic Chronicles. Sure, Sonic Chronicles wasn't good, but you can definitely improve upon it mechanically to the point where it plays well. Besides, there's a lot of room to expand upon the dark brotherhood.

[@theultimatememelord5494]

There's just one big problem with that, and his name is Ken Penders.

[@roiitzkovich4545]

@@theultimatememelord5494 Court sues can be nagotiated or solved via compensations. Either way, even if a new Sonic RPG will be something different, that's fine by me.

[@nightwish1453]

@@roiitzkovich4545 probably be safer that way as trying to do anything with nokturnus or shade ken will go on red alert

[@FlyingDuckMan360]

Sonic deserves to give RPGs another try. He previously had one in 2008; Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood for the Nintendo DS. The game teased a sequel, which never came to be, for several reasons; nothing had been said on the matter since then, the game wasn't well-received, the Archie expies brought writer Ken Penders down on the people involved, and Bioware, the company that developed the game, was bought out by Electronic Arts. I'd like for this new RPG to be in the style of the Mario & Luigi games, wherein Sonic and his friends perform attacks by pressing specific buttons at the right times. The enemies could be Dr. Eggman's robots, and defeating them would give Sonic and his friends power-ups they can use to increase their stats, as well as rings they could use to buy new items in the shops. Perhaps like in Chronicles, Sonic and his friends could face a new villain that they'd have to team up with Dr. Eggman to defeat. To a lesser extent, Sonic needs to give the party game genre another try. Sonic didn't have very many party games, but my personal favorite is Sonic Shuffle, which was actually developed by Hudson Soft, the same company that developed the first eight games in the Mario Party series. Shuffle did things differently from Mario Party; drawing cards to move across the board and battle monsters, moving in any direction as opposed to a straight path with the occasional fork in the road, mini-games being activated when players land on event spaces, battling monsters to collect gems, and the game ending when all seven gems are collected. I'd like for a potential sequel to Shuffle to have the same gameplay elements, but new playable characters, improved AI, and enemies and worlds more in line with the Sonic franchise.

[@mrshmuga9]

Nice to hear you can play the Shadow section from the start. It’s likely short so I’ll wait for a discount. Don’t really feel like replaying Generations.

[@acejumper1681]

YES PLEASE!

[@asterthehedgehog6861]

What I’d like is a new Sonic Riders entry

[@HammerSpam]

This could be a good way to introduce IDW characters into the games

[@TsuriaDragon]

I hope Blaze the Cat gets the same love and devotion in the future 😢

[@nightwish1453]

in retrospective a lot of elements of blaze are just seem to be forgotten by sega, like they somehow remember 06 Blaze more (which essentially feels like a bastardarizised version of her) then rush Blaze such as actually being a sonic rival and having her friendship with Cream witch over the years has slowly been forgotten in favor of silver and blaze being friends BECAUSE of 06 when they re-introduced silver. I always look back as Blaze's rivalry with sonic is just more interesting then Silver's, his innocent behaviour in the more recent stuff makes him feel like a support character not a direct face-off rival against him like Blaze,Knuckles and Shadow that's not a knock on silver by any means it's just he seems to be better written that way and IDW seem to be aware of this

[@kyurei4478]

If people still had doubts about Shadow the Hedgehog being a canon part of the story for Shadow, the Doom powers now definitely confirm it is.

[@AgentWebs]

Tails and Knuckles each deserve a new game

[@DamashiTheKaotic]

When are we going to get a year of Metal?

[@SpeedbreakerNo1]

I would love to know if they added more optional music to both games. In Generations you could unlock more music by collecting Red Rings. Will they add more, since there are more Sonic games released after Generations (I want the boss music themes from Frontiers), or will they stay the same? And will Shadow Generations have the same feature with optional music? Does anyone know?

[@Artista_Frustrado]

- amazing Interview, i love that the questions are actually informative about the thought process of the game & Iizuka as a person rather than just "please spoil the game"; also Steve is a very good Iizuka voice - Sonic Generations already looked great on PS360, so please focus on giving us as many Frames per Second as possible - since he asked, please give us StoryBook Series Remaster with regular controls; Unwiished with the stages of main Unleashed would be neat too - as long they keep Penders as far away as possible; yes, get RGG Studio or Atlus to make a Sonic RPG - honestly Shadow works best when you space him out; we need more Character rotation tbh, c'mon Year of Silver, month of Espio, week of Big, a Fortnight of Blaze, 358/2 Days of Iluna, Ariem, & Void