The producer of the saga offers the first details of the game after its recent announcement.
Sonic will go through new areas of known places
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One of the biggest surprises among all the Summer Game Fest 2023 announcements was Sonic Superstars, a new game starring the blue hedgehog that will rescue the 2D platforms of the first games but with a very renewed aspect. Now, in an interview with IGN, the producer of the saga, Takashi Iizuka, explains what to expect from the zones and levels of the title, which although they belong to classic worlds of the franchise, are totally new.
“In Sonic Mania, the Green Hill Zone changed a bit,” explains Iizuka. “What we wanted to do with Sonic Superstars was really create something new and go there and create these new islands that you can explore as Sonic… We wanted to bring Sonic to the new North Star Islands and have Sonic run in this new environment. So we wanted to create new places”.
Although Sonic Superstars does not rescue the classic levels such as the Chemical Plant, the title does rescue the gameplay of the origins of the saga: “one of the things we wanted to do was make sure we really had strong roots of the classic gameIizuka says. “The first thing the team did was replicate the classic game very accurately. So when you play Sonic Superstars, you are going through the classic Sonic gameplay loop. You’re running, you’re jumping, you’re getting into a ball, you’re defeating enemies, and you keep going.”
Sonic returns this year
Finally, the producer confirms that Sonic Superstars will be the first Sonic title to feature 3D visuals but 2D gameplay.. Among all its features, it stands out the possibility of being able to play with friends in the local cooperative way with Sonic, Tails, Knuckles and Amy Rose as playable characters in this adventure in which to discover the new Emerald powers to move and attack in a thousand and one ways.
Sonic Superstars will arrive in autumn of this year a PS5, PS4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series, Xbox One y PC.
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