World Exclusive Look at What's Next for Sonic in March

the headline makes it sound like THIS news article would contain the "world exclusive look". (which would be weird considering how anti-sonic this site is)

Make a Sonic Mania 2.

@kyleforrester87 "Always excited to see what they are doing with - or more often, doing to - Sonic."

That quote goes perfect with Big Boss's evil grin in your avatar.

Sonic Forces wasn't dismal, it did actually play pretty good and was actually fun BUT the problem was everything was short, the levels were short, the story was short the content, the overall package was short

honestly i think most of the people moaning about it never actually played and are just doing so because it what people do to 3D sonic games but in terms of game play it was a step in the right direction it was just unambitious with everything else it did

@kyleforrester87 "But I'd also bloody love a GREAT Sonic Adventure 1/2 style 3D game. There must be a team out there that can do it justice!!"

There are plenty of teams, unfortunately none of them seem to work for Sega 😜
Jokes aside I'd love something similar, just with less giant fishing cats, oh and cut out the 2D bits and give us Sonic Mania 2 to compliment the 3D entry whatever it may be

It would be nice if they ported all the old games to PS4. It is silly you can play the original Sonic the Hedgehog on PS3 and not on PS4. It'd be even better to make them available on Vita, but that seems highly unlikely.

Whatever the announcement may be, hopefully it's something better than Forces.

After Manias success I imagine they'll lock the 2d Sonic's away for another 20 years

Sonic & Rabbids incoming!

Sonic Forces 2 confirmed!
Anyway, it could be more info about the movie.

@Sensechat Another all stars racing game would be sweet. Maybe Sega could through in some Atlus characters as well. I'd love to see some Persona or Odin Sphere characters personally.

@manu0 Sonic Team is anti-Sonic.

@kyleforrester87 Agreed. Sonic needs to STAY in 3D if they are going to make a 3D game. If they can't make levels long enough because he is going too fast, then they need to just slow the game down. The Adventure games had the perfect blend of level length and speed. Although they were quite glitchy and outdated in today's world, I think SOMEONE could do it again.

I hope it's another Sonic and Sega Racing games.

@kyleforrester87 I agree. I would love a return to the adventure formula at some point later on. I still go back to that game because Sonic's gameplay might be the best representation of 3D Sonic, depending on whether you like the boost gameplay from Unleashed onward. Tails and Knuckles played well too, and while I did like Gamma's stages personally, I think they should focus on the main trio, plus Amy if they want. But considering how everyone ate Mania up like a starved hobo, it wouldn't shock me if Sega milked more nostalgia money. It's what the fans want, I guess.

Right now, I honestly think Sega and Sonic Team should step away from Sonic for a bit. They're probably burnt out on Sonic games, and the series could use a small break. Maybe they could make something new to get the creative juices flowing again, or revive another old property for nostalgia money.

@johncalmc That game I would buy (and not just for the Ashly Burch hooker).

Sonic Mania 2 would wind me up. It was a nice, nostalgic distraction for a weekend, but it was also stale, predictable and too much like Sonic CD, the worst 2D Sonic game with the worst stop-start level design. We've done it, great, let's move on.

Fingers tightly crossed for something new and original. I don't even care if it turns out to be widely considered "bad" (whatever that means). At least Sonic Forces took some risks and feels different from most other Sonic games, and I respect it way, way more than Mania as a result.

Here's what I want:

o Sonic Mania 2
o Sonic Unleashed/Generations/Colors successor (without the cringe-iness and mistakes Forces made) with Chao

‪Sonic Forces 2: Electric Boogaloo‬

YoUr tO sLoW

Seriously though, I think it's going to be either the next Mario and Sonic game, a teaser for the next main series game, or MAYBE more DLC for Forces. I think all those are a possibility except perhaps that last one, since I don't think Forces sold that well. And I think we are at the point of the possibility of remasters. Colors or Lost World aren't my favorite sonic games, but both of them are so limited in the ways you can play them, it would make sense for ports/ remasters. Here's hoping for great things!

@TheTetrisGuy It's pretty obvious more DLC was planned for Sonic Forces; whether we ever see it or not, given SEGA's obsession with Metacritic scores over actual sales, is anybody's guess.

There was clearly to be a follow-up with Infinite after the story (maybe even with him playable) and the Shadow DLC was an adaptation of one of the (four?) prequel comics, so we might've gotten the others as well.

It's likely, however, that development / release has been abandoned, because apparently critics know best.

@johncalmc Can I suggest 'Hog Day Afternoon' as a possible title?

@AnimeGamerFan I don't dislike him, not in the slightest. Grew up in the 90s, first games console was a SEGA MegaDrive (Genesis to those across the pond... actually, ours was a MegaDrive II with a SEGA CD attached, awesome machine) and was obsessed with all the Sonic games I could get my hands on.

My problem is, as much fun as nostalgia can be, I've played the classics so much (and still do, they're on EVERYTHING nowadays, although the superior version remains the Mega Collection Plus on PS2) that they're kinda boring. It's like watching a movie for the sixteenth time; sure, you love it, that's why you've seen it fifteen times before, but it's hardly gonna surprise and / or amaze you, is it?

Sonic Mania was a very competent, very faithful Classic Sonic game and, for those who hadn't played a Classic Sonic game since childhood, I can understand the excitement and high review scores. For me personally, a life-long fan of the franchise who regularly plays something Sonic every couple months (even just for an hour on a rainy Sunday), I got a much bigger kick out of Sonic Forces, because it was much more original and varied than the... what, the fifteenth 2D Sonic game? Which only had four original zones?

I did love those four original zones, though. The Wild West one in particular; when Eggman went past on the train, I may have squee'd.

Unless it's another game made by the Sonic Mania team, I doubt I'll be interested.