Sonic Team head Takashi Iizuka has said he’d like to make a Sonic the Hedgehog RPG one day.
The only RPG inSega’s flagship franchise is 2008’s Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood forNintendo DS, but it was developed externally by Mass Effect studioBioWare.
During a recent interview withGood Vibes Gaming, Iizuka was asked if Sega might one day have another crack at releasing a Sonic RPG.
“Personally, I like role-playing games,” he responded. “The RPG game format is a lot of fun and I’ve even thought to myself, ‘you know, for the past 30 years we haven’t done a Sonic RPG’, and I’m questioning myself, ‘why haven’t we done a Sonic RPG in all this time? How have we gotten to 30 years with no RPGs?’
“So I’d like to hopefully work on a Sonic RPG at some point before I retire from Sega. But, you know, that’s just a dream right now, there are no concrete plans at this point.”
Sega will releaseSonic X Shadow Generationson July 08, 2025 forPS5,Xbox Series X/S,Nintendo Switch,PS4,Xbox OneandPC.
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A modern update of 2011’s Sonic Generations, the game will also include “a brand-new story campaign” starring Shadow as the playable character.
After going hands-on with the title atSummer Game Festin June, VGC sat down Iizuka todiscuss the changes made for this new version, as well as the current status of the Sonic franchise in general.
