How Sonic Frontiers Came to Be an 'Open-Zone' Game | IGN First

We talk with Sonic Team Creative Officer Takashi Iizuka to find out the origins of Sonic Frontiers' "Open Zone" design, the split between that design and the traditional linear 3D Sonic levels, and the lessons learned from Sonic Adventure that went into Sonic Frontiers. Find out all of this and more in this Iizuka-san interview for Sonic Fronters.

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[mrcwillis]

Got to love how so many people are going insane cause of the mention of him wanting to do a new Adventure game.

[oodenstuff]

Iizuka really dropped that bombshell at the end

[JsYTA]

So essentially, it's get to the end objective as fast as you can, like any other sonic game, but the levels are vast and open...this understanding helps put things into perspective. Also bold of them to casually mention Adventure 3, that must have had the board in distress.

[arhanr.]

Everyone's talking about the adventure games continuing but I'm so happy that he said the franchise will not just appeal to kids anymore

[Nathanieltan]

*"...continue the Sonic Adventure series at some point."* WHAT?! For real?! O_o It better be!

[BrokenAce]

It's interesting that Iizuka said that he would like to continue the Adventure series.

[RosefDeath]

Oh wow there will be actual stages in the game as well, that's a HUGE new detail, it means the open world is basically a huge adventure field, that makes me rethink everything I've seen about the game.

[TenTillDeath]

Takashi is right about Sonic fans from the past being adults now! My aunt was a Sonic fan in the 90s and is still now! I’m 22 and started playing Sonic around 6/7…god damn this series is old!

[arthurgoes]

Okay so we heard a lot about the stages that will play like generations/unleashed style it's about time we actually see how they will look like

[brunohs]

Sonic Has Passed
Open Zone
score: infinite points

[bluebelt]

If Iizuka does continue the Adventure series, I’m hoping that it means that we can play other Sonic characters again, get remakes of Adventures 1 & 2, and a proper Adventure 3 (Whether it’s a perfected version of 06 or a different story all together cause Silver deserves more respect)

[Khyon]

Izuka is literally Holding Sonic Adventure 3 Hostage🤣

[marklion]

My heart started beating fast when he started talking about potential new Adventure game. Don't do this to me

[kai]

I’m hoping they continue the adventure series after this game man

[misternintendoking]

Iizuka just hinted that we have to “save his friends”!

[jeremymartin]

This actually got me so hyped he basically explained the reason why the game looks like this it’s actually pretty cool

[chaunceybillups]

If they are going to make another Sonic Adventure game, they should remake from the ground up, the first 2 games AFTER finishing this game. That way they can work on the polish even more than they already are with Frontiers. A Sonic Adventure 3 absolutely CANNOT fail

[BlueStreaks_]

Hopefully we get some story details and skill tree details and etc from this

[ArchieSonicTheHedgehogYT]

I've been part of this franchise for years and I'm really glad it won't just be aimming for the kids as it's focus audience.

[AniGamerNX]

Sonic Adventure 3?! That sounds awesome if that is the case!