From 1up:
"Hope you liked Sonic and the Secret Rings, as Sega president Simon Jeffery told Newsweek the Wii game was one of the company's first steps towards reinventing what the world perceives as Sonic. Even though Sonic the Hedgehog appears to have performed well commercially for the company, they seem to have recognized the 3D adventures in recent years haven't done much for the core fans.
"We are actually undergoing a fairly considerable refresh of Sonic as an intellectual property, as a character," said Jeffery.
And what this means for Sonic and friends is a break. "We're not going to be bringing another game out on the other platforms for quite some time, because we feel that it is time to reinvent Sonic, to make Sonic contemporary again. At the same time, even the recent 360 and Playstation 3 games have sold extremely well. Sonic is still an extremely endearing character; there's still a lot of love for Sonic out there in consumerland."
Sonic's already a part of Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games, so the blue hedgehog isn't exactly going anywhere, but it might be a little while before he's headlining another platforming adventure. Maybe this time he'll finally leave his sidekicks behind. "
This is a good idea for Sega, though I liked Secret Rings, and it was the best 3D Sonic it was still a bit of a let down. Sonic 3D titles always seem to be boring, have horrible camera angles and the worst terrible nu-metal rock soundtrack. They have ran out of ideas really and always seem rushly put together. So here's hoping Sega stick to what they've said and give he guy a rest until something fresh can come about
"Hope you liked Sonic and the Secret Rings, as Sega president Simon Jeffery told Newsweek the Wii game was one of the company's first steps towards reinventing what the world perceives as Sonic. Even though Sonic the Hedgehog appears to have performed well commercially for the company, they seem to have recognized the 3D adventures in recent years haven't done much for the core fans.
"We are actually undergoing a fairly considerable refresh of Sonic as an intellectual property, as a character," said Jeffery.
And what this means for Sonic and friends is a break. "We're not going to be bringing another game out on the other platforms for quite some time, because we feel that it is time to reinvent Sonic, to make Sonic contemporary again. At the same time, even the recent 360 and Playstation 3 games have sold extremely well. Sonic is still an extremely endearing character; there's still a lot of love for Sonic out there in consumerland."
Sonic's already a part of Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games, so the blue hedgehog isn't exactly going anywhere, but it might be a little while before he's headlining another platforming adventure. Maybe this time he'll finally leave his sidekicks behind. "
This is a good idea for Sega, though I liked Secret Rings, and it was the best 3D Sonic it was still a bit of a let down. Sonic 3D titles always seem to be boring, have horrible camera angles and the worst terrible nu-metal rock soundtrack. They have ran out of ideas really and always seem rushly put together. So here's hoping Sega stick to what they've said and give he guy a rest until something fresh can come about