Sonic Team boss Takashi Iizuka hopes to try another type of genre with the Sonic the Hedgehog series. Namely, Iizuka spoke about his interest in making a Sonic the Hedgehog RPG when e talking with Good Vibes Gaming, although he noted that while he wants to make one before he retires, there are currently no concrete plans in place.
“Personally, I really like role-playing games. 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 an 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.”
Sonic has starred in an RPG before, with the Bioware developed Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood on DS. How a Sonic RPG from Sonic team would look remains to be seen.
