Yakuza producer wants to “get involved” with “completely different” Sonic the Hedgehog game


Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio producer Daisuke Sato said he “would love to get involved” in a Sonic the Hedgehog game that would have a “completely different” feel to other games in the series.

Ahead of Sonic the Hedgehog’s 30th anniversary in 2021, SEGA conducted an interview with Yakuza producer and Binary domain director, Daisuke Sato.

The developer was asked which non-Yakuza SEGA IP he would like to get his hands on, given the opportunity, and his response was a huge surprise.

“This is an IP that I had not yet reached. In the sense that I want to try it… well, Sonic, ”Sato said. “After all, when you listen to SEGA, you think of Sonic. I would like to get involved at least once ”.

It makes sense that the iconic mascot is Sato’s first choice. Sonic has a huge heritage and has gone through many iterations throughout his playing career. A developer who has been involved in a franchise with a lot of history like Yakuza might just be a good fit for the little blue sprinter in the future.

But that doesn’t mean Sato would make a game that we could even immediately recognize as a Sonic title.

“But to me the so-called Sonic is, well, if I had to do it, I wouldn’t make Sonic as he was,” he says in the interview. “I would like to create a completely different Sonic.”

It remains to be seen whether SEGA will voluntarily hand over the Sonic license to a Yakuza staff member, but stranger things have certainly happened. Sato’s background working on games like the Super Monkey Ball series and even F-Zero GX will likely make him a more attractive candidate for some experimental Sonic goodness as well.

One can’t help but wonder what a “completely different” Sonic game would look like at the end too … Would Sato give Sonic a weapon and ultimately bring him up to the level of his old rival, Shadow? We may never know.

However, we don’t have much more to look forward to from Sonic – we know that at least two more games from Sonic the Hedgehog is coming in 2021

, and we’re sure we’ll learn more on the side movies with Sonic the Hedgehog 2 below.

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