Sonic the Hedgehog's Takashi Iizuka says a remake of Sonic Adventure isn't in the works because Sega developers "could make a brand new game instead"

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"Instead of using all that time and energy to remake a game that people have already experienced"

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Remakes and remasters and re-ups are all the rage right now, but Sonic Team boss Takashi Iizuka has said the developer isn't too interested in returning to the Blue Blur's early 3D adventures, like the beloved Sonic Adventure games, because the team could just, you know, make a brand new game with the same resources.

Speaking to the BBC about newly-released kart racer Sonic Racing: Crossworlds, Iizuka said the team is more interested in creating "richer, more complex, more interesting worlds" with new tech rather than using it to go back to older ideas. Plus, there's the small issue of time - developers only have so much of it to make what they want.

Kaan Serin
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Kaan freelances for various websites including Rock Paper Shotgun, Eurogamer, and this one, Gamesradar. He particularly enjoys writing about spooky indies, throwback RPGs, and anything that's vaguely silly. Also has an English Literature and Film Studies degree that he'll soon forget.

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