Where does Sonic go after this?

the trash can, yet again

Sonic Mania 2

>>386696247
Sadly this

If suscessful enough, a sequel

Right.

>>386695451
Sonic Forces

successful for 2 months, then sonic 06 2.0 and the mania team is fired after sega goes bankrupt

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Mania team is put in charge of Sonic and Sonic Team becomes Puyo Puyo Team. Eventually we may get a proper 3D Sonic with physics and momentum.

>>386696650
So Sonic Adventure?

>>386696758
Remove the boost pads and fishing first.

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>Tax and Pals gets the greenlight to make another Mania
>Sonic Team throws out the boost formula whether or not Forces is well received and reinvents the wheel for the nth time
>the new comics mite b cool, depending on if/who they salvage from Archie
>Boom will probably get cancelled after this season
>the movie will be garbage
>the mememan will keep on memein'

>>386696247

This I hope.

I love Sonic but Mania will be outsold in a big way by Forces more than likely, so it will be the last good 2D game we ever get.
I don't want to see this any more so it can just end with this.

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Hopefully into its own sub franchise where 2D Sonic continues to evolve and take hints from the oldschool games while making the experience fresh and new.

Nobody could have thought just HOW god damn new Green Hill and Chemical Plant could get but seeing their footage of their Act 2s is a bright indicator that the designers are filled with potential we still have to see fully fleshed out.

I wanna see how nuts and unique we can see a brand new 2D Sonic series can become with the same minds that gave us Studiopolis and that leaked cathedral stage.

Plus, it's really nice for once: seeing so many people (those that grew up on Genesis games and those who didn't) genuinely happy and excited talking about Mania whether they played it or not.

It's like we're back to how things used to be (as tropey as that sounds to say) and god damn it I've missed this feeling.

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>>386696978
what can you make that isn't classic adventure or boost

Lock-On technology
Look at the logo, they're obviously gonna sell expansions

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>>386695451
Edge

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wx24ytHFVYc

>>386696852
And homing attack and ring dashes and treasure hunting.

>>386697062
I think it would fall in the same field as New Super Mario Bros. Then.

>>386697105

Grand Strategy Platforming

>>386697248
Homing attack is necessary for 3D. Even Utopia realized it was important.

>>386697316
Homing attack is a crutch for bad controls and physics.

>>386697248
>remove homing attack

I thought I could come to /v/ and talk to people who understand game design. I was wrong.

>>386697258
Mario in 2D doesn't have nearly the same amount of fandom surrounding it, and wasn't made by fans who have been making fan games for a good part of their adult lives though...so I'd like to think it would be FAR better.

>>386697481
You certainly won't find that in Adventard threads.

>>386697446
There isn't an easy way to make combat in 3D.

>>386697575
Homing attack IS the easy way.

>>386697684
Yes, which is why they put it in.

>>386697258
A 2D Mario game is way easier to make than a 2D Sonic game. Look at how many megawads there are for Super Mario World vs. like two or three notable ones for Sonic.

>>386698458
There are a LOT of Sonic ROM hacks.

>>386698458
Mario worlds are easier to make because they lack creativity. They all boil down to the same worlds every time or just copy paste.

>>386698539
Yeah, but how many of them are full levelsets comparable in length to the original game? A lot are just gameplay modifications or weird experimental stuff.

>>386695451
If it sells well enough Iizuka has already said that we will probably see more games in a similar vein. Which means instead of classic stages, since they were worried that without them, it wouldn't sell. It means we will get a completely original game and the 'classic' series will just run congruently with the 3d series.

>there exists an alternate universe where Michael Jackson is one of the composers for Mania
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZdiu84GS48

>>386698819
But what is to stop it from getting stale like NSMB.

That still remains the most successful long running classic revival.

>>386695451
Shadow Mania

>>386698949
Mechanic changes, like drop dash. This whole project screams Sonic Team not trusting Taxman and Stealth enough to do their own thing.

>>386698949
As mentioned before, you can't get away with a Grass -> Desert -> Ice -> Jungle -> etc. formula with Sonic. Zones have to stand out in theme and aesthetic. Not to mention a Sonic level is way bigger and has more nuances than a Mario level.

>>386698949
By adding new characters and play styles? By bringing back old plots and characters that people liked? Remember Blaze? Obviously also that they wouldn't be trying to make it a yearly release. As long as they can give us interesting stage gimmicks, cool characters and an overall solid experience, then I'm content.

Also, I didn't like NSMB because new Nintendo's style just feels too sterile. From the levels to the power ups, it is just bland and that is from the first game on the DS up to 3d World.

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>>386697004
>hire Taxman
>let him make game
>game does well
>don't let him make another game
there will be hell to pay

>>386699365
So they should make a Sonic Advance sequel?

>>386699612
Or at the very least, take concepts that worked from it and do it better. Also, they seem to be setting up with Forces that "Classic" Sonic isn't just the past anymore. He's simply another version of him. This means that Classic can form it's own continuity and identity away from the 3d games.

>>386699365
But then it wouldn't be classic Sonic anymore.

>>386699952
Yes it would. What is classic Sonic? It's levels where you try to get to the end goal, avoiding robots, collecting rings. Each character can play like Sonic with little differences, thus the stages can share designs, while also allowing for unique paths. Obviously this gets harder as more characters become playable, but it's not like they have to have 10 characters or even that the different ways they play absolutely require a completely separate zone.

For example, if Amy is in Mania and she uses her Hammer like she does in Advance, she doesn't really need her own routes.

Classic doesn't have to just be Sonic, Tails and Knuckles, that kind of thinking is silly. I mean, what about the Chaotix, they were a 32X game and still part of the Classic era of the games. Why can't they return?

>>386695451
Eggman spinoff

>>386700335
I still think you should use modern Sonic for that game.

>>386700932
Modern Sonic will forever be in Boost play style. This is SEGA's wish and if you have more characters to play as then just Sonic, they will have gimmicks to set them apart or play nothing like Sonic at all. Actually, the chance of another playable character besides Sonic in the 3d games is pretty much zero these days ever since SEGA took fan advice that "Sonic has too many friends" and that people didn't want to play treasure hunts with Knuckles or whatever. So now you get Sonic with whatever gameplay gimmick (Werehog, Wisps) they feel like adding next.

>>386701242
But that wasn't the case before Sonic Rush.

>>386695451
hopefully someone will find a way to mod it