Sonic Team Talks About What to Expect from Sonic Frontier’s Story
June has been a busy month for Sonic the Hedgehog fans, as SEGA is finally giving them the first proper look at the next mainline title in the franchise, Sonic Frontiers. It's also looking to be one of the most ambitious, as this will be the first time the series is implementing an open-world setting, with the genre leap being compared to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. This is especially evident with the gameplay reveal of Sonic Frontiers, which showed many Breath Of The Wild-inspired elements such as puzzles, atmosphere, and side-quests.
Regarding the story of Sonic Frontiers, Sonic Team has stated that it will be a narrative written not only by its in-house writers but also by longtime mega-fan and comics writer of the Sonic franchise, Ian Flynn. His contributions to the series include the Archie Sonic Comics, the currently ongoing IDW Sonic Comics, and even a few episodes of the Sonic Boom cartoon. For Sonic Frontiers, his role has been detailed by Sonic Team in a recent interview with Game Informer.
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Sonic Frontiers' writer Ian Flynn revealed several details about his involvement in the project, where he stated that he wasn't granted complete control of the story, as he was given the plot, backstory, and characters that could be written. Sonic Team's Takashi Iizuka stated that Flynn was chosen mainly for his intimate knowledge of the series and how he could improve the dialogue and personal stories of the characters in the game.
Iizuka also revealed that Sonic will make small references and comments to himself as he explores the world of Sonic Frontiers, with voice lines referencing things like the Chao Garden. While there won't be a cavalcade of character cameos
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