Sonic Team boss Takashi Iizuka has stated that Sonic the Hedgehog's older fans are a tough audience, and that trying to keep them happy while providing gameplay innovations has always been a problem. He's hoping Sonic Generations will fix that, though.
"Our team are always trying to present new gameplay innovations so it’s hard to please fans who like the gameplay from the older games," he told ONM. "However, we have included the older gameplay as part of Sonic’s 20th Anniversary, so we think the fans of the older games will enjoy it [Generations] as well. We are also looking into continuing the Sonic 4 series which was released on WiiWare, and we’ll keep developing titles so more fans will enjoy the games."
While I think some of the hardcore fans out there are impossible to please (the kind of psychos who do really long Youtube videos comparing Sonic 2 and Sonic 4's rolling physics), I don't think it's too tough to satisfy the majority of older fans. Just make a game that, y'know, doesn't completely suck.
Mind you, for Sonic Team, that might be the big challenge.
Iizuka: 'It's hard to please old Sonic fans' [ONM]
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12:15 PM on 08.05.2011 | 
A large part of it might just be to take out the pits of death entirely. I'm pretty sure 80% of Sonic's planet is bottomless pits at this point. And Sonic Team, remember how Sonic could run on the surface of water if he was going fast enough? Bring that back. That'd be fun in 3D, and you could make a cool level out of it if you'd let Sonic swim.
Just keep adding shitty new characters and fanfiction.net-worthy plots while refusing to innovate or quality test gameplay, and you're set.
Checkmate, gentlemen
Sonic Team should focus on working on tuning their 3D gameplay. It was playable, yet flawed in unleashed, then it was better in Colours. Tighten that bitch up like a stingy hooker, then we have a good sonic game instead a half of a sonic game ala Unleashed.
Also, listen to Sonic fans who LOVE Jet Set Radio. They know how games work, not those retarded "OMG SONICXSHADELLAARCHIECOMICSAMYCHRISCHAAAAAAAN"
Big booty hoes, hop with it.
Translation
"Sonic fans want shit that is good"
"You suck sonic team. Sonic has NEVER been a good game"
^ This.
Gamers...
...that want fun games.
@Epic
I would say Sonic fans are #4 of worst gaming fans ever, if only because the industry as a whole is kind of use to their bullshit.
Yes I just pretty much echoed Jim.
Also, Epic is successful troll/Crapcom gloryhole proprieter.
Played Sonic Unleashed?
THATS A LIE
Unleashed is worse
Also Colors Wii was boring, not fun at all tbh
That's BEEN the problem with the newer games! If they can change that, I'm satisfied.
And I'm not even really that much of a Sonic fan...then again, this is probably the reason.
Coming from the guy who believes he can have a sad. :D
Not even close. Unleashed had shit parts, i.e. coins, wearhog, hub world, etc.; however, 2K6 was a mess all around, with no redeeming qualities whatsoever.
I do think that sonic fans are picky, however the devloper has recently been able to make a sonic game that impressed me this last five years.
I am glad that sonic 4 is going to be continued on Wiiware because it was a big blow to not play join other people in the playing of genreations.
I think that the big problem is that sega made to many sonic games...maby it would be a good idea to spend 3 years devloping a great sonic games instead of 8 sonic games over 3 years that are S***!
You want to please the original Sonic fans?
We need a game starring a gun wielding, sword swinging, pink, female Sonic, on a motorcycle, in 3D!!!
Seriously, Sonic "fans" are some of the worst gamers I've ever seen. I've been playing Sonic since the first game launched, and I've loved a ton of the more recent games.
Instant way to make Sonic a hit again.
"However, we have included the older gameplay as part of Sonic’s 20th Anniversary"
No you didn't. You deliberately fucked up the physics and spin-dash to make it NOT play like the Genesis games.
That's like half the game.
If half the game is shit it probably isn't worth playing.
I'm going to have to go hipster and seek out a game that absolutely noone on the planet has played to avoid h8rs.
Mah nig!
Colors and Unleashed were dull as hell, while I think unleashed is worse than 06 and while colors is better than 06, it was still a dullfest in fact, All three are terribly dull games, calling them awesome is just utter bullshit, because I don't play sonic games for poor turttleish platforming, I play sonic games to get a sense of an enjoyable rush and speed from the title, all three titles have failed to supply said fun rushed pace and just overall fun
I'm going to just ignore Generations unless the console version gets ported over to the vita because it can be a good handheld title but it's not something I'd spend 60.00 on a console version, because the hedgehog engine games and sonic 06 were the worst in the series.