{"id":131372,"date":"2023-01-24T02:15:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T02:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-143967"},"modified":"2023-01-24T02:15:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T02:15:00","slug":"sonic-frontiers-director-talks-about-dropping-boost-mechanic-in-next-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2023\/01\/24\/sonic-frontiers-director-talks-about-dropping-boost-mechanic-in-next-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Sonic Frontiers Director Talks About Dropping Boost Mechanic In Next Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/15814f3793324\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/15814f3793324\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Sonic Frontiers\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/15814f3793324\/sonic-frontiers.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgNTA2Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/15814f3793324\/sonic-frontiers.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Sonic Frontiers\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: SEGA<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to Sega, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/sonic_frontiers\">Sonic Frontiers<\/a> is a new phase for the blue blur &#8211; with the head of Sonic Team Takashi Iizuka previously mentioning how it was the &#8220;next step&#8221; for the long-running series. The game&#8217;s director Morio Kishimoto has also spoken on a number of occasions about the future of the series.<\/p>\n<p>Now, in his latest round of tweets, he discussed the boost mechanic featured in Frontiers. While it was incorporated in the end, Kishimoto says he would be open to releasing a Sonic game that doesn&#8217;t include boost. And while he apparently understands the benefits of the boost function, he wouldn&#8217;t mind challenging the level design in the series, a bit like the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/gamecube\/sonic_adventure_2_battle\">Sonic Adventure<\/a> series did.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\"><!-- cache: oembed\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/moq_46\/statuses\/1617485596255227904 @ 2023-01-24T04:34:22+00:00 --><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u3082\u3061\u308d\u3093\u3001\u30d6\u30fc\u30b9\u30c8\u306e\u5229\u70b9\u306f\u7406\u89e3\u3057\u3066\u3044\u307e\u3059\u3002\u30d6\u30fc\u30b9\u30c8\u3068\u30b9\u30d4\u30f3\u30c0\u30c3\u30b7\u30e5\u306e\u5171\u5b58\u3082\u5b9f\u9a13\u3082\u3059\u308b\u3064\u3082\u308a\u3067\u3059\u306e\u3067\u3001\u3054\u5b89\u5fc3\u4e0b\u3055\u3044\u3002\u305f\u3060\u3001ADV\u30b7\u30ea\u30fc\u30ba\u306e\u3088\u3046\u306a\u3001\u30d6\u30fc\u30b9\u30c8\u306e\u7121\u3044\u30ec\u30d9\u30eb\u30c7\u30b6\u30a4\u30f3\u306b\u6311\u6226\u3057\u3066\u307f\u305f\u3044\u6c17\u6301\u3061\u3082\u79c1\u306b\u306f\u3042\u308b\u3001\u3068\u3044\u3046\u3053\u3068\u3067\u3059\u3002\u306a\u3093\u3068\u3044\u3063\u3066\u3082\u3001ADV\u30b7\u30ea\u30fc\u30ba\u306f\u30ec\u30b8\u30a7\u30f3\u30c9\u306a\u306e\u3067\ud83d\ude05<\/span>\u2014 Morio Kishimoto (@moq_46) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/moq_46\/status\/1617485596255227904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 23, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>If you haven&#8217;t tried out Sonic Frontiers yet, there&#8217;s a demo available to download from the Switch eShop. It&#8217;ll give you a trial of the early stages of the game, where you can test out the new mechanics and see how Sonic moves about.<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/sonic\/related-articles:142624 @ 2023-01-24T04:32:21+00:00 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<p><em>Would you like to see the next entry in the 3D Sonic series mix up the mechanics? Boost or no boost? Sound off in the comments below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: SEGA According to Sega, Sonic Frontiers is a new phase for the blue blur &#8211; with the head of Sonic Team Takashi Iizuka previously mentioning how it was the &#8220;next step&#8221; for the long-running series. The game&#8217;s director Morio Kishimoto has also spoken on a number of occasions about the future of the series. 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