{"id":133542,"date":"2023-05-05T11:50:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-05T11:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-149014"},"modified":"2023-05-05T11:50:00","modified_gmt":"2023-05-05T11:50:00","slug":"random-sonic-5-is-trending-and-no-it-doesnt-mean-sonic-5-is-definitely-a-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2023\/05\/05\/random-sonic-5-is-trending-and-no-it-doesnt-mean-sonic-5-is-definitely-a-thing\/","title":{"rendered":"Random: ‘Sonic 5’ Is Trending, And No, It Doesn’t Mean ‘Sonic 5’ Is Definitely A Thing"},"content":{"rendered":"
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If you are a fan of SEGA’s blue blur and you have happened to find yourself on Twitter over the past couple of days, then you may have noticed that the phrase ‘Sonic 5’ popping up. Is this official confirmation of a new game? Absolutely not. Is the rumour thread a little tenuous? Yes, somewhat.<\/p>\n

Rumours of Sonic 5 can all fundamentally be linked back to supposed leaks from last year<\/a> which circulated around a ‘modern 2D Sonic game’. The game in question was spawned from the cancellation of Sonic Mania 2, it is theorised, which supposedly came about following a pay dispute from the original team amongst other reasons.<\/p>\n

This rumour, originating from Sonic leaker Zippo<\/a> (who has had some<\/em> correct predictions in the past), suggests that Sonic Team is using Mania<\/a>‘s Retro Engine on a new project, supposedly scheduled to release this year.<\/p>\n

All of this was summarised by @SLNBroadcasting<\/a>, who claims to have another undisclosed source to back up the supposedly leaked info:<\/p>\n