Sonic Superstars is meant to serve as a celebration of the entire Sonic franchise. And once they had that classic gameplay created and secured, then they started adding new elements in, in a way that wouldn’t disrupt or remove the classic view of the game but add to it.’
‘The animation is also the same as the classic series, so that was the base that they could start building the classic gameplay around. Before we did any of that we needed to make sure that the physics were exactly the same. This is still a classic Sonic game, but we don’t want to take the artwork from pixel art and use 3D assets to do all the art and animation. So the very first thing that the team wanted to do is make sure the fans expectations were not let down. ‘The classic series is something fans love and they’re super passionate about.
