A "disappointment": that's what the president of Sega thinks of Sonic Superstars

Shuji Utsumi, president of Sega, was not very happy with Sonic Superstars. In an interview with Eurogamer, the executive described it as a “disappointment.” For Utsumi, the development of Sonic Frontiers was an attempt to do something “creative” and different to end the streak of poor Sonic games. However, things didn’t go as well with Superstars: “Sonic Superstars turned out to be a disappointment, in terms of the result compared to what was offered.” The executive also talks about his commitment to mixing different media: “This time, we have Sonic X Shadow Generations and the next movie […]

Shuji Utsumi, president of Sega, has not been very pleased with Sonic Superstars. In an interview with Eurogamer, the executive describes it as a “disappointment.”

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For Utsumi, the development of Sonic Frontiers was an attempt to do something “creative” and different to end the streak of poor Sonic games. However, with Superstars, things didn’t go so well: “Sonic Superstars turned out to be a disappointment, in terms of the outcome compared to what was offered.”

The executive also talks about his commitment to mixing different media: “This time, we have Sonic X Shadow Generations and the next Sonic movie, so we are pushing in the transmedia direction: movies and games working in harmony to create bigger things. But the core (of the experience) is the game. The game needs to be good or else, there is no transmedia effect.”

During the Game Awards 2024, Sega announced the development of a new Sonic racing game, Sonic Racing: Crossworlds. Here is the short trailer that was shown:

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