sonic super stars it was one of the most surprising games at the Summer Game Fest 2023. The game is going to be a mix of classic elements with new elements. However, there was an important question: who was the studio in charge of the project? Today it has just been revealed that he will be responsible for the failure Balan Wonderworldbut don’t be disappointed.
The original plan of Sonic Team (SEGA) was to make the director of sonic maniaChristian Whitehead was involved in the project, as well as developer Headcannon, but it ultimately fell through.
Thus, Iizuka then contacted Ohshima to take responsibility for the project. It was recently announced that the original designer of Sonic would be returning to create an entirely new character for the game, but it has just been revealed that the artist will be more involved along with his studio, Arzest.
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study of Balan Wonderworld works at sonic super stars
Iizuka mentioned that Arzest is the main developer and “100%” of the game, but Sonic Team in Japan is supporting them with the design and “some other elements”.
Arzest is the studio you might remember for their work on Balan Wonderworld, the Square Enix IP that turned out to be a flop. However, Arzest has more history and better games.
In its 13-year history since its founding by key Artoon members (including Ohshima), Arzest has worked on dozens of titles as a main or supporting studio, such as Wii Play: Motion, StreetPass Mii Plaza, Yoshi’s New Island, Terra Battle, Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, Hey! Pikmin, Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story + Bowser Jr.’s Journey and fantasize.
It is important to remember that Arzest worked on Balan Wonderworldbut he was not the only one, but he did it in collaboration with Square Enix and Yuji Naka, apart from the fact that there were problems in the project.
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Sonic Team is confident that Arzest will do a good job with sonic super stars
This could cause concern for fans of sonic that they have hope in the next game, but Iizuka endorsed his confidence in Ohshima and Arzest especially because of Ohshima’s invaluable experience with sonic and highlighted that, although he is best known for the design of Sonic, the artist also designed levels for the sonic original and is one of those who best understands the essence of sonic classic.
“Many people believe that Ohshima just came and imagined what Sonic would look like, drew the character and that was it. But he was also doing level design on sonic 1, in addition to drawing and creating the character. So he has that experience of making a game of sonic because he did level design for the original game,” Iizuka said at a panel at Summer Game Fest 2023 (via Video Games Chronicle).
Something interesting is that the composer of Sonic the Hedgehog 3Jun Senoue, will also participate in sonic super stars as head of audio.
“When we talk about people who worked on the classic games of sonic there aren’t many people left from that really small group who are actively making games,” Iizuka explained. “But there are 3 people, me, Ohshima, and the third one is Jun Senoue from SEGA, who made music for sonic 3 in his time. He is also participating in the development of sonic super stars“.
The good news is that there is already a trailer for sonic super stars and it generated a highly positive reaction from fans, so judging from the trailer, Arzest is doing a very good job.
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