Frontiers was announced in December 2021. Sonic Team settled on an open-ended design, and focused on adapting Sonic's abilities to an open world.
Takashi Iizuka, head of Sonic Team, wanted Frontiers to be a model for future titles, as Sonic Adventure had done in 1998. While exploring the open world, players can complete challenges, fight robotic enemies, and access 'Cyber Space' levels inspired by previous Sonic games.įollowing the release of Sonic Forces (2017), Sonic Team began exploring approaches for its next game. Frontiers integrates traditional Sonic the Hedgehog elements-such as platforming, rings, and grind rails-into the series' first open world.
As Sonic, the player explores the Starfall Islands to collect the Chaos Emeralds, after Sonic and his friends are separated when falling through a wormhole. Sonic Frontiers is a 2022 platform game developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega.
