«Every school and public building in the country will be emblazoned
with a
new «national motto» under Gordon Brown's drive to encourage patriotism and Britishness... Members of the public will be asked to
come up with five or six - word slogans, perhaps
based around
ideas of fair play or national pride.»
- Iizuka has received a ton of requests from fans to have their own original characters appear in Sonic games - while that couldn't happen, Sonic Forces» custom character recognizes that fan desire - the avatar was created
with the
idea of «making straight high - speed action» - this time the concept is that all three styles (Modern, Classic, Avatar) would be high - speed
based - make selections for the face, mouth, body color, and gender of custom characters - each species will also have their own unique skills, such as wolves being able to pull nearby rings - you can't change custom characters in the middle of the game - there is some sort of feature that's unlocked after you've cleared the game once related to this - the
new avatar style will have a speedy and rhythmic style like Modern Sonic, but also different vectors from Sonic - this includes differences in timing for pressing buttons, or the Wisps giving the avatar trickier movements - the story aims to depict heroes that would feel like Sonic - by controlling different characters, the devs hope to show a story that extends to explaining the world setting as well - the story concept has been «Hero Army vs. Eggman's Army» from the start - when wondering who should be made playable among the heroes, the
idea came up for Classic Sonic - the character setting for the avatar is a civilian in an area occupied by Eggman who stands
up and fights together
with Sonic - during stages, you'll hear radio contact from partners like Tails and Amy - Sonic and the rest of the gang form a resistance to stand against Eggman's army, so they relay information from headquarters - boss characters like Chaos and Metal Sonic will appear in Eggman's army - details on the
new character (Infinite) are being kept secret - the main part of the storyline is that Eggman gathers strong enemies in the past to form an all mighty army - some people might be wondering why Shadow is on the enemy's side, but they can find out more by experiencing the story - the team thinks Japanese fans are taking a liking to the serious story and character customization features - there were some struggles
with the
new engine in early stages, but now they've moved to a smooth development process - the team knew they wanted to bring the game to Nintendo's
new console before they even knew it was the Switch - the Switch info
came to them during the middle of the game's development - SEGA knew Nintendo fans would want to play Sonic's
new game, which is why they personally worked to bring it to Switch - SEGA plans to show the game in Japan at Tokyo Game Show 2017 in September - the team is also working on providing
new information, including news that would be unique to Japan