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  • New Characters, Story and DLC Revealed for Sonic Frontiers in 2023 Content Roadmap

    Going Koco for new content - all for free!

    SEGA has announced that Sonic Frontiers will be receiving a whole smorgasbord of new free DLC and story-based content throughout 2023, with a roadmap covering a laundry list of material from small features like photo mode to full-blown playable character arcs.

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    Via Sonic Twitter

    The content will be broken up into three distinct updates, with the first two focusing on additional quality-of-life upgrades to the core Sonic Frontiers experience. Update 1 will consist of a Juke Box and Photo Mode features, with additional Challenge modes for seasoned players. Update 2 will celebrate Sonic's birthday somehow, introduce new Koco creatures and add an intriguing 'Open Zone Challenge' feature.

    It's Content Update 3 that we're very excited about though - this will apparently feature new playable characters as well as a new story to build upon the events of the core Sonic Frontiers game. We're assuming this means that Tails, Knuckles and Amy will get their own playable experiences and challenges, but additional story elements are more than welcome too given the ending was one of the weaker elements of the game (per our Sonic Stadium review here).

    Best of all, as already mentioned, all of this upcoming content will be free for existing players. To kick things off for the holiday season, SEGA will also be releasing a special free DLC costume pack on December 21st, with the blue blur donning a Christmas suit to rock while busting heads in Cyberspace.

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    Via Sonic Twitter

    Seeing this level of post-release support for a Sonic the Hedgehog game is unheard of; SEGA has previously only dabbled with tiny morsels of DLC in the past, with the most significant being additional 'Hard mode' stage variants for Sonic 2006 and challenges for Sonic Unleashed. Sonic Forces offered Super Sonic and Episode Shadow DLC, but this roadmap for Frontiers seems to take things much further than any game before it.

    We're very excited to see what the future holds for the Starfall Islands - if you've not already played Sonic Frontiers and want to know what the deal is all about, check out our definitive review right here.

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    56 minutes ago, Wraith said:

    Looking strictly at Frontiers's gameplay, not giving Shadow flashy combat moves in the flashy combat focused Sonic game would be a huge waste. This is like, the one time where his chaos powers could be used without being redundant or killing the pacing. Why not play with that? Give him a completely unique skill tree with a mix of his powers from prior games and new ones.

    Not arguing with that, but if this is actually the future of the franchise and not a one time thing, then I think it'd be better to design the next game with him in mind rather than fit him into one that wasn't. An alt skin in some inconsequential arcade stages is probably all the other characters are getting anyway. 

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    51 minutes ago, Indigo Rush said:

    Not arguing with that, but if this is actually the future of the franchise and not a one time thing, then I think it'd be better to design the next game with him in mind rather than fit him into one that wasn't. An alt skin in some inconsequential arcade stages is probably all the other characters are getting anyway. 

    Well, as things are, it can go either way.

    They do seem to be putting quite a bit of dazzle on this, and so doubt they'd be tone deaf enough to waste the good will they're accruing by just making the the playable characters alternate skins, especially if they're taking the furthest into next year and potentially beyond to be released.

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    I agree with Indigo actually; we all know Shadow is prepped to be a major figure in 2024 with the advent of the third movie and out of every character, Sega almost always gives him preferential treatment. They know Shadow is a money-maker, no matter how much his fanbase bitch about his portrayals, they'll still buy/watch whatever product has him in it. 

    So it makes a lot more sense give him play a major role alongside Sonic in a completely new game, than just relegating him to side content in another game. Because let's be real, Sega are not going to give Tails, Knuckles or Amy the same treatment they would give to Shadow. 

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    1 hour ago, Kuzu said:

    I agree with Indigo actually; we all know Shadow is prepped to be a major figure in 2024 with the advent of the third movie and out of every character, Sega almost always gives him preferential treatment. They know Shadow is a money-maker, no matter how much his fanbase bitch about his portrayals, they'll still buy/watch whatever product has him in it. 

    So it makes a lot more sense give him play a major role alongside Sonic in a completely new game, than just relegating him to side content in another game. Because let's be real, Sega are not going to give Tails, Knuckles or Amy the same treatment they would give to Shadow. 

    So, can we actually fathom a new spin-off game for the guy? Lol

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    He's the only character with enough clout to carry his own series...and honestly, he should have fucked off to his own series ages ago. 

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    12 hours ago, Jovahexeon Jax Joranvexeon said:

    So, can we actually fathom a new spin-off game for the guy? Lol

    Didn't Sonic Team/Sega say they aren't against third parties making Sonic games anymore? I wonder if they plan to allow someone to make a Shadow game in the near future.

    Sonic Team will probably have their hands full with Frontiers/Frontiers 2, so what are the odds we start seeing Sonic games by other studios again?

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    2 hours ago, LegoFedora said:

    Didn't Sonic Team/Sega say they aren't against third parties making Sonic games anymore? I wonder if they plan to allow someone to make a Shadow game in the near future.

    Huh. Imagine a Platinum Games installment for Team Dark as a whole.

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