The head of the Sonic Team Takashi Iizuka and game designer and producer Shun Nakamura have recently participated in an interview discussing a wide range of subjects. One thing that came up is Takashi Iizuka was asked whether the Sonic Team had any plans to remake or remaster the beloved Sonic Advance series from the Gameboy Advance. Sadly it turns out the answer is no. However, Iizuka says that if the opportunity eventually arose then they would “love to do it.”
Speaking of Sonic’s past, it’s generally accepted that the three Sonic Advance games are among the best 2D Sonic games, but other than a Virtual Console release on Wii U in Japan they haven’t really seen much of a re-release. Is there a licensing reason or some other reason why those games have never re-released, either in a standalone retro collection or in one of Nintendo’s online game libraries?
TI: There’s currently no plans for the Sonic Advance series to be remade or remastered, but we don’t know what the future holds.
Katsuyuki Shigihara was a director on Sonic Origins, which took Sonic 1, 2, 3 and CD, and we remastered that and brought it out for fans to enjoy. And if we have the chance, if there’s an opportunity for the Advance series to also get that treatment, or whatever circumstances may pop up, we’d love to do it.
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