Shadow Generations producer wants to remake Sonic 06

Sonic 06 (known officially as Sonic the Hedgehog) is one of the most infamous games in the history of the industry, with the highly ambitious pseudo-reboot of SEGA’s iconic mascot platformer being hampered by tight deadlines – leading to one of the least optimised games of all time. Even so, the game held a great deal of potential, and so it is interesting to learn that the producer for Shadow Generations seems interested in remaking Sonic 06.

As shared by the Sonic-focused page ‘Tails Channel’, during a recent fan panel multiple high-up members of Sonic Team were present, offering interesting insights into the recently-released Sonic x Shadow Generations.

Curiously, when asked about Sonic’s past titles, and whether the team would consider remastering any of their prior releases, Shun Nakamura (the producer for Sonic x Shadow Generations) confirmed that both old and new games ‘remain appealing’ in this regard.

Most interestingly, Nakamura revealed that he personally wishes for the opportunity to remake the aforementioned Sonic 06.

For the uninitiated, Sonic 06 was intended to be a soft reboot for the series which was made in alignment with the Blue Blur’s 15th anniversary. Unfortunately, due to SEGA wanting the game out in time for the occasion, Sonic 06 arrived as a mostly-broken and highly unoptimised mess – with almost 50% of the entire game time consisting purely of plain loading screens.

Underneath all the issues however, Sonic 06 did hold a great deal of promise, and so the possibility of an official remake from Sonic Team would be highly interesting to see. Hopefully they get the opportunity to rewrite the history of Sonic 06.

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