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Sega Survey Asks About Sonic Crossover Games

Sonic could team up with characters from other (Sega and non-Sega) franchises.

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Sonic is no stranger to crossovers, having appeared in Super Smash Bros. and a number of Mario & Sonic games. Sega may now be considering even more partnerships like these if a new survey is any indication.

A survey sent to Sega fans recently asked for their feedback regarding Sonic mobile games. After asking about their history with the series, how much they agree certain words fit with Sonic's character (such as "slow" or "punk"), and what sports they think match Sonic, the survey dives into crossovers.

Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games
Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games

Initially, it asks about interest in games starring Sonic and characters from other Sega games or non-Sega games. This then expands to discuss characters from other companies and brands, including Nintendo, Disney, Dragon Ball Z, Capcom, and Adventure Time. Things then get even more specific, talking specifically about games featuring Sonic and Crash Bandicoot, Rachet and Clank, Link, Ryu, Mario, and Mega-Man, among others.

Elsewhere in the survey, Sega asks about the type of games Sonic stars in, and whether they should only be platformers or action games. You can see this and some of the other survey pages in the gallery below.

Click the images below for more questions from the survey
Click the images below for more questions from the survey

While Sega is asking about these possibilities, it doesn't guarantee anything will come of it. Game companies survey fans all the time about things they might like to see, and those questions are not necessarily indicative of firm plans they may have.

This year marks the 25-year anniversary of the Sonic franchise. Sega plans to celebrate with a fan event in July where it will offer attendees an "exclusive first look at the future of Sonic."

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Do a crossover between Valkyrie Profile, My Little Pony and the Lilo and Stitch Franchise!

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Let Sonic rest for a while. That character has been excessively used by Sega at the cost of other franchises such as Streets of Rage and Shinobi. However, I think something Sega should do is invest more in creative intellectual properties to create new culture. Sega has a legacy, and I think that a new generation of franchises can come along to bring improvements to what they already have accomplished that could not have been without the framework of games like Sonic, Streets of Rage, Shinobi, Golden Axe, and Shenmue.

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@BranKetra: I'd say license Streets of Rage and Golden Axe out so a Dynasty Warriors version of both of the games could be made as an experiment. If it turns they're as compatible as Zelda was with Dynasty Warriors, it could be one way for those games to get new life.

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A link to the survey might have been useful.

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Wow this sounds like it came out straight from Sonic for Hire , maybe they should do that instead XD

Seeing how popular its i would suggest Sonic x Hatsune Miku :P

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Do a sonic in shinobi world ,and put sonic in a new fighters megamix

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I want to see Sonic replace the crestfallen knight in dark souls. It will be thematically correct; and when the inevitable time comes where he betrays you and turns hostile, instead of fighting, he'll just stand there and plea "just do it man, save me from all this, I've fallen so low there's no turning back, I beg you deliver me".

Upon his death he'll drop the antiquated running shoes with the description "once these shoes were blessed with mighty speed that challenged sound itself, but nowadays they are but empty husks of glories past" and you will earn the "merciful" achievement.

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@stelios: The running shoes will give you insane movespeed, which mostly just results in you instantly running off cliffs and dying.

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So much fuzz...mobile games

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Mario and Sonic is honestly a terrible crossover idea. The core gameplay of the games is significantly different.

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Sega is probably the biggest disappointment in my entire life.

I've had a good life. :)

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Lol, Sega prefer to use my little pony characters in Sonic games, but has not want to use the Archie Comics or SatAM characters in the games.

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@Durack: I'd prefer to see those characters in the games just to see what would happen.

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Its been a million years since we last saw a decent Shinobi, Streets Of Rage, Golden Axe. Why Sega, tell us why you haven't done any games from those franchises in a long time?

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Make a Star Wars edition Sonic does not matter how terrible game is people will still buy it in droves.

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Sonic x Bayonetta.

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No; get your sh!t straight first and make a decent Sonic game, then you can think about crossover games.

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Sonic crossover with Dragon Ball Z sure why not. I mean it work perfectly for those who watch Super Mario Bros Z youtube made by Alvin Earthworm.

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@davillain-: Super Saiyan Sonic, he's pretty much already there.

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It would be hilarious to see Sonic cross over and slay gods with Kratos or take on Locusts with Fenix and the gang. Of course, such a thing would never happen and would certainly be a bad game, but hey Sonic needs more friends other than Mario.

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@ixilion: Mario isn't even his friend - Mario is his killer.........

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Where is the option for none? They need to bury Sonic, awful franchise, 95% of the games have been awful.

I wouldn't mind playing a Sonic game where they kill off the terrible characters (which is most of them) in a horrific way.

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And ironically, most of the options, at least from the screenshot provided, are not just kid-friendly franchises, but outright childish ones, with "childish" taking the most negative meaning it can possibly take.

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@Dark_Mits: Yeah, why people would want to pair a kid-friendly franchise like Sonic with franchises that are NOT for kids - Dragon Ball (at least outside of Japan), Earthbound, Bayonetta, Xenoblade, the PotC films, etc. - is mind-bogglng. Then again, it happened in the Smash Bros. series, but this justwouldn't work.

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@Dark_Mits: Disney's more open to debate, though. Example, Pirates of the Caribbean. Nintendo as well when you think about Xenoblade, Metroid, Zelda, and Earthbound.

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Resident Evil?

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@ag_04: The fastest zombie dead!

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Dreamworks Kung Fu Panda, Disney, Nintendo, and Nicktoons would be my suggestions. Where's the link to the survey?

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I like how of all chars they felt the need to clarify that MARIO is from "Mario Bros.".

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Smells of desperation after Sonic Boom.

I'd like to see a crossover with GTA, where you see Sonic pimping out Tails, Midnight Cowboy style.

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@punksterdaddy: It's a freaking miracle SEGA is still alive by now!

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Streets Of Rage 4!!!

so many people are waiting for this game.

Sega should release this game already.

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@snk0610: I wonder how a Dynasty Warriors version of Streets of Rage would work out.

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Sonic in Dragon Ball? Seriously SEGA?!?!?

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@Artwark: Super Sonic vs Super Saiyan Goku rings a bell to ya?

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@Artwark: Hey he can turn super saiyan too!

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My Little Pony - Very Interested - Check

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@Moonco: I can't wait to see Robotnik shove them all into machines

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Um...that is not a good idea...at all.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-Wn48geCJ8

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Sonic can't even be good in his own games now they want to go and make him screw up everybody else's games? Hell, cross him over with Looney Tunes so he can race the Roadrunner, at least that would maintain some sort of speed in the gameplay.

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I'd love to see Sonic All Stars Racing cross with Mario Kart.

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@skyhighgam3r: Why just Sonic and Sega? Turn it into something more like Smash Kart with other franchises getting represented.

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@Jinzo_111887: They mildly did that in both games.

You could play as Banjo-Kazooie and Xbox Avatars in the original game (and I think PSN Avatars for PS3), then play as a few of the Team Fortress characters and Wreck It Ralph in Transformed.

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@LPDisturbedHU: I know Sega gave some of their other stuff a little attention in those two games, but Mario Kart 8 mainly focused on Mario with non-Mario series characters being an after thought.

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