What can Sega do to improve the Sonic franchise?

Go back to 2Dsupercubedude64

Go back to 2Dsupercubedude64

Hand the franchise to miyamoto.mubarakibnumar

Go back to 2Dsupercubedude64

This, and go don't make lame spin-offs or edit it and make a new story line.

Maybe pull a Capcom with what they did with Megaman 9. It would at least help them get back to their roots if done right.

That, or maybe they need to take a look back at their successful games and let them be an example for their new ones.

Hand the franchise to miyamoto.mubarakibnumar

This would work to.

Alot of things like

No ridiculous plots

Make Sonic only playable

Make it 2D.

Bring back Metal Sonic and the Death Egg.

Well, for starters, they can stop trying to make Sonic into something it's not. The whole premise of the original 2D Sonic games was to traverse a stage filled with pitfalls, traps and enemies as fast as possible and they don't seem to realize that. The unnecessary addition of the Werehog stages in Sonic Unleashed and Sonic's worthless friends (I used to like Knuckles before I played his painfully boring stages in Sonic Adventure 1 and 2...) are proof that Sonic team doesn't get this. If Sonic Unleashed had been entirely based on the speed stages and they were primarily in 2D then I'm wiling to bet that Sonic Unleashed wouldn't be as heavily panned as it is now and it may have earned the praise of gaming critics and gamers everywhere.

Maybe this will finally give Sonic Team the wake up call they desperately need. Once they stop trying to take Sonic in new directions and start letting him do what he does best, then they'll have the formula for a winning Sonic game.

Go back to 2Dsupercubedude64

Hand the franchise to miyamoto.mubarakibnumar

This and/or back to 2D, because trust me, giving Sonic a sword will only make things worst.

Unleashed proved a good 3D Sonic game could be made. They just need to get rid of all the gimmicks and stick to refining and perfecting the speed. Any plot should be kept to a mininum. An opening, an ending, maybe a line of dialogue or two between levels. Cutscenes don't belong in a Sonic game. As for his friends, get rid of 'em. Maybe keep Tails, but stick him in the background.

And probably release it on PSN/Live/WiiWare instead of retail, since a game like that is going to be short, and will make it hard to justify a $50~$60 price tag.

Going back to 2D or even side scrolling wont save Sonic.

It's not enough to just have Sonic sidescroll.

The originals had exceedingly complex levels, unique and fun bosses, variety of enviornments and challenges.

You need all of those qualities.

Remove unnessesary inter species romance. *gun shot* "MAAARRIIAAA!!!!" :lol:InfinityMugen

Hand the franchise to miyamoto.mubarakibnumar

[QUOTE="InfinityMugen"]Remove unnessesary inter species romance. *gun shot* "MAAARRIIAAA!!!!" :lol:gunswordfist

The best thing they could do is take it off of the Wii.gunswordfist

[QUOTE="gunswordfist"][QUOTE="InfinityMugen"] I think it was Gerald Robotniks daughter from SA2. InfinityMugen

[QUOTE="gunswordfist"]The best thing they could do is take it off of the Wii.dylanmcc

give sonic a gun are there a multi million sellernaruto7777

Hopefully that's sarcasm, if not;

What they need to do is what they started to do with Sonic Unleashed. GO BACK TO THE BASICS. No more new gimics to make Sonic more edgy or boost him to the next level, no more crappy new friends. Stick to the formula that works and THEN build up from there. That means Sonic, Eggman, Tails, and possibly Knuckles. Everyone else can get back in the kitchen.

Give it to another developer.DJCUEBALL

They should take Unleashed, take out the werehog and the HUBs and BAM there ya go a perfect sonic game eather that or give sonic to nintendoSunamaru

[QUOTE="Sunamaru"]They should take Unleashed, take out the werehog and the HUBs and BAM there ya go a perfect sonic game eather that or give sonic to nintendogunswordfist

[QUOTE="gunswordfist"][QUOTE="Sunamaru"]They should take Unleashed, take out the werehog and the HUBs and BAM there ya go a perfect sonic game eather that or give sonic to nintendomubarakibnumar

The best thing they could do is take it off of the Wii.gunswordfist

Why? Secret Rings seem to be pretty good, and it got better reviews then Unleashed and Sonic 2006.

Returning to 2D on XBLA, PSN Store, and Wii Shop would be the best idea IMOAndYOU

Remove unnecessary inter species romance. *gun shot* "MAAARRIIAAA!!!!" :lol:InfinityMugen

You mean between Sonic and Princess Elise from Sonic the Hedgehog 2006? That relationship is wrong for many reasons and I was surprised that GameSpot did not mention that.

Going to 2d isn't necessary.

What is necessary is stop making dumb spinoff concepts, like the wearwolf levels in SU. Just keep the speed levels.

Don't mess with the original formula, don't make gimmicky things, keep it to the speed. Fix the camera.