Sonic Team Aware of fan interest in Sonic Adventure 3, but doesn't want to take the series backward just to satisfy fans

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shikamaru317 said:

Xxain said:

No.

Sonic Team has made it quite clear that "they" are not interested in returning to any past works. Sonic Mania was not developed by Sonic Team so their energy was not used for it. They also said in response to SA1/2 remakes, that they would rather put energy/resources to something new. They are always moving forward.

They didn't develop it, but the fact remains that they greenlit a project that takes the series backwards. Takashi Iizuka himself greenlit the game on the condition that the name be changed from Sonic Discovery to Sonic Mania. 

Ultimately a rather large chuck of the 3D fanbase has been dissapointed by the more recent boost based 3D games and really want to see a return to Adventure style gameplay. If Sonic Team can satisfy the 2D Sonic fans by allowing Mania to be made, why not put together a Mania-like fan-based studio to develop Adventure 3 or Adventure 1 and 2 remakes in order to satisfy those fans? 

because that would be a much more difficult and timely endeavor.