Sonic Team head Takashi Iizuka spoke with Nintendo Magazine UK and shared that he hoped their upcoming title
Sonic: Lost World would appeal to platform gaming fans, especially those fans of Super Mario:
"Sonic started out as a platform title but, as we got to the more recent ones, it changed to be a more speed-based game. Recent fans will be familiar with that speed-based gaming, but with Lost World, we wanted to win back the platform fans. We don't just want old Sonic fans to come back, though: we want Mario players and other platform gamers to enjoy the new game, too."
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