Last May, SEGA revealed Sonic Rumblewhich will be far from being a major opus for fans of the franchise. No, the title will be A Free-to-play Battle Royale for iOS and Androidallowing 32 players to engage in mini-games. A title expected this winter on mobile and it will be devoid of a mechanism that is very popular in Japan.
In an interview with Automatongame director Makoto Tase and head of the franchise Sonic the Hedgehog Takashi Iizuka revealed that Sonic Rumble will not have any mechanics gacha. THE gacha As a reminder, you can unlock objects or characters randomly, it looks like the loot boxes and is very popular in Japan, but much less here. And it is precisely to please Western players that Sonic Rumble will be devoid of it. Good, free-to-play Obviously, there will still be microtransactions, but nothing random:
We’re aiming for a casual system that lets you quickly buy what you want for a small, fixed amount, rather than a gacha system that gives you a certain probability of getting items.
In Japanese and Asian markets, it’s common to have to spend tens of thousands of yen on a game to get a rare character and finally move on. But this is not the case in the global market, especially for an action game like Sonic Rumble, where players should be able to enjoy the game on equal terms. The starting point for this project was to make it a mobile game that would sell worldwide. Therefore, the monetization model was designed from the ground up based on global standards.
Monetization models that use gacha mechanics have not had much success in games aimed at international audiences of all ages. Moreover, these mechanisms tend to be shunned abroadso we didn’t think it was the right choice for this project.
The members of SEGA specify in passing that Sonic Rumble will not be pay-to-winthese microtransactions will allow you to obtain skins or emotes, a Season Pass will also be there. At the end of each game, players will also obtain Ringsto be exchanged in the store for cosmetic items with a daily rotation.
While waiting for the release of Sonic Rumble on iOS and Android in the coming months, you can pre-order Sonic x Shadow Generations against €39.99 on Amazonits launch is scheduled for October 25, 2024.
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