Following in the footsteps of his longtime rival Mario, Sega is putting Sonic into the franchise's first multiplayer game, Sonic Rumble, for Android and iOS. Whenever a company announces a mobile game in a beloved series, you probably start to think about what annoying mobile mechanics are going to be included, from timers to pay-to-win content, but in an interview with Autmaton, the game's director Makoto Tase and head of the Sonic franchise, Takashi Iizuka, made an important clarification. There will be no gacha mechanics in the upcoming mobile battle royale.
Gacha games are an evolution of loot box design, typically allowing players to spend an in-game currency for a chance at receiving a prize, from a new character to an elite item. Most games with this mechanic are free-to-play turn-based RPGs, or match-3 puzzlers, including Sega Heroes, which was designed by Demiurge, the same team behind Marvel Puzzle Quest . The most popular gacha games today include Genshin Impact and Azur Lane , and often gacha games are incredibly successful, but Sega is doing something different with Sonic Rumble.
In the interview, Tase is up front about Sonic Rumble, explaining, "We’re aiming for a...
