{"id":623986,"date":"2026-03-25T19:28:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T19:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/sonic-teams-boss-is-confident-that-sonic-frontiers-wont-see-a-delay"},"modified":"2026-03-25T19:28:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T19:28:10","slug":"sonic-teams-boss-is-confident-that-sonic-frontiers-wont-see-a-delay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/sonic-teams-boss-is-confident-that-sonic-frontiers-wont-see-a-delay\/","title":{"rendered":"Sonic Team&#8217;s boss is confident that Sonic Frontiers won&#8217;t see a delay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/sonic-teams-boss-is-confident-that-sonic-frontiers-wont-see-a-delay.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>After a hashtag, #DelaySonicFrontiers, was trending earlier this month, <strong>Sonic Team<\/strong> head Takashi Iizuka has affirmed that <strong>Sonic Frontiers<\/strong> won&#8217;t be delayed.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.videogameschronicle.com\/news\/sonic-frontiers-wont-be-delayed-as-a-result-of-fan-feedback-insists-sonic-teams-boss\/\">VGC<\/a> as part of an upcoming interview with the outlet, Iizuka spoke about the reactions to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/sonic-frontiers-debut-gameplay-trailer-shows-seven-minutes-of-sonic-speeding-through-the-world\">footage that has been revealed so far<\/a>. So far, fans have had a variety of opinions on Sonic Frontiers, with many concerned about how it will actually play. Iizuka, on the other hand, doesn&#8217;t seem too concerned about this fact.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s not really that surprising,&#8221; Iizuka replied when asked about the mixed reactions. &#8220;We do realise everyone is just kind of reacting to the videos that they saw, and because they don&rsquo;t understand what this new gameplay is they&rsquo;re kind of comparing it to other games that they already know.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/sonic-teams-boss-is-confident-that-sonic-frontiers-wont-see-a-delay\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/sonic-teams-boss-is-confident-that-sonic-frontiers-wont-see-a-delay\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a hashtag, #DelaySonicFrontiers, was trending earlier this month, Sonic Team head Takashi Iizuka has affirmed that Sonic Frontiers won&#8217;t be delayed. Speaking to VGC as part of an upcoming interview with the outlet, Iizuka spoke about the reactions to the footage that has been revealed so far. So far, fans have had a variety of opinions on Sonic Frontiers, with many concerned about how it will actually play. Iizuka, on the other hand, doesn&#8217;t seem too concerned about this fact. &#8220;It&#8217;s not really that surprising,&#8221; Iizuka replied when asked about the mixed reactions. &#8220;We do realise everyone is just kind of reacting to the videos that they saw, and because they don&rsquo;t understand what this new gameplay is they&rsquo;re kind of comparing it to&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/sonic-teams-boss-is-confident-that-sonic-frontiers-wont-see-a-delay\/\">Read 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