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Remember the infamous kiss in Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)<\/strong>? You know, the one where Knuckles stands awkwardly in the background as Princess Elise the Third plants her delicate human lips on Sonic’s tiny little hedgehog face? Well, if Sega’s Takashi Iizuka has his way, that’ll never be happening again.<\/p>\n

Iizuka has been with Sega since 1994, meaning he’s worked on the Blue Blur since the incredible Sonic the Hedgehog 3. So he knows a thing or two about how to make a Sonic game. Ahead of the launch of both Sonic Origins<\/strong><\/a> and Sonic Frontiers<\/strong><\/a> later this year, Axios<\/a> interviewed the senior creative to ask whether it’s likely that Sonic will lock lips with another human.<\/p>\n

“I don’t think we’ll be doing that again”, Iizuka said. If you’ve never seen the moment in question, check the video at the bottom of this page – it’s certainly… something.<\/p>\n

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Remember the infamous kiss in Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)? You know, the one where Knuckles stands awkwardly in the background as Princess Elise the Third plants her delicate human lips on Sonic’s tiny little hedgehog face? Well, if Sega’s Takashi Iizuka has his way, that’ll never be happening again. Iizuka has been with Sega since 1994, meaning he’s worked on the Blue Blur since the incredible Sonic the Hedgehog 3. So he knows a thing or two about how to make a Sonic game. Ahead of the launch of both Sonic Origins and Sonic Frontiers later this year, Axios interviewed the senior creative to ask whether it’s likely that Sonic will lock lips with another human. “I don’t think we’ll be doing that again”, Iizuka…<\/p>\n

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