MORE THAN MONKEYS

▪ You may remember that Sonic The Hedgehog joined the monkeys in (which memorably changed the bananas to gold rings when you played as him). Well, only this time he’s joined by sidekick Tails and a bunch of new characters. “There are a lot of appealing characters at Sega, so I wanted as many to appear as possible,” says Shirosaki. “We had Sonic join the previous title and he was extremely popular, so we decided to have Tails join in this time. We also have Beat from , which still has a large fanbase. And as the creator of this series, Toshihiro Nagoshi, is the same as the series, we decided to have Kazuma Kiryu join in as well. This time we were also able to collaborate with characters from other companies in the form of DLC, so you’ll be able to play as Morgana from , Suezo from , and everyone’s idol Hello Kitty. Seeing all these characters moving around in the world shows how much potential it has and how welcoming it is.”