As well-loved as Sonic's Rouge may be, she isn't currently being used as well as she could be, especially when compared to earlier in the franchise.

Sonic Superstars, the new 2D Sonic platformer from Sega coming out later this year, looks a lot like a fresh take on the famous blue blur. It ditches pixel art for a cartoony new visual style that ...

Sonic the Hedgehog Boss Says Pixel Art Won’t be “Viable” in the Future Takashi Iizuki doesn’t see a future for games that look like Sonic Mania.

“We look at the pixel art – it’s great – but when we think about 10-20 years in the future, we don’t think it’s going to be a viable art style or presentation for our players.

Sonic x Shadow Generations is out there now early access has begun and people are clocking the changes to the remastered half of the game. One of the changes is Rouge's chest has been covered up ...

Now, it turns out that not only did Rouge almost make it into Sonic 3, but she could have been in the previous two films as well. Speaking to IGN, Sonic movie writers Pat Casey and Josh Miller ...

Ahead of the release of Sonic Superstars I had the chance to send some questions to Iizuka, so I took the opportunity to ask more about his thoughts on pixel art, as well as whether co-op is ...

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 may introduce Amy Rose and Rouge, adding depth to Shadow's character. Amy's compassion plays a key role in Shadow's transformation from antagonist to hero.

" [W]e look at the pixel art — it's great — but when we think about 10-20 years in the future, we don't think it's going to be a viable art style or presentation for our players," Iizuka said ...

"We look at the pixel art - it's great - but when we think about 10-20 years in the future, we don't think it's going to be a viable art style or presentation for our players," said Iizuka.

Sonic Superstars is an exciting return to the Blue Blur's 2D origins, but its new art style exists because its developers don't think the classic pixel art approach will be "viable" in future.