Sonic Forces and Sonic Mania – the latter a more retro-looking 2D Sonic outing – are both scheduled to release this year.

Sonic Forces follows a similar pattern to Sonic Generations as it will feature both 3D and 2D stages but the ratio is, as of yet, unknown. Those looking to feel love again can check out the ...

Some great Sonic games skillfully blend 2D and 3D sections, offering fans the best of both worlds without sacrificing the ...

Take a look at the Extreme Gear Super Sonic Trailer for Sonic Forces: Speed Battle, an arcade mobile racing game developed by SEGA Hardlight. Players can take to the races with the powerful ...

Sonic Forces: The Kotaku Review Sonic Forces is a fever dream of fan-fiction that is awkward to play but still manages to be trashy fun.

Capitalizing on the "Sonic Original Characters" meme -- often shortened to Sonic OCs -- Forces gives players a full-fledged character creator to play with.

Sonic Forces: Speed Battle is a running game featuring competitive online races on randomly selected tracks.

As such, the next Sonic title will probably be closer in gameplay to Sonic Forces - but that could mean either a 3D game or 2D perspective with 3D graphics.

Forces certainly falls into the lineage of Sonic Colors and Generations. The camera smoothly transitioned between a behind-the-back, 3D viewpoint to a sidescrolling 2D plane.

In addition to playing as Sonic, you'll be able to create and play as your own character in the upcoming Sonic Forces. Sega announced the news today with a new trailer, which you can watch above ...

But to say Sonic can be good in 3D isn't mutually exclusive with saying he was at his best in 2D, and based on my time with them so far, Mania and Forces look set to reinforce that opinion.