Little by little, Sonic Team has started to reveal how Sonic Frontiers plans to innovate on the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise. When the game got its first proper reveal, Sonic Team's main point of discussion was its open-zone design, which will seemingly allow players partial freedom to run around an open environment without granting complete access to a single, seamless overworld. Now, Sonic Team has started dropping hints about other crucial departments of the game's design. In a recent interview, creative officer Takashi Iizuka provided some minor hints on the combat and exploration mechanics that Sonic fans can expect out of Sonic Frontiers.