2022 could be the year that Sonic the Hedgehog reinvents itself. Sega and Sonic Team's upcoming game, Sonic Frontiers, is already poised to break some major franchise conventions with its semi-open world, but the exact extent of the game's innovation remains to be seen. Regardless of the current mystery around the game, Sonic Frontiers has the potential to be an important game this year, although it'll have to compete with a lot of other 2022 releases in order to make an impact. 2022 happens to contain a variety of long-awaited video game releases belonging to all genres, and Sonic Frontiers will have to fight quite a few of them for visibility.