Many people have been hoping for a third installment in the Adventure style. But as time has gone on, more and more vastly different 3D Sonic games have been released – and the possibility only seems less and less likely. Unfortunately for these fans, it seems as though a third Adventure title just officially became even less likely.

In a recent interview with Polygon, head of Sonic Team Takashi Iizuka stated: 

There is still a chance for Sonic Adventure 3, but unless Iizuka and the rest of the team see it as an advancement or evolution for the franchise, they won’t do it just because fans want it. This doesn’t mean that there’s no chance that it will ever happen, but at the very least it doesn’t seem as though we’ll be seeing Adventure 3 any time soon.

If we can get the gameplay to evolve and get to a place where Adventure 3 makes sense, then you might see an Adventure 3 come out… But we don’t want to take the entire series back to where it was just make people happy. We want to advance the idea of what a Sonic game is.” 

How do you feel about this statement from Sonic Team? Disappointed that Sonic Adventure 3 might never come to fruition? Let us know down in the comments!