Sonic Frontiers: Cyber Space areas revealed during Nintendo Direct

Our first peek at Sonic Frontiers playing on the Switch was provided by SEGA during the Nintendo Direct mini: Partner Showcase.

In addition, we got a glimpse of a brand-new territory dubbed Cyber Space. Soon after the Partner Showcase, SEGA released a detailed overview of Sonic Frontiers as a whole, not simply the Cyber Space region. Cyber Space will be where Sonic fans will find more recognisable landscapes, while Starfall Islands, beginning with Kronos Island, will make up what Sega is referring to as Frontiers’ Open Zone.

Character biographies, enemy information, and more are included along with a new perspective on previously presented locales.

The portals that allow you to enter Cyber Space will transport you to a variety of levels, some of which will feel completely unfamiliar to you while others will have a vague familiarity. As you can see above, at least one of the Cyber Space levels will transport Sonic to a revised version of the Green Hill Zone.

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The Starfall Islands are home to numerous Cyber Space portals that were built by the Koco, a long-gone civilisation. There is uncertainty over who or what this civilisation is, but when a prologue starring Knuckles debuts, that gap may very well be closed. Hopefully, that prologue will be available before Frontiers premieres later this year.

Spin dash into a new open zone and discover the mysteries of Cyber Space in the blue blur's latest adventure!Sonic Frontiers dashes on #NintendoSwitch this winter. pic.twitter.com/f1dDsq9kM1

Curiously, Knuckles’ participation in the game is not mentioned at all. Blue blur fans believe Big the Cat will make an unexpected comeback, while Sega has stated that Amy and Tails