Arzest sought to replicate the Genesis Sonic gameplay while innovating with new game mechanics, with the Chaos Emerald powers introduced to encourage players to seek all seven. Development on Superstars, which marked Ohshima's first contribution to a Sonic game since Sonic Adventure (1998), began in 2021. After plans for another collaboration with the developers of Sonic Mania (2017) fell through, Iizuka began discussing a collaboration with Arzest, a studio founded by Sonic co-creator Naoto Ohshima. Sonic Team's head, Takashi Iizuka, wanted to modernize Sonic 's traditional side-scrolling formula so it could continue independently from the 3D games. Superstars introduces power-ups that the player can obtain by collecting the seven Chaos Emeralds and four-player local multiplayer.

As one of four player characters- Sonic the Hedgehog, Miles 'Tails' Prower, Knuckles the Echidna, and Amy Rose-the player completes side-scrolling levels as they set out to defeat Doctor Eggman and Fang the Hunter. It features side-scrolling gameplay similar to the Sonic the Hedgehog games released for the Sega Genesis in the 1990s. Sonic Superstars is a 2023 platform game developed by Arzest and Sonic Team and published by Sega.

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