SEGA has zero interest in remastering Dreamcast launch title Sonic Adventure and its sequel.

While the 3D platformer received a cool critical reception at launch, this author is particularly fond of the game, largely because it kickstarted a generation of unforgettable action on one of the most legendary consoles of all time.

But Sonic Team boss Takahashi Iizuka believes it’d take too much work to bring the titles up to the standard of modern releases:

“I do hear [the requests for a Sonic Adventure remaster] a lot. I really am appreciative for everyone who likes the Sonic Adventure series, but when I think about what it would take to kind of bring that game up to the standards and expectations of what the modern gaming audience would want, I think it would be about as much time and energy as it would to make a new title. Part of me is thinking maybe I should just make a brand new title and that’s why there’s currently no plans.”

SEGA did port the original two Sonic Adventure titles to the PS3, but they’re not currently playable natively on the PS5.

There has been hope that the Japanese publisher may be cooking something with its back catalogue, as it recently delisted the SEGA Mega Drive & Genesis Classics collection and also removed a bunch of retro releases from the iOS App Store.

We’d love to see a kind of Arcade Archives for SEGA’s back catalogue on the PS Store, as many publishers are seeing the value in re-releasing retro titles these days, and the Sonic maker’s portfolio is almost as powerful as Nintendo’s when it comes to the sheer breadth of quality content available.

On the subject of Sonic Adventure remasters, we do agree with Iizuka, though.

While we enjoy both games in the series, we think we’d rather see Sonic Team continue to develop the ideas introduced in the excellent Sonic Frontiers.

But what about you? Do you think Sonic Adventure remasters would be a better use of the publisher’s time? Defend those Big the Cat levels in the comments section below.