Gamescom Opening Night Live is happening quickly, and forward of the showcase hosted by Geoff Keighley, Sega has been hyping up a brand new Sonic Frontiers trailer that shall be airing on the occasion.

Now, in one other new screenshot, followers have been formally launched to Koco – a “lil” creature that may probably characteristic all through Sonic’s new “open-zone” journey. We’ve beforehand seen no matter these characters are in IGN’s “world premiere” gameplay trailer.

The introduction of this character by way of the official Sonic the Hedgehog Twitter account has raised all kinds of responses. Some widespread ones appear to be asking for Chao to come back again, whereas different Sonic followers have made reference to Zelda’s Korok, and even Kodama tree spirits from Japanese folklore.

In Nintendo’s open-world Zelda recreation, Breath of the Wild, Link is required to go looking all the recreation’s map for Korok excessive and low. It’s unclear at this stage precisely what function “Koco” will play in Sonic Frontiers.

What do you consider this new character? Looking ahead to the brand new Sonic Frontiers “world premiere” happening at ONL? Tell us down beneath.