Sega Announces new 2D Sonic title

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The "rehashing" is perfectly fine in this case. Sure, people were totally up in arms about it (and still are) but... it's episode 1. And if they don't find a storyline reason to be rehashing the old levels and whatnot (which, honestly, is VERY easy to make), it won't really be a huge deal. There will obviously be an episode 2. Sonic 4 is NOT the final game. This allows the developers to continuously improve the game even when it's released. If you're not happy with Sonic 4 when it releases, just wait until Episode 2.

Sonic Team may have dug themselves into a hole, but it's obvious that they're actually trying to crawl out of it.