Oh Sonic... here we go again...

[water dog]

IIRC Heroes, Shadow, and 2006 didn't have multiple character choices/game types (except for maybe Heroes), Chao gardens, "world" maps (in either SA or SA2 style), etc etc etc. When I asked for a new Adventure game, I didn't mean the same 3d platforming, I meant, y'know, what actually makes it a fucking Adventure game.