Sonic 2 HD

[DioShiba]

Except they've introduced new concepts to Zelda

Isn't that the point of a gimmick anyways? I mean sure there's a solid line between something that hasn't been done or something that could work for a franchise but I'm pretty sure most concepts become gimmicks ether way (hi twilight princess!).

I mean most gimmicks can be applied to anything, if it something that hasn't been exactly done before and it's interesting then that's a good gimmick, like super mario galaxy.

Lets look back the sonic series on the other hand and apply the other thing you brought up.

just lazily slapping on stupid gimmicks to desperately please the crowd.

Now for the most part, Sonic Team adds a bunch of gimmicks that were already seen to please a bunch of fans. But there has been times where they've added stupid gimmicks to the franchise.

Now those are shit gimmicks, things we've already saw or crap that's not good enough to be decent. Although, there has been cases where it has worked, like sonic colors.

my point is, there are good gimmicks and bad gimmicks, no matter the concept it will always be a gimmick. But as long as it's good then it won't matter. If it's bad then well, yeah, it's a bad gimmick.