Rev Up Those Sonic Cycles

[Shadowth117]

Sonic doesn't need more that just Sonic.

Tails or Knuckles are tolerable, sure.

Every other one (excluding Robotnik) aren't important in the slightest.
Especially something as horrible as Shadow or Silver.

Okay, well lets never add more characters to a series and just let it become stale :p

Personally, I think a lot of Sonic characters COULD have been done without, but not purely because there would be too many characters, though that's part of it, but they aren't done well. Some were just overused and not done well in consecutive games.

Shadow for example was, in my opinion, really neat in Sonic Adventure 2. And then he died. Then they brought him back in Heroes. So I think, okay I can deal. Than we find out there's a bunch of Shadow clones or androids or whatever. Not necessary, but okay. Than we have Shadow the Hedgehog at which point most everyone even cared about Shadow's backstory even a little were found the turn of events so random that they really wish his story was left untold like say every other characters' story in the series (Not counting the comics). Sonic 06's story... lets pretend it never happened, especially since it literally undoes itself anyway.

Though personally in a Sonic game I could care less about the story and be happy. As for how the characters play out, they add variety to the gameplay though sometimes most of the time nowadays Sonic Team perverts the gameplay of other characters into another style of game completely. I am completely fine with having the option to go "huh, I wonder how this level plays someone who can fly" or something. I actually would love to see a return of the Sonic Advance 3 character system as a gimmick simply for that reason.