rev up the sonic cycle: Sonic Mania

[Kriven]

This sounds like a SA2 Battle generation post...

'Other characters' were a big part of ruining Sonic...

I never bought this--I always loved Sonic's massive cast of characters. It felt like the world was alive and inhabited by many interesting people and creatures. The only thing that bothered me was the fact that Sonic's Friends were the only anthropomorphic animals in these cities full of Regular People.

"New Characters Kills Franchise" is kind of a Miyamoto position. I'm calling you Goemiyamoto from now on.

For me, Sonic was ruined when they started rushing development and releasing glitchy messes, and then falling into this trap of "GOTTA GO FASTER!" games with Sonic Unleashed/Colors/Generations where they're basically on-rail runners that don't let you explore or soak in the enemies and their animations, or register the collectibles on the screen before they're gone.