That is fantastic news. That's the only way they won't add some incredibly lame gimmick IE werehog, or sword, or big the cat or some stupid shit. By keeping it small there is actually a chance they will make the kind of sonic game people have been wanting for the past decade. One where sonic runs really fast, doesn't talk, and doesn't have some lame ass story with a bunch of stuffed animal friends. This COULD be good (famous words spoken about every single sonic game in the past 10 years)
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