I hope its great give me one in the vein of the originals

The key to pulling it out is by releasing a revolutionary TRUE Sonic 4 which is worthy of the name Sonic The Hedgehog. Like I said, Sonic use to stand for something. He was the punk rock to Mario's Frampton. Sega needs to give him that identity back some how and make him appear "cool" again. I just don't see how that's possible being a Wii-U exclusive. 

I still get excited whenever I hear about a new Sonic game, and I really think I shouldn't.

Those sweet, sweet childhood memories..

I would be happy enough with a Generations sequel to be honest.

It would suck if the game doesn't come to Wii U, and yet, it comes to Xbone - a platform where nobody cares about because it's not a a sci fi/military shooter and racing game. Sega thinking that the Xbone version of Sonic can outsell Nintendo is downright laughable.

Hmmm... I'm not trying to start a console wars, but I can't see a Sonic game selling well on XOne. The platformer's fandom are not in that console. Well, I will be happy if Sonic will be the same as before (or at least, as good as Generations). It's a shame I couldn't play that game on the WiiU/NX (if this rumour is true), because I enjoyed Generations and Colors.

Sonic 06 was an ambitious game too, you know.

Wasn't Sonic 06 said to be ambitious at the time as well and that ended up... Well you know the rest.

The problem with 3D sonic is that they tried to be like 2D Sonic and it just hasn't worked no matter what they try, they should have made the 3D games their own thing and keep the 2D games around for the classic experience.

This is beyond bizarre. Your arguments are based off of shit 20 years ago. Its irrelevant today and has nothing to do with Sonic's failure.

- Sonic being pushed as cooler than Mario was a marketing tactic to devalue Mario

- In todays world, Why should SEGA still focus playing up tactic? They're NOT in console war anymore and haven't been for more than 20 years. The minute original PS hit market that became SEGA's priority. Mario is not popular anymore and suffers from same issue as Sonic; relics from the past losing their place in the market, Mario is no longer a obstacle to Sonic's success, why should Sonic/SEGA focus on still on being a Anti Mario/Nintendo? Whats point? Whats the gain? 

Sonic has sold 50 million copies since introduced on Nintendo consoles alone and you wanr them stop because .... 20 year old shit? Do you know how fuckin stupid that sounds? SEGA's problems of yesterday are NOT SEGA's problem today. You know what SEGA's problem is/was? A lack of respect for their Legacy, their quality standards, their fans. Thats SEGA's problem. 

You need to let that bullshit go, put it in a box, then never mention it again where is not relevant. You sound like you just read the SEGA wiki as just regurgitating into whenever you think its slightly relevant. 

The only relevant thing to come out of your post is Sonic should be exclusive to Nintendo. Absolutely, but not because of 20 years ago shit, but because Sonic fanbase is spread throughout all consoles.

It's difficult to be optimistic isnt it?

None of the modern Sonic games have really done it for me. Theres elements that work, yes. But if it continues to be bare bones... i don't know. I will wait and see.

As for Sonic 4 they mentioned in the article. I don't believe it. If SoJ thought that, they are absolutely oblivious. You can't call a game Sonic 4 and then pretend it wasnt supposed to live up to the legacy.