Sonic was kinda dead to me since Megadrive. He's still cool though.

Yeah... Sega was Europes best market in terms of competition because Nintendo didnt' push product hard enough there because they're conservative as hell.

Sonic is pretty much dead to me. The characters were good but all the newer additions are really bad. Tails, Knucles, Amy and even Rouge are all greatly designed character but the others... wtf...

About time too! Shame it's an hedgehog and not a porcupine, as although both are eatable, the latter is widely considered a delicacy

I was thinking about it. But guess what? If sega release a old fashioned 2D Sonic tehre's a good chance that the game will be a commercial failure. The actual generation is too harsh with 2D games.

You know what might revive Sonic from the dead? SEGA making its own console again.

I wonder if this is a compliment for Rol or not.

Sonic will live forever in my heart <3. Well he was my first idol!

Sonic is definitely not "incredibly popular" in Europe. Without Mario M&S would have sold just like, say, Sega Superstar Tennis. And you know it.

Just like everywhere else, new Sonic games are greeted with a tired yawn, and rightfully so. Sonic games never had the substance of a good Mario game - I even dare to say that the very concept of Sonic (high speed Jump'n'Run) is flawed. Last week I gave Sonic Rush on the DS another try, and it's just annoying. You spend most of the time pressing to the right and watching stuff happen. You can hardly tell foreground from background. Too much trial & error. Absolutely no charm. Charisma-free characters, all alike.

-End of rant- 

Don't forget, it's just my opinion. But it's beyond me how anybody could compare Sonic games to Mario games.

They are trying to expand sonic because he's getting repetative. The game looks great and he seems more livly then he's been in a LONG time.

well atleast there trying somthing different,lets see how it turns out