Splash the Otter

What else are they responsible for? Were they behind the Classic/Modern divide too? Why wouldn't they sell? I know I'd pay good money for a Tails' Adventure sequel.

Wait, if Iizuka wants to make games about people who aren't Sonic then what's stopping him? Isn't he in charge of the series or something?

As cool as a game about Silver would be, I don't think it's very likely. Even if Sega decided to bring back character-based spinoffs, they'd probably start with someone more popular like Tails. But assuming that this game really is a thing, I'd prefer if the story didn't revisit Next Gen. The sooner we bury that game forever the better. It isn't even supposed to be canon anyway... Glad to see I'm not the only one who thinks Silver could work with Klonoa-styled gameplay.

I don't like Sticks, so I have no interest in seeing her join the main series.

Does anyone know what Ian thinks of these mandates? I can't imagine he likes them any more than we do.

Can I just reiterate how much this division between the Classic and Modern cast upsets me? I really wanted them to coexist, and now I'm being told that's never going to happen. It isn't fair! Fuck this, I'm done!

So it's your fault!

Why does there have to be this Classic/Modern divide? I don't like when characters are mutually exclusive...

What about the Avatar? I thought that was done exceptionally well.

The first thing I'd do go back to SA1 and start over from there. Moving forward I would: Establish a single world shared between humans and furries. The planet would be officially recognized as a cartoony urban fantasy version of Earth. Slowly reintroduce the modern cast, maybe change some backstories and even species to fit the new canon. I'd also bring Fang, Mighty and Ray into the modern world while I'm at it. Focus heavily on developing the characters and setting. Keep Sonic's gameplay from the Adventure games and improve on it. Give everyone similar gameplay but with different moves. Branch out more. Not every game needs to be about running from Point A to Point B as fast as possible. Have a side series of "classic-styled" games with 2d gameplay that are less plot-heavy, but set them in the modern universe. There might be a few other changes I'd make, but this is all I can think of for now.

I was replying to your statement that Sonic Team doesn't have good enough writers. Maybe if they hired writers with actual talent, we'd have better non-Eggman villains.

That isn't what I'm talking about. I mean that whatever faults the other bad guys might have are unrelated to them not being Eggman. You can say that about pretty much every character. Then maybe it's time they ditched Pontaff and got better writers.

Correlation doesn't imply causation. You aren't making any sense.

Who said anything about replacing him? It has everything to do with popularity. Just look at how new villains are treated if they even look like they might upstage him. Sonic isn't Mario, nor should he be expected to mirror every aspect of Mario. Maybe it's time Sega started defying expectations. Eggman can still be the main villain without having to appear in every game. What's your point?