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I also agree with Unseating's biggest gripe. A large portion of the fandom can be absolutely horrible and unfair towards any new games that are announced. I realize this will sound rude, but the 90s have indeed left us. The Genesis Era-quality games that many of the fandom wishes to see become a reality? They never will become a reality because they're viewing the Genesis games through rose-tinted glasses, and in their eyes nothing could ever compare to them. Its time to take the glasses off and do one of two things:

1) Accept that the Sonic franchise is constantly evolving, and it won't always go in the direction they want it to, and that getting bitter and jaded over it won't help them in the long run. Basically, they should accept the games as they are (and are going to be), or,

2) They should expand their tastes/leave the franchise and get involved in different ones that better suit and satisfy their interests. You can't rely on a single game series to stay "good" in your eyes forever, so I honestly think it's be a great idea to be interested in other games so they won't be in any more "pain" than they should be.

@Teddy: A good portion of the fandom doesn't even acknowledge the existence of the Rush games, or any handheld games for that matter, because apparently to them "handhelds don't count". Some people will still hate games like Rush anyway because its not exactly like the original Genesis games, so sadly Rush, or any other games like it, will probably never be able to satisfy most of the fandom as long as they're on portable consoles. But then again even that might be getting my hopes up to much when it comes to the fandom.