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Beren Camlost wrote: Mystic Monkey wrote:

Rainbowser wrote:

SuperMarcoToad64 wrote: We also need Sega to make the other Sonic characters have a playable role. In Sonic Runners are more playable characters, Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Amy and Team Chaotix are playable. In Sonic Dash the other characters were just alternate skins, but in Runners they have different abilities. Runners also has something like a story, but it's mostly Sonic, Tails and Knuckles chasing Dr. Eggman and saving little animals and Wisps. But hey, at least they're not idiots like in a certain other spin-off *coughcough* Sanik Bum *cough*

Sonic Runners is good, but obviously not a big Sonic game. I hope they think of something great for his 25th anniversary in 2016. They had their chance. Sonic Runners seems to be Sonic's birthday game now. NNo major console releases. That would be SEGA's stupidest mistake yet. And this SEGA we're talking about. They might have made more mistakes than any other company in gaming industry (although microsoft forcing rare into making kinect games is up there). Sonic is one of gaming's top five biggest characters (even his games have been lackluster). They can't not do anything for this. Although the movie might be there in place of a game. And maybe the game will be based on the movie. And of course, that would make it a licensed game. And anyone who has ever played anything knows that nine out of ten licensed games are either mediocre or awful. Which is what Sonicteam does best.

I just have trouble believing that SEGA would not make a big game for Sonic's 25th. And there's still about a year left to announce something, which is plenty of time. Of course, waiting a year might break the curse of bad sonic games every five years, whereas ten years are good (1996 & 2006: Sonic Jam and 06, the two biggest disappointments in Sonic history), (2001 & 2011: SA2 & Generations, two of the best, including the tournament winner). Of course, 2017 would fall 20 years after Sonic R... Yeah, and with the two, almost three licensed Sonic games it's once again confirmed that most licensed games REALLY suck. That's because the game already has the movie, show, or whatever it's based on as a selling point, so there are some idiots who think they don't have to put any effort in the game. But I heard Golden Eye (made by RareWare) was really good for it's time and that some Disney games or games featuring Disney characters are good.

I just hope they'll at least try to make it right. If the 2016 Sonic game rules, people can finally forget about Sonic 06. It's almost been 10 years.