Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-1031724-20160901000706/@comment-4533965-20160901001417

Yeah, no.

The last time they attempted a reboot (Sonic the Hedgehog (2006), it failed miserably. Plus, consider that about every three or less games the games refuse to acknowledge the previous games before it (unless it's a rare case, a la Chronicles), so technically speaking the games essentially "reboot" every other game or so. Just look at the recent games: though Generations (a milestone game, mind you) acknowledged events from the past, Colors and certainly Lost World did not. I don't believe it will be a reboot: I would rather believe it being a sequel to Generations (which is apparently what it is not, but who knows) than believe it's a reboot.