User blog comment:Pinkolol16/Why... do... people... haate... Sonic... the... Hedgehog.../@comment-1986314-20110802001815

The reason there are many people who oppose of said hedgehog is probably because of his transition to the 3D realm, Shadow the Hedgehog (Game), and they fail to understand why some games have a few flaws, and like to bash them for everything. I mean, Sonic 06 isn't entirely awful, just incomplete. Sonic Heroes was decent, Sonic Unleashed was good, and the Storybook series were fairly decent.

Of course, it's possible now they like to bash him because of Sonic Colors dialogue (Tails learned how to | subtract, but that's a minor detail.)

Like what Genesjs said, it's good to enjoy a game even if it suffers from a few flaws. Sonic "fans" aren't truly fans, they just buy the game, and proceed to rant about everything. A true fan knows his limits of stating flaws and bugs in the game, and stays more on the positive side.

Of course, you are right. SEGA wants to attract a younger audience (like what Nintendo is aiming for), and they are succeeding. Yet, adults and older teens play Mario and they have no problem with a fat plumber eating mushrooms and killing turtles and they still don't think it's very "childish". Some people, however, think the opposite reason for Sonic games, because they haven't taken the time to compare.

Finally, there are people who just don't like Sonic or the series doesn't appeal to them. You'll find people like that.