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I think he will simply be "put back in" just like Chaotix were in Sonic Heroes. We haven't seen them in ages and they seemed to have just been "put in there" for the conveniance of gameplay.

As I said, I prefer him the role od Dr. Eggmans sidekick than Orbot and Cubot, but as an independant character yeah, I can see him doing that, but Nack is a treasure hunter purely for greedy reasons. He would snatch the Chaos Emeralds, the most regarded treasure of Sonic's world, only after everyone else did the hard work and would plan to sell them off to the highest bidder than any ulterior motives.

I have good reasons why Nack would be better off as Dr. Eggmans reoccuring sidekick/partner.


 * 1) Nack is a treasure hunter like Knuckles but also agile like Sonic. He shares various skills with some of the characters making him a good mercanary for Dr. Eggman to hire. As long as Dr. Eggman promises to pay him and that it is a fairly safe gig, Nack would traverse Zones and Special Stages for him.
 * 2) I imagine the relationship between Nack and Eggman to be like a cross between Snively from AoSTH and Sleet from Underground. The only difference is Nack has absolutely not intimidated by Dr. Eggman, Nack openly mock and test Dr. Eggman which allows writters plenty of oppotunity for jokes and either of the twos expense. This would also be golden for character development and important dialogue for stories.
 * 3) If common firearms work anything like from Shadow's game, I can imagine Nacks CPU gameplay be similar to Shadows from his game, where Nack is free to move around and jump, but is armed with a gun to shoot enemies with.
 * 4) Nack isn't just skilled on foot but skilled with various machines also, he could co-pilot some of Dr. Eggmans machines, this could give Dr. Eggman the advantage over Sonic if the two use seperate methods to attack him.
 * 5) Not including "Ergo" from Unleashed, Orbot and Cubot were just made purely for sidekick roles. I don't like them very because they're too much like Scratch & Grounder, Sleet and Dingo and Decoe and Bocoe. Orbot and Cubot were made for a sole purpose than any further practical use and hate Sega Sonic Team themselves had to stoop with cliché cartoon roles for their games. Orbot and Cubot are better off being exclusive to Sonic Boom.
 * 6) Things about him that can be retconned!
 * 7) He could still be a coward and jump ship whenever Dr. Eggmans scheme starts litterally falling apart around them. But Sega can still have Dr Eggman rehire Nack for partnership conveniance.
 * 8) He could still be a treasure hunter, but also a bounty hunter, which explains his partnership with Dr. Eggman.
 * 9) Popgun replaced to an actual Colt Python. If Shadow can have guns in his game, he can own firearms as well.
 * 10) Marvelous Queen as an Extreme Gear meaning Nack can parttake in any upcomming EX World Grand Prix.