User blog comment:SilverthehedgehogMan/Who do you think is the worst Sonic character ever?/@comment-3445303-20110620203509/@comment-1669199-20110622001557

Sonic was never just about speed, it was also about platforming. Sonic 1 had both of those elements, like most other games in the series do. If all people wanted were just speed, then they could just play race car games, and Sonic Adventures 1 and 2 would've been utter failures.