Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-29714229-20160102231441/@comment-679780-20160225190232

Sonic having a pretty human damsel-in-distress princess because Mario has one grinds my gears a little.

As a character I don't like Elise very much but I don't hate her. She's rather mid-tier for me and thats fine. Kroshy is right that Sonic '06 was trying to teach a moral lesson that if you can be miserable at the past, you're best enjoy the future. Not Princess in another castle thing at Dusty Desert.

Perhaps thats why we won't see Princess Elise much again because Sega realise she's too much a Damsel in Distress and rather not do the Princess Peach thing. I really don't mind if Sega games have her back but I agree her role in life shouldn't be Damsel in Distress all the time.