Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25826354-20170316232415/@comment-679780-20170425161806

This is getting a bit confusing.

What I mean by "Classic of the Classics" is characters who are older and widely recognised in the series. Team Sonic are regarded as the classics, with Amy being popular and Eggman for being the staple villain.

Metal Sonic, Chaotix Crew, Mighty, Ray, Nack, Bark and Bean are also Classic characters and to a degree popular, but Sonic, Tails and Knuckles are regarded as core playable characters, along with Amy as the first ally NPC in a Sonic game. When Sonic was reintroduced for Dreamcast, Amy Rose was the first classic era character outside of Team Sonic to be included in Sonic Adventure due to her popularity and most expected of her to be included (Metal Sonic's appearance was more of a cameo than official). But when it comes to Sonic Heroes, not many Sonic fans expected Sega to bring back Chaotix Crew to the modern age because they were not held in the same regard as Amy. Knuckles' Chaotix was not as popular as Sonic CD.

So while Amy and Team Chaotix is regarded as "Modern classic characters", I recgonise Amy more closer to Team Sonic's popularity as major characters to the overall franchise. Them being the "Classic of the Classics".

But thats just my oppinion and perspective on it. To me Amy Rose is more like a "Player 4" of Team Sonic even though she was only playable in Sonic the Fighters during the Classic era.