User blog comment:Frederatorfan/Fire the current writing cast?/@comment-68.171.83.56-20120608043615/@comment-4802891-20120609073617

Here is my problem : I don't think the game universe need more characters. We have the hero, the sidekick, the (self-proclaimed) heroine and the badguy.

I won't complain if Sally or Bunnie (or anyone else) are one-time characters, but there's 90% chance many fans we'll be so happy that they'll become part of the permanent cast. Shadow and Rouge (like Silver... or even Knuckles) were meant to be one-timers and, thanks to their popularity, they've survived for more games! (despite the fact that one of them should have died, but survived by the power of cheapness)

Personally I wouldn't mind these characters at all if they appeared ONLY in spin-offs, especially Sonic Chronicles... which already have a Dark Legion counterpart anyway.