User blog comment:MetalShadow272/The Missing Links of Sonic History./@comment-2147834-20110607004436

Well, it's pretty simple. Fang, Bean, Bark, Mighty and Ray now belong to Archie Comics. Heavy, Metal Knux and (don-don-doooooooon) Tails Doll, I'm not so sure. Maybe Sega thought that those characters waouln't be very usefull for any current-gen Sonic games. It's kinda like how Geno (Who first appeared in Super Mario RPG) belongs to Square Enix, they appear in acouple of things, then sombdy else just takes'em.