Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-2058197-20140902195105/@comment-24658561-20150627142549

Beren Camlost wrote: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Surely I'm not the only one who's noticed that Sonic games have felt more and more like Mario rip-offs since somewhere between Unleashed and Generations. Sonic should get back to what he was when his 3d games did well: diverse gameplay and more story-heavy than platformers generally are. If they could get the gameplay of Adventure and daytime Unleashed into one game (via multiple characters), that would be pretty sweet. They really need multiple playable characters again. And a super sonic final battle. 06 is almost ten years removed. They don't need to keep trying to be as different from 06 as they can. Generations was a good and speed based game (the 3DS version for sure haven't played the console version). But, to be honest, I liked the Classic Sonic gameplay more than the Modern Sonic gameplay.

I think, Sonic should take one thing from Mario, and that is a stable main series. Sonic doesn't have a clear main series. Sure, there are games that are called the main series, but they differ a lot. Mario has tons of spin-offs (good spin-offs btw.) but he never forgot what he really is. Super Mario Bros didn't change that much since the first game: Now it has different bosses, new levels and worlds, better graphics, new power-ups, ect., but the gameplay itself stayed the same.

I think, SEGA should start a "Classic series". You play as Classic Sonic with his gameplay from Generations 3DS (that means, 2D levels only) and save little animals. No big story or something like that. Maybe Tails and Knuckles can be playable, but no Shadow, Blaze or any other Modern Characters.

And then, they can make games with big stories and all the Modern Characters and 3D levels as another series. Like Mario got his 3D series games with games like Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario 3D World.

And last but not least, they can make spin-offs or let other companies make spin-offs. Sanik Bum wouldn't be that bad if there were more good games standing against it. Like Hotel Mario or Mario is missing were awful spin-offs, but nobody is that mad about it since they are two bad games that don't weight in the slightest against the amount of great games and spin-offs. Everybody loves Paper Mario and Mario Kart and Mario&Luigi.

Heck, maybe they could even give more characters their own games or even own series. Mario spawned Yoshi's Island, Donkey Kong Country, Wario Land, Luigi's Mansion, Super Princess Peach and so many other great games.

Short: If Sonic was more stable, he would be able to make it to the top again.