I watched the majority of a Let's Play of Sonic 2006 recently. If I learned anything from watching that absolute piece of garbage be played through, it's that Sega really can only go up from there.

I think they're finally learning their lesson to NOT overcomplicate and through in these ridiculous stories. People have made comments suggesting this may be Sonic riffing off of Mario Galaxy, but that's what Sonic Team needs to do! Only the craziest and most obsessed furries play Sonic hoping for a deep story or new side characters to draw hentai of. For everyone else, it just detracts from having fun.

So, I'm hoping - maybe, just MAYBE - Sonic Team will finally make a 3D Sonic game that is a worthy successor to the 2D game's crown.

(Sonic Adventure just was not that great, honestly)