I like Shadow. I didn't like "Shadow the Hedgehog", but Shadow isn't that bad of a character. I think Light is a bad character, but Shadow is okay. However, I loathe what they are doing with Shadow.
Rouge, I was okay with. Amy, I welcomed with open arms. The Chaotix bunch, meh. Big, meh. Cream, meh.
However, none of those characters get as much reception as Sonic, which is how it is SUPPOSED to be (unless the game stars one of them). However, Shadow has been in about three major games, and now he is above Tails and Knuckles. Tails and Knuckles are VETERANS of this series. Now, Sonic being above those two is okay, but Shadow is getting way too much spot light.
Too much, the game makes Tails the pain in ass who blocks the way, and Knuckles the dumbass who has fallen for Robotnik's "Sonic is evil, I'm good" for about the "x"th time. Don't get me wrong, Tails can be annoying, and Knuckles is dumber than Big sometimes. But those two are only ones, besides Sonic (and maybe someday, Amy), who DESERVES to be put in the spotlight.
Sonic Heroes has been the last game they were in the REAL spotlight. But of course, we don't care about Tails or Knuckles, let's care more about Shadow. Let's make an entire game about his past WHICH WE ALREADY LEARNED ABOUT!
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Let's have him be the only Sonic character in Super Smash Brothers Brawl to be an Assist Trophy, so that way Tails and Knuckles can run in the background of the Green Hill Zone along side what might be one of the most hated Sonic characters of all time right now, Light.
Sega's games aren't bothering me that much. I mean, yes, Sonic the Hedgehog (newer one) was a piece of utter crap. Sonic and the whatever Rings, meh. Really, Sonic isn't blasting through in the series right now.
Sega needs to stop adding more gimicks (new characters, new abilities, longer spotlight on characters we know fully well about), start remembering what made Sonic great (worked with Tomb Raider), and make a game that would truly make the series feel like a comeback.
I'll prepare the blue roses for his burial. :getlost: