How to save Sonic the Hedgehog

After the new, quite possibly fake, screenshots for Sonic Unleashed were, well, unleashed, I got to thinking about Sonic the Hedgehog and his past, present and future. Every time a new Sonic game is announced, a small collective of retro-goggled loyalists hold their breath and hope for the best, but when it comes down to it, Sonic isn’t worth much in today’s world. We haven’t had a truly terrific Sonic game since Sonic Advance, and that was over six years ago.
It seems that Sonic Team misses far more than it hits, and while repeated attempts to revitalize the ailing hedgehog have brought with them plenty of potential and hope, each game has fallen flat on its face, or at the very least, done very little to untarnish the troubled mascot’s increasingly damaged reputation.
Let’s be honest here — Sonic’s over the hill. He’s clapped out, worn out and ready to […]

Original post by mrdestructoid@gmail.com (Destructoid.com) and software by Elliott Back