The other day I saw a teaser video and all it was, was some text, ring graphics the spin-dash sound and the ring collecting sound. More specifically the text suggested that a 2D (or probably 2.5D) Sonic game is on track for a 2010 release. At this point It's probably premature to even think that "Sonic Team" has after 14 years finally decided to listen to the people who play their games. Maybe it's the fact that Sega can only make money reselling the first four Sonic games which for the 360 took ridiculously long to get.

I remember opening my Sega Genesis and putting that Sonic 2 cart in and playing it for hours on end. It was enjoyable. Then the Dreamcast tried the same trick and while Sonic did work in 3D I couldn't figure out why I was a giant cat spending my time fishing. The sequel would fair about the same with one level at the end that took me over an hour of falling off the universe and dieing to get past. Strangely enough the games after seemed to take that last level as gold. Then you had the titles without Sonic, then more Sonic with pits of doom and of course Werehog Sonic which technically makes no sense. I actually bought that game because it was marked way down in price and I could sort of see why. The first level was fun, running jumping and spinning but after the first 3 minutes of the game I didn't get to play another running stage in the 57 minutes after of play. Which for "Sonic" makes as much sense as peddling a bicycle with your hands. The flying Tornado stage was extremely annoying. In the Deamcast version you were treated to a Starfox style mini-game. Apparently the Starfox people sued because in the Unleashed version the entire thing is a lame quick-time event. Possibly the laziest form of game design in my opinion.

So it seems to me that either Sega is actually listening to all the complaints and that this next game wont be a train-wreck OR that Sega thinks it's listening and will take a step in the right direction while simultaneously jumping into a vat of sulfuric acid. Time will tell though I wouldn't complain if they could make a great Sonic game every 15 years.