Sega admits Sonic is falling

[Brave_Shyguy]

it's only that Mario has had more multi genre games, Sonic hasn't had as many as Mario, but that doesn't make it any different. I don't see people complaining about Mario being in a go kart, or having a golf club, or having a tennis racket, kicking a soccerball, swinging a bat, etc.

Exactly what I was implying. Mario has been in everything, platformers, RPGs, Party games, Racing games, Fighting games, Sports games! Everything. And he fits in with those things. Because he never had an "ability" of some sort that helped in the type of game he was in. Hes like in the All-Around class of Videogaming. But Sonic was meant as a platforming type game with his super speed and need to defeat Robotnik/Eggman after passing through levels. Those were the games that Sonic was good at, so why did SEGA stray from that path?