Let's hope Sega actually steps it up with Sonic. I liked Lost World, in spite of a lot of people hating it. I do want to see where the series goes next.

The only bad games in recent years were Boom and Lost World 3DS, but both of those were made by outside developers. I don't think Sonic Team has been bad for a very long time, and I'm eager to see their next game, hopefully for the 25th anniversary next year. That doesn't necessarily excuse the quality of the other games... I'm just saying that the main-series games are most likely safe.

(Yes, I actually enjoyed Lost World for Wii U a fair amount. I'll agree that it was a step down from the formula established in Unleashed, Colors, and Generations, but once I learned the new controls, I enjoyed it. It wasn't mind-blowing or anything, and it had its flaws, but I don't see how people could honestly call it a terrible game. Disappointing, perhaps, but certainly not the "return of the dark age".)

For the record Lost World is a good idea and definitely showed potential in some of its stages. It was just incredibly rushed, where you can definitely see a dip in the quality of later levels.

I still want Sonic Adventure 3.
Sonic Adventure 2 (Battle) remains one of my favourite Sonic games. (Sonic 06 didn't really "get" the formula so I don't really count it as a sequel despite few similarities.)

But they've been focusing far too much on sidescrollers since 2004. What about the Sonic Adventure Fans?!...

No more 3d sonic games. And one would think they'd still try.

I had a dream once that I was playing a Jurassic Park lightgun game made by Sega, and Sonic was featured as a bonus boss. During the fight, he would bounce around screen too quickly to hit, but right before he would attack the game would ask a question about the player's feelings toward the Sonic series and a multiple-choice dropdown menu would appear prompting them to shoot the answer in time. "What style of Sonic games do you like?' 'Who is your favorite Sonic character to play as?' 'What is your favorite Sonic game?' 'What is the future of Sonic?'

If they picked answers that favored modern Sonic trends ('The 3D ones!' 'Big The Cat' 'Sonic '06' and 'He'll make an awesome pachinko cabinet' respectively), it would hurt Sonic emotionally and he would slow down, allowing players to damage him.

I'm sorry but Lost World was garbage. The gameplay was slow, the controls were clunky/confusing, the boss fights were horrible, the Deadly Six are terrible characters (one dimensional stereotypes), the cutscenes were cheesy as hell (not in the good Sonic Colors/Generations/Adventure/Heroes way), the difficulty spike is unfair and ridiculous, the wisps added nothing and were shoehorned in, and the gameplay ideas were inconsistent/random. Basically throwing ideas at a wall and hoping it sticks. The only good thing about the game IMO are the graphics/art style. Even the music wasn't up to snuff IMO and even the WORST of Sonic games have good music (sans Boom and Chronicles) I bought the game and sold it two weeks later I think I had more fun with Sonic 06.

Maybe they should try remaking the first 3 in HD. It could look great, it would be very helpful to play the old games in 16:9 and maybe the developers could learn more about what made them great.

And co-op on the Wii U with Sonic on the TV and tails on the gamepad so that the person playing as Tails doesn't have to sit and wait every time he goes off screen.

Sorry, but I've heard this before. I'll believe it when I play it. If by some miracle they do make an awesome sequel, I'll be there. Unfortunately, I've learned at this point to keep expectations low.

The focus on speed is the main problem imho. New games feel like every slow section is slowing you down and is not supposed to be in the game due to the running and jumping mechanics. If they would just make NORMAL levels with decent controls and SOME speed parts in between, it could work again.

Also level size. Now we have repeating stuff spread over huge levels. Sonic1, for me, was about exploring the levels, not about running. Gigantic, dull levels make this impossible.

If I had 1£ every time they said that, I would be a millionaire by now.

I want to be optimistic about this, but for now I'm not going to hold my breath.

I've tried to love each new Sonic game as they've come out, but the dream was really over after the Genesis. Some games have been less disappointing than others, but none of them - not even Adventure - were what they should have been. The series lost it's identity by trying to be too many things it wasn't and doing those things poorly ontop of that.

But even though I feel this way, I also still believe 3D Sonic can be amazing in the right hands -- maybe Playtonic, depending on how Yooka-Laylee pans out?

Never played Lost World, not sure what went wrong there, but the game to me screamed 'classic Sonic.'

Colors had a nice classic feel too.

Modern Sonic games are just to series and have a realistic feel, that's what they need to get rid of.

As long as they move on from the Boost gameplay [not suited for constricted corridors], and putting out terrible games like Lost World, then there's a chance.