Can you imagine though? If it's some sort of other character, there's a chance tons of people won't try this game.
Then again, if it's good, well then, let's hope they don't mess it up.
If it was some "new" character, then maybe that might be the best way to try and market the damn game to guys like me. Because guys like me have gotten to the point where we are "sick and tired, of being sick and tired".
I mean, my thinking is...if it was a new character and a new game, then it would have a chance of being free from ALL OF THE BULLSHIT that the Sonic franchise has accumulated over the years, and could be something unto itself, to say the least. And by freeing itself from the bullshit, I'm talking about the post Genesis era games, the fanbase....EVERYTHING associated with the brand, now-a-days.
For all I care, it could be a new 2D "Sonic game", that plays EXACTLY like the 3&K/CD games I desire so much....but stars Mighty the Armadillo (the runner-up to the original character design), instead, and gives him a new villain to fill the Eggman role. I wouldn't care that much, really. Something like this would be a nice "compromise", such that older fans can have what we want, and Sega can continue to market their....*ahem* "wares" to the current Sonic audience.