Hey
So why doesn’t Sonic roll into a ball anymore? Like, he does it to jump and drift in some games but it’s not really a major part of how he moves anymore. Isn’t that his thing though? Isn’t he a hedgehog? Isn’t the idea that Sonic is taking the defence mechanism of a hedgehog and turning it offensive with his speed? Aren’t rolling and momentum physics the foundation on which Sonic gameplay is established? Aren’t momentum physics a large part of the reason he IS a hedgehog? Couldn’t you relegate the boost gameplay to another character or make it a spin off so you can focus on making Sonic about rolling again?
Also, wouldn’t slowing Sonic down and not making his games about blazing through the levels mean you didn’t have to make the levels as big and therefore make them easier and cheaper to design? Couldn’t you ask yourself if the reason Lost world failed was because the controls and levels sucked and didn’t fit Sonic and not because you slowed down the gameplay?
