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Knuckles is simply the Anti-Sonic. Are you saying that there is no room for a character designed to be the opposite of Sonic? Sonic as a series can not handle the direct counterpoint to his character? The one who challenges the very notion of Sonic's worldview?

If the franchise can't handle this type of character, then the problem isn't Knuckles. It's Sonic the Hedgehog himself.