>>718960842
NTA but
>and the multiple character storylines
That's not Adventure specific, we've had that since S3nK.
>and the return of character upgrades in said hubs
Aren't the upgrades in 06 bought rather than being found? With very little being required unlike the adventure games where almost all of them are?
>and sonic's moveset basically being a return to his SA2 gameplay after the changes made for heroes
But it isn't. The only thing that "returned" was the spin dash and it functions in a completely different way than it did in adventure especially since you can't spam it anymore since it does a spin kick over and over.
That also only applies to Sonic. Everyone else is different especially Shadow who can't spindash at all.
>and knuckles/rouge having segments where they hunt for things
They don't though. Treasure hunting like 1 and 2 is just gone.
I don't even know why you thought it was there, unless you're trying to say that trying to get anything counts as opposed to the specific gameplay of treasure hunting.
>and the shooting mechanics being folded into shadow and omega's gameplay
At this point I'm convinced you haven't actually played 06 because that's not remotely close to being true.
>and the blatant callback to emerald coast, orca chase included
If you're really going to use the orca as an argument then that's just saying adventure 2 is less of an Adventure game than 06.
Hell it even had an appearance in Heroes.
>and eggman flying around in a second (third, technically) egg carrier
That's still the same thing as before, egg an didn't have a battleship in SA2 so it's less of an adventure than Heroes and Shadow where he did.
If we apply that logic to other games then Sonic Battle is Sonic 4 because there's a Death Egg in it.