>>535865975
And its worth mentioning that in 06 he never bring up Maria ever. The only reason Maria had to be reintroduced is because Iizuka made him so fucking awful for so long a whole generation of kids believed he was just evil Sonic.

>>715715441
Sonic in general just doesn't know how to nostalgia. In Bananza you have a game chock-full of new environments and enemies to last for hours, so the throwback twist at the end after a subtle but steady build-up feels respectful. With Sonic it's either cramming you into a Generations asset flip or randomly throwing out quotes and name drops from old games in an already flavourless experience.