>>537021724
I mean she has to fill some sort of niche intbe core four. Sonic is for speed, Tails is for flight, Knuckles is for power, and Amy... well in practice, she's kind of a jack of all trades? She can keep up with Sonic, and her hammer was originally more for gymnastics aerial maneuvers but they just went with strength anyway.
She's supposed to be strength of HEART, which is what magic is for, stereotypical as it is.
>>537021350
I also am in the minority that likes the hammer-as-broom imagery.