Quote Originally Posted by Ryudo View Post
I really don't get the hate for Sonic. Have you played Sonic Colors? It's fantastic. They are done with gimmicks. Not to mention they got some solid voice acting. It's Story light gameplay heavy with some real good level design. Instead of pushing forward it does something genesis games used to. Platforming. I was really down on sonic since Heroes til I played colors. Many seem to overlook it on wii
Nope. Because I spent some time with Unleashed and Shadow, effectively killing the franchise for me. Colors might be great; the decade of garbage that preceded it means I'll never know. And this is why the question of dead franchises gets weird, because I'll never touch a Sonic or Soul Calibur again, my brother thinks Final Fantasy died at XIII, my friend thinks that Street Fighter died after Third Strike, and my girlfriend refuses to acknowledge a Silent Hill game after three.

With X-Com and Syndicate being rebooted, and Tomb Raider, Sonic and Ridge Racer marching on, we also know that no franchise really dies anymore. It just might take twenty years for a new game to be revealed. Or to show up on Facebook or as a downloadable game.