As much as I love classic sonic, his gameplay style is very defined at this point, whereas Modern has been stumbling since 1999. Some great games, but that doesn’t diminish the fact that they haven’t found an ideal formula for him yet. I really hope Sonic Team’s putting their all into the next 3D Sonic game, with some enhanced ports and a possible Mania 2 for Classic fans like myself (I love all gameplay styles, favorite being Classic). But the longer Modern Sonic is struggling, the more Sega uses the Genesis style games as a crutch to hold up Sonic as a whole-which in turn prevents both Sonics from evolving.