Thread:Mystic Monkey/@comment-2202259-20191010124259/@comment-2202259-20191023222749

Sonic Adventure 2 was made to possibly be the last Sonic Game with it being a last hurrah for Sonic on Dreamcast. That's why the ending of the game was the way it was, Eggman seemed changed during the Last Scene when he was talking to Tails. Of course Sonic would prove immensely popular on GameCube with SA2 Battle serving as a new beginning for the series alongside it's prequel Sonic Advance. As well Eggman would like I said return to being a villain in games after Sonic Heroes, although he wouldn't be quite as evil as he was before the leap to 3rd Party consoles.

Shadow's huge role in Sonic's GameCube debut, would require his return for Sonic Heroes. Nintendo Sonic fans would see the Adventure games as defining for the series in 3D. PS2 & Xbox players wouldn't receive a Sonic game until Heroes, 2 years after his Nintendo debut. All 3 of the NonSega Gen6 Consoles would get Mega Collection as the 2nd game, which would allow the Classic games to have the largest following in the series. PlayStation & Xbox faithfuls wouldn't experience the Adventure games until the HD Ports. You can see how there were different opinions for what the series is supposed to be forming at this point.

You also have to remember that Happy Tree Friends was a comedy series despite how morbid it got. Pontac & Graff would change the series from a Shonen to a comedy series. I personally miss the anime feeling that Sonic once had with series like DBZ airing Stateside around the time the Adventure games arrived on Dreamcast. The Sonic series felt like those anime series that were airing around that time & it needs to return to that feeling in the main series if you ask me.