It's kind of weird because they have made a golden handcuff deal with Nintendo to give them a ton of Sonic exclusives but yeah after the Snes/Megadrive war I bet Nintendo are loving the fact Sonic is the inferior bitch grovelling at their front door for a jobhell they even buy the IP in the future just to make sure there are no more games being made..though he is bit of a cash cow and at the end of the day they are a businessMaybe they use the same testers all the time who are far too polite. But also from what I gather there is not much communication between the different departments of the company and a few titles have been ruined due to shortened dead lines (hence why Sonic '06 is so appalling and Sonic Boom) Honestly I think it's time the series took a VERY long break and try reinventing other franchises Sega have in their pockets, look at how they revamped Killer Instinct with a new company. If only Streets Of Rage or Shining Force could be treated like that :' [