To echo every single Sonic Colors fan in this thread, the Sonic trolling really, really, really,
really needs to stop. Saying "there hasn't been a good sonic game since the first three/four" is total bunk. Yeah, some of the recent sonic games were rather hit-or-miss, but they weren't "terrible" (and yes, I have played and beaten Shadow The Hedgehog; I'd give it a 3/5). And completely regardless of the worse-than-they-should-be Sonic games, it's almost as if everyone completely forgot that Sonic Advance, Sonic Rush, Sega All Stars Racing, and Sonic Colors
ever existed. It's almost like people are hating on sonic
just for the heck of it.
Sonic Colors, both versions, are hands-down the best Sonic games I've ever played in my life. It's like old-school Sonic gameplay mixed with the newer 3D sections, Mario-like powerups, and Metroid-like exploration. Heck, the game actually improved almost twofold after you beat it because you can have fun replaying the older levels with your new powerups and find secrets (and if you're a Metroid fan, you'll have a heck of a good time doing so). Some of the red rings are hidden so well that you feel almost thrilled to find them. And yes, I got every single one of them in the game and it was so worth it! Every Sonic gamer out there, get the Wii/DS version of Colors right now. In fact, don't pirate it,
buy it so you can encourage Sega to make more awesome games like this