User blog comment:Sammyfun1/What Went Wrong Volume 2: Sonic (How the Blue Blur got to here and how he can come back)/@comment-3445303-20120122173955

The only Sonic the Hedgehog titles that I find that don't even need to exist are Sonic the Hedgehog [2006], Sonic Shuffle, Sonic Labyrinth, and Sonic Drift (why is Sonic in a car?!) As bad as Shadow the Hedgehog was, I will give it some credit; it had pretty good (if somewhat repetitive) music, nice-looking CGI cutscenes, and overall, Shadow gets further character development... at least from my view of perspective.

Sonic Heroes is still enjoyable for me; the Gamecube port, anyway. Despite awful writing, a not-so-fleshed-out storyline, and rather juvenile camera angles at times, Heroes was decent enough for me to like it. And as for Unleashed (aside from the Werehog), Colors, and Generations, they do excellent jobs at delivering what needs to be... DELIVERED! The DS installments are pretty good, as well.

Altogether, however, the Genesis Era is still where I think the Blue Blur was at his best.