Not like Nintendo cares about Mario or Disney cares about Mickey. There seems to be no integrity behind what they’re willing to put the character into.

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    Sonic is much less popular in Japan, where Sega is from, than in the west. So the Japanese management might not see Sonic as such an important franchise.

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      It’s this. Japanese businesses almost always only truly care about the Japanese market. If something does well in foreign countries but does poorly in Japan, it can be expected that product will never be made again, or changes will be made to attempt to make it sell more in Japan, even if that means alienating the rest of the foreign market that already liked the way it was.

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          I see someone’s never read Luke 3:12

          Sonic is obviously an allegory for the tax collector who gets baptized. Dummy.

          And no I did not just pick a random bible verse and justify it. My uncle is friends with Hideo Kojima, the CEO of Sega

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          Go on your favorite search engine and look up christian sonic fanart. Have some bleach on hand in case your eyes need it.

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            I like the classic sonic games but I never interact with the fandom for a reason. I think I’m going to skip this but thank you all the same.