Personally, I like the heavier focus on SegaSonic characters mainly because Ian has done such a great job with most of them.
Really, 90% of the Archie creations were some sort of echidna.
Also, the crying thing: Sonic has welled up a couple times, but flat-out bawling has been banned. There was an image of the original version vs. a "toned down" version and I can safely say the toned down version was much, much, much, much better.
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