Ah but do you KNOW it s simply gameplay only Or are you just speculating Why the sudden and complete deviation of pretty much EVERYTHING from even the Dreamcast games in terms of plot Why the mention of only a SINGLE Chaos Emerald instead of all seven How is it that suddenly this one and only Chaos Emerald is the secret to the Flames of Disaster Despite some similarities to the Sonic Adventure games in terms of style taking place in a realistic world this new direction for Sonic is also vastly different thematically from the Sonic Adventure titles You say there s a ton of hints that it takes place in the current continuity when I seem to have factual evidence on my side that it infact does not Just because it s a franchise reboot doesn t mean Amy can t appear or Tails can t appear they could simply write that off as Oh well they re Sonic friends and they ve always been there they don t HAVE to re introduce every single character one by one all over again