Hi, I edited the template to organise the main series games into 2D and 3D, as opposed to console and handheld; however, this was reverted by User:TheJoebro64. I think it makes more sense to organise by 2D/3D since readers are probably more concerned with the differences in games rather than what hardware they appeared on. I think this is an especially strange way to organise these games considering many of the console games have appeared on handheld consoles, whether as later ports or different versions. For example, Sonic Colors released on the Wii and DS on the same day yet it's only listed under console. Not a major issue either way, just my thoughts. :) TehRYNOL (talk) 18:39, 6 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Update: I found out that separating 2D and 3D in the "Console" row is a pretty good idea. I take back my original comment. However, I would mark that the 2D and 3D table rows refer to gameplay only so as to minimize confusion. The example formatting can look like this:
--Explorer09 (talk) 09:36, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Why is it in the mobile spin-off category? It's not a mobile-exclusive game, as it's also on macOS and tvOS. Ian Flynn also stated that it's part of the official Sonic timeline, unlike the mobile games, so it's clearly some levels above games like Sonic Runners or Sonic Dash. Endianer (talk) 03:11, 30 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I think Sonic Pocket Adventure needs to be moved to the "Spin-offs" section rather than placed in the main series. According to Ian Flynn (per this episode of his podcast), when writing the Encyclo-speed-ia guide book, he was explicitly prohibited from even mentioning Pocket Adventure or referring to it by name due to unspecified legal issues with the game. Unlike other games on this list like 3D Blast where people have argued whether they count as mainline due to "vibes" or whatever, this seems like a pretty explicit case of Sega saying "this is not only not a mainline game, but we take no ownership of it whatsoever", and should be classified accordingly. -- Cyberlink420 (talk) 15:40, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I'm reading Pix'n Love's The History of Sonic the Hedgehog, which was licensed by Sega, right now and turns out it has an official Sega-approved list of the mainline Sonic games. Thought it'd be worth producing here; it's divided between the 2D, 3D, and handheld games released as of 2012.
2D:
3D:
Handheld:
Every other game released at that point in time is designated as a spin-off. The only real differences between our classifications and the book's are that SegaSonic, Pocket Adventure, Shadow, the Rivals games, and the Storybook games are classified as mainline. Not particularly arguing we should redo the template to align with this, just thought it was interesting there is actually an official list and this would be a good place to produce it for future reference. JOEBRO64 17:24, 8 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I decided to see how the template would look if we were to follow the official list.
Honestly, it's not bad! I might actually prefer doing it like this—it'd be more encyclopedic to base our "mainline" criteria on an official source rather than making it up based on vibes or whatever like we do currently. It's about the same size as the template is currently so bloat isn't an issue, and we don't have to worry about big console entries like CD and Adventure being next to the lesser handheld entries like the Game Gear stuff. JOEBRO64 13:47, 9 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]