i couldn't agree more, the sonic advance series sucks ass. i think their unneccisary "graphical updates" are getting in the way of good level design and original gameplay aspects that made the original games so good.
you kiddies need to go back and play the real sonic games like 1-3, sonic cd, and s&k... sonic cd was the pinnacle of sonic games. it had an amazing soundtrack, a new dimention of gameplay (each level had three variants), and no annoying extra characters... well except for amy... but you barely ever saw her.
sonic spinball was mildly entertaining also, and i kinda liked the first installment of sonic adventure although it failed in comparison to any of it's predicessors
sonic adventure 2 was way to linear and when a game series starts introducing a shitload of cheesy new characters, you know they are running out of ideas.
i never played sonic heros and i never plan to...