Please no playable friends, please no playable friends, please no playable friends. I don't believe they can ever use Knuckles in game play I like again and Blaze seems to been regulated to Rush only.
I expect disappointment of course and somehow they screw up "and 3D" sections, but I am quite excited by what I see and the idea of what they are trying for. Looks good if nothing else and that's enough for me right now. Of course I enjoyed Sonic 4 for what it was, loved Sonic Colours, and right now my hopes aren't being killed.