Everyone then looked at Sonic and decided this shit was too cheesy. And thus Shadow the Hedgehog was born.
Behind the scenes of Shadow, SA1 and 2 got a bastard child that they didn't want to acknowledge so they named it simply Sonic the Hedgehog. Which made the Genesis game very upset. He became very uncooperative during his time being ported to the GBA and so it didn't turn out well.
Rush stood awkwardly to the side.
And Riders was an asshole so he made himself difficult to play.
The End.