I think you might be right for the 3D console versions, but Sonic Rush on the DS looks really cool. Back to basics with additional ideas, and that cool sense of speed that was somewhat controllable. I’m stickin to my vote purely cause the new DS game is very appealing to me.
I think you might be right there, Sonic Rush might be the series only saving grace but keep this in mind I was hugely let down by Sonic Advance 2 & 3 mainly due to them putting new ideas into it rather than the good old basics and I also found them to be smidge too easy, so my hopes aren’t too high and I’m saying yours shouldn’t be either.