When I was little, my grandma's next door neighbgor had Sega. We used to play all o fhte Sonic games, and I loved them. It seemed quite similar to mario to me, just more... advanced than SMB. I never hated the games, but I never really started playing the 3D Sonic games, I was just more into the Nintendo scene when the N64 was out.When eventually the Dreamcast came out, I didn't have the money nor the desire to get one. I was thus out of the loop for Sonic Games, and never really got into the newer Sonic.