Sonic Heroes

Sonic Heroes was a Sonic game released in December 2003 on Nintendo GameCube and later in January 2004
on Microsoft XBox and Sony Playstation2. When first images of the game appeared online, showing the return
of Metal Sonic, The Chaotix and classic checkered hills, anticipation was high amongst Sonic fans, expecting the title to be
a return to the series roots. (A claim Sonic Team has made on many occasions for several different Sonic games which
did do nothing of the sort.) The game was a big disappointment among Sonic fans and recieved mediocre reviews from critics
But it wasn't nearly as bad as future titles in the series. This was only the beginning of a downward slope for the Sonic franchise
This title also originated the phrase "Sonic's Shitty Friends" for the game's overuse of uninteresting characters (There were 12
characters in total)