Sega don?t need to murder Sonic; they just need to give him a kick up the backside and start making good games again. Which they?ve been beginning to do with Colours and Generations. He can work in 3D; it?s just that they?ve been trying the wrong ideas for too long.
What they do need to do is kill off the extraneous Sonic supporting characters. So basically, anyone that isn?t Sonic, Tails, Knuckles and Eggman.
Princess Peach. Kill her off and bring back the much-overlooked Princess Daisy and Tatanga. I?m really starting to wonder if she just gets off on being kidnapped. However, they toyed with interesting ideas in Super Mario Land, Daisy?s only received exposure in the spin-off titles, and where the fuck did Tatanga go?
Waluigi. ?Nuff said.
Crash Bandicoot. Similar to Sonic, only that I think his last good game was Twinsanity or something and he doesn?t have anywhere near the legacy that Sonic does.
Pikachu. Does Pokemon even need a mascot anymore? Granted, I guess that?s like asking if Nintendo even needs Mario anymore, but what I?m saying is?FUCK PIKACHU. He?s so annoying. Either evolve him into Raichu, who?s much better, or just get rid of both Ash and Pikachu for good.