I hate to be that guy, but Sega has made many more missteps with the fans than Nintendo ever has, like not bring a good deal of titles to the titles to the west in favor of Mediocre to Bad Sonic games(Colors, Generations being exceptions and Maybe Unleashed/Lost World depending on who you ask). and even comparing Sonic to Metroid, Sega clearly has done damage to the brand and people didn't enjoy the last 2d console sonic game they made(Sonic 4) so they decided to let a fan take a crack at it since they had nothing to lose at this vs Metroid(continued in the next comment)