Sonic dying a slow and painful death...

I think those screen shot don't really show much, so I can't really comment on those. I do remember seeing some kind of shot of the game a few months ago that did resemble old sonic games.

I don't expect much from this game anyway. Since Sonic turn into 3d games, I don't think the series has been very good at. It's too hard for them to make a super fast paced platformer in 3d without sacrificing control. Meaning, it will be too hard the control the game or it just feel like the game is in auto pilot half the time. It still think they should just go back to a 2d game, with 3d effects, similar to Viewtiful Joe. I think they can make a fantastic game that way.

Jam it back in, in the dark.