Sonic dying a slow and painful death...

Eh, I liked Sonic Heroes. I think it's one of the best 3D action-platformers around. A couple frustrating spots (mostly involving Sonic's homing attacks) and a flaky camera (which is usually a killer for this type of game, but it doesn't hurt here as it would a slower game, like say, Mario Sunshine), but good fun nontheless once you get the 3-character mechanics down. I loved the designs for the casino levels.

Haven't played Shadow or Riders though...Riders looks pretty awful from what I've seen of it (in action and in still shots). Will probably pick up Sonic Rush for the DS once I'm done with Peach (though I might hold off, in favor of New SMB).

Jam it back in, in the dark.