I think it should muhuri the deal for the many Nostalgic mashabiki out there. The Sonic fanbase is falling apart at its seams so I guess this is Sonic Team's way of testing the waters to see what the fanbase needs. The creator of StarFox tried to do this. Too bad he got burned out with all the fickled mashabiki complaining about this au that and never being satisfied.
Hopefully Sonic 4 and the newest one Sonic Colors wont be bad.