Let's be honest, 8 sucked and Squall is dead
Well, I actually liked FF8 when I was ~16. Not as much as my favorite FF9 (at the time), but still. Looking back, I realize how many glaring flaws it had (especially after SpoonyOne), but back then I liked it, despite noticing some of them. Yeah, it's a little embarassing. =)
SoJ hates anything American, they were reluctant to release Boom over there.
If anything SoA would bring them back. But right now i think its best that SatAM stays away from the games, i have no confidence in the current direction of SEGA as a whole.
That probably explains the discord between me and SoJ's direction of game development. Back in Genesis/PSone days it would've been only natural to put Sally and some other freedom fighters in a Sonic game as easter egg playable characters available via code of some sorts. Kind of like Olaf from The Lost Vikings in Rock'n'Roll Racing - he is irrelevant to the plot of the game, just a nod to the fans. That must be the reason for not doing it. Actually it's still appropriate now - SEGA could've done that fan mod of Sonic Generations with Sally themselves.
Also the SoA part brings me hope to see Satam cast in an official game. However it also has to be pretty good in order to not put them even farther back on the shelf.













