Ahead of the book’s release, the company provided Polygon with an excerpt covering Sonic’s evolution from a 2D sprite to a 3D character, which you can read below.

Thanks to the 2D renaissance brought about by the capable little system, Sonic is able to put on his best sprites for one more spin dash down the 2D highway in Sonic Advance.

If someone, somewhere is still able to recreate that classic 2D Sonic sprite style, maybe one day we'll get the new 2D Sonic game we've been craving all this time. Until then, there's always Sonic ...