"Sonic Team needs to make a game like this!"
No they don't. The platforming barely works as is and if it were up to them they would double Sonic's speed and couple it with Sonic Heroes' barren level design. There's a reason why they gave Sonic the Homing Attack all the way back in 1998 and that's because he is a bitch to control in mid-air without it.

First Sonic game to leave me motion sick so I guess Sonic fans really innovate where Sega don't.