Big the Cat is Retired

Most obviously, Quite Obviously, I'm Odd!

Takashi Izuka, the director of Sonic, has chose to Retire Big The Cat.  Kind of a shame, as big was a unique character, one of the few truly neutral folks in the franchise. While Rouge tends to.turn out good (except in recent games like the Olympic games, where she's a worthless scumbag for some reason, I really want her to.be nice again), the Babylons are Sonic haters, and Omega lives to fight, Big is practically a civilian. He just wishes to find his frog. He's not cool, he does not want to be cool, and he was.never meant to.be cool. He just is. However, he's still persistent despite being ordinary.
He is ever loyal to Froggy. Big reminds me of an A.A. Milne character somewhat. However, his gameplay was poorly viewed. His first playstyle was fishing. Yes, fishing in a platformer. His story was odd. He was an.everyman stuck in a battle. He just wanted Froggy.

There ,was even a plush of him!

And an action figure!

Burne Thompson and Vernon Fenwick got action figures, so what's stopping him?

Purr...

He also netted an appearance in the comics.

In SA2, Big was funnier. He made random cameos everywhere. Then came heroes. He was on team rose.

In that game, everyone felt like a beat em up ala Double Dragon. He took a break until 2007. Then came Sonic and The Secret Rings, where he cameoed. He was in every world, one mission each. He was also a cameo in Mario and Sonic Olympics and its sequel. He was playable in Sonic Chronicles, an RPG for the DS. He then made his last playable appearance in Sonic and Sega All Stars Racing. His spot was better left for Blaze and(ala Jacky and Akira)/or Rouge, much like how the Bonanza Bros should have been Nights or something.

Doodie-Doo!

He then had another unplayable appearance in Colors DS, followed by cameos in Generations and M&S 2012. Now he's gone. Will we ever see him again? Or better yet, will Silver go too? He's sort of the new Big.