Imagine if the Freedom Fighters were the main characters from the game series and Sonic was created only for the cartoons and appeared in the Archie Comics?
Tails meeting up with Bunnie and both saving Station Square from Eggman in SA1, Sally saving Amy in Little Planet, Antoine having a rivalry with Knuckles, many possibilities.

https://www.deviantart.com/kitarehamakura/art/Modern-Freedom-Fighters-855755333