>>95826954To be fair, that was in the Dark Ages where there were no rules.
The second Ian stepped up on the scene, Sonic, Amy, Knuckles and Tails started featuring more prominently in the stories than the rest of the cast.
Well, Shadow over Amy, but still.
In the reboot it was decent.
Sally had no romantic feelings for Sonic, Sonic thought that Sally was a bro, and there was literally no relationship drama outside of 2 panels in Antoine's backstory.
One of my favourite bits is Sally worrying about sending a message out to the world, and Sonic goes up and tells her she's going to be great, which somewhat helps ease her into it, no "Do it for me crap" or "THE FUTURE JESUS KNUCKLES DEPENDS ON IT", just genuine friendly encouragement.
I feel if they come back though they'll be put to Nack + Bean status.
Relevant characters in the comic, but C-listers.
A-Listers being Sonic, Tails, Amy and Knuckles, B-Listers being Team Dark to Silver and Blaze, and then the fan favourites like Bean, Nack, Mighty and the FF's being on the C-list.