Get with the program
Seems we went from "Aw, they inserted Big as a joke, how cute" to "This guy is outranking Tails, Amy, Knuckles and even Shadow at this point."
Hey, who's the very first character after Sonic that they revealed for Sonic prime, ignoring possibly outdated concept art? And now rumors go around he's in Sonic movie 3 too. Get with the program kids, this guy's your favorite side character now.