Well... I guess.
Eitherway, I hope that whatever characters we do see don't end up just being useless comic relief like all the new characters we've had since Sonic Unleashed. I wish(I was gonna say I hope but that probably won't ever happen) that characters actually play important roles and dare I say actually develop.
But yeah, it does seem like Mania is taking all the spotlight right now until we see some gameplay footage. I'm not too much feeling the hype either but I think more than anything, people just have a lot of faith in Mania because the people working on it have proven to be well capable in the past.