Oh yeah, and there's concept artwork of Sonic getting covered with kisses. And lots of em.

was this before the idea of Amy Rose was conceived?

yes.

Yeah and them replacing them just proves that Elise was too horrible of a character

Meh. She's not a HORRIBLE character. You just need to understand 17 year old girls.

you probably simp for Elise at this point
Always raging when somebody says something against them
Always somehow mentioning them
Knowing EVERY known fact about them

No, I don't simp for her. I just like Sonic 06. And second, I like her as a character. Again, have your own opinion. I'm just trying to give my own side of the argument

ok then, you do you

There we go. I made this meme bc Elise haters bring up crap that was in concept art for the first game and I found it kinda stupid.

Also some other ideas from Sonic 1 that were scrapped and reused in 06:
the Eagle carrying Sonic.
I dunno