You guys told me to stick with sprites, so...

[Schimid]

Good enough for me. The Sonic one looks really natural, except maybe for the eyes and to a much lesser extent, the mouth. I thought it was weird that you left Sonic as he was in his own games, but changed Link's look drastically. I'm not complaining, as it does look really good ('cept for the ear, maybe).

I'm not gonna say anything on Samus, because I never liked the Metroid series. ;(

I really like the fire. The only thing I would change about it, if anything at all, is that it's moving very...I don't the word for it. But if you look at it and actually focus, it's just going right, left, right, left.

But that's only if you pay real close attention to it. And keep in mind, I'm nothing of an artist myself. Good work, though.