![]() But Sonic Boom is more than just a video game it's an animated TV series, comic book and merchandise, and that kind of endeavor requires something a little safer. While these concepts may be divisive, they could have certainly pushed Sonic the Hedgehog in a more interesting direction than what we got in the final product. ![]() No longer is he a barrel-chested or spherical bodied, mustachioed megalomaniac, at one point he was envisioned as something of a hillbilly mechanic or dorky engineering savant who's shaped like a beanpole. Maybe the biggest departure from established character design was this interpretation of Eggman. Some actually look vaguely like real hedgehogs. Other designs took a more flat, but still highly kinetic interpretation of Sonic. HAHA," concept artist Craig Harris said on his Facebook page. "Needless to say Sega wasn't down with these. ![]() SAN DIEGO - JULY 20: Sega Sonic The Hedgehog, at the Comic Con, on July 20, 2013, in San Diego, CA. miles tails prower character, tails (sonic the hedgehog) Sonic Boom Bowling. In some, Sonic the Hedgehog is wearing clothing. Yerevan, Armenia - September 16, 2022: Animation Cartoon Character Sonic Design isolated on white background. Seeing Sonic wearing a scarf, standing next to a burly Knuckles, while everyone was inexplicably wearing so much tape was something of a shock to longtime fans and followers.īut things could have been very different.Ĭoncept artists who worked on pitches for Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric showed off some early Sonic redesigns on Facebook recently, as spotted by NeoGAF, and earlier takes were far more radical. The idea of a walking, talking, blue hedgehog itself is a already unbelievable, so we doubt adding fur and scales would have made it any better.When Sega unveiled a new take on Sonic the Hedgehog and friends earlier this year, reaction to the redesigned cast of Sonic Boom was, at best, mixed. However instead of sticking to their guns and keeping the design, the studio realized that they could use it to their advantage, sort of as a yardstick in which they knew how far they were allowed to go with their own creations, but at the same time keeping the folks at the Sonic Team (relatively) happy.Īpparently early designs of the character included features like scales and realistic looking fur. I felt sorry for the guy because sometimes he couldn’t actually look at the screen-it was too traumatic seeing all the crazy stuff we wanted to do.” Early on, when we had our first review of all the crazy things we wanted to try, came down to Los Angeles and looked through all the different concepts. “Sonic Team came back with their discomfort of that. Speaking to the folks at GameSpot, Bob Rafei, the head of the studio in charge of the character redesigns, revealed that early iterations of the redesign caused much discomfort to the Sonic Team to the point where the Sonic Team’s head, Takashi Iizuka, couldn’t even look at the computer screen because it was apparently the redesigns were too outlandish to the point where it was trauamtic. Sure the game will be naturally getting an upgrade in graphics, as is the case with most new games, but if you have been playing Sonic games for many years and you’ve even followed the cartoon back in the day, you’ll notice that Sonic Booms’ Sonic looks a little different from the past.īased on feedback spotted around the internet, not everyone is a fan of the new design, but gamers can rest assured that it could have been much, much worse. The title is called Sonic Boom and it will be the third and final Sega game that will be an exclusive to Nintendo. If you’re a fan of Sonic the Hedgehog and the Sonic franchise, you’ve probably heard that there will be a new Sonic game that will be released later this year.
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