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"2014 will mark a renaissance for Sonic the Hedgehog"

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Ito

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WHY ARE HIS ARMS BLUE????

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Estellise

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Sonic doesn't look half bad. I like that little Nathan Drake scarf he has there.
Knuckles looks so...off. its like his head fits but his body doesn't. And is it just me or did their legs get much longer?
 
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Ferr986

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Sonic Colors was a pretty slow game with lots of fiddly platforming bits that didn't feel super great.

Somebody from Sonic Team admitted post-release that Sonic Colors was intentionally designed to appeal to the "Nintendo Audience", and that they were trying to make a game they thought fans of Mario would enjoy more. The wisp power-up system is kind of a dead giveaway in retrospect; Sonic's never had anything like that before.
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Dunno about Lost World, but I loved Colors. It just need a bit more interesting 3D parts, but it did a good job on mixing speed and platforming. And the wisps worked very well for the most part, almost all are short and speed oriented (even using old Sonic abilities like spindash).
It was kind of the Sonic CD of the 3D era (and CD is my favorite Sonic game ever).

EDIT: Sonic is horrible, he is even taller and slim than the 2006 version. Unleashed model was perfect....
 
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btkadams

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lmao reading the summary of sonic boom made it not seem so bad, but that picture of knuckles...

i didn't think it was possible to make the characters look worse, but they've succeeded.
 
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Dragoon En Regalia

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Good call: what's with the coloring? They really want to emphasize their chest shapes now, which I think goes against the idea of going fast. Why so bulky?
 
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crooked spin

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Looks fine to me. Sonic seems to be a BIG improvement over "modern" Sonic.

Knuckles looks kinda weird but always been strong and now his appearance just reflects that.
 
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SonicTHP

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That's not completely terrible.

Not sure about the scarf and wrapped feet on Sonic (works alright for Knuckles though).

You can definitely tell this was made with current trends in kids CG movies/shows in mind.
 
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TheCongressman1

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Sonic is even lanker and strange looking than the Sonic 06 model. Not an easy feat! And then of course the sports tape, it's just so COOL.


I hate it.
 
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PeakPointMatrix

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Euuhhg, Sonic's long lanky legs are a littler creepy actually. kinda 06 vibes there.

Knuckles' head looks like it was just copied and pasted from the old design onto an unfitting body.
 
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Dr. Buni

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Woah, Sonic doesn't look kewl and edgy anymore. Classic Sonic's design still is the best, but this new design is FAR better than the Modern Sonic's design.

And Knuckles finally has a fitting design. It is not great, but it isn't awful either.
 
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Ferr986

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crooked spin said:
Looks fine to me. Sonic seems to be a BIG improvement over "modern" Sonic.

Knuckles looks kinda weird but always been strong and now his appearance just reflects that.
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how? I mean, this is just a taller and slimmer version of Modern Sonic, and people hated how the Modern Sonic was already taller and slimmer than Classic Sonic

Woah, Sonic doesn't look kewl and edgy anymore. Classic Sonic's design still is the best, but this new design is FAR better than the Modern Sonic's design.
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this looks edgier than the redesign?

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SykoTech

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So, going by the tweets, the TV show reboot/redesign is affecting the games as well?

It's like Sega is actively trying to push me away. And I was really loving them after Generations too.

Sega1991 said:
Sonic Colors was the start of the problem that dragged down Lost World, I feel. You can say that Sonic is a platformer franchise but as a platformer his controls were never as good as Mario.

The ultra-fast gameplay of Rush, Unleashed and Generations were, in my opinion, a stronger identity for Sonic. Pushing Sonic harder down the path of Mario downplays what makes him unique.
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Ooh, very much agreed here. I enjoyed Colors, but I feel it's pretty overrated. Especially on these parts. A lot of things felt very un-Sonic-like. The emphasis on square, 2D platforming in particular was awkward.The level design didn't always hold up either, and I also didn't like how they tried to cap Sonic's top speed. Even the classics had a lot of moments of insane speed (Chemical Plant, Hydrocity, Mushroom Hill). Colors' determination of making sure Sonic never goes too fast ever felt off to me.

Then Lost World came along and multiplied each issue even further.

Despite all the hate the "boost-to-win" games get, I prefer their style more for Sonic. Especially in Generations, where there was still lots of platforming to go along with all the speed.
 
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Exterminieren said:
Ruh-roh.
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*pop-corn*

Sonic looks not as bas as I thought, Knuckles is...strange. So, so, so strange. It's like they tried to mix the old design with the new one, but without blending them well enough :lol
 
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Piers

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I am getting spooky 2006 vibes from those proportions.
Scout the Hedgehog :(

I hate it, and by next year everyone else will hate it as well.
 
MagiusNecros

MagiusNecros

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I wonder if they are planning a Sonic Fighter or Sonic Musou. New designs are interesting. Not sure what to think about beefy Knuckles though.
 
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Dragoon En Regalia

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Well, the new problems are that this Knux design looks shopped and that Sonic is gaunt in the akimbo. Sonic does look cuter and less extreme, but now he ain't a laughing fat dude nor Ryan Drummond. Knuckles, I can see what they're going for, but it needs work.
 
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TheOGB

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Sonic Boom 2: Knuckles Needs a Neck

MagiusNecros said:
I wonder if they are planning a Sonic Fighter or Sonic Musou. New designs are interesting. Not sure what to think about beefy Knuckles though.
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SONIC BATTLE 2

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UberTag

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TSSZ ‏@tssznews 28m
Via @sonicparadise, we are hearing reports the Boom video game may NOT be developed by Sonic Team. That would suggest a separate canon.
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Has this been posted yet? They got this from the Spanish-language @sonicparadise Twitter feed before their ominous "bad news" tweet.
 
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The Bankslammer

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yeah i dunno the more human-like body proportions don't do it for me and i'm not really sure why beefing up knuckles is necessary but maybe it'll make more sense when i see it in the context of the other changes made to the series

other than that i don't really have any big problems with it
 
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