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New concept art for Sonic & friends through the ages shown at 25th anniversary event
- Thread starter Rlan
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LightningXCE
Member
Shadow's concept got turned into the warehog.
Interesting.
Interesting.
Darth_Caedus
No longer canonical
Silver and Shadow oh my. Glad they changed those ones up a lot. Their other ones are horrible.
struggler_guts
Member
I like blazes and big's concept arts better but I'm actually glad how they ended with shadow.
Crimsonclaw111
Member
So they actually toned down the edge.
broncobuster
Banned
Should've kept Totoro Big
FreeMufasa
Junior Member
ScientificPizza
Banned
it's hard to believe that the final shadow design was actually the best one
SolVanderlyn
Thanos acquires the fully powered Infinity Gauntlet in The Avengers: Infinity War, but loses when all the superheroes team up together to stop him.
Shadow looks like just about every "original character do not steal" fanart that his character spawned.
Blaze's concepts are all poppin'. Every single one looks cool.
Blaze's concepts are all poppin'. Every single one looks cool.
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
High big the cat tho
Professor Beef
Banned
Shadow's isn't too surprising if you remember the very first images/promo for SA2. I'm happy the design changed, but that's all I'm happy about concerning the history behind that mess of a game.
yeah i never thought id see the day where i actually appreciate his design, but those concepts are something else
mrmickfran
Member
What the hell were they doing with Gamma
WHAT THE HELL WERE THEY DOING WITH SILVER
WHAT THE HELL WERE THEY DOING WITH SILVER
SparksterMeta0
Member
Yeah. Big totally looked like a Totoro.
SaviourMK2
Member
I can't believe I'm saying this... I'm happy with Silver's current design
mrmickfran
Member
The scar on Shadow is what gets me.
All he needs is a cigarette and some Linkin Park blasting on the speaker.
All he needs is a cigarette and some Linkin Park blasting on the speaker.
Japanmanx3
Member
Everyone post SA1 went with the best design for sure. Blaze is the only one with some alternates that could be ok besides the actual look she has now. Those Shadow, Big, and Cream prototypes are straight garbage and disrespectful lol.
Mr. Smiley
Member
Those Shadow designs. wew
I like this Sonic
Blaze had a pretty interesting development. Not as varied as Silver's evidently, but I like the look of most of hers.
I like this Sonic
Blaze had a pretty interesting development. Not as varied as Silver's evidently, but I like the look of most of hers.
Theanine3D
Member
Those early designs look so Disney. Very cute.
Nah, the very first SA2 images showed basically his final design.
And thank god. It's remarkable that, despite how much shit Shadow's design has gotten over the years, it could have been so much worse. The final design is downright fantastic is comparison.
Professor Beef
Banned
It's mainly a flotation device.
Nah, the very first SA2 images showed basically his final design.
And thank god. It's remarkable that, despite how much shit Shadow's design has gotten over the years, it could have been so much worse. The final design is downright fantastic is comparison.
I'm talking before those, even. This was back when the game was still in development and there were only 2-3 playable characters planned.
EDIT: Actually I might be misremembering if that version of Shadow was shown off during that time. I think that was shown in later concept art, so I probably got my timelines mixed.
Eh the guy apparently is still the most popular non sonic character in the entire franchise, and he isn't even around that much anymore. So he isn't getting that much shit really.
That said though I like how his concepts were like " Wow we almost fucked that up "
Like seriously , these are the best . Like this was literally you almost fucked up your pile of money.
with a concept like "telekinetic hedgehog from the future" im surprised his earlier concepts arent more wacky and weird
Calm Mind
Member
CRAWLING IN MY SKIN!!!!!
That second shot is from the very first footage ever shown for the game, haha. If there's anything earlier I neither remember it (despite following the game at the time) nor can I find it online.
Mr. Smiley
Member
It's like they tried to keep Eggman's goofy aesthetics on his robots but realized that just wasn't going to work.
KingdomHeartsFan
Member
I'd say for all of those they ended up picking the best options.
Catalix
And on the sixth day the LORD David Bowie created man and woman in His image. And he saw that it was good. On the seventh day the LORD created videogames so that He might take the bloody day off for once.
Good lord those early Shadow designs. Hard to believe, but we really did end up with the lesser of evils.
Blaze is still one of the few cool looking modern Sonic characters, though. Both in the concept and final forms.
Blaze is still one of the few cool looking modern Sonic characters, though. Both in the concept and final forms.
Professor Beef
Banned
Check my edit, I goofed.
Since I'm traveling down memory lane, this is the post I touched upon that explains the tumultuous history behind SA2. (TL;DR - blame the fans)
Professor Beef
Banned
oh you'd love that wouldn't you
mrmickfran
Member
THESE WOUNDS THEY WILL NOT HEAL
They all look like shit fanfiction, jebus
Now I'm really curious to see how Adventure 1 would've been if all the E-Series guys looked Disney robots.
Professor Beef
Banned
I mean, it's probably small consolation, but you can try out the various mods to the Sega Sonic games that replace him with Amy.
I'm telling you that's strait up real , and people speculated that Blaze and shadow evolved from the same character concept because of that .
I swear i seent that.
Also yes.