A New Look For Sonic The Hedgehog That Satisfies His Fans

Sonic's new blue hedgehog look (IGN)

JAKARTA - The production house of Paramount Picture, keeps its promise to revise the character designs of Sonic the Hedgehog. Through his latest trailer, the blue hedgehog appears with a new design that follows the game's character.

This original Sonic design was completely overhauled, because it received criticism from its fans when the teaser for the film of the same title was shown last May. Since then, Paramount and Sega have postponed the release of the film until next year.

By design, many changes have been made by Paramount to the new Sonic look. The first thing is the Sonic animation style which looks more cartoonish than the original design.

In the previous design, the Sonic animation style was made more realistic and did not resemble the blue hedgehog character in the Sega game. This was greeted with a positive reception, Yuji Naka Sang is the creator behind the blue hedgehog mascot.

映 画 ソ ニ ッ ク の 新 し い デ ザ イ ン の ト レ ー ラ ー で す ね. 手袋 を つ け て く れ た の で だ い ぶ ソ ニ ッ ク っ ぽ く な り ま し た が, や っ ぱ り 目 は 繋 が ら な い ん で す ね. ど う も 違 和 感 を 感 じ て し ま い ま す ね. で も, 映 画 の 公開 が 楽 し みで す ね。 https://t.co/C8EwuiJg2m

- Yuji Naka / 中 裕 司 (@nakayuji) November 12, 2019

The director, Jeff Fowler, also expressed his gratitude for the criticism and input from Sonic fans to improve the appearance of the blue hedgehog in the film. Through his personal Twitter account, he revealed that this is the first time the production house has listened to criticism of the fanbase.

Thank you for the support. And the criticism. The message is loud and clear ... you aren't happy with the design & you want changes. It's going to happen. Everyone at Paramount & Sega are fully committed to making this character the BEST he can be ... #sonicmovie #gottafixfast 🔧✌️

- Jeff Fowler (fowltown) May 2, 2019

He hopes Sonic can break the Video Game Movie Curse phenomenon - a bad term that refers to a film adaptation of a video game. Where video game adaptations do not get a proper place in the hearts of the audience.

In this film, Sonic (Ben Schwartz) tries to navigate the complexities of his life on earth with his new friend, Tom Wachowski (James Marsden). Then the two join forces to fight Doctor Robotnik (Jim Carrey) who tries to use Sonic's powers to dominate the world.

Sonic the Hedgehog film will officially air on February 14, 2020. Are you ready to welcome this blue hedgehog speedster?