http://mynintendonews.com/2013/10/02/new-sonic-cg-cartoon-series-announced/

what no
I don't mind a cartoon, but character redesigns is too reminiscent of Loonatics Unleashed for me

I think it has the most potential out of all the Sonic cartoons.

I do not like the idea of redesigning Sonic & Co., but as long as it doesn't get in the games or comic I'm fine.

Speaking of the comic, I wonder if this show will have the same mandates Archie does

>>54751487
>I do not like the idea of redesigning Sonic & Co

Autist confirmed.

The current Sonic character designs are copy/paste garbage and redesigns are the best thing that can happen right now.

>>54751692
>The current Sonic character designs are copy/paste garbage
What are you talking about?

No one looks all that different except Knux, and at least he has a reason for being HUEG

>>54751692

There's good redesigns and there's bad redesigns.
Knuckles needs to be handled differently, there is nothing good about him as it is.

At the very least, you don't take away his fucking signature giant spiked boxing gloves.

Did Knuckles take steroids?

>>54751789
five fingers?
I can live with that.

>>54751798
you can take away the gloves, just leave the spikes

>>54751795
I don't know. Sonic's looking kind of scruffy. I'd wager it's more than a few stray quills when we see his actual design.

>>54751380
>shoving Amy into EVERYTHING
Hoo-fuckin'-rah, now I won't have to worry about it being good.

>>54751952
You can over do it.

Very easily.

From the shadows alone, it's hard to tell if any of the characters besides Knuckles will be undergoing any drastic changes. Sonic's spines, and Amy's outfit are the only things I can see.

In a weird way, I don't really mind the idea of Knuckles being bigger than the others, since he tends to be portrayed as the dumb muscle anyway. Don't know why they're giving him fingers, though. The only explanation I can think of is that they figure they want to be able to animate him with full use of his hands, rather than clumsy looking mittens.

>>54751987
It's been that way sense adventure.
She was just supposed to be a one time character from CD. But no, Sonic need more story means love interest and color swap rival.

>>54751983
While everyone's crying over Knuckles looking cool, this here is what I'm legit afraid of.

>>54752021
I really hope they don't push Sonic and Amy together in this.

>>54751990
Well, from the silhouette it seems they haven't.
Or you're going to cry out that it'll look bad for sure despite the only thing we have so far looking good?

>>54752088
Like I said in my post, I'm afraid of these designs getting into the games somehow.

>>54751998
I think Sonic's wearing a vest

>>54752127
I honestly doubt that

>>54752150
fucking lel at knuckles.

>>54752155
He's borrowing Sally's.

I love Amy's outline.

>>54752150
Oh Jesus what

Ummmm.... how is the Sonic franchise still relevant enough to release a new show, considering how spotty the track record of Sonic games since roughly Sonic Adventure?

>>54752101
Why else would she be there anon?
>>54752106
The design itself is fine, but I think it simply takes to many liberties with the expectation of the character. Simply saying that he's supposed to be imposing does not mean an automatic pass to turn him into a giant brute.

>>54752175
Same reason the Rabbids and Pacman got a series.

>>54751998
>I don't really mind the idea of Knuckles being bigger than the others, since he tends to be portrayed as the dumb muscle anyway

That's racist.

HERE I COME ROUGHER THAN THE REST

I'm a little bit hyped to see how this goes. Of course I was never a fan of any of the Sonic tv series, comics, or any of the games after the classics.

I don't really think there's much of a reason for /co/ to be flipping their fedoras over this, but I do understand that Sonic fans seem pretty fucking serious about the franchise.

>>54752150
So who would win? Squidward or Knuckles?

>>54752175
I think you mean how bad since Sonic Heroes to somewhere after '06.

The new games are apparently popular enough with the kids to justify a new show in some exec's mind.

>>54752175
I'm pretty sure his games did pretty decent recently

More speculation.

>>54752201
If at some point in the show, he starts punching people while screaming this, it will all have been worth it.

>>54752175
Your records are out of date. Sonic hasn't had a quality problem for about half a decade or more.

>>54752265
Nah, Sonic's definitely wearing a vest or something.

damn people draw fast...

>>54752308
This is acceptable.

>>54752354
>06
>half a decade ago
It's 2013 bro.

>>54752347
>goggles
I sincerely hope not.

>>54752417
He said half a decade OR MORE.

Bro.

tails looks like he'd be exactly the same...

>>54752484

YES!

>>54752354
06 was a long time ago and also the wake up call the pushed them into realized their methods for game design sucked.
Free Riders was a "side" game, it shouldn't really count
The werehog was necessary evil for the daytime stages to exist as they did, lest the game wouldn't have been long enough to release.

>>54752484
>hat
It's not in the silhouette, but I admire the initiative.

>>54752484
Perfect.

>>54752529
>>54752529
∞/10

>>54752433
Actually I really see it now unless sonic has a caveman brow now.

I'd like Knuckles' new look a lot more if his wrists weren't so skinny.
It just looks kind of weird with that cartoony style.

>>54752594
agreed.

>>54752571
I like knuckles dreads.

>>54752571

Saved.

I'm loving these.

>>54752524
All of these still sucked and were definitely low quality games (and one 3/4 of a game). The point is that the last half decade or so has not been a perfect uphill trend for Sonic, no matter how you try and artificially qualify it.

At some point you just have to let go of the correlation.

>>54752594

I have to agree there.

>>54752649
That's just some basic cartoon design.

>>54752649
Calm down. It's just a redline targeting appeal.

And who knows. The designs might change by release. Wouldn't be the first time.

>>54752641
The point is, it's been an uphill trend.

>>54752487
Why?

>>54751487
>I think it has the most potential out of all the Sonic cartoons.
How can you say that? We know pretty much nothing about this show besides those weird shadows.

Press release teaser images are the most unflattering images in the world, aren't they? Remember when this was all we had to base Animated off of?

>>54752594
>>54752670

I strongly disagree, he's an Echidna not a Gorilla.

inb4 reverse attempt at realism not applying.

My point here isn't whether it's realistic, it's focusing on universally identifiable traits instead of incorporating caricatures. Giving Knuckles the Echidna a bigger build helps with the whole strong guy thing, giving Knuckles the Echidna Gorilla arms isn't going to help the character.

>>54752656

I agree, but let's not start adding even more confusing elements.

>>54752743
To be fair most of DJW's shit looks awful in still images.

>>54752762
>he's an Echidna
IS HE?

>>54752692
It's been pretty rough, all things considered. Sonic Team fumbled around with the Storybook series and Unleashed before they hit their stride with Colors and Generations (and possibly Rivals). And to be perfectly honest, the only thing thing that's gone up is the gameplay. The stories are a joke now. Of course most people don't care about that, hence why money is being made.

>>54752700

Well he said potential, not quality.
And it's easy to gauge that based on the premise.

Instead of being Sonic and the Freedom Fighters, Prince Sonic and his royal siblings , Sonic in an alternate human world or any other weird variation it's just Sonic, Tails, Knuckles and Amy for some reason vs Eggman with other characters and villains showing up now and then.

The lack of setting restraints means the simplification gives it more potential.

>>54752813
>Sonic and the Freedom Fighters
That was a good coherent setting though.

>>54752788

As much as Sonic any Amy are Hedgehogs.

>>54752812
I actually thought the Storybook thing had potential, since Sonic is partly based off of old cartoon protagonists and those guys were in all sorts of fairy tale adaptations.

I hope they revisit the concept someday.

I'm not liking Shoulders the Echidna. Knuckles always had a defined silhouette and looks way different from Sonic, so I don't see the need to change it.

>>54752812
>The stories are a joke now
Yeah, after 06 they it kinda just gave up. Unfortunate I guess, but I guess that's why they're making a show now.

>>54752762
Knuckles barely resembles an echidna as it is.
Besides, his game design already has his arms tapering more toward his huge fists anyway, if you're going to exaggerate his strength, that's the direction to go.

>>54752843
ARE THEY?!

>>54752762
They're not exclusively gorilla arms, man. Go look at any bulky Sonic character besides Big.

>>54752871
Hey, if it means better games with a focus on actual gameplay instead of corny cutscenes and pointless exposition, I'm all for it.

>>54752813
Pretty much sums up what I meant in my post.

>>54752833
We have two comics for that though.

>>54752889
He's a pretty big fella...

>>54752915
Here here.

>>54752860
Cartoons tend to exaggerate things like entire body builds or accents and the like to get more of a spectrum. I don't have a problem with it, but I hope they keep it out of the games. We have characters like Vector and Big the Cat filling out our hulking giant roster.

The large shadow isn't Knuckles, it's a new character.

>>54752926
Yeah but he's got little hands, probably so the fishing pole looks less dumb in his grip.

>>54752788
>>54752884
I'm not sure what you're getting at here.

>>54752973
If anything, Knuckles being the only power-based character to not look like that is what makes him unique amongst them, and helps his status as rival.

>>54752926
>>54752996

I'm not sure if I'm glad that tired reference was missed or disappointed.

>>54752996
It was DKR Bane "FOR YOU" set up

>>54752915
See, that's good for you, and for enough of the audience for SEGA to keep up the trend. Me? I screwed myself over by coming in with Adventure 2 (and really liking its take on things). Sonic games are headed in the exact opposite direction, and will be for the conceivable future. But hey, at least some older fans are happy now.

>>54753014
We don't really know if he's going to be a rival in this cartoon, though. Don't forget how long he's been a friend of Sonic now. He's rivalry gets swept under the rug pretty exclusively now.

>>54752250
Woooh, what was wrong with heroes? I thought it was absolutely brilliant.

>>54753045
He's friendly, but they still squabble. Sonic X especially loved to play that shit up.

>>54753030
I'm sure one day they'll be able to have a decent story that doesn't interrupt the flow of gameplay. Being able to take full advantage of the medium it is instead of using mediocre interaction as an excuse for a movie after every level.

>>54753058
That's kind of hard to pinpoint. The story sucked, but theoretically the gameplay should have been good. It was a further refinement of the Sides aspect that had been introduced in SA2 as a further refinement of the old Character Chapters system from SA1. It also consolidated the different playstyles so you didn't have to go through a full level of side characters doing their thing before getting back to the speed stages.

It /should/ have been good, but having four different teams for the sake of padding out the game ended up really bogged things down.

>>54753099
I wish we could get more Day In the Life interactions like this between Sonic and pals in the games. Too bad it seems to conflict with the whole high speed gameplay focus.

>>54753237
I'd like stuff like the bonus videos in Unleashed. Just little vignettes that you don't have to look at. Unfortunately that'd be a ton of extra work for pretty much no payoff for the game devs...

>>54753030

Don't group us in the same pot, I started with the Genesis games and loved the idea of a mythos the second I saw the Hidden Palace Mural. It made the Doomsday Zone pay off all the more worth it and exciting. You were just a rodent running around on a Floating Island and now the prophecy has been fulfilled. A prophecy about a golden flying hedgehog in orbit redirecting missiles towards a giant robot attempting to steal a massive exotic energy emitting gemstone. But a prophecy nonetheless. There was a sense of legitimate completion Sonic 1 and 2 lacked due to 1 just sort of having the Chaos Emeralds "Captain Planet" South Island and 2 tacking on Super Sonic with little significance outside gameplay. Sonic 3 & Knuckles made the Emerald Hunt worth it for both gameplay and story what little there was. That's the middle ground we should aim for.

I'm not sure where or when this idea of story bleaching in video games started but it's the wrong response to the hollywoodification of video games. We shouldn't want LESS stories just because writers are bad, we should want BETTER stories from good writers.

It's like swearing off food because one or two chefs screwed up a dish.

>>54753286
I just want my cutscenes not to take up so much time. Better writers help, but I play games to -play- them. If they can smoothly integrate the story into the actual interaction, that's even better.

>>54753286
I completely agree about this. Too bad SEGA's never going to hire better writers as long as the current bunch keeps making them money.

>>54753286
Not me. I lose all interest in something when the plot goes "You were DESTINED to do this! THE PROPHECY!"

>>54751789
BLASPHEMY.

>>54751987
Amy's been a core character since what... 1997? She's been one of the four main cast longer than she HASN'T.

>>54753201
Fair point
The story itself could of used some changes, but that gameplay... especially since it was the first sonic game I'd played since Genesis and Mega-drive.

I wish we had Mighty in this

>>54751952

Part of Knuckles charm is that he's a tough guy without really looking the part.

If we want strong guys who look the part, we got Vector, Storm, and a bunch of robits.

>>54753412
Technically she only became a core character sense adventure. The first time she was just a random one time chick.

As long as we're talking about stuff that's never going to happen, I kind of wish SEGA would make a spin-off alternate universe for the fans that want a bit more seriousness to their Sonic. While it would help net them people who might not like the direction the franchise is taking right now, it would probably divide their efforts too much to predict reasonable returns.

>>54752354
Don't forget
>Chronicles
>Black Knight
>Colors DS
Sonic 4

Wonder if Shadow will show up.

>>54752743
I remember the TFW thread where the first batch of designs were revealed and everyone sweared up and down that Animated would end up the red hair stepchild of Transformers series.

>>54753447
She was in Sonic R and probably a few other things. Sure she was just the obligatory female character even then though.

>>54753447
Right, what's your point? She's been a major player since 1998 and was in a bigger tv series than either of the american sonic love interests. Everyone knows her as sonic's girlfriend or at the very least, the girl who has a crush on sonic.

Besides, the same could be said about Knuckles or literally any Sonic character besides Tails and Robotnik.

>>54753447
Not really. She showed up in Sonic R and Sonic the Fighters, she was in a lot of the promotional art. She wasn't playable in the main series, but she was recurring cast back when that meant something.

>>54751692
they're fucking silhouettes

The real animated Sonic is that hilarious, perverted OVA and the Sonic CD stuff.

>>54753505
He'll probably either be horribly misused if he does.

I still remember the Ape Escape Cartoon. Always makes me wonder when it comes to video game adaptions.

>>54753528
>>54753548
Didn't know that.

>>54753555
Are you implying there's anything good they can do with Ow The Edge?

>>54753555
Was that cartoon any good?

>>54753639
I remember him and Rouge being funny together in Battle.

>>54753505
Probably. Shadow is a part of the very small modern cast. I can't imagine they won't squeeze him in at some point.

I just realized we are going to have to listen to Amy's Minnie Mouse high-pitched voice.

Fuck.

>>54753659
just hope they do him well. I mean, it's not impossible.

>>54753664
We don't really know what the new voices will be.

Even knuckles looks like he's going to be voiced as a black thug style character.

>>54753639
There are certain ways they could portray him that would work. See the comics for a good example.

>>54753643
Fuck no, it was horrible on every level.

>>54753669
Archie proved that.

>>54753548
Don't forget Drift and Drift 2.

>>54752150
>>54752277
>>54752308
Is it bad that when I saw the silhouette of sonics, I imagined it to be a Marty Mcfly vest?

It just seemed like something Sonic would wear.

>>54753676
Roger Craig Smith tweeted about it, so I'm assuming at least he is involved.

>>54753639
He makes a good grumpy egotistical straight man.

>>54753728
Fuck.

>>54753693
I did and I'll do it again.

>>54753749
I don't see a problem with his Sonic.

>>54753749
So did Mike Pollock.

>>54753780
I just, don't like it. Maybe it's all the cheesy lines he had in colors, but it seems like his inflection is missing something.
>>54753781
That, however, is a good thing.

>>54753728
They're using the game's cast

>>54753799
>Minnie Mouse Amy as a main character
Fuuuuuck

If Scratch and Grounder aren't in this, it's absolutely pointless.

>>54753780
I don't either.

I have to admit though, I was starting to like Jason a lot in Sonic Unleashed, so I'd be lying if I said I wasn't sad that they got rid of him once he really started hitting his stride/Sonic started being in semi-decent games.

Speaking of Unleashed, I really hope this series draws a lot from that game

>>54753832
That's exactly how I feel. It really was a shame.

Shadow's new voice sucks asshole too.

>>54753812
NIgga, who cares? We don't have Mighty in the series.

>>54753832
While I didn't necessarily like the game itself, I thought the world they made for it was pretty great, pixarish humans and all. I definitely wouldn't mind them taking influence from it.

>>54753869
I hope we at least get Purple Sonic.

>>54752871
>Yeah, after 06 they it kinda just gave up. Unfortunate I guess, but I guess that's why they're making a show now.

That's because Sonic 2006's story is hilariously bad, and probably one of the worst stories in Sonic 2006.

They just figured, well maybe we shouldn't have grimdark, romance stories in Sonic. Just keep most of the stories simple and lighthearted, then overly complex/deep.

>>54754079
Adventure/02Shadow was alright.

>>54753820
Sorry but Orbot and Cubot are your designated duo robot lackeys.

>>54754099
You had me until Shadow
Even the True Netural storyline of Shadow is awful.

Speaking of bad storylines, it's pretty fucking amazing on how awful Sonic 2006's storyline is that it managed to kill of the idea of Sonic ever having a story in the game, even on the level of something like Adventure (which wasn't really that complex)

Like how come no one in the future has any idea of what the Chaos Emeralds are or how to seal Iblis away, but they know that it's called Iblis? Someone would have had to told them, right?

Wouldn't anyone who knows what Iblis really is be the only one to know it's name, and thus how to seal it away as well?

Those extra strands of quills and a bigger knuckles (that's knuckles, right? eh we'll see) reminds me of that old Crash Bandicoot redesign. To be honest, i liked that and the games. They werent so bad. and im interested in seeing how this turns out.

This new TV show is win/win for Archie Sonic.

Either it's a huge success despite not being like the games, so that will shut up the obsessive crowd who always complains the comic is not gamey enough.

Or it's a huge failure, and due to the comic being closer to the game canon, (and the games hardly doing story anymore) cements Archie Sonic as the definitive Sonic canon.

>>54752150
My god!
He's gorgeous!

>>54755773
They wouldn't need a reboot to explain.

Just say Sonic found a jacket he likes and Knuckles started working out.

>>54752926
FOR YOU

>>54752150
2handsome4me

FEATURING PATRICK WARBURTON AS KNUCKLES

>>54751761
>that filename
Yeah, Mario is basically the same game over and over too. The franchise is like Mickey Mouse or McDonalds. You don't go to it because it's good, you go to it because it's safe, bland as fuck, and most importantly, familiar.

>>54753716
>, I imagined it to be a Marty Mcfly vest?
Well, it'd actually make sense for Sonic to wear a life preserver.

>>54755915
If this happens, I take back every negative comment I have said about the show so far.

>>54752347
>no skirt
this is the only thing I don't like really. I like my Amy dressed cute.
everything else I'm hype for

>>54752175
From colors and onward sonic recovered from the rut he was in.

>>54752175
According to the comic writer guy, the show was in talks since at least 2007. They only just now got it rolling.

>>54753503
>Colors DS
>Bad
>Not just Rush 3
>Not actually taking the shit on the shit game, Generations 3DS.

Good to see you don't play video games.

>>54752265
I could kind of maybe deal with this Knuckles.

>>54752277
>>54752292
>>54752308
I couldn't deal with these.

>>54752484
I would be okay with this.

>>54752594
I hate to admit that, if you did this, I wouldn't really care as much about roided Knux.

His look for decades has been big hands and small arms, so when it flips around to the opposite it looks really weird. It's like if Sonic suddenly has tiny eyes and fucking huge ears.

>>54755773
Someone asked Flynn if he'd have to reboot again.

He said "No. *text can't convey the huge grin on my face right now*"
They've probably redesigned Knux in the games as well already. You can't stop it. They already did it 35 minutes ago.

>>54756902
Dimps just needs to stop doing the handheld games entirely.

>>54757029
That might explain why we haven't seen a screenshot of him for Lost World

>>54757335
I don't think so. Archie did an official prequel comic for Lost Worlds, and while only a few people have got it since it was supposed to come out at the end of October, not the beginning of it, nobody has made any mention of Knuckles looking any different.

Though that should be obvious since none of the other Lost World characters have this new design.

But there still is one more Nintendo exclusive game Sega has to announce.

>>54758143
Nobody mentioned Knuckles at all.

>>54758225
Yes they did.
http://board.sonicstadium.org/topic/6-archies-sonic-the-hedgehog/page-695

>>54758143
Still Ian dropping any hint that the designs may be changing across mediums is worrisome for me at least.

>>54753780
I don't either, he's been getting better lately.

But his line delivery needs work, and I think he's just getting poor direction. I've listened to his other work, he's a very capable voice actor.

>>54758674
As far as the games are concerned, Sonic Team is too busy playing it safe to do anything slightly out of the norm. For better or for worse.

Reminds me of this shit.
It was stupid here and it's stupid for Sonic

>>54751761
>that's the most radical design
>not Strikers

Do you even the Football

>>54760237
No no. Strong characters are supposed to be huge. How else will the kids get it?

>>54754894
What if new lackeys? E-series Rho and Sigma or something. Or just a crapload of egglike faceless wacky minions.

>>54754894
I'm fine with Orbot and Cubot sticking around, but holy FUCK can we please retire the Egg Pawn already?

>>54760415
Gee, I don't know, perhaps by demonstration of strength?

I kind of like the fact Knuckles is huge, it gets rid of that cookie cutter effect. Same with Tails being so small.
It also kind of looks like Sonic has some kind of sleeveless jacket or something on, which I would also be cool with, I'm not big on them all being completely naked.
Looks like Tails might have a belt on too, presumably to keep his tools in.

Amy looks fucking naked though, where's her dress?

>Dr. Eggman
Not Dr. Robotnik
Dropped

>>54761934
Maybe she's wearing shorts?

>>54762190
It's been 12 years anon! 12 years! Get over it!

>>54761934
>Amy looks fucking naked though, where's her dress?
I have no problem with this turn of events.

>>54756113
Or maybe I play it because it's fun. If I wanted to play it because it was "safe" and familiar, I wouldn't be playing the vast array of games I play now.

>>54762230
It's like she wears nothing at all! ...nothing at all!.. ...at all!..

>>54761934
I don't know how Knuckles' design compared to Sonic's can be described as "cookie cutter" effect.

I just hope they don't make him a total idiot and not just a gullible person.

>>54752594
That looks much better

>>54765535
I honestly feel the same way. Like everytime I enter one of these threads there is this one guy who complains how all sonic characters look the same. Like they even used the argument that recognizable silhouettes make for good character designs, as if the two characters aren't differentiable from their sillhouettes..

>>54753886
They probably won't.

I don't think any Western Sonic cartoon borrowed anything from any game ever, except for Sonic and Tails existing in it.

Ok, except for maybe Knuckles in Underground.

>>54765704
Well, there is "different for recognition" and "different for sake of difference". Each approach has its own pro and contra. People speak about as this thing is "in style" and that one isn't, but was there ever any consistent SegaSonicStyle (tm) at all? Shifts and changes all around, that's what I say. Each and every game and adaptation brought something of its own into mix, and we can only argue if this is closer to (non-coherent) SSS or further from it. We have no means of measurement. Rounded heads? Nah. Tails head is elongated, Blaze has flattened triangle and Nack has cone. Same for body shapes. Okay, I hear "Large eyes!". Then Big comes and says "Fwoggy?". And then we get Lost World pseudodemons thrown in. Taking the adaptations in, it's almost almost impossible to unify all the substyles - but should we? All this shit reminds me of, excuse me the /tg/ analogy, WH40k codices. "Fun" and "serious" editions, "shit what are you doing" and okayish books and games, forgotten and updated lore, shitload of codex independant and even contradicting fanart... Guess, that's how it's for every large fandom, though.
One more example of Sega in charge of being consistent: Ray has webbed handwings, Bean has handwings too, then Rouge has separate wings, and then Babylon rogues have handwings again. And don't forget about Charmy, the four-limbed insectiod.
tldr: 1) Sonic Boom will be both different and same; 2) Being fan of one and only substyle is okay, as long as you don't go full retard about it.
Also, I'll laugh as madman if Knuckles' shadow was larger just because of him being closer to the light source and not because of him being fuckhueg.

>>54761934
I'm only with Knuckles being huge because Knuckles is actually supposed to be taller than Sonic in canon, even if it's only a few inches. I like that it could be considered an exaggeration.

I even remember a fan buying a figure of one of the 16-year-old characters and was surprised that they looked bigger than the other characters.

>>54760570
Madness. Kids are stupid. Kids in the 90s were never able to tell that Knuckles was strong

>>54767631
Still better love story than Twilight.

>>54753832
Completely agree on Jason. He was getting good with Sonic and Shadow in Black Knight.

>CHAOS PUNISHMENT

Megaman show when?

>>54767118
There was still a solid and identifiable design thread that flowed through every single SegaSonic character. Even though Vector and Tails looked different you could tell the were supposed to exist in the same story.

>>54767867
Never.

>>54767834
>>54767834
Kill yourself for typing that and thinking it was funny.

>>54767867
Yeah, I'm sure Capcom is eager to promote THAT franchise.

>>54767834
Thanks youtube comments section.

>>54767972
>treating fetishes as serious business
Only after your suicide.

>>54767885
Yes, there are rules, but almost every has exception. Not like it's a bad thing anyways, they have to keep things fresh for all those years.

>>54768324
You can tweak the aesthetic but going full on and making a character huge for no reason is silly.

>>54768753
Well, if it will really be confirmed no other reason than "BIG = STRONK", then yes. ...And now I'm trying to imagine buff Mighty.

>>54751380
How? All we've seen are silhouettes of them

>Nipples the Enchilada confirmed
My favorite character returns to animation, yay

>>54769004
No one can top Hat Knuckles!

So I wonder what happens to Knuckles gameplay (assuming he was playable) if these designs get into the games?

My best guess is that Sonic Team will reintroduce the beat'em up gameplay from Sonic Unleashed only with Knuckles, because I don't think he will be gliding around treasure hunting being fucking huge and all.

>>54769521
It's been too long since we've had a playable Knuckles.

>>54769521
When was the last time he DID glide since S3&K?

>>54769698
Sonic 06.

>>54769919
Sonic and the Black Knight, I think

>>54770343
Never got to play that one. Still he's been gliding in majority of the games.

God dammit why does every new show need to be CGI these days.

>>54751987

It was already bad news with Tails there.

>>54771356
Durr

>>54752975
You're half right.

>>54752150

You know people have been complaining a lot about Knuckles's size, but did anyone stop and think that he's standing closer to the light source simply giving off a bigger shadow?

Although it does looks misleading.

>>54771356
Sonic underground and Sonic 1 are the best Sonic media because they don't have tails.

>>54753552

Oh god, please no.

I'm trying to forget about those pieces of shit.

>>54752975
>clearly see spikes on the fists

okay.

>>54771552
Then he'd have a really small head. And there's no reason for them to do that anyway.

>>54752177
>Why else would she be there anon?
While unlikely, how about to act as player two while Tails gets resigned to operating machinery in the background and cutscenes?

>Freaking out of silhouettes

I know autistic people less autistic than that. And I'm not talking about the high-functioning Aspergers type of autistic person, no I'm talking about the sort of people who can barely talk.

Personally I think it's about time, the franchise has needed a serious retooling for about 15 years now

>>54767867
>those slightly uncanny facial features
Goddamn, whoever design his Smash version needs a raise.

>>54769045
Friendly reminder that they can never use the hat again, because of Ken Penders.

>>54771552
Cartoon logic doesn't factor these things in.

>>54772540
I wonder if Panders getting rights to the Knuckles clones has anything to do with his drastic re-design.

From what we can see I'm liking Knuckles design. It always annoyed me that the strong character had the exact same build as every other character. Of course it'll cause a shitstorm in the Sonic fan base but they'll freak out over any change

>>54773032
you know what.
I'm okay with redesigns.
though tails should probably be a little shorter unless they're gonna give him a few years to his age.
also, one thing I'd love to see is a return of that Merhog girl from AOSTH.

I hate how having a criticism about a change in a character's design will suddenly make you an autist.

You have to either like it or don't care.

>>54775994
Caring about anything makes you autistic these days

>>54776220
It just depends on how far gone you are into said care.

>>54776220

Unfortunately, the word autism has lost all its actual true meaning on 4Chan.

Just like edgy.