The scarf on Sonic seems to fits well and adds a little something that makes his design look more "balanced." And maybe it's just for this design, but the blue arms fit well too. I like those parts.

Knuckles just looks silly being a big overly buffed guy. I don't think really need to be like that to establish him being the strong guy of the team.

I don't really like the characters have bandage instead of actually gloves and socks. It just makes them looks like they're poor or something; unless that something SEGA's trying to establish?. . .

Also: The gameplay doesn't look too bad. The parts of trailer were characters are being used individually for a level seem interesting.

It's definetly something new, but I like that the designs are actually functional in the Sonic context. Like, in the show Tails actually uses the goggles when flying the Tornado, and he actually takes tools out of his belt as well. The stuff is not "just there to look cool", if you catch my drift.

I would argue that this is also where the bandages come from; sporters often uses bandages to have more grip/avoid harm. Considering Sonic&co are often moving at top speed, grip and protection are welcome things.

Wᴇʟʟ, THIS ɪs ɢᴏɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ɪɴᴛᴇʀᴇsᴛɪɴɢ. Fʀᴏᴍ ᴡʜᴀᴛ I ᴄᴀɴ ᴛᴇʟʟ, ᴛʜɪs ʟᴏᴏᴋs ʟɪᴋᴇ ɪᴛ ᴍɪɢʜᴛ ʙᴇ ᴀ ʀᴇʙᴏᴏᴛ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ғʀᴀɴᴄʜɪsᴇ. I'ᴍ ᴘᴇʀsᴏɴᴀʟʟʏ ɢᴏɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ʀᴇsᴇʀᴠᴇ ᴊᴜᴅɢᴇᴍᴇɴᴛ ᴜɴᴛɪʟ ᴡᴇ sᴇᴇ sᴏᴍᴇ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴛʜᴀɴ ᴀ ғᴇᴡ sᴇᴄᴏɴᴅs ᴏғ ᴄᴏɴᴛɪɴᴜᴏᴜs ɢᴀᴍᴇᴘʟᴀʏ ʙᴜᴛ I ʜɪɢʜʟʏ ᴅᴏᴜʙᴛ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜɪs ɪs ɢᴏɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴇɴᴅ ᴜᴘ ʙᴇɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ DmC ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ Sᴏɴɪᴄ ғʀᴀɴᴄʜɪsᴇ. Wᴇ'ʟʟ ᴊᴜsᴛ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴡᴀɪᴛ ᴀɴᴅ sᴇᴇ.

what's with the retarded font

i think it's supposed to mean something

I think it represents the tone he's speaking in.

Like he saying it in a calm, unbiased tone. But he's screaming internally. . . Something like that.

the text is the same in his location and stuff and he wants to get his name changed in the same font
i guess its his new "thing"

Protip I did that for a while and then stopped because it was dumb

It's really dumb

If anyone was wondering/worried:

i didn't know sonic had a facebook

Well hey that makes it a little better I guess

Now I want to see them go full trainwreck and put Shadow in there and everything

Advice: Don't try and be a special snowflake.



Sonic's legs are too long and it makes him look really f*** awkward in the game imo
Nothing more needs to be said about Knuckles

Actually, I said to Kyuub on Twitter that this made me realize how much I liked his old design. Slender, aerodynamic, I dunno. Tiny but strong as f***. This is just bizarre

The show had some kind of awkward motions/voices but I realize I'm not the target audience for that

To be completely honest, I'm rather indifferent to the redesigns. It looks like the characters are meant to look older, which is the most apparent in Amy just because of the flirtatious facial expressions she seems to be making (almost as if she's channeling Rouge the Bat in a subtle manner). I actually like Tails and Amy's redesigns. Tails definitley looks the part of the mechanic and I'm glad Amy finally ditched that '50s-style dress. Not only did it look ridiculous but that skirt gave way for a lot of disturbing panty shots (especially considering that she's supposed to be only twelve years old).

Sonic looks all right. I like what they did with his spines and the sports tape is a nice touch. My only gripe is with Knuckles' design. I'm fine with Sega wanting Knuckles to look more muscular but the way they did it just looks wrong. The disproportionately small head and lower body just looks out of place--almost as if they removed Knuckles' head from his original character model and slapped it on this hulking bodybuilder-type physique.

From what little we saw of the gameplay, it looks like they're going for a style similar to Sonic Adventure 1 and 2. All the characters are shown to be keeping up with Sonic so that's a plus right off the bat.

What gets me is that they changed the characters' voices again. I understand why the Dreamcast-era VAs were switched to the 4Kids VAs (because the dub of Sonic X was extremely popular... sᴏᴍᴇʜᴏᴡ) and they eventually got replaced with Roger Craig Smith and company as a result of negative feedback. I don't see a reason for them to fire Roger now. The new VAs aren't bad but it seems like an unnecessary change.

If this really is a reboot of the franchise like people are speculating, it's definitely going to be an interesting one. I'd rather it not be a Wii U exclusive regardless of Sega's partnership with Nintendo just because the console is doing so poorly, especially considering that this probably IS a reboot, but what can you do.
EDIT: Okay, so this isn't a reboot but an alternate universe series. Thanks for that, Titan.

P.S.: Thanks for the tip, Kyuubit and TerminX.

I thought it was said after Generation, there would be a Sonic involving another universe(s). But then Lost World was released making me think that idea was abandon. I guess I'm glad they're going through with that idea, and at the same time, knowing these designs won't be here forever is nice too (Even those I haven't really think they'd be permanent.)

Also, after seeing the CGI cartoon teaser: What in the world? The CGI looks so much different/better from the style the in-game models of the character look. It's like they weren't made at the same time, or not by the same studio. But it is still in progress.

Do you means for the game or the show? I could of sworn the voices on Sonic, Tails, and Eggman in the trailer of the cartoon are the same actors from Colors, Generations, and Lost World. They sound exactly the same. And IMDb (not saying it's reliable), says Sonic Boom will have those same actors from those previous games.

I don't think you understand exactly how unreliable IMDb is. I could make Sonic voiced by Rutger Hauer right now, co-starring David Hayter as Tails, Quinton Flynn as Knuckles, and Gilbert Gottfried as Amy

It's a little more reliable than "my dog works at Nintendo and Jafar is in Smash"