Sega Announces new 2D Sonic title

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Guys, what the fuck.


It's the same model, it wasn't altered at all to look like classic Sonic.


The spikes have the same size, the quill is still the same, and the pupils look black because that's how they look when they're zoomed out. The cell-shading with the spheric highlight was made to remind of classic Sonic's shading. The only thing that I can point out that might be different from the current design is that maybe they could have increased the top spike's size to remind more of it, but Sonic Rush's model had also a bigger top spike IIRC.
In fact it seems like Sonic's sprites are based off a high-poly version of Rush's model and with an effect to have that shading.

Classic Sonic for instance wouldn't have shoe soles, spikes aren't as big, and the top spike is the largest one, and the spikes from the bottom of his head are the smallest ones (not counting his spikes on his torso), and he also has a spheric torso. And even if there actually was a Classic Sonic alternative skin, then that'd be stupid because it'd still be the same game, if it comes out bad or if it comes out good. Although a mode that makes the HUDs, badniks designs, and the character designs change to the original ones would be actually a neat extra, but just a small extra.

Did you compare the two screenshots? Both screens are in practically the same pose, making the differences a lot clearer.

http://cdn.medialib.computerandvideogame...226860.jpg
Hell, this one even has one of his spikes IN FRONT of his arm.

http://cdn.medialib.computerandvideogame...226862.jpg
Practically the same pose. Look at how glaring the differences are now.

You can even SEE the difference in eye color. The second screen is solid black, the first you can see some sort of greenish around the pupil.

Whether or not it's "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHRUEFSKF AUTHENTIC" classic Sonic, it's obviously a different skinned Sonic that has little details from both incarnations. You can't possibly deny that.

I did not compare the two screenshots, and why do you guys have to take as a bitching, I'm really indifferent towards that, it just really seems like modern Sonic than classic Sonic, specially without the comparison.

Well, anyway, considering that the differences are rather small, it's probably not an alternative skin change. Or the first screenshot's Sonic was a placeholder and the final version of it was changed to look like a midterm between classic and modern, or it's a fake screenshot, specially considering that they're at the exact same pose. It seems official though.