‘Sonic The Hedgehog’ Creator Wants To See Alternate Cut Of Movie With Creepy Design

Now that the Sonic the Hedgehog character design that crawled out of the uncanny valley is gone, Sonic creator Yuji Naka is starting to miss it.

That’s not to say that he’s sad to see it go, as he was among the voices that felt creeped out by Sonic’s design more closely resembling the monkey boy from the original Jumanji film rather than the Blue Blur of the video games that fans are familiar with. But nonetheless, he was interested in seeing at least a rough cut of Paramount’s Sonic the Hedgehog movie with the now-discarded design, as revealed in a recent tweet observing that the company is scrubbing pictures of the old design from their Twitter page for the movie. Here’s what he had to say about Sonic the Hedgehog:

“A new design for the movie Sonic came out. However, it seems that the previous tweet has been erased. It is a pity that I wanted to watch the DVD with the previous design.”

You can see Yuji Naka’s untranslated tweet about Sonic the Hedgehog’s movie design below:

映画ソニックの新しいデザイン出て来ましたね。しかし、前のツイート消してるようですが、前のは無かったことにするんでしょうか？前のデザインのままのもDVDとかで見たかったのに残念ですね。 https://t.co/XhmfNmr4EI

— Yuji Naka / 中　裕司 (@nakayuji) November 12, 2019

Suffice to say, Paramount seem to be content to keep moving forward with a design that has been largely well-received after the last one was dunked on by the entire internet. Unless the movie makes an absurd amount of profit, the likelihood of seeing an alternate cut showcasing Sonic the Hedgehog’s much-maligned design is pretty low.

Here is the official synopsis for the Sonic the Hedgehog:

Sonic the Hedgehog is a live-action adventure comedy based on the global blockbuster video game franchise from Sega that centres on the infamously brash bright blue hedgehog. The film follows the (mis)adventures of Sonic as he navigates the complexities of life on Earth with his newfound – human – best friend Tom Wachowski (James Marsden). Sonic and Tom join forces to try and stop the villainous Dr. Robotnik (Jim Carrey) from capturing Sonic and using his immense powers for world domination.

Source: Twitter (via Dualshockers)