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[โ€“] federalreverse@feddit.de 41 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

They completely redesigned the face of Sonic and rerendered all the 3D scenes after getting social media feedback. Comparison:

Sonic 2x

[โ€“] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 13 points 8 months ago

Ugly Sonic was the best cameo in the Chip and Dale movie.

[โ€“] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 12 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Oh damn, that wasn't a viral marketing campaign after all then

[โ€“] JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago (1 children)

No they apparently had a ton of merchandise featuring ugly sonic that they decided to just destroy/throw out instead of trying to sell it. Idk why, I woulda totally bought an ugly sonic T-shirt.

[โ€“] otp@sh.itjust.works 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Wow, really? I'm still not convinced that it wasn't viral marketing, but that would be pretty damning...

[โ€“] JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

For full transparency I never verified that claim, but it would not be the most outlandish failure I've heard of. And at least they actually fixed the problem. Remember Cats?

[โ€“] otp@sh.itjust.works 3 points 8 months ago

I don't remember Cats. I don't want that in my memory.