Sonic Was Originally A Human Boy With Blue Spiky Hair

According to Sonic the Hedgehog’s authentic designer, Sonic’s look derived from an earlier design of a younger boy with spiky blue hair who may, after all, run in a short time.

On Twitter, Sonic artist and designer Naoto Ohshima shared idea artwork for a never-released sport referred to as Twin Stars, alongside some early Sonic artwork. He described the sport as “an action game about twin brothers who protect the dream world from Nightmare World’s boss ‘Thirteen.'”

The idea artwork options two younger boys, one with spiky blue hair and the opposite with… spiky pink hair. The background exhibits one of many boys operating by means of a proto-Green Hill Zone, full with a loop de loop. In the sky, there is a menacing cartoon face with a giant nostril and sharp tooth. Another sheet of idea artwork exhibits varied enemy varieties, like a cannon with legs and eyes and just a little goomba- or goblin-like creature with fancy gloves, alongside the 2 boys operating quick.

The Sonic idea artwork that Ohshima shared contains many attributes from the Twin Stars artwork. Several of the enemies seem, together with the menacing cartoon face within the sky. The paintings additionally options Sonic’s human girlfriend, who was lower from the precise launch.

Concept artists at SEGA went by means of many iterations of a mascot earlier than deciding on the Blue Blur. In reality, franchise villain Doctor Robotnik/Eggman was initially a design for a protagonist. If you’ve gotten questions on Twin Stars specifically, there is a good likelihood that Ohshima already answered it within the above Twitter thread.