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Sonic's face.

Mypantisgone

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I think the main reason is that characters will always face the screen now,so when he'll turn around his mouth texture will be on the other cheek for eastethic reasons . Doing the same with 3D lips would be harder I think.
 

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His "Nike symbol" smile is more iconic than his humanistic-centered-mouth. Imagine how awkward his concept art would look with a centered mouth; sickening.

Sonic was fairly ugly in brawl; the centered mouth contributed to most of it (as well as the spaghetti noodle quills).
 

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I love the way they placed his smile this time. Just more Sonic-ky than before, you know? (Really reminds me of how he looks like in the recent games, anyway)
 

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I dont get what everyones problem is. Sonics always had the trademark side-mouth since the classic days. Adventure and 06 were the games that ****ed it up and centered it. The side-mouth fits him better, Ann Frankly looks better overall.
 

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I dont get what everyones problem is. Sonics always had the trademark side-mouth since the classic days. Adventure and 06 were the games that ****ed it up and centered it. The side-mouth fits him better, Ann Frankly looks better overall.
Agree with all of this. :)



Side mouth is how he was to look like all along. (BTW this pic reminds me a lot of the SSB4 model of Sonic, which is why I like it so much)
 

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Honestly, I'm just happy that he's in the Roster and that trademark grin of his is back!

...yeah, there's absolutely NO WAY I'm not getting this game. ^.^
 

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guys the topic was a joke


he just creeped me out when I first saw render.
pls noh keel mii
 

Tsumiya

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I think he looks great =) It is known though that brawl character models are less detailed than brawl? Why was this? Why wouldnt the wiiu be able to do the crazy good textures on top of making the graphics overall better? Isnt the wiiu much stronger than the wii?
 

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I think he looks great =) It is known though that brawl character models are less detailed than brawl? Why was this? Why wouldnt the wiiu be able to do the crazy good textures on top of making the graphics overall better? Isnt the wiiu much stronger than the wii?
The textures in this game in comparison from Brawl's are less realistic, not less detailed, which I'm okay with, it was horrible how Mario or T.Link looked.
 

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The textures in this game in comparison from Brawl's are less realistic, not less detailed, which I'm okay with, it was horrible how Mario or T.Link looked.
Ok thanks for clearing that up for me I knew it was something along those lines XP
 

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Yes it is hideous lets forget about the fact that I absolutely hate this character and always think he is the worst video game character ever
Buzz off. Sonic is better than all the characters in this game. Plus, he would destroy them all if Sakurai would quit making him seem like he can't fight.
 

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Why can't they just use the Sonic Lost World Model? Or is that too nice looking for you Sakurai?
 

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Buzz off. Sonic is better than all the characters in this game. Plus, he would destroy them all if Sakurai would quit making him seem like he can't fight.


Why can't they just use the Sonic Lost World Model? Or is that too nice looking for you Sakurai?
Sonic Team (Sonic Lost World) and Sora Ltd (Smash Bros) are different developers, and you can't just use something created by another development team. Besides, it's better that the team working on Smash create their own models so that the general art design is consistent.
 

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Sonic Team (Sonic Lost World) and Sora Ltd (Smash Bros) are different developers, and you can't just use something created by another development team. Besides, it's better that the team working on Smash create their own models so that the general art design is consistent.
The Lost World Model would fit with the art.
 

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looks more badass in brawl... check out how fox and falco looked so badass in melee (i mean look at their evil im-gonna-own-you-so-bad expressions) and compare them to their "kinder" versions in brawl
 

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looks more badass in brawl... check out how fox and falco looked so badass in melee (i mean look at their evil im-gonna-own-you-so-bad expressions) and compare them to their "kinder" versions in brawl
I think the exact opposite. IMO Fox and Falco looked terrible in melee. And SSB4 Sonic is way better than in brawl, he looks a lot more like classic Sonic: with shorter spines, a better color and I love his new smile.
I guess I prefer "kinder" versions to "badass". :)
 

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Which is funny, because Sonic's design back in the 90s was intended to be "badass." :applejack:
 

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He probably has the worst render in this game, So unpolished and it looks fan-made.
 

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Super late, but I'm slightly disappointed this wasn't about what Sonic face looks like when he's getting hit in the game. I was looking for some good laughs but some of these posts were funny.
 
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Shariq

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From some angles Sonic looks really awkward and messed up.
 
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