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The Genius of Sonic the Hedgehog Live-Action Movie Viral Marketing Campaign — Popularity Through Bad Publicity

There's no such thing as bad PR

First and foremost: I'm not a big Sonic fan. All I know about Sonic is that there were "two and a half" incarnations of the character in the games:

  • 2D. For example in my all-time favorites on Genesis: Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and 3.

    sonic in 2D
  • "Classic" 3D Sonic.

    Classic 2D Sonic in 3D
  • "Rad" 3D Sonic. The one they've been using for the last... 5+ years, I believe.

    rad 3D Sonic

Compare the three well-known designs:

three Sonic the Hedgehog designs

I'm sure this is not news to you. Just like the fact that we now have this one from the April Sonic the Hedgehog movie trailer:

Sonic the Movie original design

...you can imagine how the internet reacted to this.

Not. Well.