• federalreverse-old
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        4 months ago

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

        Sonic 2x

        • @Aurenkin
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          124 months ago

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

          • @[email protected]
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            114 months ago

            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.

            • @otp
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              54 months ago

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

              • @[email protected]
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                44 months ago

                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?

                • @otp
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                  34 months ago

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