Why did they do that?

Why did they do that?

They realized that manlets are subhumans that nobody wants to associate with

>that first render

those studded shoes look practical as fuck

How else does a pokemon evolve

What is this expression trying to convey?

Kid > teenager > adult

What is the problem exactly?

It accentuates the fact that Knuckles is strong.

next question: where the fuck did the ME go after SA2

Have you never played Pokémon before?

In fact, the change is ok.

They just forgot that Sonic fans are the most autistic fanbase on earth, so they will complain for every little details that nobody gives a fuck

The only gripe I have with boom designs are the bandages beneath sonic's shoes

KNOCK KNOCK
IT'S KNUCKLES

Anger coupled with disgust

Knuckles was the coolest back in the day.
He was even edgier than sonic.


Then they introduced shadow, and knuckle's edginess just cant compete.

must suck not having friends

>Pokémon evolution.jpg

Basically. He also had an attribute of being kind of dumb brute but being edgy was definitely his big thing. After Shadow, now he's just a strong retard.

nice one m8

y-you too

its time to end manlet propaganda, now they have proper height

Because they have no clue how to treat their characters.

Sonic could be great. Sonic was great, once.

Indeed. Shadow completely took over Knuckles' role. Now Knuckles is pretty worthless.

Shame, I used to really like Knuckles too.

mischeviousness and cunning. Setting a plan into motion

LEGO SHOES

Because fuck Boom and everything associated with it.

hes a big guy

Shadow didn't take over Knuckles' role, he took over Metal Sonic's as the evil doppleganger. Fuck Shadow, Metal Sonic was way cooler

Modern re-designers of cartoonish mascots in general tend to miss what makes them aesthetically pleasing because "dumb kids, who cares. gibs me dat Skylanders money".

Also all the best US designers go eaten up by WDAS/Pixar, and Japan's market got taken over by anime waifus. Hardly anybody left takes it seriously enough, thus why the CalArts shit took over too.