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Stephy Borges

Stephy Borges

I am a blogger, author, and part-time graphic design. I am Hispanic and very out-going.

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I’m glad Jeff Fowler changed Sonic’s design

4 min readOct 17, 2026

Always listen to the fans

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Seven years ago, I wrote a blog about two popular video games turned into films, and I shared my opinion on them. The films were Pokémon Detective Pikachu and Sonic the Hedgehog. I’m just going to be honest: I was totally disgusted by Sonic’s design and the film. He looks absolutely fake and absolutely terrifying. Unlike Pokémon, you can literally see that Sonic’s design doesn’t match the film’s environment, and he looks nothing like the game.

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First off, When I saw Sonic’s eyes, all that went through my head was what the F*ck?! They look more human than the character’s eyes; I say this because his eyes are too small. If you watch the games and cartoons, you will see Sonic’s eyes are quite large. In the Games and cartoons, Sonic expresses himself with his eyes.

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Second, in the first design, he is too thin. In the game and cartoon, he has a little gut (because he loves chili dogs),

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Stephy Borges
Stephy Borges

Written by Stephy Borges

I am a blogger, author, and part-time graphic design. I am Hispanic and very out-going.