I am so happy this realistic take on videogame characters is really taking off. You've seen Mario, were intrigued by Bowser and got traumatized by Pikachu with nipples. Well now it's time for another well known videogame mascot to get the realistic treatment.
This realistic take on Sonic the Hedgehog was done by Marcus Blättermann, the same artist who made the realistic Bowser. Check out Marcus's site as he goes into the details on how he made this revision of Sonic and the process he went through trying to get Sonic to look as real as possible while trying to stay true to the classic character. Marcus even went ahead and made a realistic take of Sonic in classic 8-bit form.
I have to wonder now, would Sonic have become as iconic as he has if he looked more like this revision as apposed to the blue fur ball we all know and love now? Either way, I still think the realistic Pikachu one is the best so far. What do you think?
[Via GoNintendo]
05/10/2008 19:01
liked all the other ones beter
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05/10/2008 19:04
Now give us realistic Dynamite Headdy please :)
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05/10/2008 19:35
The mario one was the best.
05/10/2008 19:47
**shudder**
05/10/2008 19:48
-Hamlet-
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05/10/2008 20:04
Also seconding realistic Dynamite Heddy. That game was the shizz.
05/10/2008 20:23
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05/10/2008 20:31
needs more blue... and this is much creepier than Pikachu.
05/10/2008 21:24
05/10/2008 21:24
If he was going for an exaggerated and “artistic” look, then fine. But it’s stupid to call this “realistic”.
05/10/2008 21:37
Realistic Mario FTW
05/10/2008 21:38
the fact is that sonic is already somewhat human-like in that stands upright, has actual digits on his hands, etc. i think the word "realistic" is appropriate because the image isn't quite as cartoony as the original, and might be what an anthropomorphized hedgehog would be expected to look like in the real world.
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05/10/2008 22:24
to the internet: enough of these realistic reimaginings plz kthx
05/10/2008 22:24
OMG NO! STOP IT!
05/10/2008 22:32
Raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaape.
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05/10/2008 23:24
Realistic Kirby.
05/10/2008 23:25
oops
05/10/2008 23:26
/triplepost
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05/10/2008 23:33
Oh, shit. Wait. I forgot I was dealing with gamers.
05/10/2008 23:39
I know.....it was so frightening I couldn't even post it twice.
05/11/2008 00:07
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05/11/2008 00:18
Dude, it's all semen ticks. It IS realistic, in the sense that he actually looks like an anthropomorphic hedgehog, as opposed to a blue, spiky, animal-like thing. It's obvious that "realistic" isn't supposed to be taken 100% literally in any of these cases. After all, it's physically impossible for a normal human being to look like that "realistic" Mario they did.
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05/11/2008 00:41
Horrifying is the word for it.
05/11/2008 01:07
05/11/2008 01:31
I'd imagine a hare with short ears and sharp spines.
Thats just bogus.
Unlike the realistic Pikachu.
Pikachu says, "Fukachu!", to that one.
05/11/2008 01:50
05/11/2008 02:01
I was just itching for a chance to say fuckachu is all.
That said... that picture isn't much funny or amusing either.
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05/11/2008 02:40
-1.
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Alfie
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Question: Where's Luigi?! HE ALWAYS GETS SHAFTED..
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05/12/2008 00:35
sonic wears soaps.