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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?

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L0cky's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/10/2008 19:01
L0cky
weird but not really realistic looking if you ask me.
liked all the other ones beter
wardrox's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/10/2008 19:03
wardrox
needs more blue
Professor Pew's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/10/2008 19:04
Professor Pew
8bit to realistic back to 8bit? My heaaaaad!

Now give us realistic Dynamite Headdy please :)
Animated Trigger's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/10/2008 19:13
Animated Trigger
This just feels horribly wrong for some reason.
Mxyzptlk's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/10/2008 19:15
Mxyzptlk
Dude, he's got Chun Li thighs!
vexed alex's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/10/2008 19:18
vexed alex
Ew....
-PL-'s Avatar - Comment posted on 05/10/2008 19:21
-PL-
Yeah, it's kind of a given that a "realistic" painting of a hedgehog with gargantuan thighs and wearing white gloves and running shoes isn't really going to look realistic. However, if a real hedgehog were to somehow manage to pull it off, I imagine this is how it would look.
Jordan Devore's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/10/2008 19:22
Jordan Devore
The horror!
superezekiel's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/10/2008 19:35
superezekiel
This isn't really realistic at all, just more detailed and normal colored.

The mario one was the best.
Zombutler's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/10/2008 19:47
Zombutler
I agree that the Mario one was the best, but this one is good too. The Pikachu one?


**shudder**
vrplumber's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/10/2008 19:48
vrplumber
disturbingly erotic or erotically disturbing?

-Hamlet-
MissHinasaki's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/10/2008 19:55
MissHinasaki
That is scary as shit!
Dexter345's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/10/2008 19:57
Dexter345
...Weird.
garrfunkel's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/10/2008 20:04
garrfunkel
Really like this one. It think its the extremely muscley arms and legs that make it funny.

Also seconding realistic Dynamite Heddy. That game was the shizz.
Scary Womanizing Pig Mask's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/10/2008 20:23
Scary Womanizing Pig Mask
This is worse then the latex Birdo :(
pedrovay2003's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/10/2008 20:26
pedrovay2003
I don't know what scares me more --- That one, or this one from Sonic CD:

CrocBox's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/10/2008 20:31
CrocBox
...Those EYES...O_O

needs more blue... and this is much creepier than Pikachu.
Sharpless's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/10/2008 21:24
Sharpless
Man, you people must have low thresholds for these things. It's not disturbing or scary. I think he looks kind of cool. I'm certainly sick of seeing the real Sonic.
Samit Sarkar's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/10/2008 21:24
Samit Sarkar
This is dumb. “Realistic” doesn’t mean “human-like”, but that’s exactly what Blättermann has done here. Hedgehogs don’t have tree-trunk thighs, and they don’t have hands with fingers, either. Instead, they have paws, which have claws.

If he was going for an exaggerated and “artistic” look, then fine. But it’s stupid to call this “realistic”.
gotdurnrite's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/10/2008 21:37
gotdurnrite
How is this realistic? Wouldn't realistic be shooting a hedgehog with blue paintballs then putting red shoes on a him? Actually that kind of sounds like fun.

Realistic Mario FTW
infinity's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/10/2008 21:38
infinity
@Samit

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.
The-Excel's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/10/2008 21:51
The-Excel
I wonder what a physical world Kirby would look like.
Cheeburga's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/10/2008 22:16
Cheeburga
WHYYYY
flaming burrito's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/10/2008 22:24
flaming burrito
ugh... that doesnt even look that realistic...

to the internet: enough of these realistic reimaginings plz kthx
JDUB X's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/10/2008 22:24
JDUB X
@The-Excel

OMG NO! STOP IT!
Morrius's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/10/2008 22:32
Morrius
<img}http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b282/pedrovay2003/RealSonic.jpg</img>

Raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaape.
The Unforgivable's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/10/2008 23:03
The Unforgivable
Pikachu with nippples is scary.
Brandon Undead's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/10/2008 23:16
Brandon Undead
Define "realistic".
Zombutler's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/10/2008 23:24
Zombutler
[img]https://www.awfulmart.com/sc_images/products/335_large_image.jpg[img]


Realistic Kirby.
Zombutler's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/10/2008 23:25
Zombutler
[img]https://www.awfulmart.com/sc_images/products/335_large_image.jpg[/img]
oops
Zombutler's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/10/2008 23:26
Zombutler
wow i fail


/triplepost
Ashley Davis's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/10/2008 23:32
Ashley Davis
@RedRabbit: Okay, now THAT is something that is truly frightening.
vexed alex's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/10/2008 23:33
vexed alex
Holy shit. Who knew this could bring controversy?

Oh, shit. Wait. I forgot I was dealing with gamers.
Zombutler's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/10/2008 23:39
Zombutler
@Ashley Davis
I know.....it was so frightening I couldn't even post it twice.
PaperBowser0's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/11/2008 00:07
PaperBowser0
please.....don't eat me!!!!!
KanadianKain's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/11/2008 00:12
KanadianKain
do want samus aran 'relistic'
Sharpless's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/11/2008 00:18
Sharpless
@Samit
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.
Hamza CTZ Aziz's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/11/2008 00:28
Hamza CTZ Aziz
Yeah, um, why is everyone going so crazy here? All of the other realistic stuff that was featured before aren't really realistic either if you're looking at it in that specific sense of the meaning. Fucking relax.
Luigi takes over's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/11/2008 00:41
Luigi takes over
I don't think realistic is the word for it.


Horrifying is the word for it.
Paddylicious's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/11/2008 01:07
Paddylicious
i think this picture is hilarious. i love the legs and the arms, and the eyes are just crazy and intense. it's amazing.
animateria's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/11/2008 01:31
animateria
That isn't realistic at all!

I'd imagine a hare with short ears and sharp spines.

Thats just bogus.

Unlike the realistic Pikachu.

Pikachu says, "Fukachu!", to that one.
Zombutler's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/11/2008 01:50
Zombutler
Who would have thought this of all pictures would piss people off...
animateria's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/11/2008 02:01
animateria
Are we... really pissed at the picture?

I was just itching for a chance to say fuckachu is all.

That said... that picture isn't much funny or amusing either.
Zombutler's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/11/2008 02:03
Zombutler
Fuckachu is a marvelous word, I'll give you that.
Cyberxion's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/11/2008 02:14
Cyberxion
That is the worst thing that I've ever seen, the matter of whether or not it's "realistic" aside.
Boolean's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/11/2008 02:40
Boolean
Not very realistic looking, and not blue.

-1.
Cube's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/11/2008 05:00
Cube
Hot.
Dexter345's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/11/2008 05:16
Dexter345
Anybody remember Bubonic the Blowfrog?
Orionsaint's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/11/2008 05:29
Orionsaint
bullcrap everyone knows hedgehogs are blue!

Alfie Haggis's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/11/2008 05:59
Alfie Haggis
Ive seen many a strange thing on my travels but that hedgehog is a first!

Alfie
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