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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6:58 PM on 05.10.2008
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liked all the other ones beter
Now give us realistic Dynamite Headdy please :)
The mario one was the best.
**shudder**
-Hamlet-
Also seconding realistic Dynamite Heddy. That game was the shizz.
needs more blue... and this is much creepier than Pikachu.
If he was going for an exaggerated and “artistic” look, then fine. But it’s stupid to call this “realistic”.
Realistic Mario FTW
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.
to the internet: enough of these realistic reimaginings plz kthx
OMG NO! STOP IT!
Raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaape.
Realistic Kirby.
oops
/triplepost
Oh, shit. Wait. I forgot I was dealing with gamers.
I know.....it was so frightening I couldn't even post it twice.
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.
Horrifying is the word for it.
I'd imagine a hare with short ears and sharp spines.
Thats just bogus.
Unlike the realistic Pikachu.
Pikachu says, "Fukachu!", to that one.
I was just itching for a chance to say fuckachu is all.
That said... that picture isn't much funny or amusing either.
-1.
Alfie