The Sonic Stadium has today discovered a proposed Sonic game for iPhone on the resume and portfolio of illustrator Eric D Simmons. The game was being developed by 2XL Games and judging by the above artwork it was to be a motocross type of game set in familiar Sonic stages. A quick look on 2XL Games’ website shows that genre to be their speciality on mobile devices. No reason is given for this game not seeing release, but if we had to guess, it’s likely due to clashing with the mobile release of vehicle racer Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing and/or its sequel.
Would you have liked a motocross Sonic game or are you glad it was never released? Let us know in the comments.
Little hard to say whether I would have wanted to play it or not considering it’s one “proof-of-concept” illustration, but it’s an interesting idea nonetheless.
Don’t be daft. Even you can see clear as day that we’re looking at BOOM Sonic. Same blue arms, same long legs, same somewhat frilly (lack of a better word) spikey hair, compared to Modern Sonic. That IS Boom Sonic.
Don’t be so quick to judge. He has no tape, the extra spikes aren’t small like normal.
This is either:
1) A slight redesign by the artist.
2) The artest thinking off the top of his head.
3) An early Sonic Boom design.
Plenty Sonic game and environment concept art depicts him with blue arms and long quills, that means nothing. It’s just what happens when concept artists rush or lack the appropriate art skills after all, they ARE just environment and game concepts, not character concepts, they don’t need to have complete accuracy for the characters, they just need the right general shape and colour so they can tell who it is and size in comparison to the overall world so they can get the scaling right.
Actually, now I look closer, he only has one (maybe two, can’t see the other side) extra quill anyway…. They’re just in an obviously rushed, sketchy style that’s been cleaned up purely for display purposes as is often the norm with game concept art.
Not really… Old box arts for most all 8 and 16 bit games looked nothing like anything in the games aside from correct colours and vaguely resemblant shapes… Look at Alex Kidd for another example.
I’m talking about concept art anyway, not final art.
No tape, no scarf, different shoes, modern Sonic has had long legs sometimes (Sonic 06 for example) and the only extra quill is at the bottom of his hair, with the back of his ear shown above the hair that might be mistaken for one. Either way, he doesn’t have those small, spiky ones that show up in between each quill in the Boom design. Like I said, there were classic Sonic art designs that showed him with blue arms, even on the boxes of old cartoon dvds.
Either way, does it really cross you so much that the word “Boom” isn’t in the article’s title?
Looks like Sonic is holding on for dear life… I don’t think he knows how to ride that thing. I bet THATS why this game didn’t see the light of day.
(On a more serious note, I’m glad this didn’t really become a thing. Having Sonic drive a car is weird enough.)
Plus, they gave Shadow the Hedgehog a motorcycle awhile back in his spinoff, and it turned out to be one of the worst things about that game. So there’s probably a major negative stigma associated with Sonic characters and motorcycles that prevents Sega from wanting to make a motocross-themed game.
Well, apart from the fact that a lot of games like this you can already find on the internet. Granted, most of them are pretty bad with physics and graphics that rival Sonic 06 in sheer awfulness, but I suppose a professional take on it wouldn’t be too bad. You know, unlike the IOS ports of the All-Stars Racing games. God, those sucked.
It’s… really weird. I can’t say it’d be bad, but I think cycling is best left for Shadow or the Olympics. Then again, I love games where Sonic rides a hoverboard or drives a car, so who am I to judge? XD
Same here, I don’t get the fans obsessions with wanting remade or re-released older games all the time. What’s wrong with having something new? Would you all prefer it if Sonic was like Mario and it rarely changed things up? I know I wouldn’t…
“Why am I on a motorcycle?” And thats why Sonic Motocross sucks!
In all honesty though I like the idea of this, they could incorporate some really cool ideas/gimmicks here themed around the Sonic franchise.
Western devs and even artists really seem to have huge sticks up their asses about Sonic’s arms not being blue, we see it in Boom, this piece of concept art and even in heaps of fanarts. It might stem from the fact that Sonic not having fur colored arms is unique among cartoon animals, look at Mickey Mouse, Bugs Bunny, Felix the Cat and Crash Bandicoot for examples, the artist will infer to this is a error that must be corrected.
Well even in the Sonic-verse, he’s one of the only ones. Look at other hedgehogs for example, namely Shadow and Silver. Then there’s Tails, Vector, Espio, Big the list goes on. It does just seem odd, especially, again, if you look at the other hedgehogs. It’s literally only Sonic and Amy that are like it (and chances are, Amy shaved hers to imitate Sonic).
I, personally, never liked the tan arms, I always thought they looked silly, like he was wearing a blue, sleeveless onesie with the front undone.
I can’t stop laughing, it’s hysterical.
Wait, is that Main Sonic, or Boom Sonic? He has the blue arms, but not the scarf…
Either way, this would’ve been tremendously silly to see.
He also has redesigned shoes. Hmmm…
You can easily find sonic motorcycle games on the internet XD
Little hard to say whether I would have wanted to play it or not considering it’s one “proof-of-concept” illustration, but it’s an interesting idea nonetheless.
I almost spewed half-chewed food all over my poor laptop on seeing this. To say it was unexpected would be an understatement. O_O
I think you mean “Sonic BOOM Motocross iPhone Game Proposal Discovered”. Be more specific.
Nothing here supports a connection to Boom.
Don’t be daft. Even you can see clear as day that we’re looking at BOOM Sonic. Same blue arms, same long legs, same somewhat frilly (lack of a better word) spikey hair, compared to Modern Sonic. That IS Boom Sonic.
Don’t be so quick to judge. He has no tape, the extra spikes aren’t small like normal.
This is either:
1) A slight redesign by the artist.
2) The artest thinking off the top of his head.
3) An early Sonic Boom design.
artist*
Guy unfamiliar with Sonic gets his design wrong means it’s Boom? Alright then…
Also the date of the upload don’t match up.
What upload date?
The upload date of the image.
There has been art of the american classic Sonic with blue arms. I see it on the boxes of dvds of his old cartoons.
With extra quils and long legs too?
Plenty Sonic game and environment concept art depicts him with blue arms and long quills, that means nothing. It’s just what happens when concept artists rush or lack the appropriate art skills after all, they ARE just environment and game concepts, not character concepts, they don’t need to have complete accuracy for the characters, they just need the right general shape and colour so they can tell who it is and size in comparison to the overall world so they can get the scaling right.
More than a few quills, in fact, my mistake.
Actually, now I look closer, he only has one (maybe two, can’t see the other side) extra quill anyway…. They’re just in an obviously rushed, sketchy style that’s been cleaned up purely for display purposes as is often the norm with game concept art.
I remember classic Mega Man box arts. Those were obviously rushed with a clueless artist.
Not really… Old box arts for most all 8 and 16 bit games looked nothing like anything in the games aside from correct colours and vaguely resemblant shapes… Look at Alex Kidd for another example.
I’m talking about concept art anyway, not final art.
for most 8*
No tape, no scarf, different shoes, modern Sonic has had long legs sometimes (Sonic 06 for example) and the only extra quill is at the bottom of his hair, with the back of his ear shown above the hair that might be mistaken for one. Either way, he doesn’t have those small, spiky ones that show up in between each quill in the Boom design. Like I said, there were classic Sonic art designs that showed him with blue arms, even on the boxes of old cartoon dvds.
Either way, does it really cross you so much that the word “Boom” isn’t in the article’s title?
Exactly, he even had long legs in SA2/SA2B, the one game almost every fan goes mad for so..
Looks like Sonic is holding on for dear life… I don’t think he knows how to ride that thing. I bet THATS why this game didn’t see the light of day.
(On a more serious note, I’m glad this didn’t really become a thing. Having Sonic drive a car is weird enough.)
Plus, they gave Shadow the Hedgehog a motorcycle awhile back in his spinoff, and it turned out to be one of the worst things about that game. So there’s probably a major negative stigma associated with Sonic characters and motorcycles that prevents Sega from wanting to make a motocross-themed game.
Although they gave Knuckles a quad bike in both All Stars Racing games so…
And Shadows motorbike made a return in the first one, forgot to add that.
Well, apart from the fact that a lot of games like this you can already find on the internet. Granted, most of them are pretty bad with physics and graphics that rival Sonic 06 in sheer awfulness, but I suppose a professional take on it wouldn’t be too bad. You know, unlike the IOS ports of the All-Stars Racing games. God, those sucked.
When was this idea proposed?
Around 2009-2013. We can only make guesses at this point.
It’s… really weird. I can’t say it’d be bad, but I think cycling is best left for Shadow or the Olympics. Then again, I love games where Sonic rides a hoverboard or drives a car, so who am I to judge? XD
Could be good, could be bad. Since we have no info besides this concept art, its hard to really say.
As weird as the concept is, I probably would have liked to play it.
I remember playing like 10 versions of this flash game back in Middle School…they were okay.
I hope SEGA put sonic 25th anniversary on all home console like PC Wii U XB1 and PS4 I hope they show more info next year about it
Sonic generations was on the PC and 3DS why not they do it again on the 25th anniversary like put it on Wii U PC XB1 and PS4 like all consoles.
I don’t know about you but I would like a new Sonic game, not a re-release of his 20th aniversery game!
Same here, I don’t get the fans obsessions with wanting remade or re-released older games all the time. What’s wrong with having something new? Would you all prefer it if Sonic was like Mario and it rarely changed things up? I know I wouldn’t…
Yea, this game never would have worked out. And this is obviously not Boom Sonic.
The art and landscape looks really good though.
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i can found tons of this crappy copycat games on the Google Play Store, so i not really care this game is gonna release or not.
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“Why am I on a motorcycle?” And thats why Sonic Motocross sucks!
In all honesty though I like the idea of this, they could incorporate some really cool ideas/gimmicks here themed around the Sonic franchise.
Western devs and even artists really seem to have huge sticks up their asses about Sonic’s arms not being blue, we see it in Boom, this piece of concept art and even in heaps of fanarts. It might stem from the fact that Sonic not having fur colored arms is unique among cartoon animals, look at Mickey Mouse, Bugs Bunny, Felix the Cat and Crash Bandicoot for examples, the artist will infer to this is a error that must be corrected.
Well even in the Sonic-verse, he’s one of the only ones. Look at other hedgehogs for example, namely Shadow and Silver. Then there’s Tails, Vector, Espio, Big the list goes on. It does just seem odd, especially, again, if you look at the other hedgehogs. It’s literally only Sonic and Amy that are like it (and chances are, Amy shaved hers to imitate Sonic).
I, personally, never liked the tan arms, I always thought they looked silly, like he was wearing a blue, sleeveless onesie with the front undone.
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