SO DUE TO THE EXTREME INFLUX OF INTERACTION AROUND MY ACCOUNT and the HUNDREDS of new followers ive gained over the past three days,
im gonna make a brief lil thread laying out the ground rules for what flies around my account 🧵
> Frontiers releases
> Has some of the worst 2d physics in the series’history
> One year passes
> Sonic Team claps back with the best 1:1 2D physics recreation since Mania
IM A MAN OF MY WORD
We got Forces Classic Sonic on the left, Superstars Classic Sonic on the right
Now I knew from its reveal they changed some things with his superstars model, but I could never put my finger on what
NOW I HAVE ACTUAL ANSWERS
SILVER MODEL ANALYSIS
Rio Silver on the Left
Forces Silver on the Right
BUT THATS NOT ALL
I'm gonna delve into his design history as well, because there's something special about Olympic Silver that sets his model apart from the rest
You know the drill
Rio 2016 on the left, Colors Ultimate on the right
(I'll also be calling him CU Metal for short)
NOW IT MIGHTNT LOOK LIKE THERES MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO METAL SONICS, but after poking around for a bit, here's what I learned
to the people saying they made the left image look bad intentionally
they didn't, they actually look like that
for contrast, heres the brawl model, whos lashes closer match the right
I got some backlash over the past 2 days for making this shirt
So I took a long look at the criticism, and decided to double down on it, making more shirts to choose from
HOW HAS NO ONE TALKED ABOUT THE DREAM TEAM KNUCKLES MODEL
i cant tell if its the model itself or the posing doing most of the work here but theres DEFINETLY some movie knuckles inspiration and im all for it
throughout the entirety of Frontiers, there is no move more useless than the slide
there are no puzzles that use it, no combat advantages to it
there is only ONE TIME its even IMPLIED to be used, for a SINGLE ROCK in 1-6, and never again
CAUGHT YALL OFF GUARD HUH
SUPRISE MODEL ANALYSIS
We got Sega Superstars on the Left : Sonic Heroes on the Right
yall know the deal at this point they MAY LOOK very similar, but theres more differences between them than youd think
I wanted to compare Brawl Knuckles to the Frontiers model and aside from the lower poly count some things I noticed were
- rounder muzzle / eye curve
- rounder head as he SHOULD HAVE BY DEFAULT
- longer dreads
- longer / wider limbs
- boxier shoes which imo work better on him
ive mentioned this before a while back, but the biggest reason Super Sonic 2 never really stuck with me is because of this model
THE CONCEPT IS COOL, but its hard to believe it when its shown through a model this flawwed
DAYMN THESE ACTUALLY LOOK REALLY GOOD
IM DEFINETLY ADDING THESE IN
BUT FRET NOT
if tan eyelashes aren't your thing, I made it configurable in HMM
that way EVERYBODY WINS
idk what theyll do for a Frontiers sequel, but I know what I want it
I want New Donk City
but for Sonic
I wanna run up, down, and all around a bustling city as Sonic, and I wanna feel cool while doing it
lil update on Cel Shaded Rio Sonic
HES GOT UEWKAWA EYES NOW (thanks to
@CJ00672721
)
I have his skin a TEENY black outline so it would flow better with the rest of the shading
he has green backlights
and his shoe soles are grey, since the white soles looked messy in motion
LETS SHAKE THINGS UP A BIT
We got Rio 2016 Mario on the left, Odyssey Mario on the right
Mario models have a track record of being very similar to one another, but there actually ARE some differences between the two