Sonic Characters Sega Rejected...

I can’t believe from Sonic’s inception,they wanted sonic to be with a human girl,but they couldn’t do that,so they did it on two other ocasions.

One of the possible characters to appear in Sonic the Hedgehog 2 on the Genesis was a Turtle named Boomer, but was rejected in favor of Tails being introduced.

Tiara was basically Princess Sally Acorn. Sonic got a sister named Sonia. Sonic's band later reappeared as Mina Mongoose's band.

So in summary, the Sonic lore could have been WAYYYY weirder. It's just fate that lead us to the right direction

Mario has a brother. But why not give Sonic a sister?

Infinite Bits mentioned a scrapped sister, but forget one already exists: Sonia! Even if she's from a TV show, it's the concept that counts.

Dang I can’t believe Madonna was almost a sonic character

The creation of Madonna apparently had a significant impact on the creation of the Sonic franchise. It’s obvious that she was made to cash in on the success of Jessica Rabbit (a human woman in a relationship with a cartoony anthro animal), but SEGA of America didn’t see the appeal and requested that she’d be removed. This apparently upset the Japanese developers so much that they might’ve tried reviving the idea of a human female love interest with characters like Sara in the OVA and Princess Elise with Sonic ‘06. Though interestingly enough, Madonna did actually appear in an official piece of Sonic media. In the Archie Sonic reboot continuity, she was featured as an agent of G.U.N. interrogating Dr. Snively’s past collaborations with Dr. Eggman - acting as sort of a substitute for Topaz from “Sonic X”. She was also given the surname of ‘Garnet’, which is a deep-cut nod to an early Japanese origin story for the character, wherein Sonic was the deceased spirit of a Cold War fighter pilot who fathered a girl named ‘Garnet’.

I find it more fascinating that Eggman was actually originally supposed to be the protagonist of an earlier version of the game until they came up with Needle Mouse (later renamed Sonic the Hedgehog) and they used his original concept art to turn him into the villain.

The Sonic sister concept would've been cool to see in the comics or something. Coulda been a Mario Bros 2 kind of situation. Where the charcters from a ripped off game would become staples to the main series. But because of Popful Mail fans, we never got it. I'm surprised that there were even enough fans to pressure Sega enough to cancel the game.

Wouldn't Terios still technically just be Shadow? Like, an early version with a different name, but still effectively HIM. Being an early cut wouldn't necessarily make him an entirely different thing, especially considering he changed very little in both function and design.

The Metal Shadow may have been ditched because he bares a passing resemblance to Metal Scourge, and SEGA seems touchy about doing anything with those specific characters.

"Arachnid version of the spider enemy." Ah yes. I can't wait for a Hedgehog version of Sonic. Or a mad doctor version of Eggman.

I kinda would like if these characters were in something because it could still be cool

Fun Fact: Janken means rock paper scissor in japanese

Of all you mentioned the scrapping of Sonic's sister still pains me to this day. Sega could have just included her in a mainline game or just make her have her own game Sonic wise like shadow the hedgehog. I was really digging that blue Sonia so much i decided to make it her colour since it was canon for a very short time

I did not know that Eggman has been having a bee costume.

Be cool if Sega finished and released a modern Sonic Extreme. And Tiara for another love interest with ATTITUDE?! So, Amy was only a place holder! Plus, Tiara and Sister Sonic give me Freedom Planet vibes. And if I remember right, wasn't there some early concept art depicting Sonic looking more vicious with fangs?

Metal Sonic was also set to appear in Xtreme, and if Tiara was a scrapped character, then what happened to Amy? Was Amy originally going to be a one-off character only in one game?

sonic's sister would of spawned so much r34