Why was Sonic The Hedgehog's original movie design changed?

When the first trailer for Sonic The Hedgehog was revealed in 2019, the internet erupted into disgust at his creepy new look, prompting a total redesign
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here's and interesting question: What if the original ugly Sonic was never made, and the good design was what we had from the start? How would things be different? : r/SonicTheHedgehog

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Why was Sonic The Hedgehog's original movie design changed?

i think the original design for tails in the post credit scene of the first sonic movie looks very strange and i'm happy they changed it for the final release of the

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Someone on twitter whines about the Sonic The Hedgehog movie changing the design of Sonic for the movie and how they caved to a whiny mob : r/SonicTheHedgehog

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