Sonic Boom (Wii U) announced.

[Reprise]

Oh God...

[prfsnl_gmr]

My five-year-old daughter would think that is basically the best thing ever. Her favorite character in the Sonic series - which she adores, BTW - is Amy.

[ZeroAX]

ooh, I forgot to copy paste the character bio

Sega has revealed the latest new character in the Sonic franchise with Sticks, the jungle badger, heading to Sonic Boom on Wii U and 3DS.

Sticks was raised in the wilderness and wields a boomerang. Sega described her as "the most primal character in the Sonic universe" and noted that "she is a force of nature in every way." Clearly she's one outrageous badger and is totally in your face.

"Her wildness means that her social skills need plenty of work and she's not the most trusting individual," Sega said in its announcement of the new character. "Full of outrageous suspicions, Sticks' instincts often prove to be accurate. While the concepts of sharing, compassion and friendship are foreign to her, Sticks has a good heart and a genuine desire to get closer to her new friends, particularly Amy, who helps Sticks adapt to civilisation."

"She brings a quirky personality and perspective to the team dynamic, and we look forward to sharing this energetic and funny new character with the world," added Sonic brand's chief content officer Hiroyuki Miyazaki.

....did they start getting inspiration for sonic characters from deviant art?

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Bets on her having a badass Armadillo partner called Stone?

[alienjesus]

Bets on her having a badass Armadillo partner called Stone?

There's already an Armadillo character amongst sonics endless reams of animal buddies.

[Stark]

I watched the snippet of the TV show and was bummed that it was Dr Eggman instead of Robotnik. I like Robotnik way better than Eggman.

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Bets on her having a badass Armadillo partner called Stone?

There's already an Armadillo character amongst sonics endless reams of animal buddies.

I'd say I feel bad for forgetting about Mighty, but Sega themselves forgot about him years ago. Poor lad.

And yeah, it's Robotnik any day.

[Xeogred]

More characters.

Juuuuust what Sonic needed!

[Konacha]

I watched the snippet of the TV show and was bummed that it was Dr Eggman instead of Robotnik. I like Robotnik way better than Eggman.

Well, to be fair it has always been Dr. Eggman, in Japan at least (Dr. Robotnik never existed in Japan). It's that they rebooted then merged storylines from Japan, US & Euorpe during the Sonic Adventure days to make Dr. Eggman his "nickname" while Robotnik is his real name. At this point I don't think we will ever go back to the Robotnik days since Sega of Japan is more in control with their games.

[Stark]

I watched the snippet of the TV show and was bummed that it was Dr Eggman instead of Robotnik. I like Robotnik way better than Eggman.

Well, to be fair it has always been Dr. Eggman, in Japan at least (Dr. Robotnik never existed in Japan). It's that they rebooted then merged storylines from Japan, US & Euorpe during the Sonic Adventure days to make Dr. Eggman his "nickname" while Robotnik is his real name. At this point I don't think we will ever go back to the Robotnik days since Sega of Japan is more in control with their games.

Oh I know it's been Eggman in Japan since the beginning. It would be like having a show based on Mega Man and everyone was calling him Rock Man the whole time.