So, after many years sonic sucks of having the true blue hero keep his basic design, now SEGA comes out with brand new redesigns for basically the whole Sonic cast.
Some haven't changed much (ie. Sonic Tails and Amy are pretty much the same except for attire and some minor features) then you have characters like Knuckles who were just totally redone. Some other new features including the sports tape, "Steroid Knuckles" and "Scarf Sonic", have been ridiculed by the fans.
As for other redesigns, the only ones I know of so far are Dr. Eggman and Shadow. Both mainly have different attire.
As for other redesigns, the only ones I know of so far are Dr. Eggman and Shadow. Both mainly have different attire.
Now that that's out of the way, onto the exciting part: the new characters! There are alot of them though so I'll keep my discussions on the main ones.. A new playable character is a badger named (of all things) Sticks. She is a new member of Team Sonic and helps them in the 3DS Sonic Boom when Amy gets kidnapped by Lyric. She is a little on the nutty side and often says things that don't make sense, but she is loyal and brave. If you can tell, in the picture below she has a slight resemblance to Marine the Racoon.
The new villan introduced in the games is a snake named Lyric. Lyric is one of the Ancients, which I guess is a race that dates waaaay bay before the Sonic world we know even existed. He was driven by power and tried to destroy the other ancients, but the locked him away in hope that he would never rise again. But eventually all of the other ancients died and ironically the only one that exists is Lyric. He is awakened by Sonic and crew and tries to awaken his robot army. Does he succeed? Well, you'll have to play Sonic Boom to find out.