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Madonna was a blonde haired skinny [[human]] woman in a form-fitting red dress and was actually going to be [[Sonic]] girlfriend. [[Naoto Ōshima]] designed Madonna as "male fantasy", who would chase Sonic around,<ref name="GameTap">{{Cite web|url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkhjBAYL2Hs |title= Sonic the Hedgehog GameTap Retrospective Part 2 |date= 17 February 2009 |publisher= GameTap |accessdate= 3 May 2015}}</ref> although it hasn't been made clear what role she is supposed to play in the game. In the early development point, Madonna has been dropped from the final game along with other Ōshima's ideas. |
Madonna was a blonde haired skinny [[human]] woman in a form-fitting red dress and was actually going to be [[Sonic]] girlfriend. [[Naoto Ōshima]] designed Madonna as "male fantasy", who would chase Sonic around,<ref name="GameTap">{{Cite web|url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkhjBAYL2Hs |title= Sonic the Hedgehog GameTap Retrospective Part 2 |date= 17 February 2009 |publisher= GameTap |accessdate= 3 May 2015}}</ref> although it hasn't been made clear what role she is supposed to play in the game. In the early development point, Madonna has been dropped from the final game along with other Ōshima's ideas. |
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| − | There have been two kinds of claims for the removal. [[Madeline Schroeder]] from [[Sega of America]] claims to be one who removed her from the final release as her reason being to "soften" Sonic for children and foreign countries, because she thought it was too "Japanese".<ref name="GameTap"/> In [[Summer of Sonic]] 2011, [[Yuji Naka]] however stated that reason for removing her is to due the overuse cliche of saving the kidnapped heroine that is also featured in rivaling [[Mario|Super Mario Bros.]] series, as the staff team decides to change the story direction to center around the conflict between Sonic and [[Doctor Eggman]].<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkhjBAYL2Hs |title= Summer of Sonic - Sonic Team Q&A 2011 |date= 2 July 2012 |publisher= The Sonic Show |accessdate= 3 May 2015}}</ref> |
+ | There have been two kinds of claims for the removal. [[Madeline Schroeder]] from [[Sega of America]] claims to be one who removed her from the final release as her reason being to "soften" Sonic for children and foreign countries, because she thought it was too "Japanese".<ref name="GameTap"/> In [[Summer of Sonic]] 2011, [[Yuji Naka]] however stated that reason for removing her is to due the overuse cliche of saving the kidnapped heroine that is also featured in rivaling ''[[Mario|Super Mario Bros.]]'' series, as the staff team decides to change the story direction to center around the conflict between Sonic and [[Doctor Eggman]].<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkhjBAYL2Hs |title= Summer of Sonic - Sonic Team Q&A 2011 |date= 2 July 2012 |publisher= The Sonic Show |accessdate= 3 May 2015}}</ref> |
While many concept illustrations of Madonna has circled around the internet for years, two concept art related to her are featured as unlockable content in ''[[Sonic Gems Collection]]''. |
While many concept illustrations of Madonna has circled around the internet for years, two concept art related to her are featured as unlockable content in ''[[Sonic Gems Collection]]''. |
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Revision as of 13:38, 3 May 2015
Madonna was supposed to be a love interest for Sonic during the early development of Sonic the Hedgehog (1991). She was being scrapped from the final release along with along with other ideas, including the early idealized Sound Test with Sonic and his band.
Overview
Madonna and Sonic.
Madonna was a blonde haired skinny human woman in a form-fitting red dress and was actually going to be Sonic girlfriend. Naoto Ōshima designed Madonna as "male fantasy", who would chase Sonic around,[1] although it hasn't been made clear what role she is supposed to play in the game. In the early development point, Madonna has been dropped from the final game along with other Ōshima's ideas.
There have been two kinds of claims for the removal. Madeline Schroeder from Sega of America claims to be one who removed her from the final release as her reason being to "soften" Sonic for children and foreign countries, because she thought it was too "Japanese".[1] In Summer of Sonic 2011, Yuji Naka however stated that reason for removing her is to due the overuse cliche of saving the kidnapped heroine that is also featured in rivaling Super Mario Bros. series, as the staff team decides to change the story direction to center around the conflict between Sonic and Doctor Eggman.[2]
While many concept illustrations of Madonna has circled around the internet for years, two concept art related to her are featured as unlockable content in Sonic Gems Collection.
Trivia
- In an episode "Sonic is Running" of Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, the look of Sonic's female disguise to fool Robotnik was similar to Madonna, but only the hairstyle was different.
- Also in episode "The Mystery of the Missing Hi-tops", one of Harry the Hucker's ties for sale shows blond woman in a short red outfit which closely looks like Madonna.
- Additionally, Breezie seems to resemble a hedgehog version of Madonna because both of them wear the same clothes.
- Madonna may generally be based on the real-life performer with same name.
- Head writer Ian Flynn as revealed that Madonna will appear in the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series and its spin-offs, albeit "not in any way [we'd] expect."[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sonic the Hedgehog GameTap Retrospective Part 2. GameTap (17 February 2009). Retrieved on 3 May 2015.
- ↑ Summer of Sonic - Sonic Team Q&A 2011. The Sonic Show (2 July 2012). Retrieved on 3 May 2015.
- ↑ Ian Flynn on Twitter (25 March 2014). Retrieved on 19 March 2015.