Sonic Mania is out now on PC, and while the PC community screams about the Denuvo DRM clogging up the system the rest of the internet are being creative.
So creative in fact that they've invented a whole new Sonic character based on a mistake an artist made looking at a boss in Sonic Mania. Details below.
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Artist Alpha Gamboa, who's worked on the likes of Skullgirls and with Disney Interactive, saw the Bumper Spider Bot at the end of the Flying Battery Zone in Sonic Mania a little differently. In it Dr Eggman/Robotnik hangs upside-down and you can just see his head, but this artist didn't see Eggman. He saw an angry anime girl with big brown hair.
Can't unsee this #SonicMania boss pic.twitter.com/Xof3j54KOI
— Alpha Gamboa (@blackbookalpha) August 28, 2017
This character, described as Dr Eggman's niece, has now quickly taken on a life of her own, so much so we'll be astonished if the Sonic Mania developers and SEGA don't acknowledge her in future games. Loads of names have floated about, including Ovoid, Eggette, Omeletta, Yolki Dolki, although we're personally going to vote for Eggatha Robotnik.
cute egg girl from this https://t.co/m4dgbRoWnh pic.twitter.com/AOowmFpFZX
— sonic the gay icon (@neonspindash) August 29, 2017
He carries her around in a little eggmobile sidecar pic.twitter.com/JUiLxlMbvo
— TheRickyWill (@TheRickyWill) August 28, 2017
I want this to be canon so badly. pic.twitter.com/8mXVhURlIJ
— Jennifer Hernandez (@ChibiJenHen_Art) August 29, 2017
And our personal favourite since we're huge geeky fans of the old "SatAM" Sonic The Hedgehog show:
Couldn't help but draw a 1994 Sonic the Hedgehog TV series version. Here's Dr. Ovoid Robotnik + Cluck 2.0 @sonic_hedgehog pic.twitter.com/7PC9ixWT18
— Alpha Gamboa (@blackbookalpha) August 29, 2017
Sonic Mania came out yesterday on Steam and is a fantastic game, although between doing Eggatha fan art the internet has been deeply troubled by the Denuvo DRM attached to the game, which was made worse by SEGA not being honest about its inclusion and how Sonic Mania PC cannot currently be played offline. SEGA are promising to fix this, but not to remove Denuvo. Expect many angry Steam reviews which are already happening.
As for Eggatha Robotnik, or Omeletta, or whatever you want to call Dr Eggman's new angry niece with a penchant for attacking hedgehogs with spider robots, guaranteed if there's a Sonic Mania 2 (and there will be, the game's selling like crazy and is a critical and fan darling apart from the DRM) she'll be in it somehow. Because the developers are fans. If they're geeky enough to include a nod to a Japanese Sonic popcorn machine in their game, they'll include a new internet-friendly character for sure.
