īecause the Werehog was supposed to attack with his claws, Tanahashi removed Sonic's gloves from his design early on. When starting out the design process, Tanahashi based the Werehog on the overall concept of Sonic transforming into a beast at night due to a curse, as the story involving Sonic's Werehog transformation had yet to be finalized at that point, and that Sonic transforming due to a curse was derived from stories of cursed men becoming monsters at night.
3.4.3 Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic GamesĮarly concept artwork of Sonic the Werehog, tentatively named "Beast Sonic" ( 獣ソニック, Kemono sonikku ?).Įarly art of the Werehog was made by the lead character designer for Sonic Unleashed, Shinkichi Tanahashi, who Sega gave the concepts "ferocious" and "werewolf" to base the Werehog on.3.4.2 Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games.3.4.1 Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games.3.3 Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed.Even when Sonic turns into this form, though, his heart is (almost ) no different than usual. He also gains a bit more feral and bestial behavior as a Werehog, including a deeper and more growling voice, a tendency to roar and howl, occasional quadrupedal movement patterns, and a shorter temper. In this form, Sonic loses his speed in exchange for incredible strength and stretchable arms. After using it on a number of occasions, Sonic lost this form permanently when Dark Gaia reclaimed the energy that caused the transformation. A bestial, werewolf-like form of Sonic the Hedgehog, this extreme physical transformation was created when Sonic accidentally absorbed a dose of Dark Gaia's energy, although the transformation itself would only be triggered by nighttime and remain active until daytime. Sonic the Werehog ( ソニック・ザ・ウェアホッグ, Sonikku za Weahoggu ?), or just the Werehog ( ウェアホッグ, Weahoggu ?) for short, is a transformation that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. So when the sun goes down, I turn into.THIS?!