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Madonna was supposed to be a love interest or sidekick for Sonic the Hedgehog during the early development of Sonic the Hedgehog (1991). She was scrapped from the final release along with other ideas, including the early idealized Sound Test with Sonic and his band.

Concept and creation

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. It's supposed she'd have been kidnapped by Robotnik at some point, or she'd have acted as Sonic's sidekick.

Overview

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Screenshot of Madonna and Sonic taken from Tokyo Toy Show in 1990.[2]

Madonna was a blonde haired skinny human woman in a form-fitting red dress and was actually going to be Sonic's girlfriend. At some point in the early development, Madonna was dropped from the final game along with other Naoto 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-esque, and she was worried children could have gotten the wrong ideas while playing. Even though Madonna is based on concepts in 30s American cartoons, she was drawn similar to a sexy anime girl.[1] In Summer of Sonic 2011 however, Yuji Naka stated that reason for removing her was to due the overused cliche of saving the kidnapped heroine that is also featured in the rivaling Super Mario Bros. series, so the staff team decided to change the story direction to center around the conflict between Sonic and Dr. Eggman.[3]

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.

In other media

Archie Comics

Main article: Madonna Garnet
Madonna profile

Madonna in the Archie Comics.

In the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series and its spin-offs published by Archie Comics, Madonna, full name Madonna Garnet, is an agent of G.U.N. and a member of the organization's C.L.I.P. division. She first appeared in Sonic Super Digest #12, where she reviewed Dr. Julian Snively's history with G.U.N.

Trivia

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Sonic the Hedgehog GameTap Retrospective Part 2. GameTap (17 February 2009). Retrieved on 3 May 2015.
  2. SGGG MANIAX - 幻のソニック. Retrieved on 3 May 2015.
  3. Summer of Sonic - Sonic Team Q&A 2011. The Sonic Show (2 July 2012). Retrieved on 3 May 2015.

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