Originally Posted by
ImTheWiseJanitor
Okay...I might be wrong, but they’re CLEARLY trying to swing the furry demographic there, right?
That’s the closest to a rational reason for this design that I could imagine. Like...A straight up CGI Sonic ripped from one of the recent games would look more visually appealing than this. At least that wouldn’t be spiked-hair deep into the uncanny valley. I’m actually a little afraid of the full reveal.
Can you imagine if Detective Pikachu featured a distinctly human-looking anthropomorphic Pikachu? Good god.