Did they remove Sonia's cameo?

[funewchie]

I remember reading that Sonic's sister, Sonia (from the cartoon Sonic Underground), had made a cameo appearance in the Wii and PC versions, by having her picture somewhere in one of the Sonic casino stages (As a card, I believe).

I recall they said that Sumo was going to use Amy's picture, but they used Sonia's; assuming that she was from the games, instead of being from a cartoon of Sonic.

Did they remove her cameo or am I just looking in the wrong places?

[ThatNormalBunny]

I have no idea xD I did not even know Sonia was in this game but if she was and she has been removed its probably something to do with licensing.

[funewchie]

Wow, I had forgotten I posted this.

Since that time, I found out more about it. They had no issues with using Sonia (as Sega owns all the characters from the TV Shows, including Sonia).

But, the picture they used was a fanart, made by someone on DeviantArt. This game's producers thought it was official art (as it was VERY nicely drawn), and so they used it.

By the time they found out the truth, the game was already out, so they had to scramble to get the artist's permission, and get a lot of legal documentation signed.
So I guess they decided to remove it in this Steam version.
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It was on that one casino stage, where you drive along a curve and see the Sonic cast as cards on the road. They had Sonic as the King, Sonia as the Queen, and so on.

They've now replaced Sonia with Amy on the card.

A shame, it was nice to see Sonia get some time in the spotlight, but I can understand why Sega would want to remove possible legal issues.

[Hinsonator]

Originally posted by funewchie:

Wow, I had forgotten I posted this.

Since that time, I found out more about it. They had no issues with using Sonia (as Sega owns all the characters from the TV Shows, including Sonia).

But, the picture they used was a fanart, made by someone on DeviantArt. This game's producers thought it was official art (as it was VERY nicely drawn), and so they used it.

By the time they found out the truth, the game was already out, so they had to scramble to get the artist's permission, and get a lot of legal documentation signed.
So I guess they decided to remove it in this Steam version.
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It was on that one casino stage, where you drive along a curve and see the Sonic cast as cards on the road. They had Sonic as the King, Sonia as the Queen, and so on.

They've now replaced Sonia with Amy on the card.

A shame, it was nice to see Sonia get some time in the spotlight, but I can understand why Sega would want to remove possible legal issues.

Still, if that's the case why not remove it from the console version too? I mean we don't need another thing removed or left out of our version of this game.

[funewchie]

Whoa, change of plans, folks. I looked it up, and they said Sonia's cameo is still in the Steam version.

I played the level (Roulette Road) and found it!
While they did replace her with Amy on the cards in the background, Sonia is still on the cards painted on the road itself.

Got a screenshot of her here:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=514788382