Narrator: Sonic the Hedgehog famously went through a drastic design change for his first Hollywood film.įans were so upset at this that the filmmakers went back to the drawing board and came up with a much more familiar design.īut this wasn't the first time Sonic went through some growing pains.Īrtist Naoto Ohshima and programmer Yuji Naka were tasked with creating a new mascot for Sega, a video-game company that was emerging as a popular contender to Nintendo. They held a competition within the company, which got them a bunch of characters to choose from, including this Teddy Roosevelt-looking man in pajamas who was ultimately used as the basis for Sonic's nemesis, Dr.
Of 200-plus sketches submitted, this bunny rabbit in a bow tie was an early favorite.
Naka imagined the rabbit picking up items with his ears and throwing them at enemies. You can easily see the rabbit's similarities to Sonic. And we're working very hard to do that.Blue fur big, round eyes gloves and pointy shoes. And I think we need to get that word out. But he also said he thinks that service in the Army does just the opposite. "I think that the big perception is putting their life on hold. The Army is also facing a perception problem, George said, which means fewer young people want to enlist in the military. For other soldiers, the Army helps them improve scores on the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery. The program has a 95% success rate, he said. As part of that program, the Army helps some soldiers meet weight standards so they can move on to basic training. Part of that involves the Future Soldier Prep Course, a pilot program underway at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. The general also told senators that while the Army isn't going to lower standards, it is helping soldiers meet standards. "We're reviewing every aspect of that," George said. Part of the Army's focus there, George told lawmakers, is on how the Army chooses recruiters where it places recruiters the command and control structure of the recruiting enterprise and Army marketing.
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