Metal Sonic looks the same?

Metal Sonic never changed his look actually (notice the ending of Sonic Heroes, he returns back to his original shape when he loses his power), and new Amy actually could be made to fit the old style. It's a drawing style really, not the entire characteristics of the characters.

 

I'm not seeing any differences besides the nuts and bolts becoming more noticeable on him. He looks exactly same.

 

What? Better joints, a slightly rounder head and somewhat bigger hands? Seriously, there is barely any difference from those two pictures.

And although I like the new artstyle in itself, it can't really replace that timeless charm of the original. Those pictures in the guide prove it 100%.

 

Now, the metal Sonic that you see in most of Sonic Heroes's cutscenes (I.e., before the comical "ALL LIVING THINGS KNEEL BEFORE YOUR MASTER" line) doesn't even look like that.

 

His muzzle shrunk (It's now smaller than Sonic's!), his sholderpads changed, his arms and legs now appear to have inner and outer shats, his fingers gained joints (previously they just bent, similar to Iron Man's suit), he gained that crotch nub to prevent him from clashing with Sonic's new design, his legs are now mounted on rather flimsy looking external ball joints, his palms now have a crease in them (which is useless because they can't bend regardless), the fasteners on his elbows and knees and such are now screws/bolts, and his feet are more rounded. It's an obvious downgrade, and that Sonic Channel picture makes it look even worse. It reminds me of what happened to <a href="http://images.google.com/images?rlz=1C1GGLS_enUS332US332&sourceid=chrome&q=optimus+prime&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=A5vKSqCBA578tgeE6tDHBA&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1" target="_blank">Optimus Prime</a>.

 

Overanalyze much?

 

If you're going to change something, the change should make it better. But now we're getting off topic.

 

Jesus Christ.

 

Granted, Optimus Prime is an extreme example, but I still find the idea that these changes are unnoticeable to be strange. The crotch nub, for example, is an entire new piece they stuck there, it doesn't even have an analog in the old design.

 

My thoughts exactly. Maybe adding Dude's 'overanalyze much' and a side of 'seriously wtf it's just a small amount of changes and they kept the style as identical as would be almost possible while modernizing it and it's nowhere near the rape that the Transformers movies have been and even comparing it to that is shameful.'

 

If anything, Metal Sonic now looks more like a real robot would. If now they'd paint him like the old...

 

I actually don't find the changes noticeable, either, unless you put an old- and new-style picture next to each other. Seriously. He's the character with the least noticeable changes, next to Knuckles.
And he always looked cool, too.

 

Yeah, I can't really notice the changes unless I put the two side by side and study them for a couple minutes. He still looks basically the same as he ever did.

 

I'm not trying to sound rude or anything, but is this topic even going anywhere?
What are we trying to discuss? The few new bolts he got? That isn't redesign, it's common sense for a robot to have those.

 

There is that ball his legs attach to on his crotch that makes his body look a bit taller...

 

I would have never noticed the difference between the old and new if I didn't have two static pictures sitting right there for me to look at... Even then, the new design still looks fine to me...