Sonics Werehog Form Is Way Darker in the Comics

Sonic’s Werehog Form Is Way Darker in the Comics

Sonic the Hedgehog’s Werehog form first appeared in Sonic Unleashed, but the Archie Comics series went further than the games in making him a monster.

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Sonics Werehog Form Is Way Darker in the Comics

While Sonic the Hedgehog’s terrifying (albeit strange) Werehog transformation originally debuted in Sonic Unleashed, Archie Comics created its own rendition of the Werehog phenomenon for its now-discontinued comic series. The comic may have borrowed many of the same elements from the game (even the completely ridiculous ones), but Archie improved upon a major flaw from the game that made the transformation even more terrifying than the original.

In both instances, Sonic becomes afflicted with the aforementioned malady upon accidentally ingesting the power from a primordial hyper energy organism known as Dark Gaia that causes his appearance to change into a werewolf-like creature. When darkness falls, Sonic is granted incredible strength and, strangely enough, stretchable arms, but also succumbs to bestial urges whereby he crawls on all fours at sporadic intervals and has a tendency to howl at the slightest provocation. But unlike everyone else possessed by Dark Gaia, Sonic is able to maintain control due to the strength of his will, which keeps him pure.

In the Sonic the Hedgehog comics, Sonic’s affliction is much worse. At first, Sonic only shows some signs of discomfort and partially transforms during an earlier mission under the sea before snapping out of it in issue #262. But then three issues later, he becomes a full-fledged Werehog while on a mission to obtain one of the Chaos Emeralds and loses all control, even going so far as crushing a villainous Chinchilla named Thunderbolt in his massive fist after she has already been defeated. When Mighty interferes, Werehog attacks the armadillo savagely with a vicious uppercut before slamming him into the ground and hurling him through a line of trees. The skirmish continues for quite some time before his friends are able to talk him down.

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It’s understandable why Sonic acts so ferociously. From Sonic’s perspective as a Werehog, he sees everyone as devilish monsters who say horrific, threatening things to him (even though they aren’t.) Once the hedgehog reverts back to his normal form, Sonic is so terrified by what he did and worried that he’ll lose control again that he physically removes himself from Princess Sally and the Freedom Fighters to undergo spiritual training from Moss the Sage to tame his feral side. It’s only through his time with the sage that Sonic is finally able to reach the same point that his counterpart from Sonic Unleashed possesses throughout the entirety of the game.

Although the concept of Sonic the Werehog came from the game Sonic Unleashed, the comics greatly improved upon the hedgehog’s affliction by not allowing him to overcome the bestial temper and viciousness of the transformation naturally. While the game gave Sonic a more powerful will and an unsullied purity that could withstand the chaos of darkness, diminishing his strength in the comics created a more compelling read, rife with seemingly insurmountable conflict. This just serves as yet another instance of Sonic the Hedgehog being a deeper character in the comics.

Link Source : https://screenrant.com/sonic-hedgehog-unleashed-werehog-archie-comics-form-monster/

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